Andrew Denney

December 10, 2018 | Litigation Daily

The effort is being led by the Nonhuman Rights Project and its president, Steven Wise, who has been advocating for years to establish legal rights for animals.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

December 10, 2018 | New York Law Journal

A Manhattan judge has denied an effort by a group of Upper West Side residents opposing the American Museum of Natural History's $383 million expansion project, which is planned to take up a portion of the neighboring Theodore Roosevelt Park.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

December 07, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The Midtown Community Court often deals with offenses like drinking alcohol or urinating in public or turnstile jumping—so-called “quality of life” offenses that can involve people in precarious situations who could be in need of more than punishment.

By Andrew Denney

8 minute read

December 04, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Katz, a Democrat who is in her second term as borough president, is the third candidate to officially announce that she is running to succeed Richard Brown, who has served as Queens DA since 1991 and who has managed to avoid a serious challenge in elections held since.

By Andrew Denney

5 minute read

December 03, 2018 | New York Law Journal

According to Jordan Merson of Merson Law, who represented the plaintiff, the award is the largest handed up by a jury in a sexual and physical assault case in New York state history.

By Andrew Denney

3 minute read

November 28, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The trial, which is before Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Barbara Jaffe, is the 11th regarding Johnson & Johnson's allegedly asbestos-laden talcum powder, which plaintiffs say is giving them cancer.

By Andrew Denney

3 minute read

November 27, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Relatives of an ex-Brooklyn DA's two surveillance targets allege she likely listened to the phone conversations of at least 700 other people during that period.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

November 26, 2018 | New York Law Journal

A Queens lawyer charged with bribing a witness in a double homicide case has been suspended from practice for six months for taking part in a three-way phone call with a defendant he represents in an unrelated domestic violence case and the alleged victim.

By Andrew Denney

5 minute read

November 21, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Michael Hiller and his small firm have made headlines in New York City for fighting to preserve landmark buildings and structures under threat of being erased forever by the wave of new development that has crashed over the city.

By Andrew Denney

7 minute read

November 20, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Starting next year, two new judges will be serving on the bench in Manhattan Supreme Court's Commercial Division, one of the world's most highly regarded business courts.

By Andrew Denney

3 minute read