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- June 16, 2022 – M&H Prevails on Motion to Set-Aside 75 Years-To-Life Sentence, And To Resentence Defendant In 1991 Attempted Murder In the First Degree Case
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- April 11, 2019 – M&H Wins Denial of Summary Judgment Motion in Serious Injury Case
- April 21, 2021 - M&H Wins Appeal Following Queens County Defense Verdict
- April 25, 2018 – M&H Wins Appeal Dismissing Case Against Apartment Complex Owner
- April 26, 2011 - M&H Wins Dismissal of Complaint
- April 26, 2016 - M&H Wins Dismissal of Case Against NYC Business Improvement District
- April 26,2016 - M&H Wins Dismissal of Case Against Commercial Landowner
- April 29, 2015 – M&H Wins Affirmance of Lower Court Order Denying Summary Judgment to Store Owner
- April 30, 2014 – M&H Wins Affirmance Of Summary Judgment In Personal Injury Action
- April 4, 2018 – M&H Wins Reversal of Judgment Awarding Approximately $2.5 Million In Damages Resulting From The Issuance Of A Preliminary Injunction And Imposing Sanctions
- April 4, 2018 – M&H Wins Reversal of Judgment Entered After A Non-Jury Trial In Breach of Contract Action Against Seller of Commercial Real Property
- April 5, 2017 - M&H Wins Affirmance Of Order For Father In Support Proceeding
- April 7, 2021 – M&H Wins Attorney-Fee Dispute Stemming From Catastrophic-Injury Case
- August 13, 2021 - M&H Wins Stay of Trial in Queens County Medical Malpractice Action
- August 21, 2019 – M&H Wins Reversal of Summary Judgment and Reinstatement of Client’s Legal Malpractice Action Against Bankruptcy Counsel
- August 23, 2017 – M&H Wins Reversal And Dismissal of Case Against Managing Agent of Commercial Property
- August 26, 2020 – M&H Wins Foreclosure Appeal Setting Aside Both The Judicial Sale And The Referee’s Deed
- August 28, 2019 – M&H Wins Reversal of Convictions for Conspiracy, Possession and Sale of Drugs, Possession of Weapons and Related Crimes
- August 29, 2012 - M&H Wins Affirmance In Adverse Possession Case
- August 29, 2012 - M&H Wins Dismissal of Complaint in Premises Liability Action
- August 31, 2022 – M&H Wins Two Reversals in Kings County Guardianship Proceeding Brought Under Mental Hygiene Law Article 81
- August 4, 2016-M&H Wins Dismissal of Case Against Non-Profit Organization
- August 4, 2022 – M&H Wins Reversal and Reinstatement of Complaint in Long Island Premises Liability Case
- August 7, 2014 – M&H Wins Reversal And Denial Of Motion To Quash Non-Party Subpoena In Wrongful Death Action
- Beceren v. Joan Realty, LLC
- December 1, 2011 - M&H Wins Reversal of Lower Court's Order & Dismissal of Action
- December 12, 2018 – M&H Wins Reversal of Summary Judgment Against Cyclist Struck By Automobile
- December 13, 2017 – M&H Wins Reversal And New Trial Based Upon Erroneous Trial Ruling Regarding The Authentication of Photographic Evidence
- December 13, 2017 – M&H Wins Reversal In "Serious Injury" Threshold Appeal
- December 14, 2016 M&H Wins Reversal and Reinstatement of Plaintiff’s Claim
- December 15, 2016 - M&H Wins Affirmance of Order for Defendant Manufacturer
- December 15, 2016 - M&H Wins Reversal and Dismissal of Case Against Restaurant
- December 17, 2021 – M&H Wins Stay of Proceedings in Kings County Commercial Mortgage Foreclosure Action
