Uniondale, NY – May 30, 2025 – Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C. announced that Partner Nicole E. Osborne presented the Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C. Award for Outstanding Appellate Advocacy to a graduating law student at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University.
Established in 2000, the award is presented annually to a graduating student who has demonstrated exceptional skill in appellate advocacy. Nicole E. Osborne, who received the honor herself in 2016, presented this year’s award to Christina Portuallo during a ceremony held on May 19, 2025.
“It was an honor to return to Hofstra Law to present this award, which played a meaningful role in my own journey. I’m proud to recognize Christina’s outstanding work and celebrate the next generation of advocates,” said Nicole E. Osborne, Partner at Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C.
Ms. Osborne is a Partner at Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C., where she is a member of the firm’s Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Practice Group, Employment Practice Group, Commercial Litigation Department, Health Law Department and the White Collar Crime and Investigations Practice Group.
Ms. Osborne’s practice focuses in the cybersecurity arena as well as federal and state litigation. She has been engaged in numerous cybersecurity engagements ranging across industries and of all sizes. Ms. Osborne’s work includes advising businesses based on their level of cyberpreparedness and conducting risk and threat assessments, incident response planning, immediate incident response and remediation, privacy impact assessments, and defending against enforcement actions, government investigations and private party civil actions.
Ms. Osborne has experience as a commercial litigator in both federal and state courts. Ms. Osborne has represented individuals and companies in a wide area of complex commercial litigation – including matters involving employer/employee disputes, trade secret misappropriation, business torts, breach of contract and shareholder disputes, professional liability (including claims related to Employment Practices Liability and Directors and Offices Insurance Policies), and Article 78 proceedings. Ms. Osborne also has experience in matters involving the employer-employee relationship. Ms. Osborne has experience handling wage and hour compliance and investigations, employment discrimination prevention, employee handbooks and trainings, administrative proceedings, disability accommodations and leave related issues. Ms. Osborne has also defended against claims in administrative and court proceedings relating to sexual harassment, age, race, and national origin discrimination, restrictive covenant violations, confidentiality violations, and trade secret theft for various clients, both large and small.
Ms. Osborne is an Adjunct Professor at Hofstra University’s Maurice A. Deane School of Law, where she teaches courses on the Fundamentals of the Law of Cybersecurity. Ms. Osborne was named in Long Island Business News in its Ones to Watch and a New York Metropolitan Area Super Lawyer Rising Star in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
For over 50 years, Ruskin Moscou Faltischek P.C., headquartered in Uniondale, has built a reputation as one of the region’s leading providers of innovative legal services. Its attorneys are practical, experienced advocates who measure their success by their clients’ success. Cornerstone groups in all major practice areas of the law are represented at the firm, including corporate and securities, corporate restructuring & bankruptcy, commercial lending, commercial litigation, intellectual property, health care, real estate, employment, not-for-profit, cybersecurity and data privacy, energy, and trusts and estates. Clients include individual, large and mid-sized corporations, privately held businesses and institutions.
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