Kerry A. Lynch, Esq.

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Garnerville, New York 10923

347-***-****

Experience

Private Practice-Law Office of Kerry A. Lynch

Garnerville, N.Y. July 2005 - Present

Practice includes personal injury litigation for plaintiffs and defendants, including: motion practice, preliminary conferences, compliance conferences, pre-trial conferences, inquests, traverse hearings, examinations under oath, 50-H hearings, examinations before trial and trial practice in auto, premises and general liability cases. Conducted Family Court hearings and conferences. Assisted in the litigation of the 911 search and rescue workers.

Practice also includes all aspects of foreclosure litigation, including, but not limited to: foreclosure settlement conferences, obtaining favorable loan modifications, repayment plans, short sales and other agreeable settlements for homeowners and on behalf of banks. Handled all aspects of bad faith applications and good faith hearings, as well as prepared and argued numerous Cross Motions and Order to Show Causes to dismiss for failure to prosecute, improper procedure, and lack of standing, which resulted in favorable determinations for homeowners. Also, handled TRO hearings, Yellowstone Injunctions, and successfully conducted traverse, standing and a variety of other hearings on behalf of foreclosure defendants. Successfully handled mortgage foreclosure cases from inception to dismissal.

Norman Volk & Associates, P.C. - American Transit Insurance Co.

Senior Trial Attorney

New York, N.Y. May 2002 - July 2005

Responsibilities included: Trying cases to verdict in auto cases; prepared and investigated files for trial preparation; evaluated files from the inception for possible settlement and/or trial preparation and supervised cases in the Kings County Supreme Court Compliance Conference and Final Compliance Conference Parts, which included: evaluating files for further discovery practice and motions; argued motions, entered into compliance conference and motion orders.

Law Office of Joseph C. Bellard - Royal & SunAlliance Ins. Co.

Senior Trial Attorney

Brooklyn, N.Y. August 2000 - May 2002

Responsibilities included: preparing commercial and personal auto, premises, Labor Law, and Products Liability cases from inception to verdict; conducted examinations before trial, motion practice, and tried cases from jury selection to post verdict motion practice. Received favorable defendants’ verdicts and won several significant motions for summary judgment.

Law Offices of Frank V. Merlino - Allstate Insurance Company

Senior Trial Attorney

Brooklyn, N.Y. July 1997 - August 2000

Conducted trials for Allstate’s Fraud Special Investigation Unit. Responsibilities also included the preparation of 250 cases from inception to verdict, which resulted in numerous defendants’ verdicts.

Law Office of Lawrence Weismann

Associate Attorney

Suffern, N.Y. January 1996 - July 1997

Handled felony and misdemeanor cases, including preliminary hearings, arraignments, and motion practice. Conducted Family Court trials, real estate closings, pre-trial civil litigation and contracts litigation.

Education

City University of New York, Flushing, New York

Juris Doctor May 1995

-Tort Law Teaching Assistant

-Criminal Law Teaching Assistant

State University of New York, Albany, New York

Bachelor of Arts June 1991

-Cum Laude

-Dean’s List

Publications

Civil Forfeiture - Article 13A

Westchester Bar Journal

*Admitted to the New York State Bar

January 1996

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