- December 18, 2019 – M&H Defeats Lack of Personal Jurisdiction Defense in Kings County Personal Injury Action
- December 21, 2016 - M&H Wins Appeal for Blinded Sanitation Worker
- December 21, 2017 – M&H Wins Unanimous Reversal and Remand In Suit Against Owner of Residential Apartment Building
- December 21, 2022 - M&H Prevails on Appeal in Nassau County Out-Of-Possession Landlord Action
- December 26, 2018 – M&H Wins Denial of Summary Judgment on Behalf of Cyclist Struck by Car
- December 27, 2011 - M&H Wins Affirmance of Order Denying Discovery Request
- December 27, 2012 – M&H Wins Reversal and Reinstatement of Previously Dismissed Conversion Claims Concerning Antiquities and Fine Arts
- December 28, 2016 - M&H Wins "Highway Design" Appeal for Catastrophically Injured Driver
- December 30, 2015 - M&H Wins Reversal And Dismissal Of Personal Injury Action
- December 31, 2018 – M&H Wins Denial of Stay Application in Child Custody Dispute, Ensuring That Custody Remains with the Father
- December 6, 2011 - M&W Wins Reversal of Lower Court's Order & Dismissal of Action
- December 7, 2021 - M&H Wins Reversal Of Spoliation Sanction In Landmark Opinion Authored by Justice Scarpulla
- December 9, 2014 – M&H Wins Affirmance of Lower Court Order Denying Summary Judgment to Defendant Building Owner In Subrogation Action
- December 9, 2020 – M&H Wins Appeal In “Quiet Title” Action By Establishing That Its Client Was A Bona Fide Purchaser Based Upon A Deed In Lieu Of Foreclosure
- December 9, 2020 – M&H Wins SJ Appeal On Prematurity Grounds
- February 10, 2016 - M&H wins reversal of summary judgment on behalf of Plaintiff in personal injury action.
- February 11, 2015 – M&H Wins Reversal and Restatement of Plaintiff’s Labor Law Claim
- February 13, 2019 – M&H Wins Appeal Stemming From Brooklyn Motor Vehicle Accident
- February 13, 2020 - M&H Wins Reversal And Vacatur Of “All Decisions, Orders, And Judgments” In A Landmark 40-Page Opinion, Authored By Presiding Justice Alan D. Scheinkman, Concerning The Estate of Late Fashion Icon Oleg Cassini
- February 13, 2020 – M&H Defeats Assumption of Risk Defense In Roller-skating Rink Accident
- February 13, 2020 – M&H Wins Reversal and Reinstatement of Medical Malpractice Action Against A Manhattan Anesthesiologist and NYU Langone Hospital
- February 15, 2017 - M&H Wins Reversal And Dismissal Of Labor Law Claim Against Upper West Side Condominium Building
- February 16, 2022 - M&H Wins Reversal and Reinstatement of Action For Plaintiff Injured on Faulty Gym Equipment
- February 18, 2015 – M&H Wins Reversal and Dismissal of Constructive Trust Claim
- February 22, 2017 - M&H Wins Reversal And Reinstatement Of Complaint Against Construction Company
- February 23, 2022 – M&H Wins Reversal And Reinstatement of Action For Nassau County Restaurant Employee
- February 4, 2015 – M&H Wins Confirmation of Special Referee’s Report in Attorney Disciplinary Hearing
- February 4, 2015 – M&H Wins Reversal of Second Degree Murder Conviction
- February 5, 2020 – M&H Wins Reversal and Reinstatement of Complaint on Behalf of Plaintiff Injured on Nassau County Sidewalk
- February 9, 2017 - M&H Wins Reversal By New York State Court of Appeals In Attorney-Fee Dispute
- Great N. Ins. Co v. Milo Real Estate Corp.
