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  • In the Matter of Christopher J. Thompson

    Publication Date: 2019-09-20
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher John Thompson, (Christopher J. Thompson PC), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19Y0873

    Disbarment Appropriate For Attorney Who Abandoned Client and Never Responded to Disciplinary Authorities

  • Mack v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Lawrence Persse, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Matthew Breedon, Margaret Ellen Heap, (Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0947

    Admission of Police Interviewer's Comment That Embraced Ultimate Issue at Trial Was Neither Prejudicial Nor Statutorily Barred

  • People v. Reid

    Publication Date: 2019-09-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Queens
    Judge: Justice Deborah Modica
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the People by: ADA Paige Nyer, Queens County District Attorney's Office.
    for defendant: For the Defendant by: Evelyn Malave, Esq. Legal Aid Society.
    Case Number: 964/2019

    CPL §530.12 Parameters Do Not Require Plenary Hearing Regarding Revocation of Bail Status

  • Hey Jude Prods. v. Simon

    Publication Date: 2019-09-19
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Kathryn Freed
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 150464/2018

    Employee's Counterclaims for Contract Breach, Tortious Interference, Defamation Dismissed

  • Bd. of Mngrs, 28 Cliff St. Condo. v. Maguire

    Publication Date: 2019-09-19
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Carol Edmead
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the Plaintiffs: George Sitaras and Adama Varsey Sirleaf.
    for defendant: For the Defendants: Michael S. Hiller and Jason E. Zakai, Hiller, PC.
    Case Number: 653115/2016

    Court Finds BCL Permits Indemnification of Directors, Officers in Condominium Context

  • U.S. Bank Trust v. Carpentier

    Publication Date: 2019-09-17
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Clinton
    Judge: Justice Robert Muller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff1: Scali Riggs and Franklin K. Chiu of counsel, McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, P.C., New Rochelle.
    for defendant: For Defendant David Carpentier a/k/a David L. Carpentier.: Daniel Alley of counsel, Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, Inc., Plattsburgh.
    Case Number: 2016-0140

    Bank Twice Fails to Show Standing to Maintain Foreclosure Action, Denied Summary Judgment

  • DiFrancesco v. Rothman

    Publication Date: 2019-09-13
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Rockland
    Judge: Justice Rolf Thorsen
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs: Reda & Birnbaum, LLP.
    for defendant: For Defendant: Fedrick Nugent, MacCartney PLLC.
    Case Number: 031173/2019E

    Dismissal of Defamation Claim Granted; Internet Review Constituted Non-Actionable Opinion

  • Simmons v. Plotch

    Publication Date: 2019-09-11
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Queens
    Judge: Justice Bruce Balter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiff represented by: Sylvia Simmons, Pro Se.
    for defendant: Defendant represented by: Linda P. Manfiedi, Esq., Frankel Lambert, Weiss, Weisman & Gordon LLP.
    Case Number: 2001/2019

    Law Firm Granted Dismissal of Complaint on Res Judicata, Collateral Estoppel Grounds

  • In the Matter of Jeffrey L. Sakas (three cases).

    Publication Date: 2019-09-11
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey L. Sakas, (Jeffrey L Sakas LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Paul T. Carroll, III, Rome, for other party.
    Case Number: S19Y1164

    Court disbars attorney due to multiple violations of Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct

  • O.O. v. S.O.

    Publication Date: 2019-09-10
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Nassau
    Judge: Justice Helen Voutsinas
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 202248/2015

    Ancillary Financial Issues Will Be Decided Based on Date of Ukrainian Judgment of Divorce