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Nicoletti Spinner Ryan Gulino Pinter LLP

is pleased to announce that

Claire Rush

has joined the firm as a Senior Partner.

Claire brings over 30 years of trial and litigation experience specializing in the defense of high exposure personal injury actions. She began her career with the MTA trying catastrophic injury and death cases. Throughout her career, she has successfully defended public and private entities and has tried more than 150 jury cases to verdict in New York State.

Claire has been recognized as being among the top 1% of lawyers in America since 2016. She has received a Preeminent AV rating of 5.0 / 5.0 from Martindale- Hubbell and been identified as one of the top personal injury defense attorneys in the Metro New York area by both Super Lawyer Magazine and American Legal Media. Ms. Rush has been recognized by the Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers, the New York Times and AVENUE Magazine as one of New York City’s top women trial lawyers.

Claire is a Past President and Past Chairman of the Board of the Defense Association of New York (DANY) and is the Vice President of the Brooklyn Women’s Bar Foundation. In 2021 she founded the DANY Trial Academy which provides hands on training in trial skills to young lawyers. Claire is an active member of the New York City Chapter of CLM, the Defense Research Institute, The Defense Association of New York, The New York City Chapter of the International Association of Insurance Professionals, The Association of Professional Insurance Women, New York Women's Bar Association and The Catholic Lawyers Guild.

Ms. Rush received her B.A. in Political Science from Trinity College in Hartford, CT in 1980 and her J.D. from New York Law School in 1983. Ms. Rush is admitted to practice law in New York as well as in the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

We look forward to Claire becoming an integral part of our expanding firm’s litigation and trial practice.

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