Complete Dismissal of All Criminal Charges against Business Owner - Nov 2011
Martin & Colin, P.C. announces that it has obtained the complete dismissal of all charges filed against a New York City business owner (identity withheld) in Manhattan. As part of his business operation, the owner delivers cash to several different locations throughout Manhattan and the Bronx each day. The businessman was seated in a work vehicle when NYPD police detectives approached, with guns drawn but without any probable cause, and ordered all occupants to get out of the van. While the occupants were handcuffed and seated behind the van, the detectives conducted an illegal search of the entire work vehicle. The NYPD police officers seized the owner’s van and tens of thousands of dollars in cash stored within the van, charging the business owner and all other occupants of the vehicle with drug possession. As soon as they were retained, the lawyers at Martin & Colin, P.C. aggressively pursued complete dismissal of all charges based on the business owner’s Fourth Amendment constitutional right to be free of unreasonable search and seizure. On November 10, 2011, the date trial was scheduled to begin, the New York County District Attorney’s Office conceded that the defendants had been deprived of their right to a speedy trial, and the judge dismissed all charges. Records of the case were sealed. Read more…
Cash Settlement Announced in False Arrest Case!! – September 2011
Martin & Colin, P.C. has obtained a financial settlement for a Westchester County resident who had been falsely arrested by local police and prosecuted as a criminal. Our law firm assisted the victim in getting the criminal charges dismissed; then we filed a civil lawsuit for false arrest, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, and other claims. The civil suit has now been settled. However, the parties agreed that all terms of the settlement would remain confidential. Read more…
Husband Wins at Trial – Awarded 50/50 Split of All Assets Although He Was the Non-Monied Spouse and Tested Positive for Cocaine Four Months Prior to the Start of Trial!! - August 2011
Martin & Colin, P.C. announces that it has won a trial court victory in Supreme Court, Westchester County, for the husband and father of three children in a contested divorce. The husband’s testimony at trial established that: throughout the 20+ year marriage, the wife worked on Wall Street making a substantial income but was away from the children for most of the workday; initially, the husband had successfully owned and operated a local business; but as the children grew older, his business suffered because the father frequently stayed home to serve as the children’s primary caregiver; Read more…
Husband Wins on Appeal – Awarded One-Half of All Assets, Including the Wife’s Pension, Although He Spent Three Years of the Marriage in Federal Prison!! - August 2011
Martin & Colin, P.C. announces that it has won an appeals court victory in favor of a divorced ex-husband. After a divorce re-trial, the trial court had ordered that the ex-wife could keep her entire civil service pension for herself, although almost all of the pension benefits accumulated during the twenty year marriage. The ex-husband appealed. In its decision, the Appellate Division reversed each and every aspect of the trial court’s order and directed that the ex-wife’s entire pension be divided evenly between both parties. Read more…
Appeals Court Victory Upholds Father’s Rights in Family Court - July 2011
Martin & Colin, P.C. announces that it has won an appeals court victory in favor of a divorced, working dad paying child support to the child’s mother. The Family Court had denied the father’s application to reduce his court-ordered obligation to pay child care because the child was now in elementary school full-time and did not require child care. The father appealed. In a decision and order dated July 12, 2011, the Appellate Division, Second Department, reversed the trial court and ordered that the father receive a reduction of his childcare obligation retroactive to the date the father filed his petition. In its decision and order, the appeals court held that the father should only be required to pay his share of the child care expenses actually incurred by the mother. Read more…
Our Client Obtains Sole Legal and Physical Custody!! – May 2011
Martin & Colin, P.C. announces that it has obtained sole legal and physical custody of a six year old child for our client, the child’s aunt, effective immediately. The case was especially difficult because the aunt sought to take custody away from the child’s mother (i.e., the aunt’s own sister), and it is well established law in New York State that a petitioner must demonstrate the existence of extraordinary circumstances in order for that petitioner to be awarded custody away from a parent. Read more…
Attempted Murder and nine other criminal charges - Dismissed!! - March 2011
Martin & Colin, P.C. announces that it has obtained the complete dismissal of the charge of Attempted Murder and nine other serious criminal charges lodged against a client in the Bronx, New York. Our client expressed immediate relief that justice had been served, that the criminal case was disposed of quickly and efficiently, and that the case was resolved entirely in his favor. Read more…
Appeals Court Victory Upholds Mother’s Right to Appropriate Child Support - March 2011
Martin & Colin, P.C. announces that it has won an appeals court victory in favor of a divorced, working mother receiving child support from the child’s father, who is now her ex-husband. The father had returned to court to obtain a reduction in his child support obligation based upon his claimed reduction in earnings. The trial court denied the father’s request for a downward modification of his child support obligation. Read more…
Cash Settlement Paid to Car Accident Victim!! - February 2011
Martin & Colin, P.C. announces the six-figure settlement of a car accident case in which the owner and operator of the other vehicle were insured by Travelers Insurance Company. The favorable settlement provides substantial compensation to our injured client but also lets him put the incident behind him without having to proceed to trial. Read more…
Off Duty Police Officer Acquitted of all Charges – Case Dismissed!! – October 2010
Martin & Colin, P.C. announces that it has obtained the complete dismissal of all charges filed against a local village police officer (identity withheld) in Westchester County, New York. The officer had been charged with attacking another individual, while off duty, at a local summer camp. The trial was concluded in one day. Upon conclusion of the trial, the judge dismissed the charge, finding the off-duty officer was not guilty. Records of the trial were sealed. Read more…
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