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Brian W. McElhenny
 Mr. McElhenny is a partner of the firm in its Long Island office and has 26 years of experience in the courts on Long Island and downstate New York, and defending clients in municipal liability, Labor Law, product liability, insurance coverage and premises liability cases. He has tried more than 80 cases and has also argued more than 60 appeals, including some which have resulted in precedent-setting decisions. He is a member of the Defense Research Institute ("DRI"), the Committee on Products Liability and the Committee on Insurance Coverage within the Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law (TICL) Section of the New York State Bar Association. Mr. McElhenny possesses an AV rating from Martindale Hubbell.
Direct Dial
516.281.9840
Fax
516.281.9801
E-mail
bmcelhenny@goldbergsegalla.com
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Practice Areas
- Municipal Liability Litigation
- Worksite Injury Litigation
- Premises Liability Litigation
- Insurance Coverage Litigation
- Appellate Practice
- Product Liability Litigation
Education
- Colgate University, B.A., 1977
- St. John's University School of Law, J.D., 1980
Admitted to Practice
- New York - All Courts
- United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
- United States District Court, Southern District of New York
- United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Professional Affiliations
- Defense Research Institute
- Member, Governmental Liability
- Member, Toxic Torts and Environmental Law
- New York State Bar Association
- Torts Insurance and Compensation Law Section
- Insurance Coverage Committee
- Products Liability Committee
- Nassau County Bar Association
- Suffolk County Bar Association
- Nassau - Suffolk Trial Lawyer's Association
Publications
- Author, "Appellate Rulings on Collateral Source Reduction of Jury Verdicts," Defendant Magazine, Summer, 2008; Torts Insurance and Compensation Law Journal, Winter, 2009
- Author, "Liability of Dog Owners Revisited," The Suffolk Lawyer, June, 2007
- Presenter, "Liability for Sporting and Social Activities," New York State Bar Association Update and Overview on Premises Liability Seminar, 2005
- Developments in Spoliation of Evidence Law in New York, Torts Insurance Compensation Law Journal, 2004
- Presenter, "Defenses: The Firefighter's Rule," New York State Bar Association Premises Liability Seminar, 1996
- Author, The Police Officer Plaintiff: Santangelo Revisited, New York Negligence Reporter, April, 1994
- Author, Injured in the Line of Duty, the "Policeman's Rule," The Nassau Lawyer, October, 1989
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