Blog Posts in March, 2016

Business Plans for Lawyers Lecture

On March 3, 2016, partner Tom Foley, provided a lecture to his colleagues at the Nassau County Bar Association. The title of this lecture was “Business Plans for Lawyers.” The focus of the lecture was providing advice and tips to fellow attorneys on running a law firm. As Tom noted in the lecture, lawyers are prepared to research the law after graduating law school. However, we are not prepared to ...

Long Island - Snow and Ice Injury

This time of year, we get many calls from people who have been injured due to a slip and fall on snow or ice. This post provides some insight into the analysis of what makes a good snow and ice case. The Fall Cannot Occur During a Storm According to the “storm in progress” rule, if the person slips and falls due to conditions caused during a storm, there will be recovery against the property ...

Attorney Updates

Partner Brian Griffin was recently a guest lecturer at the Nassau County Bar Association at a lecture entitled “Dealing with the Media.” Mr. Griffin gave advice to other attorneys on how to effectively and ethically deal with the media when involved in high profile cases. The lecture also featured an on air personality from News 12, which regularly covers high profile cases on Nassau County and ...

The Monster That Can Be a Federal Prosecution

The Federal Government, and specifically the United States Attorney’s Office, have recently dominated the news with high profile prosecutions. Convictions in the trials of former NYS Majority Leader, Dean Skelos, and former Speaker of the NYS Assembly, Sheldon Silver, as well as the arrest and pending prosecution of former Chief of the Suffolk County Police Department, James Burke, are examples of ...

Tom Foley Lectured at the Nassau County Bar Association on March 3, 2016

Foley Griffin, LLP partner, Tom Foley , lectured at the Nassau County Bar Association on March 3, 2016. The topic of this continuing legal education (CLE) lecture was the necessity for all attorneys to have an actual written business plan. Attorneys are trained in law school to read, interpret and understand the law. Unfortunately, attorneys receive very little if any training in how to run a ...