Cases and Settlements
- FRAUD LITIGATION - SALE OF BUSINESS. Settled case involving business fraud on sale of business and obtained partial refund of purchase price for tenant-buyer and lease reformation reducing rent substantially with automatic renewals.
- ESTATE LITIGATION. Settled complex will contest, joint account conversion case and real estate partition case in separate cases after 18 months of litigation by obtaining recovery of 100% of $185,000 of joint account funds previously taken, $100,000 discount on real estate purchase price for client's purchase, and 50% discount on NFL football team seat license rights.
- CONSTRUCTION LITIGATION. Settled construction litigation for $305,000 against 9 contractors involving $1.3 million home addition with multiple construction defects; case was in 4thyear of litigation, and recovery included most of the attorney's fees and expert fees.
- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE & WRONGFUL DEATH. Settled medical malpractice / wrongful death case for $2,125,000 after 4 years of litigation involving complex anesthesia and infectious disease issues requiring multiple expert witnesses.
- ATTORNEY MALPRACTICE - ESTATE PLANNING & ADMINISTRATION. Settled complex estate, tax, and commercial litigation involving alleged attorney malpractice, income and estate taxes, and sale of business as part of estate plan, saved client over $2,700,000 in alleged federal and state tax liabilities and simultaneously protected her home by obtaining discharge of federal tax lien.
- PARTNERSHIP LITIGATION - MINORITY SHAREHOLDER OPPRESSION. Settled minority shareholder oppression lawsuit in favor of client by obtaining 2 (of the 3) car washes plus $360,000 cash settlement.
- PERSONAL INJURY - CAR ACCIDENT. Settled serious personal injury case involving car accident resulting in compound fracture for $292,000.
- ENVIRONMENTAL LITIGATION. Settled environmental litigation in favor of client falsely accused of contamination by obtaining $300,000 plus lease extension at reduced rent.
- CONSTRUCTION LITIGATION. Won construction arbitration with American Arbitration Assoc. to obtain $42,000 judgment (including treble damages) against basement waterproof contractor.
- CONTRACT LITIGATION. Won trial involving auto restoration contract by successfully defending client from allegations involving consumer fraud and winning and collecting counterclaim for breach of contract.
- BANKRUPTCY LITIGATION - DISMISSAL. Won motion to dismiss bankruptcy adversary proceeding filed against my client because the plaintiff's lawyer filed the complaint 2 minutes after the electronic-filing deadline. See reported decision by New Jersey Bankruptcy Court at In re Canonico (Holzberg v. Canonico), 2017 Bankr. LEXIS 1685 (Bankr. D. N.J. 6/16/17).
- BANKRUPTCY LITIGATION - PARTNERSHIP DISPUTE. Settled adversary proceeding against client for $36,000 (Note: client was being sued for $2,000,000) in complex business bankruptcy case.
- MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS. Drafted, negotiated and closed $45,000,000 contract for buyout of multi-national employee-leasing company partner.
- CAPITAL FINANCING. Drafted, negotiated and closed complex legal and tax structuring for $15,000,000 equity and debt infusion to chemical manufacturing client with multinational conglomerate.
- CONSTRUCTION LITIGATION. Settled HVAC leak case in favor of homeowner-client against contractor for $168,000 (included repairs, attorney's fees and expert fees).
- LITIGATION - LIFE INSURANCE CONVERSION. Settled conversion of life insurance case obtaining 100% recovery of $150,000 of life insurance proceeds and prepared special needs trust for funds.
- CONSTRUCTION LITIGATION. Settled home-addition construction litigation case in favor of homeowner-client against contractor for $110,000 after three years of litigation.
- CONTRACT LITIGATION. Settled contract litigation involving sales agency client's claims against medical products distributor and hospital to collect past due commissions and simultaneously finalized new contractual relationship between such distributor and client.
- TAX LITIGATION. Settled claim against client by IRS by obtaining $26,000 refund for client U.S. Tax Court case (Note: client was being sued for $364,000).
- PARTNERSHIP LITIGATION. Settled case involving dog kennel partnership for buyout of the land and building and assisted client in obtaining refinancing for client to effectuate settlement buyout.
- REAL ESTATE LITIGATION. Settled commercial summary dispossess where landlord attempted to evict client from leasehold and instead obtained refund of security deposit and extension of time to allow client to relocate to more suitable premises.
- CONTRACT LITIGATION. Settled alleged breach of contract case involving restrictive covenants to prevent competition and solicitation; obtained settlement for client that permitted client to open, advertise, and market her competing gym across street from former employer without any monetary settlement consideration, and terminating restrictive covenants.
- CONTRACT LITIGATION. Settled breach of written non-solicitation covenant by obtaining consent order enforcing non-solicitation and requiring breaching former employee to pay $25,000 settlement including attorneys' fees.
- CONTRACT LITIGATION. Settled and collected $39,000 for breach of contract case for loan consultant client.
- RACE DISCRIMINATION LITIGATION. Settled race discrimination case for $30,000 plus reassignment of location at same rate of pay.
- CONSTRUCTION LITIGATION. Settled lawsuit against HVAC contractor for $25,000 so client could replace HVAC component unit and reconfigure duct work.
- CONSTRUCTION LITIGATION. Settled lawsuit against stone supplier for $52,000 plus delivery of extra $50,000 worth of stone in favor of homeowner-client.
- CONSTRUCTION LITIGATION. Settled lawsuit against roofing contractor by renegotiating repairs under new contract with concessions and allowances in favor of homeowner-client.
- CONTRACT LITIGATION. Won and collected full amount of $12,000 judgment in favor of subcontractor-client against court-reporter general contractor.
- FRAUDULENT TRANSFER LITIGATION. Settled and collected $9,500 from bankrupt general contractor for subcontractor client in fraudulent transfer lawsuit against new alter ego transferee company.