Andrew Denney

February 27, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A Second Department panel said that in determining the appropriate punishment for Natasha McDougall, the supervising court attorney for Brooklyn Family Court Supervising Judge Jeanette Ruiz, it took into account the "high regard" with which she is held and her "genuine remorse" for not reporting her shoplifting arrest when she was 16.

By Andrew Keshner and Andrew Denney

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February 27, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A Second Department panel said that in determining the appropriate punishment for Natasha McDougall, the supervising court attorney for Brooklyn Family Court Supervising Judge Jeanette Ruiz, it took into account the "high regard" with which she is held and her "genuine remorse" for not reporting her shoplifting arrest when she was 16.

By Andrew Keshner and Andrew Denney

4 minute read

February 26, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A suit filed by the Richard Avedon Foundation against an insurance company over coverage of a water-damaged piece of artwork has withstood a motion to dismiss.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

February 26, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A federal judge precluded a witness who had worked for a glass manufacturer but lacked expertise in glass bottle design from testifying at trial in a products liability suit filed by a bartender whose finger was injured by an exploding beer bottle.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

February 26, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A suit filed by the Richard Avedon Foundation against an insurance company over coverage of a water-damaged piece of artwork has withstood a motion to dismiss.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

February 25, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A federal judge precluded a witness who had worked for a glass manufacturer but lacked expertise in glass bottle design from testifying at trial in a products liability suit filed by a bartender whose finger was injured by an exploding beer bottle.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

February 24, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Less than a year after the launch of a pilot program allowing non-lawyers to help unrepresented, low-income litigants, the program's supporters are calling for an expansion and changes to the law that would allow the non-lawyers to take on more responsibilities.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

February 24, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Less than a year after the launch of a pilot program allowing non-lawyers to help unrepresented, low-income litigants, the program's supporters are calling for an expansion and changes to the law that would allow the non-lawyers to take on more responsibilities.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

February 24, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A Brooklyn appeals court has tossed out a 2012 second-degree gang assault conviction and ordered a new trial, ruling that a Queens trial court should have granted the defendant's challenges to two prospective jurors who expressed doubt about their ability to be objective.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read

February 23, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A Brooklyn appeals court has tossed out a 2012 second-degree gang assault conviction and ordered a new trial, ruling that a Queens trial court should have granted the defendant's challenges to two prospective jurors who expressed doubt about their ability to be objective.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read