Our Attorneys

Rachel A. Morgenstern

Associate

Rachel Morgenstern is an Associate at Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C., where she is a member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation Department, Fine Art Law Practice Group, and the Insurance Litigation Practice Group.

As a litigator, Rachel focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, contract disputes, insurance coverage litigation, and other types of civil litigation. Rachel has experience handling cases before federal and state courts in all phases of litigation, including discovery, court conferences, motion practice, oral argument and trial.

In her practice, Rachel has prosecuted and defended actions for clients in a variety of industries and focuses on the defense of shareholder disputes, employment practices liability, professional liability, and breaches of contract.

Prior to joining Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C., Rachel was a member of the litigation practice group at a prominent Long Island law firm. She also previously served as the assistant law clerk to Hon. Barbara Jaffe of the New York County Supreme Court, where she drafted decisions and gained working knowledge of the manner and substance of judicial review. This experience informs her approach to legal writing and research.

Before receiving her Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School, Rachel utilized her Boston University master’s degree in print journalism to launch a career in political advocacy. She was manager of communications for Lawyers for Civil Justice, one of the nation’s leading legal reform organizations.

Rachel is admitted to practice law in the Courts of the State of New York and the United States District Court of the Eastern District of New York. She is a member of the Nassau County Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, and the American Business Associates.

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • 2023 Honorable Judith Kaye Commercial and Federal Litigation Scholar
  • Super Lawyer-Rising Star for 2023

BLOGS AND PODCASTS

  • Kenneth Landau, Law You Should Know 90.3 WHPC, “Employment and Labor Laws,” May 17, 2023;
  • Labor and Employment Blog, New York City Employers: How Biased is Your HR Software?, Mar. 6, 2023; and
  • Labor and Employment Blog, New York State Department of Labor Issues New Model Sexual Harassment Policy, Jan. 17, 2023.

PUBLICATIONS

  • Anatomy of a Commission Agreement, May 5, 2025, Co-Author
  • Data Security and AI Transcription: Who’s Really in on the Conversation? April 23, 2025, Co-Author
  • Artificial Intelligence: Basics, Ethics and Pitfalls, Nassau County Bar Association, June 8, 2023, Speaking Panelist
  • Straight to Video: Legality and Admissibility of Surreptitious Recordings in the Workplace, Nassau Lawyer, April 2023
  • “Employment and Labor Laws” with RMF Attorneys Rachel Morgenstern and Nicole Osborne, 90.3 WHPC Law You Should Know