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Partner Carl Formicola Obtains Summary Judgement

Carl Formicola recently prevailed on a motion for summary judgment seeking to dismiss a premises liability case.  Plaintiff claimed to have been injured when she slipped and fell on a slippery liquid in the staircase as she was leaving the defendant’s building after visiting a friend. Carl had established at plaintiff’s deposition that she did […]

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Joseph Charchalis Successfully Obtains Summary Judgment

Joseph Charchalis was successful in obtaining summary judgment for a snow removal contractor in Supreme Court, Upstate New York County.  The plaintiff was injured when she fell on “black ice” walking back to her car from inside a mall.  The Court agreed with Joseph’s arguments that the snow removal contractor did not owe the plaintiff […]

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Partner Stacey Gorny Elected President Of Moxxie Mentoring Foundation

We are proud to announce that partner Stacey Gorny has been named President of Moxxie Mentoring Foundation.  Stacey first became a mentor for the Moxxie Mentoring Foundation in 2015 in order to give back to the community through professional and generational mentoring.  She was a mentor through the foundation’s Jr. Moxxie program which pairs female […]

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Annemarie Jones Secures Summary Judgment

Annemarie Jones obtained summary judgment dismissing all federal claims in a Section 1983 malicious prosecution case. Plaintiff alleged the District Attorney’s Office maliciously prosecuted him for his alleged practice of fraudulent billing. Plaintiff was acquitted of all criminal charges following a jury trial. He thereafter filed the Section 1983 case against the County and the […]

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Mark R. Aledort Obtains Summary Judgment

Mark R. Aledort was successful in obtaining summary judgment for a demolition contractor in Supreme Court, Suffolk County.  The plaintiff fell on a defective sidewalk which had been excavated for the project and the plaintiff claimed someone had removed warning tape around the sidewalk and our client did not provide affidavits from all employees that […]

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Joseph O’Connor Admitted Into the Bar Association

On Wednesday, December 11th, 2019 Joseph O’Connor appeared at the Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department of New York to be sworn in as a member of the bar. He was accompanied by his mother and father for this momentous event. Joseph also had the opportunity to meet a panel of appellate judges including the presiding […]

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Ross Ruggiero Obtains Dismissal On a SCWA Motion

Ross Ruggiero was recently successful on arguing to the Supreme Court that Claimant-Petitioner’s Motion for leave to serve a late Notice of Claim on a local government entity should be denied. Petitioner’s counsel argued that the local government entity had actual knowledge of the “essential facts” constituting the claim within 90 days of its accrual […]

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R.W. Doyle And J.S. Patatiello Receive “Leadership In Law” Award From Long Island Business News

It is with great pride that Lewis Johs announces that two of its trial lawyers have been selected by the Long Island Business News (LIBN) as 2019 “Leadership in Law” awardees.  Robert W. Doyle, Jr. was honored in the Partner category and Jordan S. Palatiello was honored in the Associate category.  The Leadership in Law Awards recognize the […]

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Partner Fred Johs Receives Defense Verdict in Medical Malpractice Case

Partner Fred Johs, assisted by Senior Counsel Jeffrey Hummel, obtained a defense verdict on behalf of our clients, an emergency medicine physician and an internist, in the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, on November 21, 2019.  This case was brought by the surviving spouse of a deceased 69-year-old female patient, who presented to the Emergency Room […]

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Stephen J. Maloney Jr. obtains Summary Judgment in Bronx County

Stephen J. Maloney Jr. successfully moved for summary judgment on behalf of a New York energy company in a case where an elderly plaintiff tripped and fell on an alleged defective sidewalk. The plaintiff suffered significant injuries and brought suit against our client, our client’s subcontractors, and the adjacent homeowners. Stephen demonstrated that despite our […]

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