Nyack, NY
Lawsuits and disputes Lawyer at Nyack, NY
Practice Areas: Lawsuits & Disputes
OUTCOME: Settled
As the go-to litigator and outside general counsel for a prominent New York equestrian facility, waged and won emergency litigation enabling client to exercise a contested real-estate purchase option n ... eeded to perpetuate and extend its operations. Saddle River Equestrian, LLC v. Gaess, et al. (NY).
OUTCOME: Dismissed for lack of personal jurisdiction
Freed a mom-and-pop ecommerce business from the bottomless pit of a New York product liability action by successfully arguing that the long-arm statute did not apply, saving the client the expense and ... disruption of prolonged litigation. Bruno v. Intelex USA, LLC, et al. (NY).
OUTCOME: Settled
Turned a powerful demand letter in a Finra securities dispute into a prompt settlement, enabling a disabled investor to recover all her investment losses (and more).
OUTCOME: Settled
Negotiated high six-figure settlement of fraud and securities claims against a broker-dealer in a pair of Florida and New Jersey Finra proceedings, gaining individual investors needed closure and more ... than 60 percent of their investment losses -- without the expense and uncertainty of arbitral hearings.
OUTCOME: Settled
Defending an Australian mining-supply company in a multimillion-dollar business tort dispute in West Virginia state court, leveraged a loosely drafted arbitration clause to remove action, then successf ... ully moved to compel international arbitration in South Africa and win summary dismissal of the action, ending the litigation in less than a year. Shilmann Rocbit, LLC v. American Blasting Consumables, Inc. (WV).
OUTCOME: Dismissed
Gutted bulk of claims in a $30 million defamation and breach-of-contract action in New York federal court against a Russian multimedia company by motion to dismiss in a dispute over a failed joint vent ... ure, then negotiated settlement of lone remaining claim for small money. Bidonthecity.com, LLC v. Halverston Holdings Ltd., et al. (NY).
OUTCOME: Dismissed
Acting for an American food manufacturer, used a $75 refund check in response to a demand letter to challenge standing in a proposed Massachusetts class action, winning dismissal of the case for lack o ... f standing, just ten months after it was filed. Demmler v. ACH Food Companies, Inc. (MA).
OUTCOME: Dismissed
Defending a global tea brand product labeling, stopped a proposed Arkansas class action from getting off the ground by successfully arguing that plaintiff's labeling claims were preempted by federal la ... w and, further, that the claims were not misleading as a matter of law. Craig v. Twinings North America, Inc. (AR).
OUTCOME: Defense verdict
Defending an English company in an action brought by 35 Missouri hospitals seeking more than a billion dollars in damages for unreimbursed healthcare costs, won a full defense verdict in St. Louis afte ... r a four-month jury trial. City of St. Louis v. The American Tobacco Co., et al. (MO).
OUTCOME: Directed verdict
Defending an American manufacturer in the jury trial of a New York product liability action, won a directed verdict after creatively invoking "Toonces, the Cat Who Could Drive a Car," a classic Saturda ... y Night Live sketch, to confound plaintiff's psychiatrist in a cross-examination media reports called "searing." Rosen v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., et al. (NY)
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