Christine Simmons

August 13, 2014 | New York Law Journal

A suit brought by an attorney against a real estate developer claiming construction delays on his condominium caused financial harm has resulted in a finding by a Manhattan judge that the developer was not liable for the lawyer's increased mortgage costs.

By Christine Simmons

5 minute read

August 11, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Former leaders of Dewey & LeBoeuf who are facing criminal charges have been granted limited access to the firm's accounting system as they prepare for a trial anticipated to start early next year.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

August 11, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Finding an attorney's destruction of email evidence was "planned, repeated and comprehensive," a Southern District judge has sanctioned the lawyer by awarding judgment to his adversary.

By Christine Simmons

6 minute read

August 07, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Real estate boutique Romer Debbas is bringing on a seven-attorney group from shuttered firm Hofheimer, Gartlir & Gross.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

August 06, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Hugh McDonald, Jonathan Forstot, Patrick Fitzmaurice and Louis Curcio, who represent banks and other lenders in bankruptcy and litigation, have joined Troutman Sanders in New York.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

August 06, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Kaye Scholer, a nearly 100-year-old firm that has experienced major shifts in personnel, finance and leadership in the last three years, is preparing for another jolt to its system­—a move from its home since 1959 to modern digs on the West Side.

By Christine Simmons

8 minute read

August 05, 2014 | New York Law Journal

The malpractice suit was brought in 2009 by Allen Roberts, now an Epstein Becker & Green member, who said Greenberg and former shareholder Leslie Corwin were negligent in failing to prove liability in a suit to recover his share of partnership interest in his former firm.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

August 04, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Glen Hirsch, a suspended Nassau County attorney, was disbarred by a Second Department panel Wednesday after checks drawn from his escrow account failed to clear and he did not cooperate with an investigation.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read

August 01, 2014 | New York Law Journal

A lawsuit brought by a fashion model who claims she would have been "more highly compensated" in a settlement with two modeling agencies and Macy's department store but for Boies Schiller's legal malpractice has been dismissed.

By Christine SImmons

2 minute read

July 31, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Richard Savitt, a solo practitioner who has been repeatedly scrutinized by judges, is facing another $10,000 sanction for conduct a Manhattan judge found frivolous.

By Christine Simmons

2 minute read