Gina M. Arnedos
Partner
Long Island
Professional Experience
Over the last 35 years, Gina has gained vast experience litigating in State District Courts, Supreme Courts all over the State of New York, and Federal Courts in New York. She also has gained extensive experience in aviation defense work in the District of Columbia.
Gina has amassed extensive experience in guiding clients on risk management issues and evaluating cases for settlement, motions for summary judgment, appeals and trial.
Gina started her career with the Nassau County Attorney’s Office in 1987, while still attending law school. Under a practice Order from the Appellate Division, Second Department, Gina was able to litigate in State and Federal Court on behalf of the County and so gained valuable hands-on litigation experience before ever graduating and getting her law license. Since that time, Gina has litigated premises liability cases for a multitude of clients over the years, including department stores, camps, gyms, rock climbing facilities, horse farms, nursery schools, all manner of business and individual clients. She knows her way around a courtroom.
Gina prides herself on being responsive and proactive in serving her clients’ needs and offering practical and sound legal advice. She strives to represent her clients in a cost-effective and straightforward manner in a logical and amicable fashion. She has demonstrated, however, that she will be aggressive in her representation when necessary.
Gina has created and delivered presentations for various insurance companies, with her former partner, on practicing both in the New York State Courts and Federal Courts.
Select Representations
Gina represented Alaska Airlines in a plane crash of the coast of California and mediated multi-million-dollar death cases of passengers along with depositions of family members in order to value each individual passenger death case.
Gina was part of a team of attorneys representing U.S. Airlines in a crash in Pennsylvania.
Gina represents J.C. Penney in premises liability cases in several venues in New York and in Federal Court. She has also represented them in discrimination suits and false arrest matters stemming from arrests for shoplifting and stops in the store by Asset Protection personnel.
Gina litigates for rock climbing facilities in New York toward trial and has negotiated favorable settlements on behalf of the facilities through mediation and direct negotiation with adversarial counsel in assumption of risk cases.
Gina represents a high-end body shop on Long Island in multi-case litigation against such insurance carriers as Allstate, State Farm, Liberty Mutual, Progressive and others in both Supreme Court and Federal Court. Although the majority of the litigation is on breach of contract matters, Gina also litigates for them in Federal Court in multi-million-dollar suits stemming from various major insurance carriers’ photo-estimating programs.
Gina represents various clients in construction accidents litigated in Labor Law matters.
Gina also represents a manufacturer of industrial equipment in various personal injury matters.
Honors and Distinctions
The National Society of Leadership & Success 2021
Nassau County Bar Association
Publications
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Education
JD, New York Law School
BS, Stony Book University
Bar Admissions
New York
District of Columbia
Court Admissions
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
United States District Court for the Western District of New York