Courtroom Successes

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Courtroom Successes

J’CAN LAWYER WINS LANDMARK CASE

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NEW YORK, USA — In what is being described in legal circles here as a landmark ruling, a Queens Supreme Court Justice has denied the plaintiff in a divorce case any part of her husband's assets, after Jamaican-born attorney David B Callender successfully argued that she was not entitled to any.

CALENDER SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDS ATTORNEY SUED BY HER CLIENT -- WINS FAVORABLE VERDICT IN LAWSUIT CLAIMING $80,000 FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT, FRAUD, LEGAL MALPRACTICE, CONVERSION AND NEGLIGENCE

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  Court:  New York Supreme, QueensParties: McLean, plaintiff v. Judy Campbell, Esq., defendant   The client in this case is a Queens-based real estate attorney. She represented the plaintiff in a real estate transaction in which he purchased a...

GREEN-CARD MARRIAGE – WIFE IN “BUSINESS MARRIAGE” SUES FOR DIVORCE – LOSES CLAIM AGAINST ASSETS OF U.S. CITIZEN HUSBAND

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  Court:  New York Supreme, Queens CountyParties: Claudette Medley, plaintiff v. Maurice Medley, defendant   In what has been described as a landmark case (the judge spoke of its “unique circumstances” and no other instance is to be found ...

FORECLOSURE – BANK’S CASE DISMISSED – STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS BARS BANK FROM RE-FILING CASE

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  Court:  New York Supreme, SuffolkParties: U.S. Bank, N.A., plaintiff  v. Sylvester and Samuel, defendants   In this foreclosure case, Mr. Calender was retained by the defendants, both of whom signed a mortgage and note with the plaintiff ba...

CALENDER WINS FREEDOM FOR MAN FACING DEPORTATION, FIREARM CHARGES

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Court: Immigration Court, Newark, New JerseyParties: U.S. Department of Homeland Security v. Denton M., respondent   The future looked anything but bright for the client, a 20-something year old resident of Queens, New York. He was a Green Card ...

LAWYER WINS CASE FOR CONTRACTOR SUED BY HOMEOWNER

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Court:  New York Supreme, Nassau County, Long IslandParties: Davis, plaintiff v. Riccon Construction Corp., defendant The law prohibits unlicensed home improvement contractors from suing to recover compensation for work already done. In represe...

RESTAURANT OWNER SUED BY CUSTOMER ASSAULTED BY BOUNCERS WINS CASE

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  Court:  New York Supreme, BrooklynParties: McPhillips, plaintiff v. 9604 Restaurant Corp., defendantIn this case Mr. Calender’s client, who owns and operates a restaurant and bar in Brooklyn, was sued by Mr. McPhillipsafter the bar’s bouncers...

CALENDER SECURES OUT OF COURT SETTLEMENT FOR CLIENT

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Court:  New York Supreme, BronxParties: Walker, plaintiff v. S.M.E. Holdings d/b/a Key Food Supermarket, defendant Attorney David Calender has not always relied on courtroom action to secure justice for his clients. On many occasions, he has us...

ACCIDENT – BUS PASSENGER THROWN BY SUDDEN STOP – WINS MILLION-DOLLAR VERDICT

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Court:  New York Supreme, BronxParties: Mingo, plaintiff v. Manhattan/Bronx Transit Operating Authority, defendantRebecca Mingo was a passenger on the defendant’s bus. After paying her fare she was heading for a seattowards the rear when the bus ...

SCAFFOLD ACCIDENT – ASBESTOS WORKER FALLS AND SUFFERS TORN SHOULDER TENDONS – WINS VERDICT OF NEARLY $1M

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Court:  New York Supreme, QueensParties: Dang, plaintiff v. Reader’s Digest Ass’n & Broson Maintenance Corp., defendants Mr. Calender’s client, Mr. Kyongman Dang, an asbestos removal worker, fell from a 10-foot scaffold at a Reader...

ACCIDENT VICTIM GETS BIG PAYOUT AFTER ATTORNEY’S WORK

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  Court:  New York Supreme, BronxParties: Garratine, plaintiff v. New York Telephone and Remark Electric Corp., defendants Apparently afraid of facing the legal might of attorney Calender, the defendants in a personal injury case, in which the...

Divorce and the Green-Card Marriage

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Queen County Supreme Court Justice Pam Jackman-Brown did not say that Claudette Medley’s marriage to Maurice Medley was a fraudulent attempt to take advantage of immigration rules. However, in her November, 2011 decision in Medley v. Medley, Justice Jackman-Brown made it clear that this was not a marriage made in heaven.