Andrew Keshner

May 10, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Eastern District Judge Allyne Ross publicly reprimanded two plaintiffs attorneys in a case that has been marred by numerous missed scheduling orders and the reported death of an attorney's mother that turned out to be inaccurate.

By Andrew Keshner

6 minute read

May 09, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Anne Feldman, a highly regarded member of Brooklyn's criminal bench for almost three decades, died April 27. Attorneys who worked with Feldman and appeared before her remembered her commitment to justice, her intellect and her attention to detail.

By Andrew Keshner

4 minute read

May 06, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Newsday has won its lower court bid for access to a lawyer's plea agreement that the lawyer and Suffolk County prosecutors agreed to put under seal years ago, when the lawyer admitted to a narcotics charge.

By Andrew Keshner

5 minute read

May 06, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The New York City Law Department has contracted with Debevoise & Plimpton and Carter Ledyard & Milburn to represent the city during probes into Mayor Bill de Blasio's campaign fundraising operations and a land deal connected to a health care facility.

By Andrew Keshner/Associated Press

2 minute read

May 05, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Prosecutors seeking to speak with a patient's doctors at a psychiatric facility were rebuffed by a judge who said they failed to show that access to the man's treating staff outweighed his right to confidentiality.

By Andrew Keshner

4 minute read

May 05, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A disbarred attorney and two other men conspired and stole approximately $5 million from attorney escrow accounts, according to charges announced earlier this week by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.

By Andrew Keshner

2 minute read

May 03, 2016 | New York Law Journal

In the course of her 50-year legal career, Malvina Nathanson could not let go of the case of Paul Gatling, an 81-year-old retiree convicted of second-degree murder decades ago whom Nathanson was "morally convinced" was truly innocent.

By Andrew Keshner

6 minute read

May 02, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A man who was 16 years old when he fatally strangled his girlfriend almost 40 years ago is entitled to a new parole board review that takes into consideration his age at the time of his crime, a divided upstate court has ruled.

By Andrew Keshner

7 minute read

May 02, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The landlord did not dispute failing to provide a written 90-day notice after the previous building owner had been foreclosed upon, but argued that the tenant's failure to appear and submit an answer before she found representation through Queens Legal Services made it too late for her to assert a notice defense.

By Andrew Keshner

2 minute read

April 29, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Although a defense contractor's computer and executive offices were in Brooklyn, a Brooklyn judge has declined to hear the company's case against a Tennessee ex-employee who allegedly misused proprietary information.

By Andrew Keshner

4 minute read