Woodbury, NY
Civil rights Lawyer at Woodbury, NY
Practice Areas: Civil Rights, Litigation, Employment & Labor
OUTCOME: Favorable Settlement
After a fire destroyed an apartment building in Suffolk County, NY, I helped a real estate leasing company obtain insurance coverage for lost rental income after the insurance company denied coverage.
OUTCOME: Favorable Settlement
I brought RICO and fraud claims on behalf of a group of parents seeking to recover their tuition deposits from a group of religious schools after learning that a key administrator was accused of sexual ... misconduct against students. Within a short time the lawsuit succeeded in providing my clients with 100% refunds.
OUTCOME: Defense verdict
Plaintiff alleged that he was illegally stopped on the street by three police officers before he was taken into an alley and subjected to a nude, body cavity search. The jury rejected these claims and ... found in favor of Mr. Nathan's clients, the three police officers.
OUTCOME: Defense verdict
On November 2, 2007, Officers Lazaro Altamirano, Christopher Jania, and John O’Keefe arrested Mr. Venson for possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. The criminal charges were dismi ... ssed by the prosecutor after the judge made a finding of no probable cause. Mr. Venson subsequently sued his arresting officers claiming he was falsely arrested and maliciously prosecuted. Despite the exclusion of Mr. Venson's criminal history and his attorneys' arguments that the officers' version of events was physically impossible, the jury found in favor of the defendants on all claims.
OUTCOME: Defense verdict
Gregory Smith was arrested for possession of narcotics and plead guilty to that offense. Smith, however, claimed that several Chicago police officers “stomped” on his fingers. He filed a civil suit all ... eging excessive force, failure to intervene, and failure to provide medical care. After a jury trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the Chicago police officers on all counts.
OUTCOME: Summary judgment was granted in favor of the defendants and affirmed by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Plaintiff spent 5 years in jail awaiting trial for murder before he was acquitted. He subsequently sued the detectives that handled his case and alleged that he was maliciously prosecuted and denied a ... fair trial.
OUTCOME: Defense verdict
Plaintiffs Byron Christmas and Tiffany Banks alleged that six police officers subjected them to body cavity searches attempted to cover up the wrongful searches by planting evidence and maliciously pro ... secuting Mr. Christmas and Ms. Banks. It was also alleged that the officers abandoned the three-week-old baby of Ms. Banks in an alley after her arrest. According to the officers, Christmas and Banks were arrested after they were caught selling heroin in Chicago’s Southwest side community of North Lawndale. After two days of deliberation, the jury unanimously found in favor of the officers.
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