Amaris Elliott Engel

December 08, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut is aiming to compete with Delaware and other large commercial jurisdictions as recent reforms have been made to state laws governing corporations and limited liability companies.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

13 minute read

October 13, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

 The founder of two virtual currency startups, GAW Miners and ZenMiner, has been ordered to pay a final judgment of $9.2 million, plus $743,000…

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

4 minute read

June 20, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

A Ponzi scheme involving online currency has come to a crashing halt with two Connecticut technology companies hit with a $12.4 million default judgment.

By AMARIS ELLIOTT-ENGEL

4 minute read

May 19, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A Surrogate's Court judge barred a caretaker-turned-wife of a man with dementia from testifying about whether she should be equitably estopped from exercising her right over his estate.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

5 minute read

May 11, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Lorena Jiron's path to law followed a personal tragedy—the death of her mother from cervical cancer in 2009. An only child and recent college grad, she was suddenly forced to deal with creditors and administer her mother's estate alone.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

13 minute read

April 18, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Dutchess County Supreme Court Justice Victor Grossman, saying defense attorneys neglected discovery in a slip-and-fall case for 18 months, has ordered the parties to proceed to trial in May. "Apparently, they believed they could try the case with limited discovery, and now they will be given the chance to do so," he wrote.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

4 minute read

March 09, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Despite efforts to reduce the number of people entering New York City's criminal justice system for low-level crimes, the number of women arrested for misdemeanors has not been reduced at the same rate as for men, according to a new report.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

7 minute read

March 03, 2017 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Legislation that would provide a wholesale update to Connecticut arbitration law for the first time in a half-century, an effort that's failed several times already, recently received a hearing in the General Assembly and appears ready to gain traction.

By AMARIS ELLIOTT-ENGEL

9 minute read

February 17, 2017 | New York Law Journal

New York City's plan to offer free counsel to low-income Housing Court tenants facing eviction doesn't mean tenants who fail to meet income requirements won't receive any help.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel

5 minute read

November 21, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Earlier in her career, Jennifer Kleiner worked as a resident manager at a program for homeless girls under the age of 18. Twenty-five years later, Kleiner is now a lawyer and counsel at Verrill Dana in Westport. Along with Verrill Dana partner Cheryl Johnson, they helped the program for which Kleiner used to work as a support staff member survive a crisis brought on by funding cuts by Connecticut's Department of Children & Families.

By AMARIS ELLIOTT-ENGEL

8 minute read