Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Nicholas Caputo is a partner in the firm's Litigation and Real Estate Departments.  Mr. Caputo's litigation practice covers a broad range of State and Federal complex commercial litigation, including business and contracts disputes, shareholder and other corporate disputes, real estate, trade secrets, restrictive covenants, intellectual property, employment litigation.  He has extensive experience in insurance coverage litigation.  Prior to joining Robinson Brog, Mr. Caputo was an associate attorney at Mendes & Mount, LLP.

Mr. Caputo's real estate practice includes representation of landlords and tenants in commercial leasing and in landlord-tenant proceedings.

Mr. Caputo earned a J.D., magna cum laude, from New York Law School in 1993.  He was an editor of the New York Law School Law Review and member of the Moot Court Association.  He received his bachelor's degree from Boston University.

Areas of Practice

• Commercial Litigation
• Real Estate Litigation
• Real Estate
• Insurance
• Employment

Representative Cases

• Jamaica Public Service Co. v. AIU Ins. Co., 92 N.Y.2d 631 (1998)
• Benun v. Allstate Ins. Co., 225 F.3d 645 (2d Cir. 2000)
• Nowak v. Rametta, 43 A.D.3d 1120 (2d Dep't 2007)
• Gottlieb v. Greco, 298 A.D.2d 300 (1st Dep't 2002)
• Dell Inc. v. GJF Construction Corp., NYLJ, Jan. 3, 2008, p. 27 col 3, 2007 W.L. 4397748 (2007 Slip. Op. 339996(U) (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Co.))
• Kudrov v. Kudrov, 12 Misc. 3d 205, 802 N.Y.S.2d 405 (Sup Ct. Kings Co 2005)
• QMB Holdings, LLC v. Escava Bros., 11 Misc. 3d 1060(A), 815 N.Y.S.2s 496 (2006 Slip Op. 50322 (Sup. Ct. Bx. Co))
• Allannic v. 682 Sixth Avenue HDFC , (Sup Ct. NY Co. 2008)
• Unique Sports Generation v. LGH-III, LLC, 2005 WL 2414452 (S.D.N.Y.)
• McMillan v. Examination Management Services, Inc., 1996 W.L. 551725, 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14189 (S.D.N.Y.)

West Practice Categories

Litigation & Appeals, Employment Law -- Employer, Employment Law -- Employee, Insurance Law

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1994
• New Jersey, 1994
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
• U.S. District Court District of New Jersey

Past Employment Positions

• Mendes & Mount, Associate Attorney

Education

• New York Law School, New York, New York, 1993
  J.D.
  Honors: magna cum laude
  Honors: Member, Moot Court Association
  
  Law Review: New York Law School Law Review, Editor
• Boston University

Address

1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10105-0143

Phones

(212) 603-0491

Faxes

(212) 956-2164

Emails

nrc@robinsonbrog.com

Websites

http://www.robinsonbrog.com