KMWB Partner Nativ Winiarsky’s latest article to appear in the New York Law Journal focuses on the application of the default rule in the context of rent overcharge cases in the wake of Regina. Nativ begins the article reviewing the…
Nicholas Yokos, Esq. of KMWB, successfully opposed a tenant’s motion to dismiss a holdover proceeding with the court denying the motion, as well as granting the Landlord’s cross-motion for use and occupancy. Notably, in denying the Tenants’ motion to dismiss,…
William Hummell, Esq. of KMWB, by an Order of the U.S. Court of Appeals on June 21, 2022, defeated the judgment debtor’s appeal from $1.35 million trial Judgment. Court of Appeals affirmed every part of the Judgment.
William Hummell, Esq. of KMWB, facilitated public auction by U.S. Marshal on May 26, 2022, auctioning two co-op apartments turned over by judgment debtor pursuant to Federal Rule 69(a) Order in aid of enforcement of trial Judgment.
Judgment debtor violated Turnover Order to convey shares certificate and proprietary lease for two co-op apartments to judgment creditor under Federal Rule 69(a) judgment execution. William Hummell, Esq. of KMWB, filed an order to show cause pursuant to SDNY Local…
In this month’s RSA Reporter is a discussion under noteworthy decisions about the appeal KMWB Partner Joseph Goldsmith won before the NYS Court of Appeals in Aurora Associates v. Locatelli, 2022 NY Slip Op 00958 (2022). In Locatelli the NYS…
William Hummell, Esq. of KMWB, on October 5, 2021, defeated the judgment debtor’s second motion for a stay of enforcement of trial Judgment – motion he filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals.
On February 15, 2022, the NYS Court of Appeals, the state’s highest Court, issued its decision in favor of owners in the case argued by KMWB Partner Joseph Goldsmith last month. The Court found and held illegal loft conversions are…
William Hummell, Esq. of KMWB, on September 24, 2021, won a US $893,187.87 Judgment for an international trading company in U.S. District Court – SDNY against a steel sourcing agent in Shanghai, China. He had arranged service of the Summons…
With the eviction moratorium expiring this month, lawmakers are pushing a “Good Cause” Bill, which would limit the ability of landlords to control rental rates for their properties. Bloomberg shared some details of the bill, including a quote from Kucker…
On Thursday, January 6, 2022, KMWB Partner Joseph Goldsmith argued an important case before the NYS Court of Appeals, the highest Court in the State, on the intersection of the Loft Law and Rent Stabilization. In this case, Mr. Goldsmith…
William Hummell, Esq. of KMWB, on September 14, 2021, won a Turnover Order by a motion by order to show cause under Federal Rule 69(a), 28 U.S.C. § 1962 and N.Y. CPLR § 5202 in aid of enforcement of the…
Nicholas Yokos, Esq. of KMWB, moved by Order to Show cause and successfully struck a licensee’s hardship declaration in a civil court holdover proceeding with the Court determining that the licensee occupants of the two-family Brooklyn home were not entitled…
William Hummell, Esq. of KMWB, on December 17, 2021, filed legal papers in opposition to the motion of three defendants in California alleging a lack of New York personal jurisdiction over them. Defendants’ motion ignored their tortious acts which caused…
KWMB successfully won an argument on behalf of our client related to a rent overcharge claim from a tenant, according to a decision from Judge Shawn Kelly. We made a motion on behalf of the predecessor landlord and current landlord…