After a full consolidated matrimonial and family offense trial in Supreme Court: Queens County, a judgment was granted in favor of our client for divorce; sole legal and physical custody of the children; an order of protection; the spouse was denied any visitation; and the Court further awarded maintenance and child support above the guidelines. […]
Supreme Court: Appellate Division: Second Department reversed Supreme Court: Queens County Order granting Defendant’s motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint and denying our motion for sanctions for spoliation of evidence. Kudos to Adam Nichols, Esq on a phenomenal result. Great job, Adam!! http://www.nycourts.gov/…/handdow…/2017/Decisions/D53876.pdf
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APPELLATE PRACTICE: RECENT PUBLISHED DECISIONS FROM THE SUPREME COURT: APPELLATE DIVISION SECOND DEPARTMENT REVERSING SUPREME COURT: NASSAU COUNTY AND QUEENS COUNTY ORDERS Congratulations to Ying Hua Huang, Esq on the Koutsoumbis Matter and Jeremy Ribakove, Esq. who argued the Valerio Matter before the Court. http://www.nycourts.gov/report…/3dseries/2017/2017_03162.htm http://www.nycourts.gov/report…/3dseries/2017/2017_03217.htm
At Sacco & Fillas we pride ourselves on the fact that many of our cases are referred by other attorneys. As attorneys, the greatest compliments we receive are referrals from our peers; whether the attorneys do not offer legal services in our practice areas or they are attorneys who practice within the same areas but […]
TEAMWORK Commercial Team: Mortgage Fraud Litigation 542A Realty, LLC v. Zinnanti, et al. This complex commercial/real estate litigation file was dear to the firm where we were retained to save elderly sisters from losing their home and sole asset from a foreclosure action that all arose from fraud. A loss would have devastated our clients. […]
A “hit in the rear accident” is where the front of a motor vehicle crashes into the rear of another motor vehicle. For purposes of determining the cause of the accident, the motor vehicle that struck the motor vehicle in the rear is predominantly found 100% at fault or it will be found mostly at […]
ADVERSE POSSESSION is a method of acquiring title to real property by possession for a statutory period under certain conditions, viz: proof of non-permissive use which is actual, open and notorious, exclusive, adverse, and continuous for the statutory period. Congratulations to our commercial team for resolving an adverse possession claim after approximately 5 years of […]
APPELLATE PRACTICE: RECENT PUBLISHED DECISIONS FROM SUPREME COURT: APPELLATE DIVISION FIRST DEPARTMENT REVERSING SUPREME COURT: BRONX COUNTY AND NEW YORK COUNTY IN BOTH INSTANCES: Ampofo v. Bryd 2016 NY Slip Op 08023 http://www.nycourts.gov/report…/3dseries/2016/2016_08023.htm and Gomez v. Davis 2017 NY Slip Op 00090 http://www.nycourts.gov/report…/3dseries/2017/2017_00090.htm Great Job by Sacco & Fillas attorneys’ Ying Hua Huang, Esq. and […]
Sacco & Fillas thanks three of our personal injury paralegals Mercedes Arias, Laura Munoz and Danielle M. Kuchinskas that displayed great teamwork on recent files. Once a file was marked final for trial they prepped each file to perfection for our attorneys to finalize and execute. As a result of their diligence, on the eve […]