• In the Matter of the Adoption of a Child by C.J.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-04
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: Legal Services | State and Local Government
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Koblitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Reinherz & Reinherz (David Anthony Huber, on the brief)
    for defendant: Lynn Marie Castillo

    Case Number: A-2593-17T2

    Contested Adoption Appeal Adjourned Where Appointed Appellate Counsel's Deficient Brief Constituted Ineffective Counsel

  • Nieves v. Office of the Pub. Defender

    Publication Date: 2020-04-27
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services | State and Local Government
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas D. Flinn (Garrity, Graham, Murphy, Garofalo & Flinn, attorneys; Thomas D. Flinn, of counsel and on the briefs, and Francis X. Garrity, on the briefs)
    for defendant: Daniel M. Vannella, Assistant Attorney General (Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General, attorney; Melissa H. Raksa, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel, and Daniel M. Vannella, on the briefs)

    Case Number: A-69-18 (082262)

    Legal Malpractice Claim Against Public Defender Seeking Loss of Liberty Damages from Wrongful Conviction Barred by TCA Verbal Threshold

  • Delaware Riverkeeper Network v. New Jersey Dep't of Envt'l Prot.

    Publication Date: 2020-03-30
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: Non-Profit | State and Local Government
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Koblitz
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward L. Lloyd (Columbia Law Environmental Clinic, Morningside Heights Legal Services, attorneys; Edward L. Lloyd and Susan J. Kraham, of counsel and on the briefs); Eastern Environmental Law Center (Dan Greenhouse and Aaron Kleinbaum, of counsel and on the briefs; Raghava Murthy, on the briefs)
    for defendant: Jacobine K. Dru, Deputy Attorney General (Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General, attorney; Jason W. Rockwell, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Jacobine K. Dru and Stephanie Raye Carney, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief)

    Case Number: A-1821-17T3; A-1899-17T3

    Municipal Stormwater Discharge Permit Met Requirements of Federal Law Where Permit Conditions Sufficiently Specific to Enable Monitoring of Compliance

  • Estate of Barbuto v. Boyd & Boyd

    Publication Date: 2020-03-16
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Vernoia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Indik, McNamara & Dallarda, PC (Martin K. Indik and Carl J. Dallarda, on the briefs)
    for defendant: Maselli Warren, PC (Shawn D. Edwards, of counsel and on the brief)

    Case Number: A-4014-17T4

    Malpractice Judgment Could Not Be Enforced against Defendant Who Plaintiff Lacked Evidence to Show Was a Partner in the Firm

  • K.D. v. A.S.

    Publication Date: 2020-03-16
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeyanthi C. Rajaraman (Legal Services of New Jersey, attorneys; Jeyanthi C. Rajaraman, of counsel and on the briefs; Melville D. Miller, Jr., on the briefs)
    for defendant: A.S., respondent pro se

    Case Number: A-3543-18T4

    Parent Who Voluntarily Surrendered Familial Rights Could Not Receive Legal Sibling Status When Child Was Adopted by the Parent's Parents

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  • In the Matter of the Estate of O'Malley

    Publication Date: 2020-03-10
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: A-4084-17T1; A-1276-18T1

    Beneficiaries of certain trusts appealed orders granting substantive relief to interested parties and counsel fees.

  • State v. L.G.-M.

    Publication Date: 2020-02-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Immigration Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Appellate Division
    Judge: Judge Rose
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender (Monique D. Moyse, Designated Counsel, on the brief)
    for defendant: Christopher J. Gramiccioni, Monmouth County Prosecutor (Mary Rebecca Juliano, Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the brief)

    Case Number: A-0790-18T1

    Possible Ineffective Assistance of Counsel When Trial Counsel Fails to Advise That PTI Would Not Constitute "Conviction" Under INA

  • Ragbir v. United States

    Publication Date: 2020-02-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Immigration Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Justice Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alina Das, Amy Joseph, Jessica Rofe, and Daniela Ugaz (Washington Square Legal Services, Inc., Immigrant Rights Clinic); R. Scott Thompson (Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch)
    for defendant: Mark E. Coyne (Office of United States Attorney)

    Case Number: 19-1282

    Petition for Writ of Error Coram Nobis Denied Where Petitioner Failed to Adequately Explain Six-Year Delay in Filing Petition

  • Balducci v. Cige

    Publication Date: 2020-02-10
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Albin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian M. Cige (Law Offices of Brian M. Cige, attorneys; Brian M. Cige on the briefs)
    for defendant: Jay J. Rice (Nagel Rice, attorneys; Jay J. Rice, of counsel and on the briefs, and Randee M. Matloff and Michael J. Paragano, on the briefs)

    Case Number: A-54-18 (081877)

    New Ethical Rules for Fee Agreements in Fee-Shifting Actions Should Be Subjected to Traditional Rulemaking Process

  • Meisels v. Fox Rothschild LLP

    Publication Date: 2020-01-20
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Legal Services | Real Estate
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaVecchia
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Francis P. Devine, III (Pepper Hamilton, attorneys; Francis P. Devine, III, and Angelo A. Stio, III, of counsel and on the briefs)
    for defendant: Brian K. Condon (Condon Catina & Mara, attorneys; Brian K. Condon and Laura M. Catina, on the briefs)

    Case Number: A-20/21-18 (081534)

    Lawyer's Distribution of Wired Trust Funds According to Client Instructions Could Not Constitute Conversion in Absence of Limiting Instructions on Wire