Firm News

Partner Dan McCally Successfully Obtains Summary Judgment on Liability In Favor of School Bus Company

Partner Dan McCally quickly moved for summary judgment on liability in a negligence action against a school bus company and contracting local school district for injuries sustained by an infant plaintiff while riding as a passenger on the school bus.  On March 6, 2020, Honorable Paul J. Baisley, Jr issued a Short Form Order granting […]

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Hon. John M. Czygier Jr. Panelist at Estate Planning Conference

Former Judge of the Surrogate’s Court of Suffolk County and Lewis Johs’ Senior Counsel, Hon. John M. Czygier, Jr. was chosen to sit on the panel of The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn’s Annual Estate Planning Conference held on Saturday, March 7th, 2020 at The Immaculate Conception Center in Douglaston, N.Y. Judge Czygier took part […]

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Stacey Gorny successfully obtains Summary Judgment and Dismissal of Labor Law case

Partner Stacey Gorny successfully obtained summary judgment on behalf of our client, a large construction manager, obtaining dismissal of all labor law claims in a recent Dutchess County case.  The Plaintiff claimed that our client was responsible for his injuries while working at a construction site, when he attempted to push a large heavy piece […]

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Defendant’s Verdict for Fred Johs and Judith Littman in Medical Malpractice Case

Frederick C Johs, assisted by Judith N. Littman, obtained a defense verdict on behalf of our client, a colorectal surgeon, in the Supreme Court, Suffolk County on January 21, 2020.  The plaintiff was a 71-year-old woman who underwent a colonoscopy, performed without any complications noted.  The patient, who fainted briefly in the recovery room, complained […]

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Associate Stephen J. Maloney, Jr. Named as LIBN 40 Under 40 Recipient

Lewis Johs’ associate Stephen Maloney was named one of Long Island’s 2020 “40 Under 40” by Long Island Business News (LIBN). LIBN has been honoring outstanding members of the business community on Long Island who are 40 or under since 1998. These future leaders of Long Island have already begun to distinguish themselves in business, […]

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Partner Carl Formicola Obtains Summary Judgement

Carl Formicola recently prevailed on a motion for summary judgment seeking to dismiss a premises liability case.  Plaintiff claimed to have been injured when she slipped and fell on a slippery liquid in the staircase as she was leaving the defendant’s building after visiting a friend. Carl had established at plaintiff’s deposition that she did […]

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Partner Stacey Gorny Elected President Of Moxxie Mentoring Foundation

We are proud to announce that partner Stacey Gorny has been named President of Moxxie Mentoring Foundation.  Stacey first became a mentor for the Moxxie Mentoring Foundation in 2015 in order to give back to the community through professional and generational mentoring.  She was a mentor through the foundation’s Jr. Moxxie program which pairs female […]

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Annemarie Jones Secures Summary Judgment

Annemarie Jones obtained summary judgment dismissing all federal claims in a Section 1983 malicious prosecution case. Plaintiff alleged the District Attorney’s Office maliciously prosecuted him for his alleged practice of fraudulent billing. Plaintiff was acquitted of all criminal charges following a jury trial. He thereafter filed the Section 1983 case against the County and the […]

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Joseph O’Connor Admitted Into the Bar Association

On Wednesday, December 11th, 2019 Joseph O’Connor appeared at the Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department of New York to be sworn in as a member of the bar. He was accompanied by his mother and father for this momentous event. Joseph also had the opportunity to meet a panel of appellate judges including the presiding […]

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Ross Ruggiero Obtains Dismissal On a SCWA Motion

Ross Ruggiero was recently successful on arguing to the Supreme Court that Claimant-Petitioner’s Motion for leave to serve a late Notice of Claim on a local government entity should be denied. Petitioner’s counsel argued that the local government entity had actual knowledge of the “essential facts” constituting the claim within 90 days of its accrual […]

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