New York Jury Verdicts, Settlements and Court Decisions
 

The People of the State of New York v. Ronald Swartz

Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of predatory sexual assault against a child.

In 2019, defendant was charged by indictment with two counts of predatory sexual assault against a child (see Penal Law § 130.96). The charges stemmed from an investigation into allegations that he had raped a female relative (hereinafter victim 1) (se... More...
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State of New York v. Hadi Matar

Mayville, new York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted murder and assault.

Hadi Mater, age 27, attacked and stabbed Sir Salman Rushdie multiple times during a lecture in August 2022.... More...
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United States of America v. Kyle Lewis

Buffalo, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with narcotics conspiracy

Jamestown man going to prison for his role in narcotics conspiracy



Kyle Lewis, 33, of Jamestown, NY, who was convicted of narcot... More...
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United States of America v. Enrique Diaz-Perez

Syracuse, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Reentering the United States

Guatemalan National Sentenced to 14 Months Imprisonment for Illegally Reentering the United States a Year After Deportation

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United States of America v. Troy Alexander Mendez

Syracuse, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distributing Methamphetamine

California Man Sentenced for Distributing Methamphetamine



Troy Alexander Mendez, age 25, a resident of California, admitted ... More...
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United States of America v. Raul Silva

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling thousands of doses of deadly narcotics, including fentanyl, acetyl fentanyl, and heroin

Recidivist Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison For Causing Fatal Fentanyl Poisoning Of 66-Year-Old... More...
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United States of America v. Justin Turnick

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distributing Fentanyl That Resulted In Six Poisonings, Including Multiple Deaths

Rockland County Man Sentenced To Over 21 Years In Prison For Distributing Fentanyl That Resulted In Six Poisonings, Including... More...
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United States of America v. Norman Gray

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Defrauding Investors Of More Than $13 Million

Norman Gray, Founder and CEO Of Biomedical Company, Sentenced For Defrauding Investors Of More Than $13 Million


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United States of America v. Julia Greenberg and Uladzimir Danskoi

New York City, New York criminnal defense lawyers represented the Defendeants charged withconspiracy to commit immigration fraud.

Greenberg challenged the legal sufficiency of one of the charged objects of the conspiracy—namely, committing immigration fraud by obtaining certain immigration documents knowing them to be “forged, counterfeited, altered, or falsely
made, or to have be... More...
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United States of America v. Robert Sylvester Kelly, AKA R. Kelly

Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with violating racketeering and Mann Act violations.


Robert Sylvester Kelly, AKA R. Kelly was found guilty.

He claimed that his evidence was insufficient to support his conviction and challenged the constitutionality of the states law underlying his federal conviction.... More...
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Richard Hoffer v. Police Officer Elyssa Tellone, et al.

New York, New York civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff to sued on an excessive force theory.

Richard Hoffer sued the City of Yonkers, the City of Yonkers Police Department, and various individual police
officers under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that the officers used excessive force when arresting him. After trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the officers.
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United States of America v. Frank E. Noeson

Buffalo, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receipt of child pornography

Former Springville teacher going to prison for 10 years following child pornography conviction



U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross an... More...
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United States of America v. Diego Guisao-Zapata

Albany, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Alien Smuggling

Colombian Man Sentenced to 18 Months for Alien Smuggling



Diego Guisao-Zapata, age 41, a citizen of Colombia, was sentenced to 18 months in ... More...
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State of New York v. Jayqwan Hamilton, Jacob Barroso, and Robert DeMaio

New York, New York criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with murder, robbery, and conspiracy.

JAYQWAN HAMILTON, 37, ROBERT DEMAIO, 36, and JACOB BARROSO, 32, for a conspiracy to rob and drug people outside of LGBTQ+ nightclubs in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood, which led to the deaths of John Umberger and Julio Ramirez. The defendants were found guilty ... More...
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United States of America v. Olabanji Otufale

Brooklyn, NY criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stealing Homeless Victims' Identities to Apply for Unemployment Benefits

Former NYC Fraud Investigator Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Homeless Victims' Identities to Apply for Unemployment Benefits

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United States of America v. Catherine Seemer

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Disability Loan Fraud

Nurse Practitioner Sentenced To Five Years In Prison For $11.2 Million Disability Loan Fraud Scheme



Danielle R. Sassoon, the United... More...
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United States of America v. Jorge Alberto Ramos

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Human Smuggling And Sex Crimes

Former Professor Sentenced To 97 Months In Prison In Connection With Human Smuggling And Sex Crimes



Danielle R. Sassoon, t... More...
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United States of America v. Thomas Berrington

Syracuse, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexual Exploitation of a Child

Albany County Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Sexual Exploitation of a Child



Thomas Berrington, age 33, of Colonie, New York, w... More...
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United States of America v. Robert Menendez; Wael Hana; Fred Daibes

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Bribery, Foreign Agent, And Obstruction Offenses

Former U.S. Senator Robert Menendez Sentenced To 11 Years In Prison For Bribery, Foreign Agent, And Obstruction Offenses

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United States of America v. Richard Cruz

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Causing The Death Of A Seven-Year-Old Boy And A 48-Year-Old Woman In Hudson River Boat Capsizing

New Jersey Man Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison For Causing The Death Of A Seven-Year-Old Boy And A 48-Y... More...
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United States of America v. Juan Mercado

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Accepting More Than $300,000 In Bribes

Former NYCHA Superintendent Sentenced To 48 Months In Prison For Accepting More Than $300,000 In Bribes



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American Industries Corp. of New York v. Greg Beeche Logistics, LLC

New York City, New York civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a breach of contract dispute.

