Last year partners Richard Berne and Michael Andreou successfully obtained a defense verdict in Bronx County Supreme Court on behalf of a commercial tenant sued for personal injuries stemming from an alleged slip and fall on ice. The plaintiff maintained a significant seven figure settlement demand throughout the trial before the jury determined that the...Read More

In 2011, a tour bus hit a loose construction plate in front of what would become the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.  A number of the passengers were thrown from their seats, and they sued individually and in different counties.  Eventually, the case was consolidated in Kings Supreme Court. Our insured, Perfetto Contracting, had done work...Read More

Represented indigent defendant charged with violating a temporary restraining order. Upon investigating claim, we found exculpatory evidence that was not in the prosecutor’s discovery. Upon exchanging the exculpatory evidence, the prosecutor moved the court to dismiss the charges on grounds that the State would not be able to prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt.Read More

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JR v. TS Plaintiff is a police officer who brought suit for assault against a BLM activist, for injuries he allegedly suffered at a George Floyd rally. Richard Berne and Alesha Powell brought a pre-Answer “Anti-Slapp” (“Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation”) motion against Plaintiff, arguing that Plaintiff brought the suit to deter our client from...Read More

Richards, Byrue v. Maspeth Supply Company, LLC Plaintiff tripped over a “crack” in the street. Richard Berne found a photograph of the location taken several years before the accident and before the insured had worked in the area, which showed that the crack had been there for years as of the time of Plaintiff’s fall....Read More

Mojica, Edward v. Gerald Post and Jose J. Reyes Reynoso Motor vehicle accident case. The police report indicated that the insured was pushed into Plaintiff’s vehicle by co-defendant’s vehicle. After the insured testified at his deposition, Richard Berne argued to Plaintiff that he must discontinue the case against the insured, and the matter was discontinued.Read More