On June 30, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States granted petitions for writs of certiorari in two related criminal cases arising from the alleged bribery of Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco and alleged bid-rigging in “Buffalo Billion” upstate revitalization projects. Shapiro Arato Bach represents Syracuse developers Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi in those cases … Read more
Partners Jonathan Bach and Eric Olney of Shapiro Arato Bach successfully represented HYPR Corp and its founder George Avetisov, prevailing at trial in the Southern District of New York and then on appeal before the Second Circuit. HYPR and Avetisov had been accused of breach of contract for having allegedly excluded a claimed “co-founder” from … Read more
On November 17, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit certified two questions of law to the New York Court of Appeals in our client’s case against two drug testing companies who administered a drug test to him. The certified questions are whether, under New York negligence law, a drug testing company … Read more
On November 16, 2015, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York agreed to a deferred prosecution of Shapiro Arato client David Parse, a former Deutsche Bank broker, which will result in the dismissal of the remaining charges against Mr. Parse after one year, under terms of an agreement approved by U.S. … Read more
On June 8, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed a district court ruling and granted a new trial for our client, former Deutsche Bank broker David Parse, because his constitutional right to an impartial jury was violated. Mr. Parse and three other defendants were convicted in the spring of 2011 in … Read more
On June 2, 2015, Shapiro Arato LLP argued before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on behalf of our client, Dr. Fred L. Pasternack, in his case against certain drug test administrators. Dr. Pasternack is an accomplished physician. Until mid-2007, he was also a licensed pilot and served as an Aviation … Read more
On January 31, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated a district court judgment dismissing the claim of our pro bono client, Julio Isley Smith, and remanded the case to the district court for further proceedings. Mr. Smith’s claim is that prison officials at Great Meadow Correctional Facility transferred him … Read more