New York, NY
Litigation Lawyer at New York, NY
Practice Areas: Litigation, Contracts & Agreements ... +4 more
OUTCOME: Client settled satisfactorily with FTC
Typical FTC grading and pricing case for rare coins (see 95 POF3d 155 (2007). Work out with FTC over restitution and redress. FUll charge over final settlement for all (multiple) parties.
OUTCOME: Judgment fror the Mint
International law-statee mint in Portugal in dispute with CIncinnatti-based supplier. Judgment recovered for the Mint.
OUTCOME: Suimmary judgment for defendant
Efdey Electrical Conctractors Inc. v Melita, 562 NYS2d 172 (2d Dep't 1990) (multiple summary judgment motions discouraged without new evidence; contingent countreclaims dismissed; individual defendant ... remoed from case(no personal liability)
OUTCOME: Settled
Suit ove auction of an artists entire portfolio (interpretation of auction law and NY consumer affair reegulations)
OUTCOME: PNG VErdict
Trade association challenged on members mandatory arbitration procedure. Ruled okay to so require.
OUTCOME: Case dismissed as to PNG
Action for breach of warranty, misrepresentation, unfair and deceptive trade practices, and negligence was brought against rare coin dealer and Ohio numismatic organization. Numismatic organization mov ... ed to dismiss action for lack of personal jurisdiction. The District Court, Skinner, J., held that: (1) advertisements of Ohio numismatic organization in national trade magazines, which did not appear to be aimed specifically at Massachusetts' customers, did not subject organization to jurisdiction under Massachusetts' long-arm statute, and (2) organization was not subject to district court's jurisdiction under Massachusetts' long-arm statute based on fact that member of organization possessed minimum contacts with Massachusetts, absent any evidence that organization exercised any influence over members' decision to perform services in Massachusetts.Motion to dismiss allowed
OUTCOME: Jury verdict $420,000
Two women took a TWA Getaway vacation on the Nile, the boat caught fire & burned, both women had psychological trauma but no broken bones; Verdict $420,000 (including loss of services claims of both hu ... sbands), case settled on appeal. Jurisdiction found in NY.
OUTCOME: 2d Circuit reverses dismissal below
Claim against hotel in St Maartin subject to fire brought in NY and dismissed by trial court fror lack of jurisdiction. 2d circuit reversed finding significant contacts. Case settled.
OUTCOME: Successful Chapter 7 Reorganization
When ICCI filed for bankruptcy reorganization, it was the largest in the history of Vermont, the equivalent of a company with 3,500 employees in Brooklyn N.Y., filing (given the population of Washingt ... on COunty). AS the largest single unsecured creditor, the Food & Agriclture Organization of the United Nationssought to have the bankruptcy reorganization succeed, keep debtor's attorney fees and professional fees to a minimum, and get an approved plan. FAO guided that process as an unsecured creditor.A testament to the success of this work is that ICCI (in 2008) is still in business, long since out of bankruptcy.
OUTCOME: Successful CH.11
Representing the largest unsecured creditor, I helped steer to a successful conclusion and a company in business some 30 years later
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