Attorney Profiles

Gerald P. Dwyer graduated from Columbia College in 1963 and Fordham Law School in 1967. He has tried many cases to verdict and has briefed and argued appeals in state and federal courts. He has represented parties in cases involving the following: medical malpractice of doctors, hospitals, and nurses; products liability claims, including medical devices; premises liability cases about duties of property owners, tenants, and contractors; New York Labor Law duties of owners, general contractors and subcontractors for construction site conditions; vehicle collision cases involving owners, operators, and rental companies; negligence of New York State agencies in the Court of Claims; and declaratory judgment actions about insurance policy coverage. He is a member of the New York County Lawyers’ Association and the New York State and American Bar Associations.

Kevin Brennan went to college and law school at Georgetown. He spent five years as a trial prosecutor for the Manhattan District Attorney. Since then, he has had a varied trial and appellate practice, especially in the areas of ERISA and insurance benefits, small business disputes, wrongful death, and personal injury. He now devotes much of his practice to representing those who have been denied their employee benefits under ERISA or their long-term disability, life, accident, or health insurance benefits. He has taught legal education courses for other lawyers in subjects entitled "How to Litigate Your First Civil Trial in New York" and "ERISA Enforcement Provisions." He is a contributing author to Employee Benefits Law (Jane Kheel Stanley ed., 2d ed. Supp.) He is a member of the New York City Bar Association (Joint Legal Referral Service Committee) and the American Bar Association (Joint Committee on Employee Benefits, Litigation Section, and Tort Trial and Insurance Section).