Szaferman Lakind Secures Pension Victory for Retired Teacher

By |2023-05-10T23:53:46-05:00May 10th, 2023|Litigation Cases, Uncategorized|

In a case of first impression in New Jersey, the Superior Court, Appellate Division ruled that a retired teacher could not be disqualified from his deferred retirement benefit as a result of a guilty plea to a bank fraud charge which pre-dated his employment.  Our client, J, committed bank fraud as a young man and [...]

Dan Sweetser Wins Jury Trial in Million Dollar Business Dispute

By |2023-05-17T15:21:33-05:00May 10th, 2023|Litigation Cases|

On May 3, 2023, a Mercer County jury returned a unanimous verdict in favor of Business Litigation Partner Dan Sweetser’s clients in a hotly contested business partnership dispute. Dan represented a metal alloys company in India and its owners. The plaintiff in the lawsuit is a New Jersey man who grew up in India and [...]

Arnold Lakind Prevails in Pro Bono Case

By |2022-07-26T14:13:21-05:00July 26th, 2022|Litigation, Litigation Cases, Verdicts and Settlements|

Arnold Lakind was recently asked by a member of a New Brunswick Synagogue to provide pro bono services to an elderly Mexican immigrant, MS. MS could speak some English, he understood little in the English language and could neither read nor write English. MS and his wife lived in a rented apartment in New [...]

Arnold Lakind Successful in U.S. District Court

By |2022-08-09T10:21:36-05:00May 20th, 2022|Litigation, Litigation Cases, Verdicts and Settlements|

Some time ago, investors in Johnson & Johnson (J & J) stock filed a securities fraud class action against the New Jersey drug manufacturer.  The Plaintiffs, a class of J & J investors, maintained that J & J withheld information from the investing public about its vulnerability to personal injury lawsuits growing out of [...]

Arnold Lakind Prevails in Land Use Appeal

By |2022-08-09T10:20:38-05:00May 20th, 2022|Commercial Real Estate & Land Use, Litigation, Litigation Cases, Verdicts and Settlements|

Last year, Szaferman Lakind was retained to represent a developer on Long Beach Island on the appeal of a denial of subdivision approval.  Our client wanted to convert a defunct bar into a residential development and applied to subdivide the property into six (6) residential lots in Long Beach Township.  In an effort to [...]

Dan Sweetser Prevails in Defense of Prominent New Jersey Law Firm in Breach of Contract Suit

By |2022-03-22T08:24:42-05:00March 22nd, 2022|Business, Litigation, Litigation Cases, Verdicts and Settlements|

By: Dan Sweetser On November 8, 2021, Judge Michael Erdos of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas entered a verdict in favor of a New Jersey law firm represented by Partner Dan Sweetser. The complaint alleged that Dan’s client breached a contract with the Plaintiff relating to a business transaction and claimed $160,000 in [...]

Bob Lytle Successfully Defends Domestic Violence Victim

By |2023-06-30T11:05:04-05:00October 21st, 2021|Litigation, Litigation Cases, Verdicts and Settlements|

Partner Bob Lytle recently prevailed on appeal on behalf of a client who was not only a victim of domestic violence and sexual assault at the hands of her ex-fiancé, but who was also a victim of the criminal justice system who failed to protect her identity.  In fact, the Warren County Prosecutor who was [...]

Janine Bauer Helps AARP Win Victory for Utility Consumers

By |2021-09-29T07:52:10-05:00September 29th, 2021|Litigation, Litigation Cases|

Partner Janine G. Bauer recently represented AARP as a friend of the court (amicus curiae) in an appeal of a ruling by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU), which had allowed utilities to reap income tax savings even where taxes were not paid by the utilities to the IRS—and the savings were [...]

Dan Sweetser Successful in Employment Discrimination Trial

By |2021-07-29T13:43:06-05:00June 10th, 2021|Business, Litigation, Litigation Cases, Verdicts and Settlements|

By: Dan Sweetser On May 13, 2021, Judge Kenneth Chu of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) Division of Judges entered a verdict in favor of a large medical testing company represented by Partner Dan Sweetser. The complaint alleged that Dan’s client discharged a former employee in retaliation for soliciting co-workers to join a [...]

Bob Lytle Prevails on Behalf of Jersey City Police Officer

By |2023-06-30T11:02:29-05:00April 29th, 2021|Litigation, Litigation Cases, Verdicts and Settlements|

After weeks of trial that took place in 2018, Partner Bob Lytle obtained a dismissal of all of the charges against a police officer that were contained in a 107-count indictment returned by the Hudson County grand jury. If convicted at trial, our client, who was a decorated Captain in the Jersey City Police Department, [...]

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