Andrew Keshner

January 25, 2016 | New York Law Journal

An elderly man hit by a van that was trying to evade an unmarked police vehicle has had his multimillion dollar jury award slashed by almost 85 percent.

By Andrew Keshner

2 minute read

January 22, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Fearing a chilling effect on lawyers' willingness to take up civil rights cases, a group of attorneys has urged a federal appeals court to revisit a deeply slashed fee award for an attorney who spent years fighting the City University of New York in a students' rights case.

By Andrew Keshner

5 minute read

January 22, 2016 | New York Law Journal

William Lopez served more than 23 years of incarceration until Eastern District Judge Nicholas Garaufis overturned his murder conviction in 2013, calling the case "rotten from day one." He died in 2014.

By Andrew Keshner

2 minute read

January 21, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Michael Garcia, a litigation partner at Kirkland & Ellis and former federal prosecutor, has been nominated to fill a vacancy created last year when Judge Susan Phillips Read retired.

By Andrew Keshner

4 minute read

January 21, 2016 | New York Law Journal

As debates continue throughout the country about use of force by police, Brooklyn prosecutors are preparing to convince a jury that a young officer patrolling a dark stairwell in public housing was reckless and criminally negligent for a single gunshot that killed a young, unarmed black man.

By Andrew Keshner

7 minute read

January 20, 2016 | New York Law Journal

As debates continue throughout the country about use of force by police, Brooklyn prosecutors are preparing to convince a jury that a young officer patrolling a dark stairwell in public housing was reckless and criminally negligent for a single gunshot that killed a young, unarmed black man.

By Andrew Keshner

7 minute read

January 20, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Michael Garcia, a litigation partner at Kirkland & Ellis and former federal prosecutor, has been nominated to fill a vacancy created last year when Judge Susan Phillips Read retired.

By Andrew Keshner

4 minute read

January 19, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The ruling stems from a motion by a Nassau County woman who asked the court to declare her the rightful owner of books long-held in her family: a work book from Benjamin Franklin's print shop and seven rare bibles published between 1672 and 1861 that the New York Public Library says were stolen between 1988 and 1991.

By Andrew Keshner

7 minute read

January 19, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The ruling stems from a motion by a Nassau County woman who asked the court to declare her the rightful owner of books long-held in her family: a work book from Benjamin Franklin's print shop and seven rare bibles published between 1672 and 1861 that the New York Public Library says were stolen between 1988 and 1991.

By Andrew Keshner

6 minute read

January 15, 2016 | New York Law Journal

After Westchester County police made a warrantless arrest of a Queens man on charges that were later dismissed, the county failed to convince an Eastern District judge that the Southern District was the correct venue for the man's civil rights suit.

By Andrew Keshner

5 minute read