Michael F. Kuzow

Michael F. Kuzow

Partner

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Awards & Acknowledgements


AV18

CLSA-Fellow



Overview

Mike started his legal career in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he practiced in the area of commercial litigation, primarily in the context of the oil and gas industry. Currently, Mike concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial and construction litigation. Mike has represented general contractors, subcontractors, sureties and architects in a wide range of disputes with public and private owners throughout the New York metropolitan area. Mike’s public projects include schools, prisons, sewage treatment plants, hospitals, firehouses, libraries, roads, bridges and historic structures. Mike’s private projects include high-rise condominiums and office buildings, commercial buildings and airline terminals, by way of brief example.

Representative Cases

  • Trinity Broadcasting Corp v. Eller, 835 F.2d 245 (C.A.10 (Okla.) 1987), cert. denied 487 U.S. 1273 (1988)
  • United States v. Washington, 858 F.2d 590 (10th Cir. 1988)
  • Albin v. Dallacqua, 254 A.D.2d 366, 679 N.Y.S.2d 402 (2d Dep’t 1998)
  • City of New York v. Cross Bay Contracting, 93 N.Y.2d 14, 686 N.Y.S.2d 750 (1999)
  • Breslin Realty Development Corp. v. Richard B. Lituchy d/b/a RBL & Associates, Architects, 269 A.D.2d 554, 703 N.Y.S.2d 746 (2d Dep’t 2000)
  • 153 Hudson Development, LLC v. DiNunno, 8 A.D.2d 77, 778 N.Y.S.2d 482 (1st Dep’t 2004)
  • Federal Ins. Co. v. McKane, 2008 WL 744745 (C.A.2 (N.Y.) 2008)
  • Picone/McCullagh v. Miele, 283 A.D.2d 501, 724 N.Y.S.2d 473 (2d Dep’t 2001)
  • Utica Mutual Ins. Co. v. Cardet Constr. Co., Inc., 114 A.D.3d 847, 981 N.Y.S.2d 118 (2d Dep’t 2014)
  • Sabr Chemicals Group, LLC v. Northeast Chemicals, Inc., 192 A.D.3d 647, 146 N.Y.S.3d 77 (1st Dep’t 2021)
  • E&T Skyline Construction, LLC v. Talisman Casualty Insurance Company, LLC, 19-cv-8069, 2022 WL 623858 (S.D.N.Y. March 2, 2022)
  • Clifford v. Janklow, 22-cv-1259, 2023 WL 2711353 (S.D.N.Y. March 20, 2023)
  • E&T Skyline Construction, LLC v. Talisman Casualty Insurance Company, LLC, 19-cv-8069, 2023 WL 7297212 (S.D.N.Y. November 6, 2023)

Articles and Presentations

Publications

  • “The FTC and the Generic Doctrine: A New Rx for Pharmaceutical Trademarks,” 15 Tulsa Law Review 327, 1979
  • “The FTC and the Generic Doctrine: A New Rx for Pharmaceutical Trademarks,” Intellectual Property Law Review – 1981, 381
  • “Corporate Aliens and Oklahoma’s Alien Landownership Restrictions,” 16 Tulsa Law Review 528, 1981
  • Co-Author, Henry L. Goldberg, “Don’t Forget the Federal Arbitration Act,” Journal of Construction Accounting and Taxation, Vol. 9, No. 3, May/June, 1999

Practice Areas

  • Commercial litigation and general business law
  • Construction and surety law
  • Appellate practice
  • Prevailing wage
  • Real estate and commercial finance

Bar Admissions

  • New York, 1982
  • Oklahoma, 1983
  • Texas, 1987
  • United States Supreme Court
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Oklahoma
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma

Education

  • J.D., University of Tulsa College of Law, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1981
    • Member, Tulsa Law Review
    • Recipient, The Robert C. Butler Jr. Award for Excellence in Legal Scholarship and Writing
  • M.A., University of Maine, Orono, Maine, 1977
  • B.A., Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, 1975