Top Attorney – Michael D. Brown
Uniondale, NY/WW/– Michael D. Brown, Partner with Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C., was selected for inclusion into the Top Attorneys of North America 2024-2025 edition. 
Michael D. Brown is an accomplished litigator, counselor and the co-chair of Ruskin Moscou Faltischek P.C.’s Insurance Practice. Mike’s practice areas span the litigation, insurance coverage, defense, Alternate Dispute Resolution, corporate and regulatory arenas. Mike has been recognized as a New York Metropolitan area “Super Lawyer,” is published in “Who’s Who in America” and was the only attorney, together with eight other professionals in various professions to receive the 2017-2018 Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award, republished in the July 24, 2018 “The Wall Street Journal.” Mike was the originator and part drafter of the first commercial cyber liability policy developed with IBM and the Reliance Insurance Company.
Mike began his career at Weil, Gotshal & Manges and then became a senior trial attorney and Deputy Bureau Chief in the Office of the Special State Prosecutor for Corruption in the New York City Criminal Justice System. A frequent lecturer for many organizations, Mike has spoken on a variety of topics including litigation management techniques, insurance coverage issues, the defense of a variety of professional liability and Directors & Officers claims, various evidentiary issues, the attorney-client privilege, the regulatory aspects of self-insurance and captive insurance programs, the federal Risk Retention Act, and the prospects for federal regulation of the insurance industry.
Ruskin Moscou Faltischek P.C. is an exceptional law firm based on Long Island. Since its establishment in 1968, the firm has consistently adapted and grown to suit the unique requirements of their clients. Their team of skilled attorneys is specialized in various areas of practice, including corporate & securities, financial services, commercial litigation, health care, real estate, employment, and trusts & estates.
The firm’s clients come from a diverse range of backgrounds and include large and mid-sized corporations, privately held businesses, institutions, and individuals. At Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, their team of over 60 attorneys takes pride in exceeding expectations with their superior knowledge of the legal system, polished business acumen and proven credentials. It’s no surprise they have become renowned for their exceptional success. 
A partner at Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C., Mike is a member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation Department, the Firm’s Cybersecurity and Data Privacy practice group and its Alternative Dispute Resolution practice group. As a long time advocate of mediation, Mike has years of Mediation experience as an advocate and also acts as a mediator for insurance coverage and other commercial disputes.
In 1983, Michael D. Brown was a founding partner of Ohrenstein & Brown, LLP, whose insurance practice was rated “Tier 1” By “U.S. News & World Report,” and was the only Long Island Firm to be ranked as Tier 1 for the insurance area. He has frequently been called upon to litigate significant and unusual cases in many states throughout the country. Mike represented a large satellite operator in a “life insurance” claim when several satellites suffered “shortened lives” due to manufacturing and design defects. When an insurer and one of the nation’s largest banks had a dispute over the meaning of a unique insurance policy involving the country’s largest fleet of leased automobiles and involving hundreds of millions of dollars, Mike was asked to defend the insurer in North Carolina. Mike has also represented major hospitals in disputes with HMOs and is also an experienced commercial and employment practice litigator.
Mike also represents insurers, brokers, and insureds in developing structures for insurance programs and in dealing with the regulatory aspects of those programs. Mike regularly represents clients with matters before the New York Department of Financial Services and has served as counsel to a number of national insurance programs. 
Mike has served as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Insurance Demutualization of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and has served on the boards of directors of several publicly owned companies.
Mike earned his Bachelor’s degree at Beloit College and his law degree at New York University School of Law.