VMM is proud to announce that five of our attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the prestigious New York Metro Super Lawyers list for 2025, in nine different practice areas.
Partner Richard Apat is recognized for the seventh consecutive year as a Top Rated Attorney in Personal Injury and in Workers' Compensation. His profile can be found here.
Partner Avrohom Gefen is recognized for the third consecutive year as a Top Rated Attorney in Employment & Labor: Employer, Employment Litigation: Defense, Business Litigation, and Employment Litigation: Plaintiff. He was previously selected to Rising Stars 2014 - 2016. His profile can be found here.
Partner Joseph Trotti is recognized for the fourth year in Family Law. His profile can be found here.
Partner Constantina Papageorgiou is recognized for the sixth consecutive year as a Rising Star in Estate Planning & Probate and in Elder Law. Her profile can be found here.
Associate Kristine Garcia-Elliott is recognized for the first year as a Rising Star in Elder Law. Her profile can be found here.
Other VMM attorneys previously selected to Super Lawyers include managing partner Joseph Milizio in Business & Corporate, Real Estate, and Estate Planning & Probate, 2020 - 2022; and of counsel Andrew Kimler in Business Litigation and Employment & Labor, 2013 - 2015.
Only 5% of practicing attorneys are selected each year as Super Lawyers and only 2.5% are selected as Rising Stars.
The attorneys will be listed in the upcoming New York Super Lawyers Magazine and New York Metro Super Lawyers supplement in The New York Times, distributed to over 1,100,000 readers. It can be read online here.
In August, eight VMM attorneys were named to the 2026 Best Lawyers in America in 12 categories, earning VMM the "Top-Listed Award" for the third consecutive year for having the most recognized lawyers in a geographical area.
