Michael Rikon

Background

Rikon, Michael was born on February 2, 1945 in Brooklyn. Son of Charles and Ruth (Shapiro) Rikon.

Education

New York Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science in Bus. Adm., 1966); Brooklyn Law School (Juris Doctor, 1969). New York University (Master of Laws, 1974).

Career

Criscuola v. Power Authority, 188 A.D.2d 1951, 592 N.Y.S.2d 79 revd. 81 N.Y.2d 649 602 N.Y.S.2d 588 (1993), M.T.A. v. Peerless Weighing & Machine Corporation, 155 Misc. 2d 832, 601 N.Y.S.2d 768, Matter of City of N.Y. (L.I. Sound Realty Company), 160 A.D.2d 696, 553 N.Y.S.2d 789, Au-Tis Auto Service Center v. State of N.Y., 140 A.D.2d 397, 528 N.Y.S.2d 333, Eale Realty Corporation v. State of N.Y., 115 A.D.2d 635, 496 N.Y.S.2d 295, Levine v. State of New York 106 A.D.2d 709, 484 N.Y.S.2d 678.Worked at Goldstein, Goldstein & Rikon (New York, NY) specializing in Condemnation Proceedings. Admitted to the bar, 1970, New York. 1971, United States. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.

1972, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. 1973, United States. Supreme Court. 1981,, United States.

Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Recipient, Alumni Association Award. Author: "What is Compensation for Taking of Trade Fixtures," 5 R.E.L.J., 1976.

"Appraisal as Admissions of Value," 3 R.E.L.J., 3, 1975. Notes and Comments, Appraisal Journal, 1975. "Inverse Condemnation," Volume 67, No.8 New York State Bar Journal, December 95.

"Electromagnetic Radiation Field Property Devaluation," The Appraisal Journal, January 1996. Lecturer: ALI-American Bar Association, Land Valuation Litigation, January 1995. "Criscuola-The Sparks are Still Flying," N.Y.L.J. April 1996.

"The Law of Trade Fixtures," Real Property L.J. Fall 1997. Instructor in Law, New School for Social Research, 1982. Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of New York, 1969-1973.

Law Clerk, Honorary Albert A. Blinder, New York State Court of Claims. Member of Community Planning Board, Staten Island, 1977. Special Consultant, New York State Commission in Eminent Domain, 1973-1974.

Member: Suffolk County, New York and American (Vice Chair, Condemnation Committee). Bar Associations; American Trial Lawyers Association. Trial Lawyers for Public Justice.

New York County Lawyers Association. Condemnation Conferena. Military: With United States Army Reserve, Signal, 1969-1974.

Goldstein, Goldstein & Rikon was formed by the merger, in 1994, of Samuel Goldstein & Sons and Michael Rikon, a single practitioner. The original firm, which later resulted in the name of Samuel Goldstein & Sons, was founded by Samuel Goldstein and Nathan L. Goldstein in 1928 as a firm limiting its practice to condemnation and has continued under several names, in the same practice, until the merger in 1994. M. Robert Goldstein and Michael J. Goldstein continue to handle condemnation claims exclusively and Michael Rikon handles condemnation claims primarily as well as other claims against the State of New York.

The firm acts largely as counsel to other firms in the handling of condemnation claims for their clients.

Membership

Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association (chair committee Condemnation), American Trial Lawyers Association, TLPJ Foundation, New York State Bar Association (special committee of condemnation law), Suffolk County Bar assosiation, New York County Lawyers Association (chair Condemnation committee), Republican.

Interests

• Collecting stamps, photography, collecting miniature soldiers.

Connections

Children: Carrie Rachel, Joshua Howard.

Father:

Charles Rikon

Mother:

Ruth (Shapiro) Rikon

child:

Carrie Rachel Rikon

child:

Joshua Howard Rikon