The Plaintiff sued the Defendant on breach of contract and common-law indemnification law theories.

A common-law indemnification claimant must prove that it was not only not guilty of any negligence beyond the the statutory liability but must also prove that [Beeche] was guil... More...
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United States of America v. Robert Menendez; Wael Hana a/k/a “Will Hana”; Fred Daibes

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Bribery, Foreign Agent, And Obstruction Offenses

Former U.S. Senator Robert Menendez Sentenced To 11 Years In Prison For Bribery, Foreign Agent, And Obstruction Offenses

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United States of America v. Lawrence Boone

Syracuse, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distribution, Receipt, and Possession of Child Pornography

Syracuse Man Sentenced to 168 Months for Distribution, Receipt, and Possession of Child Pornography

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United States of America v. Yaurel Centeno a/k/a “Flex”

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Murder, Attempted Murder, Assault, Racketeering, And Firearms Offenses

Eleven Members Of Bronx “Washside” Gang Sentenced For Murder, Attempted Murder, Assault, Racketeering, And Firearms Offenses More...
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State of New York v. Kaliek Goode-Ford

Goshen, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of first-degree murder, first- and second-degree attempted murder, second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and tampering with physical evidence..

Kaliek Goode-Ford, age 35, was accused of killing Shatavia Crisantos and her 9-year-old son, and trying to kill a 3-year-old in 2020.... More...
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Harrington, et al. v. Purdue Pharm and Sackler Family

Between 1999 and 2019, approximately 247,000 people in the United States died from prescription-opioid overdoses. Respondent PurduePharma sits at the center of that crisis. Owned and controlled by theSackler family, Purdue began marketing OxyContin, an opioid prescription pain reliever, in the mid-1990s. After Purdue earned billions of dollars in sales on the drug, in 2007 one of its affiliates pl... More...    $7000000000 (01-23-2025 - NY)

360 East 72nd Street Owners Inc. v. Subrina Wolkoff

New York City, New York condominium law lawyers represented the parties is a dispute over the enforcement of house rule.

Plaintiff cooperative waived the house rule prohibiting pit bulls in the building under Administrative Code of City of NY § 27-2009.1 and held the motion and cross-motion for summary judgment in abeyance pending a hearing to determine whether the nuisance exception und... More...
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The People of the State of New York v. L.P.

Bronx, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and being a youthful offender.

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Legal issue Can a sentencing court impose a mandatory surcharge and crime victim assistance fee on a youthful offender after the statutory provisions authorizing such charges were repealed?
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United States of America v. Willie Alvarado, Jr.

Syracuse, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted possession with intent to distribute over 500 grams of cocaine and money laundering

Utica Man Sentenced to 96 Months on Drug and Money Laundering Convictions

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United States of America v. Manuel Chang

Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with $2 Billion Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme

Former Finance Minister Of Mozambique Sentenced to 102 Months’ Imprisonment for His Role in $2 Billion Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme

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United States of America v. Daivon Morgan

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with

Leaders And Members Of ABG Gang Sentenced For Murder, Attempted Murder, Assault, Racketeering, And Firearms Offenses



DAIVON MORGAN, a/k/a “Leeky,” w... More...
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United States of America v. Guy Cuomo, a'k/a John Monaco

Albany, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with computer fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. Appeal from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, following a jury trial before Thomas J. McAvoy, Judge, and sentencing by Mae A. DʹAgostino, Judge, convicting defendant of conspiracy to commit computer fraud, in violation of... More...    $0 (01-21-2025 - NY)

United States of America v. Walter H. Bennett

Rochester, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 40 grams or more of fentanyl, 10 grams or more of a fentanyl analogue, and 500 grams or more of cocaine, and possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crimefentanyl and gun charges ... More...    $0 (01-14-2025 - NY)

United States of America v. Susan Figuerido

Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with $2 Billion Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme

Former Finance Minister Of Mozambique Sentenced to 102 Months’ Imprisonment for His Role in $2 Billion Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme

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Meserole Hub, LLC v. Solomon Rosenzweig, et al.

Brooklyn, New York breach of contract lawyers represented the parties in a breach of contract and negligence case.

In December 2014, Builders Assistance Corp., on behalf of the plaintiff, entered into a contract with the defendant Solomon Rosenzweig, PE, P.C. (hereinafter SRPE), by which SRPE was to provide engineering services to the plaintiff in connection with the development of certai... More...
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United States of America v. Marvin Pippins a/k/a “Mukk”

New York, NY criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Retaliatory Gang Murder

Member of 5-9 Brims Street Gang Sentenced to Life in Prison for Retaliatory Gang Murder



Marvin Pippins, also known as “Mukk,” was s... More...
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United States of America v. Jesus Cabrera a/k/a “Gee”

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distributed Fentanyl Linked To Eight Overdose Deaths In The Bronx

Leader Of Drug Trafficking Organization That Distributed Fentanyl Linked To Eight Overdose Deaths In The Bronx Sentenced To 30 Years In Pris... More...
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The People of the State of New York v. Yankanah Errol

Queens, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a felony.

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Legal issue Can the appellant challenge the legality, propriety, or excessiveness of a sentence following a plea of guilty?

Key Phrases Plea of guilty. Assigned counsel. Original papers. Stenographer of the trial court. Presentence report. ... More...
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United States of America v. Taykwun Smoaks

Albany, NY criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Receipt of Child Pornography

Albany County Man Sentenced to 87 Months for Receipt of Child Pornography



Taykwun Smoaks, age 32, of Albany, was sentenced to 87 m... More...
   $0 (01-11-2025 - NY)

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