Andrew Denney

November 14, 2018 | New York Law Journal

On Tuesday afternoon, during the first half of his opening statements to the jury in the drug conspiracy trial against Guzmán, defense attorney Jeffrey Lichtman said the government is selectively prosecuting his client.

By Andrew Denney

5 minute read

November 13, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Opening arguments began Tuesday in Brooklyn amid beefed-up security for the drug conspiracy trial against alleged drug kingpin and prison escape artist Joaquin Guzmán Loera, better known as El Chapo.

By Andrew Denney

5 minute read

November 09, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Cesar A. Sayoc is facing 30 charges, including five counts of using weapons of mass destruction, for allegedly mailing explosive devices to prominent Democrats and vocal critics of President Donald Trump.

By Andrew Denney

3 minute read

November 09, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Two justices from the Appellate Division, Second Department issued separate signed opinions in which both said that trial court judges should take extra steps to ensure that defendants are knowingly and intelligently waiving their appeal rights.

By Andrew Denney

6 minute read

November 07, 2018 | New York Law Journal

On election night, when most voters were concentrating on battles for congressional seats and governors' mansions, New York City voters cast ballots for 47 new and incumbent judges serving in the city's Supreme, Civil and Surrogate's courts.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

November 07, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Rudolph Giuliani, the public face of President Donald Trump's legal team, appeared in a Manhattan courtroom on Wednesday to deal with his own legal issues: a divorce from his third wife, who claims that the well-heeled former New York City mayor has cut her off financially.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

November 07, 2018 | Litigation Daily

Rudolph Giuliani, the public face of President Donald Trump's legal team, appeared in a Manhattan courtroom on Wednesday to deal with his own legal issues: a divorce from his third wife, who claims that the well-heeled former New York City mayor has cut her off financially.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

November 06, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Since the movement caught fire more than one year ago, the state court system itself has not seen a takedown on the level that has befallen the entertainment industry and corporate and political worlds, but the sprawling court system, with about 16,000 employees, is not free from stories of sexually inappropriate behavior between judges, clerks and court officers.

By Andrew Denney | Dan M. Clark

18 minute read

November 05, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Harvey Weinstein has filed to dismiss the five remaining criminal charges against him, alleging that police misconduct has tainted the grand jury proceedings in the case and that the Manhattan District Attorney's Office failed to turn over evidence that he had a consensual relationship with one of his accusers.

By Andrew Denney

4 minute read

November 05, 2018 | New York Law Journal

The MTA claims that David Roth of Roth & Roth, who represents Luisa Harger da Silva in her personal injury suit against the authority, broke the “no contact” rule when he engaged New York City Transit Authority president Andy Byford about safety improvements to subway platforms.

By Andrew Denney

5 minute read