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Susan J. Bereche Joins K&C

We are excited to announce that Susan J. Bereche has joined KCLLP. With a distinguished 30-year career as a litigator, Susan brings extensive experience in both criminal and civil litigation. Susan has tried cases in various courts and most recently served as Staff Attorney for The Retreat, a nonprofit supporting survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking. Welcome, Susan!

Jessica Guzzo Joins K&C

KCLLP announces Jessica Guzzo, Esq. to the firm. Ms. Guzzo is a recent graduate of William & Mary Law School, who has joined KCLLP as a junior associate.  Jessica will be working on a variety of civil litigations involving design and construction claims as well as commercial disputes. We are excited for Jessica to join the KCLLP team.

K&C New York Office Relocation

We are excited to announce that K&C recently relocated to a new office building in Melville. Our new address is 175 Pinelawn Road, Melville, New York. If you have any questions or want to stop by feel free to contact us.

Michael Stanton Presents to Bar Association on Legal Issues Pertaining to Working Remotely

On September 17, 2020, Michael Stanton delivered a presentation to the Suffolk County Bar Association entitled “Working Remotely: Cyber Security Issues and Concerns,” along with co-panelists Mitchell Borkowsy, Esq. and Joseph Bucco, a senior internet technology security engineer. The program addressed the critical threats involved in remote working, best practices for protecting sensitive data, and addressing ethical considerations in terms of data protection and client privacy. Mr. Stanton provided guidance into the types of threats facing law firms, and the protocol for notifying clients when a data breach occurs.

Appellate Court Reverses Decision Allowing Client to Amend Complaint against Architect

In Sutton Animal Hospital, PLLC v. D&D Development et al., Michael Stanton secured a significant victory for an architectural firm before the Appellate Division, First Department by reversing a lower court decision allowing the plaintiff to amend its complaint without first complying with statutory protocol for doing so. The Appellate Division agreed that the architectural firm had been prejudiced by the lower court’s decision, which precluded “meaningful review of the sufficiency of the allegations” of the plaintiff’s amended complaint. A copy of the decision is available here.

Michael Stanton Secures Reversal of Order Terminating Guardianship

In In re Angeliki K (Anonymous), Michael Stanton obtained the reversal of a guardianship court decision denying the guardian’s application to change the incapacitated person’s place of abode to Athens, Greece, and terminating the guardianship. Contrary to the guardianship court’s order, the Appellate Division, Second Department, held that the guardianship court should not have terminated the guardianship on its own motion, without a hearing, and without determining the impact of termination on the incapacitated person. Moreover, the Appellate Division, Second Department, concluded that the guardian had properly supported the application to change the incapacitated person’s place of abode to Greece, and reversed both portions of the court’s decision in their entirety.   A copy of the decision is available here.

The Affidavit of Merit Statute is Alive and Well in New Jersey

K&C Victorious in ‘Falling Object’ Scaffold Law Case

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