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Nassau prosecutors said Bret Votano, who has been disbarred, stole the funds from escrow accounts during real estate transactions he handled through his company, Votano Law Group, PLLC, from 2016 to 2019.
Schenectady lawyer Paul DeLorenzo, former candidate for Assembly, suspended over alleged misuse of firm's money
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Littler Mendelson has obtained a protective order shielding sensitive information after accusing a “disgruntled” associate of uploading more than 7,900 documents to an external Dropbox in February.
Rare is the client who looks to litigators, alternative dispute resolution specialists or even corporate counsel as the “go to” persons for providing services that will prevent disputes. Most attorneys serve their clients by representing them in disputes that are already or soon to be underway, with a focus on billable negotiation, mediation, arbitration or litigation representation. When it comes to employee and manager education, skills training and systemic dispute prevention, business leaders look not to their attorney advocates but to a potpourri of human relations consultants, traine...