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NYC had its first heat wave for the Summer of 2015 but in Supreme Court: Queens County there was fire in the courtroom from July 29, 2015 to August 18, 2015 that accumulated with an amazing verdict for the plaintiff in the amount of $650,000.00 against the New York City Transit Authority for an unsafe…

Real Estate/Foreclosure/ Banking/ Bankruptcy Law: Sacco & Fillas, LLP’s Partner Elias Fillas, Esq, and General Counsel, Si Aydiner, Esq. made today’s New York Law Journal http://www.newyorklawjournal.com/home/id=1202731761905/Right-to-Foreclose-Survives-Bankruptcy-Panel-Rules?mcode=1202617075062&curindex=2

Aside from today’s case being the Seventh (7th) Consecutive Appellate Win by the Seventh (7th) Different Attorney at Sacco & Fillas, LLP, this case displays the full circle of the advocacy of a personal injury case from inception, trial, verdict, appeal setting aside the verdict predicated upon the improper submission of evidence at trial. Larry…

Commercial Team: Congratulations to Luigi Brandimarte, Esq. for the reversal of a Supreme Court decision denying our client’s ownership to real estate notwithstanding a proper conveyance by deed as part of an overall estate plan without due process. To make matters worse, the Supreme Court erred in sanctioning the firm for its tenacity of interposing…

Sacco & Fillas, LLP welcomes Scott J. Laird, Esq to the firm as an Associate Attorney in the Commercial Department. Mr. Laird holds a bachelor’s degree from Hofstra University, and a juris doctorate degree from the Syracuse University College of Law, where he graduated cum laude. Mr. Laird served as an Associate Notes Editor on…

NO ONE ACHIEVES SUCCESS DOES SO WITHOUT ACKNOWLEDGING THE HELP OF OTHERS. THE WISE AND CONFIDENT ACKNOWLEDGE THIS HELP WITH GRATITUDE.” -unknown author OUR GRATITUDE GOES OUT TO OUR SUPPORT STAFF WHO IS THE ENGINE BEHIND SACCO & FILLAS THAT IS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND OUR SUCCESS. THANK YOU! Litzy Acevedo, Miguel Alar, Mercedes Arias,…

Notable Verdict: Igor G. Grichanik, Esq. new to the Trial Team obtained his first verdict in Supreme Court: Queens County. For obvious reasons, an attorney’s first trial to sink his teeth into tend to be the most difficult cases. The case at hand the plaintiff had no objective evidence of an injury after undergoing MRIs…

Noteworthy Case for the Personal Injury Department: 76 year old plaintiff slipped and fell on ice embedded in a cracked walkway within the common area of a shopping strip sustained a subdural hematoma but the plaintiff had pre-existing and ongoing treatment to her head prior to the fall. This matter settled during a mediation for…

Sacco & Fillas, LLP welcomes Shibu J. Jacob, Esq to the firm as an Associate Attorney. Mr. Jacob obtained his Juris Doctorate from Hofstra University in 2000, and his Bachelor of Arts in 1994 from Stony Brook University. He is admitted to practice in all State of New York courts as well as The United…

Sacco & Fillas, LLP welcomes Ying Hua Huang, Esq., Associate Attorney to its Litigation Department. Ms. Huang is admitted to practice in the State of New York and New Jersey. She brings over ten (10) years of diversified litigation experience in the areas of insurance defense, business law, and subrogation. Ms. Huang is a former…