About Us

Tom Dewey, Dave Pegno, and Steve Kramarsky founded the boutique law firm Dewey Pegno & Kramarsky in 1998. We have an established record of successfully representing our clients in complex litigation matters, including trials, appeals, and investigations. Each dispute requires a bespoke approach and does not mandate an army of lawyers or a biglaw “playbook.” We provide a team-based, tailored, and flexible process to working with our clients to reach a successful outcome.

Chambers USA says, “Dewey Pegno & Kramarsky is a respected litigation boutique fielding expertise in a broad range of complex commercial disputes, including contractual breaches, shareholder litigation and arbitral enforcement. It is regularly retained by prominent names in the finance, real estate and insurance sectors... The firm brings long-term strategic thinking, engages like a true business partner and is calm in the midst of a storm.”

Practice Areas

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Our practice areas include: Appellate, Bankruptcy, Employment, Financial Services, Insurance, Intellectual Property and Technology, Internal Investigations and Regulatory Enforcement, Pro Bono, Real Estate, and Securities. The National Law Journal recognizes DPK on its Litigation Boutiques Hot List, a distinction recognizing ten “small but powerful” law firms that achieved significant litigation victories.

Appellate

We represent companies and are hired by some of the best known law firms to appeal cases before the United States Supreme Court, many Circuit Courts of Appeal, the New York Court of Appeals, and Appellate Divisions.

Employment

We represent clients in lawsuits and arbitrations involving many different kinds of employment issues, ranging from alleged violations of non-competes to severance and indemnification disputes.

Securities

We litigate alleged violations of the securities laws, and handle arbitrations and disputes regarding broker-dealer matters, compliance issues, and credit derivatives.

Team Members

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Our lawyers and staff have a keen understanding of the legal issues our clients face. We help companies, individuals, and boards to navigate the intersection of business and the law. Meet the lawyers and staff at Dewey Pegno & Kramarsky who can help you move your business forward.

The New York Times says, “Other successful practices have remained decidedly small. The grandson of Thomas E. Dewey, for example, has his own firm, Dewey Pegno & Kramarsky, a litigation boutique in Manhattan that he started in 1998. Thomas E.L. Dewey’s 14-lawyer shop, which represents large corporate clients... markets itself as a cost-effective alternative to large, expensive firms.”

Jen Salzberg

Jen’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation involving a wide range of corporate governance, securities, and competition issues.

Ariel Cannon

Ariel’s practice focuses on securities, employment litigation and counseling, and other commercial litigation matters.

Sean Mullen

Sean represents clients in litigation and arbitration involving securities, international investments, contracts, and internal and regulatory investigations.

News

21st Annual NYC Bar

Thomas E. Dewey Medal Presentation

The New York City Bar Association presented its annual Thomas E. Dewey Medal on Dec. 3, 2025 honoring outstanding assistant district attorneys in each of the DA offices within New York City and the Office of Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the city of New York.

2025 Dewey Medal recipients: Wanda Perez-Maldonado, Bronx County; David C. Kelly, Kings County; Kevin Ferrari, accepting for his father, Robert Ferrari, New York County (posthumously); Sun Moo Ann Heo, Office of the Special Narcotics prosecutor; Jonathan A. Selkowe, Queens County; and Victoria Levin, Richmond County.

Insights

Regulating Commercial Speech in ‘Pixel Space’: Court Examines the New York Algorithmic Pricing Disclosure Act

by Steve Kramarsky

How much is the Uber going to cost? There is only one way to answer that question: open the app and check. Is it rush hour, or a holiday, or a rainy Tuesday evening? The cost for the same trip may be different for you and the person standing right next to you on the corner, and sometimes just opening a competing app can make the price go down. Rideshare services are the most familiar example of a technology called algorithmic pricing, in which the service provider uses available data about the individual customer to set the offered price, but that technology is rapidly spreading.