Background Information

Kevin D. Ribakove

Kevin Ribakove received his law degree from the University of Buffalo in 1976. Before entering private practice in Forest Hills in 1981, he was employed as an associate at two Manhattan firms, first at Moskowitz & Passman and then at Gladstein & Isaac. He is admitted to practice in New York and Florida, as well as the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern districts of New York.

He is on the Board of Directors of the Trey Whitfield Foundation; a Brooklyn based charitable organization dedicated to providing both educational and recreational opportunities to needy children and teens.

Kevin Ribakove is an active member of the Queens County Bar Association and serves on its Bankruptcy Committee. He has been interviewed on New York City television on topics related to consumer bankruptcy. After twenty years of practice, his areas of focus include bankruptcy, real estate, personal injury, and wills and estates.

A lifelong resident of the New York City area, he was born in Brooklyn in 1951, is married and a father of twins, born in 1992.

Ronald W. Ramirez

Ron Ramirez was born and raised in Queens. He graduated from Francis Lewis High School in 1969. We went on to receive his engineering degree from Iowa State University and his law degree from SUNY at Buffalo, School of Law in 1976. Ron is married and the father of two sons.

After law school, Ron was a criminal defense attorney at the Legal Aid Society, in Manhattan, where he developed his courtroom skills and became a seasoned trial litigator. Ron has tried hundreds of cases throughout the Metropolitan area in both the State and Federal courts.

As a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, National Brain Injury Association and Queens County Bar Association, Ron has concentrated his practice on personal injury litigation involving automobile, premises and construction accidents as well as medical malpractice.