In this morning’s NY Law Journal, I read an interesting case out of Suffolk County NY involving a piano. It seems that the plaintiffs,Paul and Karen Palmieri, purchased a rebuilt, refinished Weber 6′ grand piano for $9,000 in 1996 from The Piano Exchange in Glen Cove. The agreement’s terms called for a “rebuilt and refurnished-matching …
Tag Archive: lawyers
Feb 03 2013
NY Times Story About NYPD Lying in Court Only Part of the Story
So this morning’s NY Times article about pervasive perjury in criminal cases by members of the NYPD will come as no surprise to regular criminal defense practitioners. Among those who practice in this field, the practice is called “testilying.” But while Michelle Alexander’s article does a good job of describing the problem and pointing to …
Jan 15 2013
Why On Earth Would Lindsay Lohan Use This Lawyer?
Everyone knows that Lindsay Lohan’s life has been a train wreck these past few years – numerous arrests, gossip-page scandals, a scathing article about her behavior in this Sunday’s New York Times Magazine. But the Lohan train may have gone completely over the cliff that the movie star fired her California attorney Shawn Holley to …
Jan 10 2013
This is Not Your Father’s Jury
Back when I was a young lawyer just starting to try cases for the Manhattan Trial Unit of the NYC Law Department, I got a quick introduction in selecting jurors about 15 minutes before I picked my first jury. Though it was over 25 years ago, I can hear the speech from the wizened old …
Nov 21 2012
Shackling Case Shows Limits of Constitution
As many of my law students and criminal defense clients can attest, one of my favorite phrases is “The Constitution is overrated.” That does not mean that I don’t have the utmost respect for the founding document of our democracy – I certainly do. What I mean is that folks should not expect that the …