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Cases
A record is built one motion, one hearing, one verdict at a time. These are selected results from fifteen years of trial practice, the kind of outcomes at stake when a case cannot be lost.
Cases handled
Fifteen years of trial work across criminal defense, medical malpractice, and complex civil litigation.
Criminal cases dismissed
Charges ranging from misdemeanors to indicted violent felonies, including homicide, dismissed before a jury was ever seated.
In alleged damages, defeated
Wrongful death and malpractice actions where the damages alleged ran into the tens of millions of dollars.
In summary judgment motion practice
Every summary judgment motion he has filed in his civil practice has been granted, resulting in full dismissal of the case.
Dismissals and defense verdicts when everything was at stake.
Fifteen years defending white-collar and felony matters in federal and state court, for physicians, executives, and licensed professionals whose liberty, license, and reputation were on the line at once.
Murder charges dismissed after the defense uncovered evidence that the NYPD withheld.
His own investigation uncovered exculpatory video showing another person with the gun. The murder charges were dismissed.
Client charged with felony assault on a police officer, captured on video. Not guilty after a two-week jury trial.
Felony assault tried to verdict where the prosecution's centerpiece was video of the alleged assault. The jury returned a not guilty verdict after less than 30 minutes of deliberation.
Indicted gun-and-drug felony dismissed on speedy-trial grounds.
An indicted felony involving a loaded firearm and a large quantity of narcotics dismissed in its entirety after the defense successfully argued that the prosecution failed to meet its speedy-trial burden.
Substantial quantity of drugs suppressed for a client facing fifteen years in prison.
Won suppression of a substantial amount of narcotics in a felony narcotics case where the client faced up to fifteen years in prison.
Manhattan DA money-laundering investigation of a law firm: no criminal charges pursued.
Represented a law firm responding to a Manhattan District Attorney's Office investigation into structuring and money laundering, arising from a client's large cash deposits into the firm's IOLTA account. No criminal charges were pursued.
Not guilty in an aggravated DWI trial, against a .18 breath test and video.
The client's breathalyzer reading was a .18, more than double the legal limit. He also appeared highly intoxicated on video, and admitted to drinking. The jury's verdict: not guilty.
Undefeated in summary judgment motion practice.
In civil practice, cases are most often won or lost on motion, long before a jury is seated. This is where his record is unbroken: every summary judgment motion he has filed has been granted, resulting in full dismissal of the case, for physicians, licensed professionals, and major medical centers.
Summary judgment in a case involving a death after routine eye surgery at a major New York City hospital.
Won summary judgment and full dismissal in a wrongful death case arising from a patient's death following routine eye surgery.
Summary judgment in a wrongful death case involving a fall and a brain injury resulting in death.
Won summary judgment and dismissal in a wrongful death action arising from a fall in a medical facility and the fatal brain injury that followed.
Defense verdict for a surgeon in a case involving an infection after surgery.
Tried to verdict on behalf of the defendant surgeon in a malpractice case alleging a post-surgical infection. The jury found for the defense.
Dismissal for an anesthesiologist alleged to have used prohibited medications.
Secured the dismissal of a civil case against an anesthesiologist accused of using prohibited medications.
A defense lawyer's playbook, now working for plaintiffs.
Today, much of his medical malpractice and wrongful death work is brought on behalf of patients and their families. After spending years defending large institutions, he knows how they operate, and how to successfully defeat them.
Attorney Advertising. The results described above are selected representative cases and are not a complete record. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome; every case is different and must be evaluated on its own facts.
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