Hitchcock & Cummings LLP

Attorneys

Christopher Hitchcock
chitchcock@hitchcockcummings.com

Christopher Hitchcock has thirty years of experience as a litigation lawyer in New York’s federal, state and appellate courts. Chris has extensive experience in the areas of commercial litigation, professional malpractice, construction litigation, employment litigation and insurance coverage. He is a leading authority on legal malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty claims, partnership disputes and dissolutions, and ethics questions involving law firms. He is also an advisor to real estate entities and contractors regarding their insurance programs. Significant representations include:

• Defense verdict following eight week trial of wrongful termination claims by contractor against not-for-profit school;
• Dismissal of multiple law suits against law firm in connection with allegations arising out of the settlement of pharmaceutical litigation;
• Successful representation of reinsurer prosecuting fraud and RICO claims;
• Dismissal of legal malpractice action arising from underlying lawsuit claiming catastrophic injuries;
• Dismissal of claims by liquidator of hedge fund against not-for-profit to recover alleged overpayment of investment;
• Ongoing representation of administrator of workers’ compensation trusts in multiple class actions;
• Successful representation of not-for-profit in action for professional negligence and breach of contract against health insurance administrator.

In his defense of professional liability claims, Chris has represented more than 100 law firms in the New York metropolitan area. He also has had extensive experience in other complex litigation matters throughout his career.

Terry Cummings
tcummings@hitchcockcummings.com

Terry Cummings has a reputation as a highly experienced lawyer in the field of insurance regulation; her practice involves representing clients before insurance regulatory agencies, and in particular the New York Insurance Department. Although insurance regulatory issues are a major focus of her practice, she also has considerable experience as a litigation lawyer. For over 25 years, Terry has represented small, medium sized, and large organizations with business interests in the insurance and reinsurance industries. These include property/casualty insurers, life, and accident & health insurance companies, reinsurers, intermediaries, managing general agencies, insurance producers of every description, as well as policyholders. The breadth and depth of Terry’s experience with the U.S insurance industry since 1982 makes her unique among lawyers who practice commercial insurance law. The types of matters that Terry routinely handles include:

• Representing licensees before the New York Department of Insurance involving all areas of compliance;
• Formation and licensure of new insurance agencies/producers;
• Formation and licensure of new insurance carriers;
• Formation of Risk Retention Groups;
• Formation of Risk Purchasing Groups;
• Designing captive insurance programs;
• Drafting insurance policies and reinsurance agreements;
• Professional liability issues for various professionals, including medical malpractice issues;
• Insurance coverage disputes.

Terry’s career began in the 1970s at one of the United Kingdom’s largest insurance conglomerates. After three years working in an underwriting and sales environment, Terry attended the London School of Economics and Political Science to read law. After graduating with a bachelor of laws degree (LLB) in 1979, Terry moved to the U.S. and worked as a litigation paralegal for one of the country’s leading law firms.

Terry was admitted to practice law in New York in March. 1982. Following admission, Terry was an “in-house” litigation attorney at one of the nation’s largest life insurance companies, and since 1985 has been engaged in the private practice of law at three major firms prior to founding Hitchcock & Cummings LLP with Christopher Hitchcock in February, 2007.

John W. Hanson
jhanson@hitchcockcummings.com

John Hanson has significant experience as a litigation attorney in New York’s federal, state and appellate courts. Specifically, John’s litigation experience includes legal and medical malpractice, construction accidents, commercial disputes, premises liability and fair debt collection practices.

Some of John’s successes include:

• Dismissal of legal malpractice claims against an attorney stemming from the drafting and filing of various loan documents;
• Dismissal of New York State Labor Law and negligence claims against an apartment building owner stemming from personal injuries sustained by a construction worker;
• Dismissal of Fair Debt Collection Practices Act claims against a corporation stemming from the collection of debts owed by a consumer;
• Dismissal of negligence claims against apartment building owner stemming from personal injuries sustained by a tenant;
• Dismissal of negligence claims against a commercial building owner stemming from personal injuries sustained by an employee who worked at the building; and
• Obtained indemnification from elevator maintenance company for a claim stemming from personal injuries sustained by a tenant of the building.
  
  

Rebekah D'antonio
Litigation Attorney
rdantonio@hitchcockcummings.com

Meghan Flaherty
Litigation Attorney
mflaherty@hitchcockcummings.com

Peter C. Maloff
pmaloff@hitchcockcummings.com

Roy H. Carlin
Roy H. Carlin, P.C. was formed in 1983 to serve the worlds of commercial investment banking in creditor’s rights (including the perfection, priority and enforcement of security devices and judgments) and bankruptcy reorganization with expansion in:

• documentation preparation and enforcement of security devices and judgments;
• served as principal attorney representing: creditor and creditor constituencies (unsecured and secured), banks, bond holders, Indenture Trustees, equipment lessors/lessees, creditor and creditors to major, minor and international bankruptcies;
• class action representative for breach of fiduciary duty and numerous action to: obtain relief of stay, adequate protection, compel assumptions or rejections of lease and executor’s contacts determination of extent, validity and priority of liens objections or support of plans of reorganization.