Mr. Reiter became Associated with Callahan & Fusco in 2005. In 2007, Mr. Reiter became a member of the firm. Mr. Reiter’s practice concentrates on the defense of the firm’s clients in toxic tort, insurance, transportation, property damage, premises liability, product liability, dram shop, general liability, and high-profile tort litigation. Mr. Reiter serves as local New York counsel for a national trucking/freight forwarding company. Mr. Reiter has successfully tried numerous trials including negligence cases and New York Labor Law lawsuits.
Before joining Callahan & Fusco, from 1992 to 2001, Mr. Reiter was an Associate in the New York City firm - Lester Schwab Katz & Dwyer LLP where he specialized in complex, multi-party, and high exposure property damage and construction matters as well as product liability and high exposure personal injury litigation in both state and federal courts. As a Senior Associate at the firm, Mr. Reiter successfully concluded several jury trials involving premises liability, automobile negligence, and labor law and construction-related matters.
From March 2001 to July 2005, Mr. Reiter was a Senior Associate in the firm of Silverstein & Hurwitz, P.C., where he was responsible for the handling of mass toxic tort and environmental exposure matters, complex property damage actions, civil rights violations matters, and general negligence cases. With Silverstein & Hurwitz, P.C., Mr. Reiter successfully defended the interests of a national chemical manufacturer in the nationwide semi-conductor "clean room" toxic tort litigation. Additionally, Mr. Reiter concluded several jury trials involving automobile negligence matters.
Education
Emory University (B.A., 1988)
Emory University (J.D., 1991)
Bar Memberships
New York, 1992
Court Admissions
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Speaking Engagements
Claims Litigation Management Annual Conference 2014 – Medicare Issues in Resolving Cases
Reported Cases
Pilku v. 24535 Owners Corp., 19 A.D.3d 722, 796 N.Y.S.2d 190 (3rd Dept. 2005) Hamm v. Willamette Industries, Inc., 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3533 (S.D.N.Y. 2002) Nikpour v. City of New York, 179 Misc.2d 928, 686 N.Y.S.2d 920 (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Cty. 1999).