News & Results

FKB’s Andrew Jones wrote an article for a prominent professional liability insurance broker regarding claim notification and claim handling procedures entitled: How do I handle a Claim or Potential Claim against me? Top 5 Things to Consider.  The articlecites to New York law, but the principles apply across all states. The full published article can […]

On February 8, 2021, Hon. Robert A. Onofry, J.S.C.  granted FKB’s motion to dismiss and dismissed the case in its entirety.  In a 34-page Decision, the Court adopted all of our arguments, and the co-defendants’, and rightly granted dismissal.  Key to the finding was plaintiff’s continued inability so demonstrate anything inauthentic about the underlying Town of […]

FKB’s Rachel Aghassi and Daniel H. Butler successfully dismissed Plaintiff’s Complaint in connection to her claims against a former Justice of the New York County Supreme Court, acting in his court-appointed capacity as a judicial receiver.  The lawsuit against FKB’s client, a well-respected former NYS Supreme Court Justice, stemmed from an underlying, contested matrimonial action […]

FKB’s Rachel Aghassi and Christopher D. Skoczen publish an article on the New York State Bar Association Insurance Focus blog by USI Infinity entitled “Ransomware Attacks Targeting Attorneys on The Rise” The article can be found here.

FKB’s Rachel Aghassi and Asher Kest obtained a post-answer dismissal on behalf of a transactional firm which represented certain corporate shareholders in an international fertilizer distributor. In an intra-corporate suit, various shareholders in the corporation are accused of fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and conversion. Plaintiffs were shareholders who, individually and derivatively on behalf of […]

FKB’S Andrew S. Kowlowitz and Daniel H. Butler defeat Plaintiff’s summary judgment motion in connection to Labor Law §§ 240(1) and 241(6).  Plaintiff, a laborer, sought summary judgment in connection with an unwitnessed fall from a scaffold.  FKB represents a construction company that hired Plaintiff’s employer as a subcontractor to perform interior framing work and […]

FKB’s Andrew R. Jones and Asher Kest obtained a pre-answer dismissal on behalf of a commercial litigation firm, which represented various corporate entities in a British Virgin Islands/New York action concerning loans for a resort construction in Cartagena, Colombia. In an action by the investing corporation alleging fraud and breach of contract and fiduciary duty, […]

FKB’s A. Michael Furman and Rachel Aghassi obtained a decision from the New York Appellate Division, First Department reversing the lower court’s denial of summary judgment and dismissing the legal malpractice action on the eve of trial.  This legal malpractice action arose from an underlying personal injury litigation.  On June 24, 2007, Plaintiff, a unionized […]

FKB’s A. Michael Furman and Aaron M. Barham won a Second Department appeal unanimously affirming a pre-answer dismissal on behalf of a general practice firm which represented the plaintiff homeowner in an underlying foreclosure action. The plaintiff falsely alleged that FKB’s clients “defaulted” in the underlying action, when in fact the plaintiff substituted herself as […]

FKB’s Tracy S. Katz and Irina Zamyatin obtained a unanimous decision in the First Department, Appellate Division, affirming summary judgment on behalf of FKB’s client, a podiatrist, and dismissing the case against him in its entirety.  The case involved allegations that our client a podiatrist, failed to timely and properly treat the patient’s heal ulcers […]