Andrew Keshner

September 23, 2010 | Law.com

An attorney has been suspended from law practice for three months after driving a car for three years with a registration sticker that he had forged by cutting out numbers from the sticker on his wife's car. Mark S. Pomerantz blamed his wife's illness, "marital turmoil" and financial troubles for his actions. Pomerantz joined Mintz & Gold in Manhattan as a litigation associate in 2008. As of Wednesday, his name, photo and biography had been removed from the firm's website.

By Andrew Keshner

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September 16, 2010 | Law.com

The former head of a company that sold body armor to the U.S. military and to law enforcement agencies was convicted Tuesday of insider trading, fraud and obstruction of justice, bringing to a close an eight-month federal court trial. A jury convicted David H. Brooks, the founder and former CEO of DHB Industries, and Sandra Hatfield, the company's former chief operating officer, on 14 of 16 charges. According to the government, the defendants reaped nearly $200 million from schemes to defraud the company's investors.

By Andrew Keshner

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April 25, 2011 | New York Law Journal

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June 30, 2011 | Law.com

A Manhattan judge has thrown out an arbitrator's "shocking" ruling suspending an openly gay high school librarian for conduct the judge said would have gone unpunished if committed by a heterosexual woman.

By Andrew Keshner

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February 25, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Supreme Court Justice William C. Donnino yesterday refused to appoint the special prosecutor sought by Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice to look into possible misconduct at the now-closed county police crime lab. Ms. Rice had expressed confidence that her office could conduct the probe but had sought the appointment of an outsider to avoid any appearance of partiality

By Andrew Keshner

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September 26, 2011 | Texas Lawyer

In the language of the law, Mo is a "chattel." But to Neil Walash the 85-pound English bulldog is a "beloved" pet and companion.

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September 12, 2011 | New York Law Journal

By the time Court Officer Mitchel Wallace saw Mary Jos on Sept. 11, 2001, she had shrapnel embedded in her body and heat burns on her back, left arm and hands. Working in a makeshift triage at the South Tower's base on Church Street, Officer Wallace bandaged Ms. Jos' wounds and prepared to get her to an ambulance. Officer Wallace had a "calming" effect on her, Ms. Jos said. As he cut her pant leg to get to the wound, she told him how much she liked those trousers. "There will be lots of sales, don't worry about it," Officer Wallace told her. Moments later the first tower collapsed. Officer Wallace did not survive.

By Andrew Keshner

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February 15, 2011 | New York Law Journal

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September 07, 2011 | New York Law Journal

By Andrew Keshner

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