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Our Successful Cases
Below are
summaries of cases handled by this office:
Arlington v. Intereagle Tech, Inc.*
Intereagle failed to pay several of its executive employees
back wages and benefits. It also misappropriated money that the
employees invested in the company. The employees, collectively,
retained the law firm of Peter M. Agulnick, P.C., to commence a
lawsuit. The
result: Well before trial, we obtained a settlement
exceeding a quarter-million dollars for our clients.
Wellston v. Chung-Fuey
Group, Ltd.*
Ms. Wellston, a Georgia resident, obtained a seven-figure default
judgment against a Chinese corporation for a products-liability
lawsuit. After being unable to enforce the default
judgment in Georgia, Ms. Wellston's Georgia attorneys retained our
office as "co-counsel" to domesticate and
enforce the default judgment in New York. The Chinese
company, which was represented by a well-known "big
firm," strenuously opposed the action to domesticate
the default judgment in New York -- but lost.
Subsequently, we served restraining notices on certain Chinese
banks with offices in Manhattan that purportedly held some
of the Chinese company's money. The
result: The Chinese company agreed to a million-dollar settlement.
Shmender v. Ciello*
The estate of an eccentric New York real-estate
billionaire sued Mr. Ciello, whom we defended, for various
business torts. The suit sought, among other things,
a preliminary injunction and $10 million in money
damages. The
result: After we defeated Shmender's motion for a preliminary
injunction, the case was settled and discontinued without
our client, Mr. Shmender, paying a penny.
Westworth, et
al. v. Gonif-Mills Corp.*
Our firm represented two plaintiffs who obtained a judgment
in a different state against Gonif-Mills. Having no
luck enforcing their judgment in their home state, the judgment
creditors retained the law firm of Peter M. Agulnick, P.C. to enforce
the judgment in New York State. After domesticating the judgment
in New York, research unearthed that a well-known, multi-national corporation periodically paid
Gonif-Mills large sums of money,
which quickly "disappeared" after being sent. In response, we
served a restraining notice and information subpoena on
the multi-national corporation thereby freezing
the payments to Gonif-Mills. The result: Goinif-Mills quickly agreed to a
six-figure settlement.
Chong v. Arisbrown Spa & Nails, Inc.*
Our office represented a businessman defrauded out of an
investment in a local nail-salon business. The result:
After extensive litigation -- and fear of losing a summary-judgment
motion -- the defendants paid our client a settlement in excess of
six-figures. Interestingly, the settlement our client obtained
was actually greater than the amount of money out of which he had been
defrauded.
Liberty Insurance Company v.
Brown*
Liberty Insurance sued its insurance policy holder Ms. Brown, whom we
defended. Liberty Insurance's lawsuit sought the return of a
large insurance payment made to Ms. Brown after a fire
caused damage to her house. After making the payment, Liberty Insurance claimed our
client committed arson. The result:
Before trial, the court granted our motion for summary judgment and
dismissed the entire lawsuit against Ms. Brown.
* Names of cases with
asterisks have been changed to protect the privacy of our clients.
Appellate Decisions
Below are decisions of appellate cases that Mr. Agulnick has
successfully briefed or orally argued:
Palazzo
v. Corio, 232 F.3d 38 (2d Cir. 2001) (Decided by Judge Sonia
Sotomayor who was subsequently elevated to the U.S. Supreme Court)
Baczyk
v. Park 25th Assoc., 261 A.D.2d 180, 690 N.Y.S.2d 14
(N.Y. App. Div., 1st Dep't 1999)
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DeMarco
v. DeAnglis, 283 A.D.2d 388, 723 N.Y.S.2d 863 (N.Y. App. Div., 2d
Dep't 2001).
Knox
v. New York City Bureau of Franchises, 277 A.D.2d 204, 716 N.Y.S.2d
874 ( N.Y. App. Div., 2d Dep't 2000).
Correa v. Midtown Movers, 4
Misc.3d 135, __N.Y.S.2d __ (N.Y. App. Term, 1st Dep't 2004).
Citicapital
Trailer v. Patrick's Moving Corp.,
*
unpublished appellate opinion (N.J. App. Div. 2004).
In
re Kelly,
__ A.D.2d __ N.Y.S.2d ___ (N.Y. App. Div. 3d Dep't 2009).

* Names of cases with
asterisks have been changed to protect the privacy of our clients.
Moreover, the decisions may also have been redacted to conceal personal
information to protect the privacy of our clients.
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