- January 10, 2023 – M&H Wins Appeal Against NYC, MTA And Contractors Stemming From Catastrophic Manhattan Motorcycle Accident In First Avenue Construction Zone
- January 11, 2011 - M&H Wins Dismissal of Complaint
- January 12, 2021, M&H Overturns $27 Million Contractual Indemnification Claim By Manhattan Shopping Mall Owner Against Security-Services Company
- January 14, 2015 – M&H Wins Reversal of Lower Court Order And An Award Of Summary Judgment In Favor Of Building Owner
- January 16, 2023 – M&H Wins Reversal Of Summary Judgment And Reinstatement of Complaint Against Concert Promoter In Case Stemming From Injury Sustained At Drake Concert
- January 18, 2023 - M&H Wins Reversal and Reinstatement of Complaint By Challenging Movant’s Prima Facie Showing In Connection With Serious-Injury Threshold Motion
- January 19, 2022 – M&H Wins Appeal Stemming From Empire State Building Freight Elevator Accident
- January 19,2021, M&H Wins Affirmance And Dismissal Of Shareholder Derivative Action
- January 23, 2018 – M&H Wins First Department Appeal Dismissing Suit Against Chelsea Building Owner And Property Manager
- January 25, 2023 - M&H Wins Reversal and Reinstatement of Complaint Stemming From Long Island Workplace Accident
- January 30, 2013 – M&H Wins Reversal And Dismissal of Wrongful Death Action Against Owner of Residential Apartment Building
- January 9, 2013 – M&H Wins Reversal and A New Trial For Student-Athlete Injured During School-Sanctioned Practice
- January 9, 2019 – M&H Wins Denial of Summary Judgment Motion in Medical Malpractice Case
- January 9, 2019 – M&H Wins Permanent Stay of Arbitration and Dismissal of the CPLR Article 75 Proceeding
- July 10, 2013 – M&H Wins Reversal, Reinstatement Of Article 78 Petition And Summary Judgment In Favor Of Petitioner Seeking Reinstatement Of Her Employment As An Assistant Principal By New York City Department Of Education
- July 14, 2015 - M&H successfully defends attorney on disciplinary matter
- July 15, 2020 - M&H Wins Reversal And Revives Previously Dismissed Case Against LI Shopping Mall Owners
- July 17, 2019 – M&H Wins Reversal of Summary Judgment and Reinstatement of Complaint On Behalf of Client Injured in a Queens, NY Department Store
- July 19, 2021 – M&H Wins Stay of Sheriff’s Sale and Public Auction on Behalf of Forest Hills Property Owner
- July 2, 2019 – M&H Wins a Stay of the Judicial Sale of the Residence of Staten Island Homeowners
- July 21, 2021 – M&H Wins Denial of Stay of Discovery Proceedings in Breach of Contract Action
- July 22, 2020 - M&H Wins Reversal and Reinstatement of Previously Dismissed Complaint By Defeating Forum Non Conveniens and Personal Jurisdiction Defenses
- July 23, 2013 – M&H Wins Affirmance Of Summary Judgment In Favor Of Commercial Condominium Unit Owner In A Sidewalk Defect Action
- July 25, 2018 – M&H Wins Dismissal of Case Against Apartment Complex Owner in Labor Law Case
- July 25, 2018 – M&H Wins Reversal of Summary Judgment On Behalf of Tenant Injured in Stairwell of Apartment Building
- July 26, 2022 – M&H Wins Vacatur Of Post-Trial Order Setting Aside Jury Verdict Stemming From Bronx County Motor Vehicle Accident
