Brian Egan

The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act has long been associated with high-profile organized crime prosecutions. However, RICO claims may also be asserted in federal civil actions. See 18 USC § 1964. Plaintiffs will often characterize typical fraud claims as RICO conspiracies in order take advantage of RICO’s greater penalties and its broader theories of liability.  Recently

The Firm congratulates Suffolk OTB, Chairman Phil Boyle and the executive leadership on this amazing economic development for Long Island. The Firm, on a team lead by partner Brian T. Egan, served as lead Special Counsel through the public bidding process and the contract negotiations with the General Contractor. Read Article: Groundbreaking for $210M expansion

Zachary D. Dubey, Esq. recently participated in a continuing legal education course presented by the Transactional and Corporate Law Committee of the Suffolk County Bar Association to a group of 70 lawyers on “Buying and Selling a Business.”  The presentation covered contract negotiations, due diligence and the fictitious portrayal of a business closing.   The course

Firm Partner Harvey B. Besunder was elected as an “Elected Delegate” to the New York State Bar Association for the 10th Judicial District for the second consecutive year. The NYSBA at its annual meeting on January 19, 2024 adopted resolutions accepting reports and recommendations regarding diversity, anti-Semitism and anti-Asian hate issues. The association has also

The newly elected Suffolk County Legislature majority, seated on January 1, 2022, recently appointed Brian T. Egan, Esq. and Egan & Golden, LLP as Special Counsel to represent the Legislature in the pending Court challenge to the legislative redistricting plan proposed by the Democratic majority in December 2021. The redistricting plan dramatically changed the boundaries of the existing

Egan & Golden, LLP is pleased to announce that Partner Brian T. Egan, Esq. has been appointed to a second term as Chairman of the Judicial Screening Committee of the Suffolk County Bar Association (SCBA). The Committee is tasked with investigating the background, experience, scholarship and other qualifications of candidates seeking to run for judicial office in Suffolk

The New York Appellate Division, Second Department recently affirmed a lower court’s decision dismissing an Article 78 Petition against the Village of Port Jefferson Zoning Board of Appeals (the “ZBA”). Egan & Golden, LLP represented the ZBA in both the lower court and in the Appellate Division, Second Department. Christopher Bianco successfully argued that the ZBA’s determination

At their annual holiday event, Egan & Golden, LLP celebrated the 60th anniversary of attorney John J. Roe, III, Esq.’s admittance to the New York Bar. Known to his friends and family as ”Pete”, Mr. Roe is an alumnus of the Phillips Academy Andover and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University in 1957. He earned his

Firm partner Brian T. Egan, Esq. was interviewed by NBC News on the approval of a conditional use permit to a controversial church in Murdock Minnesota. Egan joined noted constitutional law professor Laurence H. Tribe of Harvard Law School and professor David Schultz of the University of Minnesota Law School in analyzing the legal precedents surrounding churches and the