Christine Simmons

July 19, 2012 | New York Law Journal

A Brooklyn man is suing his attorneys at Mirman, Markovits & Landau for not looking after his interests after he received only $111 from a $150,000 settlement in his trip-and-fall personal injury case, while litigation finance companies received the bulk of the funds.

By Christine Simmons

6 minute read

February 04, 2013 | New York Law Journal

While returning to law after losing the election for a fourth term as New York City mayor in 1989 was the "logical next step," Edward Koch said in his 1999 autobiography, he admitted that "if you had asked me I might have told you I never expected to go back to the practice of law."

By Christine Simmons

5 minute read

March 18, 2013 | New York Law Journal

Responding to criticism from the attorney general's office, lead plaintiffs counsel Barbara Hart of Lowey Dannenberg Cohen & Hart told Southern District Judge Colleen McMahon during a March 15 hearing that there was "no scandal here" and that the objections to the $42 million fee request were "personally offensive."

By Christine Simmons

6 minute read

March 08, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Michael Volpe, a partner and head of Venable's New York labor and employment practice, said the event for the firm was very positive. "We thought the show exposed us to a number of businesses of very different sizes," Mr. Volpe said. "We think it's going to provide some opportunity to us in the coming months."

By Christine Simmons

7 minute read

March 13, 2013 | Law.com

A former Aeropostale clothing executive cannot claim privilege to exclude from his upcoming trial for allegedly taking kickbacks an email listing his assets sent to his company account by an attorney preparing his will, a judge has ruled.

By Christine Simmons

6 minute read

October 04, 2012 | New York Law Journal

While most of the clients present straightforward applications, lawyers say they have confronted uncertainties in how the government will handle requests from those who have had a youthful offender charge or criminal charges against them dismissed. Attorneys also question the effect of a possible change in policy or government in Washington, D.C.

By Christine Simmons

8 minute read

April 22, 2013 | New York Law Journal

While succession planning can be a sensitive topic in mid-size and small firms where senior partners have held the reins for generations, several New York firms are confronting the issue head on, laying the groundwork for an orderly transition of business development and leadership.

By Christine Simmons

8 minute read

April 03, 2012 | New York Law Journal

A Workers' Compensation insurance carrier must shoulder part of the litigation costs associated with a successful suit by an injured roofer against a third party - but not all at once, the state's high court has ruled.

By Christine Simmons

6 minute read

April 13, 2012 | New York Law Journal

A full-time entertainment attorney at 27-lawyer Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard, Marc Simon has also made three films in the past 10 years. His latest, Unraveled, focuses on the fall of his former boss, Marc Dreier, and will have its theatrical premiere April 13.

By Christine Simmons

9 minute read

August 06, 2013 | Law.com

Acting Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Spinner, faced with a request to vacate an earlier ruling, wrote: "Counsel has the insufferable temerity to actually admonish this Court for expressing its distress over the terms and conditions of Plaintiff's over-reaching retainer agreement (clearly a contract of adhesion on its face)."

By Christine Simmons

5 minute read