- July 31, 2018 – M&H Wins Stay of Trial on Behalf of Apartment Complex Owner
- July 7, 2021 – M&H Wins Reversal and Reinstatement of Dismissed Complaint
- June 1, 2022 - M&H Wins Reversal and Reinstatement of Complaint Stemming From Nassau County Warehouse Accident
- June 1, 2022 - M&H Wins Reversal and Reinstatement of LL 241(6) Claim Stemming From Long Island Workplace Accident
- June 10, 2015 – M&H Wins Affirmance of Lower Court Order Granting Dismissal
- June 12, 2012 - M&H Wins Affirmance of Denial for Summary Judgment
- June 12, 2012 - M&H Wins Lawyer Disqualification in Tort Action
- June 13, 2012 - M&H Wins Reversal of Robbery Conviction
- June 14, 2017 – M&H Wins Appeal After Trial On Behalf Of Child Who Suffered Digital Amputation At School
- June 15, 2018 – M&H Wins Stay of Trial on Behalf of Transportation Company
- June 15, 2022 - M&H Wins Reversal and Reinstatement of Medical Malpractice Complaint Against Richmond County Hospital In Case Involving Failure to Diagnose Cervical Cancer
- June 15, 2022 – Hear M&H Founder Richard E. Mischel argue before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- June 19, 2019 – M&H Wins Appeal on Behalf of Office Worker Felled By “Wavy” Floor
- June 21, 2011 - M&H Wins Affirmance of Jury Award in Tort Action
- June 21, 2017 – M&H Wins Reversal And Dismissal of Case Against Building Owner And Its Management Company
- June 24, 2020 – M&H Wins Labor Law Appeal Stemming From World Trade Center Construction Site Accident
- June 27, 2012 - M&H Wins Reversal on Validity of Local Zoning Law
- June 29, 2012 - M&H Wins Reinstatement of Claims Originally Barred on Res Judicata Grounds
- June 4, 2019 – M&H Wins Motion to Strike on in Nassau County Construction Site Accident
- June 5, 2019 – M&H Wins Reversal of Summary Judgment and Dismissal of Complaint and Claims Against Former Property Manager of Brooklyn Apartment Building
- June 6, 2012 - M&H Wins Affirmance of Summary Judgment
- June 7, 2017 – M&H Successfully Strikes Banks’s Brief and Record On Appeal In Mortgage Foreclosure Action
- June 8, 2016 - M&H Defeats Hospital’s Attempt to Win Summary Judgment
- M&H Achieves Reversal of Judgment and a New Trial in Kings County 2nd Degree Murder Case
- M&H Defeats "Prior Written Notice" Defense Raised By Municipal Defendant
- M&H Wins Reversal and Dismissal of Case Against Hotel Owner
- M&H Wins Reversal and Reinstatement of Claims Against Nursing Home
- March 15, 2011 - M&H Wins Dismissal of Action
- March 18, 2020 - M&H Prevails on Appeal on Behalf of Kings County Property Owner
- March 18, 2020 - M&H Wins Reversal and Reinstatement of a Consolidated Medical Malpractice Action Against NYCHH and Richmond University Medical Center
- March 2, 2015 – M&H Wins Stay in Child Visitation Case
- March 22, 2011 - M&H Wins Reversal of Lower Court's Order & Dismissal of Action
- March 25, 2020 - M&H Defeats VTL 1104(b) Defense In Motor-Vehicle Accident Involving A Marked Police Vehicle
- March 25, 2020 - M&H Wins Reversal and Reinstatement of Plaintiff's Complaint Regarding Negligence Towards an Ice Condition in a Roslyn, New York Park Lot.
