Nicole Hyland

Nicole Hyland is a partner in the Litigation Group and Professional Responsibility Group at Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz in New York, and serves as the firm's Deputy General Counsel. Her practice focuses on legal ethics, professional responsibility, and legal malpractice. She counsels attorneys and law firms on conflicts of interest, legal fee disputes, disqualification motions, multijurisdictional practice, lateral transitions, law firm formation and break-ups, advertising and social media use, and other professional responsibility issues. Hyland is a past Chair of the Committee on Professional Ethics of the New York City Bar Association and now serves on the advisory board for the City Bar's ethics hotline. She chairs the Professional Ethics Committee of the New York Women's Bar Association and has been a member of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers since 2008. She is recognized by Best Lawyers in America (2024–2026) for Legal Malpractice Law and has been named a New York Super Lawyer in professional liability for eleven consecutive years.