People of the State of New York v. G.P.
Sep 01, 2015OUTCOME: Dismissal
Multiple cases of alleged domestic altercations and order of protection violation fully dismissed.
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Brendan Michael Ahern's Legal Cases (9)
Islandia, NY
Personal injury Lawyer at Islandia, NY
Practice Areas: Personal Injury, Wrongful Death ... +2 more
People of the State of New York v. L.S.
Mar 03, 2015OUTCOME: Sealed Disorderly Conduct (violation)
Defendant charged with multiple Felony Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance for allegedly possessing quantities of various controlled substances in Queens County. After negotiating with the DA ... 's Office, the charges were reduced from a felony to a sealed violation on my second appearance.
People of the State of New York v. KM
Jan 18, 2015OUTCOME: Non-criminal
Retained to represent woman under investigation for DWI and Vehicular Homicide. Secured video surveillance that showed client not cause of fatal crash. Negotiated non-criminal disposition.
People of the State of New York v. M.P.
Jan 01, 2015OUTCOME: Dismissal of Homicide Count
Commercial driver charged with Criminally Negligent Homicide under theory that he was texting while driving at the time of a fatal accident. Drafted detailed Motion to Dismiss that articulated deficien ... cies in proof that were highlighted in the accident reconstruction. Judge agreed that there was insufficient evidence to support homicide charge and dismissed charge from the indictment.
People of the State of New York v. L.B.
Oct 10, 2014OUTCOME: Full Acquittal
Defendant charged with DWI in Bronx County, and had pending charges for nearly five years. He was alleged to have driven erratically on the Throgs Neck Bridge. The police and DA's Office failed to pres ... erve video evidence.
People of the State of New York v. Raymond Ragen
Jul 03, 2014OUTCOME: Successful Jury Verdict
A cement truck driver crashed into a LIRR overpass and a school bus with young school children on their way home from summer camp. The impact killed the bus driver, crippled the bus matron, and injured ... four autistic school children. Mr. Ahern introduced sophisticated GPS tracking data with coordinating cell phone records, eyewitness testimony, and 911 call logs to show phone use by the offending cement truck driver at or immediately prior to the crash. Mr. Ahern introduced accident reconstruction of the commercial truck crash into the LIRR overpass using a video of an actual exemplar cement truck driven into the LIRR overpass.
People of the State of New York v. Sebastian Barba
Feb 01, 2014OUTCOME: Successful
Featured on Season 18, Episode 26 of America’s Most Wanted in 2005: A young junior stock broker, with dual citizenship, killed an elderly woman and fled the United States to Ecuador in 2001. In 2012, M ... r. Ahern coordinated with multiple international, federal, state and local government agencies to arrange for the fugitive’s apprehension in Panama on an INTERPOL international arrest warrant and return to the United States. Mr. Ahern’s successful pretrial litigation was featured in the New York Law Journal.
People of the State of New York v. Kayla Gerdes
Jul 10, 2012OUTCOME: Successful
A teenage driver high on drugs left the roadway and killed a retired doctor mowing her front lawn, before the driver impaled a work van into the front of the deceased’s woman’s home. Mr. Ahern coordina ... ted with joint federal and state pharmaceutical narcotic diversion investigations, including investigators from the Department of Justice DEA and Nassau County Street Narcotic Unit. Mr. Ahern introduced FBI handwriting analysis to link pharmaceutical records and forged stolen prescriptions.
People of the State of New York v. Juan Cruz
Jul 26, 2011OUTCOME: Successful
An intoxicated driver drove over 12 miles the wrong way on Long Island Expressway at over 120 mph before crashing and killing his front seat passenger. Mr. Ahern introduced “Black Box” Event Data Recor ... der analysis to establish speed and braking patterns of offending vehicle in fatal crash.