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With great sadness, Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, P.C. announces the passing of our partner and colleague, Robert G. Morvillo. Bob was an unrivaled advocate dedicated to protecting his clients, upholding the finest traditions of the legal profession. He also was a dear friend, wonderful colleague, and cherished mentor to us all. We extend our love and deepest sympathies to his family. We will miss him.

Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, P.C. was recognized both as a National Leader in White-Collar Crime and as a Recommended Litigation Firm in New York by the 5th annual edition of Benchmark Litigation: The Definitive Guide to America's Leading Litigation Firms & Attorneys. In addition, Morvillo Abramowitz partners Elkan Abramowitz and Robert G. Morvillo were named National Litigation Stars in White-Collar Crime with the publication also naming Mr. Abramowitz, Mr. Morvillo and Robert J. Anello as Local Litigation Stars in New York.

Benchmark is the only publication on the market to focus exclusively on litigation in the U.S. The guide's results culminate a six-month research period during which researchers conduct extensive interviews with litigators and their clients.

For the eighth year in a row, Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, P.C., has been recognized by Chambers USA:  Americas Leading Lawyers for Business as a leading litigation firm. Chambers USA 2011 gave its highest ranking, Band 1, to the firm in Litigation: Specialist Firms in White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York).

The firm was heralded as, "...an excellent litigation firm with a deep bench of attorneys."  Five of the firm's attorneys received individual recognition in Litigation:  White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, the highest number of individuals among all firms in this category.   The five attorneys who received individual recognition were Elkan Abramowitz, Robert Morvillo, Barry Bohrer, Lawrence Iason, and Robert Anello.  In addition, Robert Morvillo received individual recognition in Litigation:  Trial Lawyers (Nationwide).

Chambers USA is a product of Chambers & Partners, publishers of the world’s leading guides to the legal profession. To obtain their results, Chambers engages a team of 100 highly qualified full-time researchers, conducting thousands of interviews with lawyers and their clients worldwide every year.

On November 27, 2007, Morvillo Abramowitz Principal Robert G. Morvillo Chaired an ethics program at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York dealing with the ethical problems that typically arise during the course of criminal investigations and cases. Conflicts of interest, document destruction, and false representations will be discussed as examples of conduct presenting ethical dilemmas.