Andrew Keshner

April 13, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Judges, defense lawyers and former colleagues say Acting Justice Danny Chun—the state court system's first Korean-American judge—is fair, has a sharp knowledge of the law and keeps an even keel on the bench. But the judge will be scrutinized as never before when he pronounces sentence on Peter Liang.

By Andrew Keshner

13 minute read

April 12, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Janice Jessup and Steve Weinstock, who stole more than $2 million from clients in two separate cases, were sentenced last week in Nassau County for their thefts.

By Andrew Keshner

3 minute read

April 11, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Eastern District Judge Raymond Dearie turned a life sentence into a 35-year prison term for a man who, as a teenage member of the violent "Green Dragons" gang almost three decades ago, murdered two innocent men and then plotted to kill a witness against him.

By Andrew Keshner

15 minute read

April 08, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Prosecutors urged a federal appeals court to overturn a judge's expungement grant to an unemployed woman, while her attorneys said it would be a mistake for the court to depart from its existing case law on when judges were allowed to blot out convictions.

By Andrew Keshner

13 minute read

April 08, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Two top attorneys in the New York City Law Department will share responsibility for the department's Special Federal Litigation Division and its Tort Division.

By Andrew Keshner

3 minute read

April 07, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A Hudson Valley attorney who serves as a village and a town justice should be removed from the bench for abusing his position to "bully, harass, threaten and intimidate" court staff, a fellow judge and others over several years, according to the Commission on Judicial Conduct.

By Andrew Keshner

12 minute read

April 07, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Queens District Attorney Richard Brown has selected Daniel Saunders, a longtime prosecutor in his office, to serve as the executive assistant district attorney for the Major Crimes Division.

By Andrew Keshner

3 minute read

April 06, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Motorists who argue they were the victims of suspicionless stops at unlawful traffic checkpoints can proceed with some of their arguments, a federal judge has ruled.

By Andrew Keshner

11 minute read

April 06, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The state Court of Appeals will consider Jesse Friedman's attempt to have Nassau County prosecutors turn over the case file and grand jury minutes related to his decades-old sex abuse conviction.

By Andrew Keshner

3 minute read

April 06, 2016 | New York Law Journal

There was "more than sufficient" evidence supporting a jury's finding that New York City Police Officer Peter Liang committed manslaughter with a shot that ricocheted into an innocent man, Brooklyn prosecutors contend.

By Andrew Keshner

4 minute read