Four Decades of Success

  • Recovery in excess of $1 million and forgiveness of debt exceeding $3 million in debt in Federal Court brought by holding company against management of its subsidiary for breach of fiduciary duty and usurpation of corporate opportunity
  • Confidential recovery in federal court against private equity firm for aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty
  • Successfully defended attorney in civil claim of aiding and abetting multi-million dollar investment fraud
  • Successfully defended limited partner in suit brought by general partner seeking payment of subscription note on the basis that general partner failed to prove its dealings with the partnership was fair; trial court decision against client reversed and judgment entered in favor of client by Connecticut Appellate Court
  • $750,000 recovery against insurance company that refused to cover $50,000 fire damage claim by falsely claiming that insured committed fraud resulting in significant emotional distress; case settled on last day of jury trial.
  • Successfully thwarted claims against New York divorce litigant in Connecticut courts who relocated to Connecticut and brought substantial marital assets in alleged violation of New York Supreme Court orders. Basis of defense was that the New York order was not entitled to full faith and credit pursuant to the United States Constitution and Connecticut case law
  • Successfully prosecuted 38 day arbitration seeking winding up affairs of 3-familty dispute over ownership and control of multiple business; main claims of oppressive conduct by majority shareholders
  • Successfully represented divorce client in claim seeking permission to relocate minor children to Russian Federation based on misconduct of husband, financial necessity and cooperation with Superior Court
  • Successfully achieved dismissal of petition for grandparental visitation of minor child on basis that grandparents had allied themselves with ex-husband against second husband and step-father
  • Significantly reduced $1 million plus alimony arrearage on behalf of former husband who delayed seeking relief from alimony award when his ex wife began cohabiting but made no request for funds until after the alimony term ended;
  • Successfully recovered $400,000 plus alimony obligation for former wife when ex husband’s proof of cohabitation failed
  • Successfully defended adverse possession claim of driveway easement in Greenwich
  • Successfully prosecuted unfair trade practice claim when ship brokerage firm released trade secrets in exchange for oral 3 year employment agreements with new company; employment agreements were later repudiated because employment agreements were not in writing; forensic evaluation of defendant’s server revealed defendant used trade secrets after they claimed they had return all data to plaintiff at beginning of case
  • Commenced and continued as affiliate counsel for recovery of more than $6 million for breach of exclusive marketing agreement for eCommerce processing device
  • Conducted discovery in US Consulate in Frankfurt Germany in lawsuit pending in Connecticut for breach of fiduciary duty
  • Represented Italian real estate development firm engaged in commercial real estate development in Fairfield, Connecticut; elected as neutral general counsel when shareholders became embroiled in shareholder dispute; interacted with law firms in Milan and Florence during discovery
  • Prosecuted civil securities fraud claim against broker who at the request of his client valued thinly traded penny stock used as collateral for a loan by using the median of the last two trades as actual value; securities were worthless when secured note was not paid
  • Successfully defended quiet title action in action in $40 million condominium development located in Greenwich
  • Successfully defended purchaser of airplane sold to him by parties who had repossessed the airplane but sold airplane without the consent of the actual owner