- March 29, 2017 - M&H Wins Affirmance Of Discovery Sanction For Property Owner And Management Company
- March 29, 2017 - M&H Wins Affirmance Of Order Of Preclusion For Property Owner And Management Company
- March 3, 2022 – M&H Wins Reversal And Reinstatement Of Complaint In Case Stemming From Catastrophic Diving Accident In The Great South Bay
- March 30, 2016 - M&H Wins Denial Of Defendant's Summary Judgment Motion
- March 30, 2016 - M&H Wins Reversal Of Summary Judgment
- March 8, 2018 – M&H Wins Subrogation Appeal On Behalf Of Nursing Home Insurer
- May 1, 2012 - M&H Wins Reinstatement of Previously Dismissed Complaint
- May 10, 2017 - M&H Wins Appeal For Father In Child-Custody Dispute
- May 11, 2018 – M&H Wins Dog-Bite Case on Behalf of Animal Clinic
- May 12, 2005 – M&H Wins Stay of Trial Pending Determination of Appeal
- May 12, 2016 - M&H Defeats Plaintiffs’ Attempt to Win Default Judgment Against Commercial Landowner
- May 12, 2021 – M&H Wins Appeal Against Snow Removal Contractor By Leveraging Espinal Exception And Imposing A Duty of Care In Favor Of Plaintiff
- May 13, 2020 – M&H Wins Rare Reversal And New Trial Based Upon Post-Trial Investigation Of A Key Witness
- May 13, 2020 – M&H Wins Reversal and Vacatur of Plaintiff’s Default In Medical Malpractice Action
- May 14, 2019 – M&H Wins Reversal of Summary Judgment and Dismissed of All Labor Law Claims Arising Out of Manhattan Construction Site Accident
- May 15, 2018 – M&H Wins Motion to Stay Enforcement of Judgment Of Foreclosure And Scheduled Sale In Residential Mortgage Foreclosure Action
- May 18, 2022 – M&H Wins Reversal and Reinstatement of Complaint in Staten Island Medical Malpractice and Wrongful Death Action
- May 19, 2016 - M&H Wins Dismissal of Labor Law Claims Against NYC Hotel
- May 19, 2021 – M&H Achieves a Modified Judgment and Reduced Sentence in Queens County Child Abuse/First Degree Assault Case
- May 22, 2015 – M&H Wins Stay of Mortgage Foreclosure Sale
- May 22, 2019 – M&H Wins Appeal on Behalf of Plaintiff Injured in a Motor Vehicle Accident
- May 22, 2019 – M&H Wins Reversal of Summary Judgment and Dismissal of Complaint on Behalf of Manhattan Hotel Owner
- May 23, 2019 – M&H Wins Breach of Contract Appeal Stemming From Construction of The Second Avenue Subway
- May 24, 2018 – M&H Wins Reversal of Preclusion Order Previously Entered Against Manhattan Co-Op
- May 24, 2019 – M&H Wins Stay and Reinstatement of Lis Pendens on $65 Million Brooklyn Property
- May 25, 2022 - M&H Wins Reversal and Reinstatement of Complaint in Case Stemming From Suffolk County MVA
- May 26, 2021 – M&H Wins Reversal And Striking Of Nursing Home’s Answer
- May 31, 2016 - M&H Defeats Attempt to Challenge the Terms of Promissory Note
- May 5, 2021 - M&H Wins Labor Law 240(1) Appeal For Worker Crushed By 2,000 Pound “Condenser Head” In Manhattan Office Building
- May 6, 2015 – Wins Reversal of Dismissal and Reinstatement of Personal Injury Action
- May 7, 2019 – M&H Wins Reversal of Summary Judgment by First Department in Case Involving Construction-Site Accident
- November 16, 2022 - M&H Wins Appeal By Overcoming Municipality’s “Prior Written Notice” Defense
- November 16, 2022 - M&H Wins Increased Damage Award in Wrongful Death Action Involving The Drowning Of A 21-Year-Old Staten Island Resident
- November 16, 2022 – M&H Overcomes Indemnification Arguments in Kings County P.I. Action Stemming From An Elevator Accident
- November 17, 2022 - M&H Wins Reversal And Reinstatement Of Case Against The City of New York In Novel Application of Prior Written Notice Law
- November 20, 2019 – M&H Defeats “Alter Ego” Defense on Summary Judgment in Nassau County Premises Liability Dispute
- November 21, 2012 - M&H Wins Award Of Child Custody In Favor Of Father
- November 21, 2020 – M&H Wins Reversal, Reinstatement of Complaint And New Trial In Labor Law Action
