Courtroom Successes

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.

  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...

  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 ...

  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...

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 ...

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...

  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...

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...

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 ...

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...

  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...

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.