• Bank of N.Y. Mellon v. Molter

    Publication Date: 2018-10-11
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk
    Judge: Justice William Ford
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiff's Counsel: Gross Polowy LLC, Williamsville, New York
    for defendant: Defendant's Counsel: Ronald D. Weiss, PC, Melville, New York

    Case Number: 36858/2010

    Neglect to Prosecute Claim Denied for Failure to Adhere to Requirement Preceding Dismissal

  • Matter of Kerpen v. N.Y.S. Dep't Motor Vehicles

    Publication Date: 2018-10-09
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Nassau
    Judge: Justice John Galasso
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiff: Dennis M. Lemke, Esq.;
    for defendant: Defendant: Pro se

    Case Number: 593/18

    Challenge to License Application Denial Time-Barred; Reconsideration of Petition Remanded

  • Shchukin Hous. OU v. Iseev

    Publication Date: 2018-09-27
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Paul Goetz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Shchukin parties in both actions: Shchukin House OU, Shchukin Gallery, Nikolay Shchukin and Marina Preobrazhenskaya, Stephen A. Weingrad, Weingrad & Weingrad PC
    for defendant: For Rustam Iseev and Vladislav Gershokovich: Irina Frolova, Law Office of Irina Frolova

    Case Number: 155936/2016

    Fact Issues On Parties' Rights to Artwork Denies Summary Judgment on Conversion Claim

  • M&T Bank v. Improta

    Publication Date: 2018-09-26
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk
    Judge: Justice Thomas Whelan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attys. for Plaintiff: Schiller, Knapp, Lefkowitz, Latham, NY
    for defendant: Atty. for Defendant Dominick Improta: Paul H. Rethier, Esq., Sound Beach, NY; Guardian Ad Litem for Christine Improta: James Spiess, Esq., Riverhead, NY

    Case Number: 609013/16

    Defendants' Opposition Insufficient to Defeat Plaintiff's Showing of Entitlement to Relief

  • In The Matter of Harriet O'Neal.

    Publication Date: 2018-09-26
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harriet Blackburn O'Neal, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Annette M. Cowart, Rebecca S. Mick, Russell David Willard, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Heidi Manroe Faenza, (Supreme Court of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee. J. Scott Ballenger, Emily K. Sauter, Katherine M. Larkin-Wongm, Adam S. Sieff, (Latham & Watkins LLP), Los Angeles, Hilarie Bass, (American Bar Association), Chicago, Cheryl Barnes Legare, (Legare, Attwood & Wolfe, LLC), Atlanta, Joshua Neil Tropper, Joe D. Whitley, Tanisha Pinkins, Linda A. Klein, (Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC.), Atlanta, Oscar N. Persons, (Strickland Brockington Lewis, LLP), Atlanta, Sloane Sussman Perras, (The Krystal Company), Dunwoody, for amicus curiae.

    Case Number: S18Z0774

    Court Orders Reconsideration of Request for Waiver by Spouse of Active Military Member Seeking Admission to Georgia Bar

  • Baravarian v. Multiviz Health Mgmt.

    Publication Date: 2018-09-20
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Queens
    Judge: Justice Allan Weiss
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20939/13

    Plaintiff Had Right to Rescind Accord, Enforce Judgment; Funds in Escrow Disbursed

  • Guinnip v. Maresca

    Publication Date: 2018-09-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Medical Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Genine Edwards
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiff represented by Jeffrey B. Bloom, Esq. of Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf.
    for defendant: Codefendant Dr. Sherburne represented by Matthew J. Kibler, Esq. of Feldman Kieffer, LLP.; Movants, defendants Dr. Okolica and Auburn Community Hospital represented by Molly C. Casey, Esq. of Thuillez, Ford, Gold, Butler & Monroe, LLP.

    Case Number: 514893/2017

    Defendants Fail to Establish Rationale for Discretionary Venue Change

  • Delay et al. v. Sutton, Commissioner

    Publication Date: 2018-09-18
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Rene Fox, James Darren Summerville, Kurt Gregory Kastorf, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dwight L. Thomas, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S18A0765

    Bill authorizing private entities to appoint public officials violates the state constitution.

  • In The Matter of Andrew Bennet Koplan.

    Publication Date: 2018-09-14
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Bennet Koplan, (Andrew B. Koplan, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alison Leigh Burgess, Jenny K. Mittelman, Paula J. Frederick, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S18Y1378

    Court Indefinitely Suspends License of Lawyer Under Indictment for Theft by Conversion Arising from Trust Mismanagement

  • People v. Blank

    Publication Date: 2018-09-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Bronx
    Judge: Justice April Newbauer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Petitioner pro se;
    for defendant: Respondent: Ross D. Mazer, Assistant District Attorney, New York County District Attorney's Office

    Case Number: 414-2018

    Defendant Ordered to Provide Saliva Sample for DNA Comparison to 9mm Pistol