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Michael Rikon spoke at the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education's 2010 Redevelopment Conference on January 29, 2010 at Pines Manor, Edison, New Jersey. The subject of his talk was "Blight: What it is After Recent Case Law?"

The Practical Real Estate Lawyer will publish an article written by Michael Rikon titled, "10 Tips for Winning Your Condemnation Case" in the magazine's May, 2010 edition.

Michael Rikon was appointed to the Editorial Board of the Practical Real Estate Lawyer published by ALI-ABA.

Michael Rikon will be a speaker at the ALI-ABA Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation Seminar to be held in Scottsdale, Arizona on February 4-6, 2010.

Goldstein, Goldstein, Rikon & Gottlieb, PC was retained by Willets Point United, Inc. to represent the coalition of property owners and tenant in preventing the condemnation of their property. Willets Point United filed an amicus curiae brief in the Court of Appeals in support of Petitioner in Goldstein v. New York State Urban Development Corp. The brief authored by Michael Rikon can be read here.

Michael Rikon published an article "Trade fixtures in Eminent Domain Proceedings" in The Practical Real Estate Lawyer, September, 2009.

M. Robert Goldstein and Michael Rikon were both selected again as "Best Lawyers" in Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law for 2010.

Michael Rikon presented Sean Hannity & Alan Colmes of Fox News "Hannity & Colmes" with an award for H&C's contributions to advancing the cause of property rights on January 6, 2009.

Michael Rikon will speak at the Annual ALI-ABA Seminar on Eminent Domain to be given in Miami, Florida in January, 2009.

M. Robert Goldstein spoke at the Annual Meeting of the Judges of the Court of Claims in Westchester County on New York Eminent Domain concepts on June 23, 2008.

Joshua H. Rikon presented a program on the Valuation of Property in Condemnation at the Spring meeting of the Real Property, Probate and Trust section of the American Bar Association in May, 2008.

M. Robert Goldstein and Michael Rikon have been designated "Best Lawyers in America" for eminent domain and condemnation litigation in New York for 2008. Both have been listed in New York Magazine's "Best Lawyers."

Michael Rikon will speak at the 2008 ALI-ABA Eminent Domain seminar in San Francisco, California in January 2008.

M. Robert Goldstein published an article "Is It Jurisdiction or Economic Development?" in the Government, Law and Policy Journal, NYSBA, Spring 2007.

Michael Rikon spoke at the New York Court of Claims Law Clerk's Conference in Saratoga Springs, New York on November 16, 2007.

Michael Rikon was a speaker on "The ABC's of Eminent Domain" given by the National Business Institute on November 29, 2007.

Joshua H. Rikon delivered the luncheon talk "Hot Topics in Eminent Domain" at the leadership conference of American Bar Association, section of Real Property, Probate & Trusts in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The Practical Real Estate Lawyer published an article written by Michael Rikon, "Eleven Trial Preparation Pointers for Condemnation Cases," November, 2007.

Probate & Property Magazine will publish an article written by Michael Rikon, "The Perils of the Prior Appraisal" in its May/June 2008 issue.

The Nassau Lawyer, the publication of the Nassau County Bar Association will publish "The Law of Trade Fixtures – Redux" by Michael Rikon.

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