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Eric A. Longmire v. Warshaw Burstein Cohen Schlesinger & Kuh, LLP

Paid petition · Appellate Division, Supreme Court of New York, First Judicial Department, No. 116683/09 · judgment May 16, 2013

Certiorari denied · March 23, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether the State Appellate Division wrongfully denied Petitioner’s Motion for Leave to Appeal when sua sponte and without notice to Petitioner, and without providing him an opportunity to respond, it determined that Petitioner failed to establish a prima facie case of employment discrimination against his former employer. Whether the State Appellate Division erred in affirming sua sponte and without notice to Petitioner, and without providing him an opportunity to respond, the decision and order of the motion court in dismissing Petitioner’s counterclaim for legal malpractice against the Respondent. r

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Robert L. Sirianni Jr.
Brownstone, P.A.

For respondent
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Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Mar 23 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 04 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2020.
  3. Dec 10 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 18, 2020)