Litigation Lawyer
Practice Areas: Litigation, Appeals
OUTCOME: Investigation terminated
(client name changed) SEC formal investigation. Investigation terminated without client ever testifying or providing an affidavit. One of only a handful of times this result has been obtained from a ... formal investigation
OUTCOME: Succesful Outcomes On All
• Primary Draftsman on $25 million fiber optic system telecommunications system construction contract, representing contractor • Fiber Optek v. Neon Optica- US District Ct., Southern District: First ( ... only) attorney to successfully file a mechanic’s lien against a fiber optek communication system running through a public thoroughfare. Result: multi-million dollar settlement to client from public company otherwise filing bankruptcy. • Various Taxi Industry Matters- Successfully demonstrated to City of Middletown, NY, City of Beacon, NY, City of Newburgh, NY that municipalities had jurisdiction only to regulate “point-to-point” taxi/livery transportation occurring wholly within their borders. • G&C Transportation v. MTM, et al.- Successfully restored plaintiff’s share of Medicaid non-emergency medical transportation work within days of filing action. • Gaudio v. Town of Crawford- Within days of filing action, defendant-business owner removes expanded business fixtures violating zoning and which fixtures were producing products competing with plaintiff. • Estate of Olenik- Successfully defended executor, whose wife received bulk of estate, from claims of over-reaching by family of decedent. • Blair.com v. Alison Blair Studio- After a large, intellectual property/corporate law form advised Alison Blair Studio that she had to change her name because Blair.com (a Sears-type retail store with a large web presence), had sent a “cease and desist and letter), and had charged her many thousands of dollars for this advise, Mr. Stern sent a refusal-to-comply letter to Blair.com (cost- $150). Matter resolved. Alison Blair Studio retains her name and website presence without modification. • 3 prior attorneys having failed to obtain any reduction whatsoever, Mr. Stern obtained a ⅓ reduction in the real estate taxes (a $30,000 per year reduction) on a residential property in Rockland County without the need to file for a formal property tax review. • When a trucking company, having contracted with an employee /driver to buy a truck and be hired on as an independent contractor, unilaterally a few months thereafter, reduced the weekly payments to the driver, Mr. Stern, without filing legal action, restored the full weekly payment originally agreed to by the driver.
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