News & Wins:
Jason Schmitz Wins NJ Summary Judgment on Alarm Case
NJ Senior Associate Jason Schmitz won summary judgment dismissing strict product liability and negligent maintenance claims against our client. The Court held that plaintiff’s expert failed to sufficiently support the design or manufacturing claim and that our clients’ installation contract limited the duty of care to a duty to repair and maintain the equipment, but…
Marie Cressy Kyriss Joins Littleton Joyce Ughetta Park and Kelly LLP as Of Counsel in the New York City Office
Ms. Kyriss focuses on high-stakes litigation in state and federal courts, with an emphasis on products liability litigation and complex commercial litigation. Ms. Kyriss is admitted in New York, New Jersey and Michigan, and her admission in Illinois is pending. She can be reached through our New York Office.
It’s Only Rock n’ Roll, but We Like It
New York City associate Romelia Leach was cited in this month’s ABA Journal for an article she co-authored with one of her Fordham Law professors entitled: Revitalizing the Lawyer-Poet: What Lawyers Can Learn from Rock and Roll.
Bryon Friedman Wins $1 Million Plus Commercial Collections Judgment
Bryon Friedman received a $1,015,648 judgment in a New York County action to enforce a commercial debt. The debtor paid the full referred amount.
New Jersey Office Moves to New Space
Our Red Bank, NJ office moved into its permanent space in scenic Red Bank, NJ. We are the anchor tenant of a new office building in walking distance of the river and downtown. The office is readily accessible by car, New Jersey Transit Trains and high speed ferries from New York City.
Littleton Joyce Ughetta Park & Kelly LLP Listed in The Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers™
Our firm was honored to be listed in The Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers™. According to Martindale-Hubbell criteria, peer review ranks us within the top 5% of firms nationally in the fields of Civil Trial Practice, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Defense, Insurance Law and Product Liability Law.
Bruce Ainbinder and Bryon Friedman Win Summary Judgment
Bruce Ainbinder and Bryon Friedman won summary judgment on a breach of contract claim against a subcontractor on behalf of our specialized contractor client in a New York County Supreme Court, case Severo, Cortese v. Rockefeller University.
Mississippi Court of Appeals Affirms Daubert Dismissal in Forklift Case
In a result achieved by Jin Park and Michael Bai in concert with our local counsel Bobby Miller of Butler Snow in Mississippi, a trial court’s grant of summary judgment to our client was affirmed by the Mississippi Court of Appeals. The Court found that the trial court was justified in holding that plaintiff expert’s…
Bob Littleton Speaks at International Corporate Practice Seminar
The seminar in New York City was presented by the American Bar Association, Practicing Law Institute and Asian American Bar Association. Mr. Littleton participated in a panel discussion with the Vice Presidents and General Counsel of Benjamin Moore & Co., The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation and others.
Chapter on International Crisis Management Co-authored by Bob Littleton Published
The Practicing Law Institute has published a new treatise, International Corporate Practice, A Practitioner’s Guide to Global Success, including a chapter entitled International Crisis Management co-authored by Bob Littleton. Mr. Littleton has lectured on this topic for the treatise editor’s “Corporate Lawyering” class on at the University of Pennsylvania Law School for many years.