Elmsford, NY
Civil rights Lawyer at Elmsford, NY
Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Insurance, Commercial
OUTCOME: We won a motion to dismiss all claims against our client.
Plaintiff was prosecuted for larceny when he refused to return three UPS packages that were mistakenly delivered to him. He brought malicious prosecution claims against the police officers who arrested ... him and the assistant district attorney who determined that a larceny charge was proper. We represented the ADA.
OUTCOME: We won summary judgment by establishing that plaintiff was properly terminated because an arbitrator found plaintiff guilty of attempted fraud.
Plaintiff, who was fired from her job as a clerk at the Rockland County Department of Social Services, asserted Title VII, New York State Human Rights Law and Section 1983 claims of gender discriminat ... ion and retaliation for engaging in protected conduct.
OUTCOME: We won summary judgment for the hotel by arguing that the pole was an open and obvious condition and plaintiff was solely responsible for the accident.
Plaintiff walked into a pole outside a Marriott hotel, allegedly resulting in serious knee injuries. She and her husband sued the hotel, claiming that she backed up into the pole when a bellman approac ... hed with her luggage and she had to get out of his way.
OUTCOME: We moved to dismiss the case and our motion was granted.
The plaintiff, who had been arrested and prosecuted for election fraud, brought false arrest and malicious prosecution claims against the County of Rockland, the Rockland County District Attorney, the ... detective who arrested him, and the ADA who prosecuted him.
OUTCOME: We obtained $300,000 for our client at a mediation, after defeating defendants' motions for summary judgment.
We represented the plaintiff in a personal injury case in which our client fell in a hallway that was undergoing renovations, resulting in a knee injury that required surgery.
OUTCOME: We won a motion to dismiss on the grounds that plaintiff's lawsuit failed to state a claim.
We represented the Rockland County District Attorney in this false arrest/malicious prosecution lawsuit.
OUTCOME: Early on, we won a motion to dismiss the case against all our clients except the detective. We later won summary judgment for the detective. On appeal, our victories were affirmed by the Second Circuit, which held that there was arguable probable cause.
We represented a county, an assistant district attorney and a detective in a false arrest/malicious prosecution case brought by a disbarred attorney who had been arrested, but acquitted by a jury, for ... allegedly stealing $5,000 as part of a real estate closing.
OUTCOME: We won motions to dismiss plaintiff's complaint and amended complaint. Our victories were affirmed by the Second Circuit, which held that plaintiff had failed to plead viable claims for discrimination or for False Claims Act retaliation.
We defended an employer in a suit by a former employee who asserted claims of wrongful discharge, sexual orientation discrimination and False Claims Act retaliation. The employee admitted watching por ... nography on his office computer, but claimed he had a Constitutional right to do so.
OUTCOME: We obtained summary judgment and plaintiff's case was dismissed. Upon plaintiff's appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit we prevailed again, as the court affirmed the District Court's decision.
We represented an employer in a case in which the plaintiff claimed that he was denied a promotion, and his younger female co-worker received it, because of his age.
OUTCOME: The court granted our motion to dismiss, concluding that plaintiff failed to state a cause of action against our clients.
We represented a hospital and three of its employees in connection with a claim that they violated the plaintiff's civil rights when they held him for an involuntary psychiatric examination.
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