REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

Confirmed hundreds of arbitration awards and successfully opposed numerous applications to vacate awards and judgments confirming awards on default.
Successfully opposed numerous applications to stay arbitrations.
Successfully prosecuted dozens of appeals on a broad range of legal issues resulting in reversals and modifications in favor of clients.
Litigated hundreds of merchant cash advance cases resulting in judgments obtained by default or pursuant to orders granting summary judgment.
Obtained temporary restraining orders in numerous foreclosure cases resulting in homeowners obtaining additional time to settle their foreclosure cases or make arrangements to lose their homes on their own terms.
Vacated many default judgments for consumer debts, resulting in the cases being dismissed or the consumers being permitted to defend themselves on the merits.
Obtained release of debtor who had been imprisoned in the Manhattan Detention Complex for 3 months for contempt of court
Negotiated data management contract for vendor of regional hospital system
Negotiated vendor agreements for marketing company
Negotiated settlement of five year old divorce case within a month of being retained by husband’s family, resulting in saving husband and his family millions of dollars and providing wife with immediate access to hundreds of thousands of dollars
Obtained emergency stay of eviction minutes before rent stabilized tenant was to be evicted
Resolved complex litigation between doctor and former business manager that had lasted over a year and entailed approximately 20 separate lawsuits
Vacated a years old judgment, resulting in a settlement that saved the debtor half a million dollars that would have otherwise been taken from money he was receiving from a personal injury settlement
Obtained court order staying a closing for the sale of a multimillion dollar property that allowed the purchaser to negotiate a favorable exit from an unfavorable deal
Obtained temporary restraining order preventing utility company from moving power lines closer to a private residence
Obtained unanimous jury verdict against attorney whose legal malpractice resulted in the purchaser of a restaurant becoming personally liable for tax debt incurred by the restaurant’s previous owner
Obtained dismissal of a bankruptcy case filed by a debtor as a stall tactic to avoid enforcement of a multimillion dollar judgment
Obtained dismissals of multiple lawsuits by creditors for credit card debt and unpaid bills
Avoided bankruptcy filing for family with over $250,000 in debt through managed plan of litigation and negotiation, resulting in family paying only $18,000 to creditors
Negotiated substantial reductions of fines received by business owners for Business Integrity Commission violations in New York City
Negotiated substantial reductions of fines received by building owners for fire and building code violations in New York City and Nassau County
Obtained fines and legal fees against debtor who ignored lawsuit over $15,000 bounced check, resulting in over $54,000 in liability and favorable settlement for creditor
Obtained settlement of dispute where purchaser of restaurant who refused to make payments on a promissory note agreed to revert ownership of the restaurant back to seller
Obtained temporary restraining order enjoining diamond dealer from transferring stolen diamonds that it was holding in escrow