Pastore & Dailey recently defeated an emergency motion by a client’s competitor in the financial services industry (including a FINRA member firm) to stay our client’s lawsuit in NYS Supreme Court (New York County) against the competitor and its principals while a related FINRA arbitration was in process. (Our client is suing the competitor and its principals for tortiously interfering with our client’s contracts with its ex-employees, among other things.)
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Pastore Appointed to Pace Board of Visitors
Joseph M. Pastore III has been appointed to the Pace University School of Law Board of Visitors by the unanimous vote of that board. Similarly, Susan Bysiewicz, the former Secretary of State of Connecticut and a former U.S. Senate candidate who leads the Firm’s Glastonbury office, has served on the Duke University Board of Visitors for the past year. The Pace University School of Law Board of Visitors already includes among its many distinguished members Congresswoman Nita Lowey and Westchester County District Attorney Janet DiFiore. Pastore & Dailey is honored to have two of its leading attorneys serving the law school community in such an important and vibrant way.
Mr. Pastore is a 1991 graduate of Pace University School of Law, where he served as the Managing Editor of one of the school’s distinguished Law Reviews. He attended the law school on a Law Trustee Scholarship, and had the great privilege of learning from the school’s world class faculty, including at the time the former Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, the highest court in New York.
Pastore & Dailey is honored to serve both Duke and Pace Law Schools. Mr. Pastore has been named a Super Lawyer for New York and New England for the past several years and a top national attorney by a leading law firm publication. Pastore & Dailey is growing national law firm, founded in 2012, with offices in New York, Connecticut and Florida.
Pastore & Dailey LLC Secures Over $60 Million for Clients
Pastore & Dailey LLC is pleased to announce that the Firm has, to date, secured over $60 Million in grants and low-interest loans for Connecticut businesses through various programs with the State of Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development.
Through the work of Attorney Susan Bysiewicz, a former Secretary of the State of Connecticut and former candidate for the United States Senate, the Firm has enabled Connecticut business owners to create over 425 private-sector jobs in manufacturing, precision engineering, green and renewable energy, and many other industries.
Pastore & Dailey LLC credits these successes to the Firm’s client-centered approach and comprehensive application process. To date, all clients that have applied for assistance through these programs have received funding. Assistance packages range from $60,000 to $48 Million. Loan packages include various levels of loan-forgiveness and carry interest rates as low as 2%.
For more information, contact Atty. Susan Bysiewicz in the Firm’s Glastonbury office: 860.266.6870 or by email, sbysiewicz@psdlaw.net.
Nathan Zezula Joins Pastore & Dailey LLC
Pastore & Dailey LLC welcomes Nathan Zezula as Counsel in the Firm’s Stamford and Glastonbury offices. Nathan is well-versed in commercial litigation, including breach of contract claims, unfair trade practice claims, real estate disputes, and fraud and breach of fiduciary duty claims. Nathan has extensive experience in securing pre-judgment relief, including temporary injunctions and restraining orders. He has represented clients in federal patent infringement disputes and bankruptcy adversarial proceedings.
Nathan has been named a “Rising Star” by Connecticut Super Lawyers, and is a veteran of the United States Army, having spent four years on active duty in Germany and Kosovo, leaving with the rank of Captain. He is a 2007 graduate of Pace Law School, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude while working as managing editor of the Pace Law Review.
Motion to Strike Victory
Pastore & Dailey recently succeeded in defending their client’s claims against a motion to strike in Connecticut Superior Court. Pastore & Dailey was successful on the majority of their counts, including fraud, multiple counts for breach of contract and breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, CUTPA and breach of fiduciary duty. While most of Pastore & Dailey’s successful rulings came from the bench, the Judge did issue a written opinion as to the breach of fiduciary duty claims. Pastore & Dailey prevailed in arguing that their client, a co-owner and co-manager of a successful hedge fund, was in fact owed a fiduciary duty by the other co-owner/manager, despite their equal ownership interests. The court agreed with Pastore & Dailey’s arguments that the existence of a fiduciary relationship depends on several factors and simply because there is equal ownership does not preclude one party from operating as a fiduciary to the other in their management and control. Thus, the court allowed the breach of fiduciary duty claim to survive the motion to strike and remain a valid cause of action in the case along with the majority of their claims, including their most important claims.
Breach of Claim Win for California-Based Technology Company
Pastore & Dailey successfully represented a California-based tech company in a breach of contract claim against a national cable company arising out of the faulty installation of high-speed data lines.
Pro Bono Victory
The attorneys at Pastore & Dailey LLC represented a federal prisoner in a case against the United States of America on a pro bono basis. The firm was asked to represent the client (who had been acting on a pro se basis) by a Connecticut District Court Judge. The matter involved complex issues of medical malpractice and wrongful death. Overcoming the Government’s sovereign immunity challenges, Pastore & Dailey LLC was able to secure a very significant settlement for its client.
Motion Practice Victory
Recently a Connecticut State Court granted the entirety of a Request to Revise filed by Pastore and Dailey in its defense of a major world-wide insurance company, denying all of the plaintiff’s objections to the motion. The claims involve an incentive stock plan.
P&D Welcomes Rob Manning
Rob Manning joins us as Of Counsel in the Florida office. He is AV-rated by Martindale Hubbell and practices commercial litigation including real property litigation, construction litigation and community association law. Prior to practicing law, Rob was a television news reporter and anchor. We are pleased to welcome him as the newest member of the Firm.
Commercial Litigation Victory
Pastore & Dailey successfully defended against multiple rounds of dispositive motions seeking the dismissal of a complaint filed in California state court against certain former officers and directors of a publicly traded company, as well as prevailed in motion practice seeking the dismissal of certain of defendants’ counter-claims. The defendants in this action were represented by a prominent national firm, and were alleged to have, among other things, breached their duties owed to the company, and committed corporate waste, during their time as directors and/or officers. Subsequent to prevailing at the dispositive motion stage of the litigation, a favorable settlement was obtained on behalf of the client corporation.