- November 25, 2015 - M&H wins reversal of summary judgment on behalf of Plaintiff in personal injury action
- November 27, 2012 - M&H Wins Reversal And Dismissal Of All Claims Against Chemical Manufacturer
- November 30, 2022 - M&H Wins Reversal and Reinstatement of Complaint in Suffolk County Action Stemming from MVA
- November 5, 2014 – M&H Wins Affirmance Of Summary Judgment In Favor Of Building Owner in Personal Injury Action
- November 6, 2019 – M&H Wins Reversal of Jury Verdict and Judgment in Landmark Opinion Concerning Preservation and Motions to Set Aside A Jury Verdict Pursuant to CPLR 4404
- November 7, 2018 – M&H Wins Reversal of Summary Judgment and Reinstatement of Action Against Owner of Long Island Office Building
- November 8, 2017 – M&H Wins Motion to Stay Upcoming Trial on Behalf of Commercial Real Estate Owner
- November 8, 2018 – M&H Wins Access to Plaintiff’s Mental Health Records In Connection With Claim for Emotional Injuries
- October 12, 2017 – M&H Wins Appeal Dismissing Suit Against Owner of Commercial Condominium Units
- October 14, 2015 - M&H wins reversal and dismissal of claims under the "storm doctrine"
- October 17, 2012 - M&H Wins Reversal And Dismissal Of All Claims Based Upon A Lack Of Authority To Sue On Behalf Of A Corporate Entity
- October 17, 2012 - M&H Wins Reversal And New Trial In Case Involving The Negligent Destruction Of A Historic Long Island Residence
- October 17, 2012 - M&H Wins Right To A Jury Trial In Action Arising Out Of Motorcycle Accident Caused By Utility Companies' Sight Obstructions On Public Roadway
- October 18, 2016 - M&H Wins Dismissal of Case Against Owner of Residential Apartment Building
- October 18, 2022 - M&H Wins First Department Appeal Concerning Restrictions On Further Depositions
- October 2, 2014 – M&H Wins Affirmance Of Summary Judgment In Favor Of Building Owner In Personal Injury Action
- October 2, 2019 – M&H Wins Reversal of Summary Judgment and Dismissal of Labor Law Claims
- October 21, 2015 - M&H wins reversal of order granting permanent stay of arbitration in personal injury action.
- October 22, 2014 – M&H Wins Affirmance Of Summary Judgment Dismissing Breach Of Fiduciary Duty Action Against Co-Op Board
- October 22, 2015 - M&H wins reversal of manslaughter conviction and dismissal of the charge from New York’s highest court
- October 22, 2019 – M&H Wins Reversal and Dismissal of Plaintiffs’ Labor Law Claims in Manhattan Construction Accident
- October 23, 2012 - M&H Wins Reversal In Commercial Dispute And Prompts Court of Appeals to Redefine the Appellate Division's Scope of Review Under CPLR 5501
- October 24, 2018 – M&H Wins Reversal of Four Judgments of Foreclosure and Sale Concerning Brooklyn Commercial Real Estate
- October 3, 2012 - M&H Wins Reversal of First Degree Manslaughter Conviction
- October 5, 2022 - M&H Wins Reversal of Discovery Order Regarding Pre-Existing Injuries
- October 9, 2019 – M&H Wins Reversal of Conviction for Second Degree Murder in August 2000 Queens County Homicide
- October 9, 2019 – M&H Wins Stay of Conveyance of Real Property Via CPLR 5704 Application
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- September 15, 2016 - M&H Wins Dismissal of Case Against Residential Building Management Company
- September 16, 2015 - M&H wins affirmance in medical malpractice, negligence, and wrongful death action.
- September 23, 2022 - M&H Wins Stay of Sheriff’s Sale of Manhattan Commercial Building in Civil RICO Case
- September 26, 2018 – M&H Wins Reversal and Reinstatement of Plaintiff’s Case Against Municipal Defendant
- September 27, 2016 - M&H Wins Partial Dismissal of Case Against Residential Building Management Company
- September 30, 2020 – M&H Wins Reversal and Reinstatement of Complaint on Behalf of Child Injured on a Suffolk County Playground Tire Swing
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