Lenore Benessere is on the Firm’s Insurance Defense Practice Group for which she focuses on defense litigation, representing clients in personal injury cases involving New York Labor Law, premises liability litigation and construction accident cases.  Lenore has also handled breach of contract claims and contractual indemnification matters, as well as appellate work.

Prior to joining Fleischner Potash, Lenore worked for a litigation defense firm, handling construction accident cases, toxic tort and products liability, including the defense of manufacturers and distributors in asbestos litigation.  She was also national co-coordinating counsel for a Fortune 500 company and, in this capacity, oversaw the defense of products liability actions pending in multiple jurisdictions.

Lenore participates in Continuing Education Programs, lecturing on New York Labor Law.

While completing her law degree, Ms. Benessere completed externships in the public sector, including at the Federal Aviation Authority (“FAA”), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) and Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”).