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Firm Flubbed Depositions In SDNY As Sushi
Sushi Holdings Still Afloat
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
April 6 – In March 2019 the
law firm of Hang and
Associates PLLC based in
Flushing, Queens sued Sushi
Sushi Holdings on behalf of
Ricardo Cajero Torres, Mario
Bautista and others.
Then they
did... very little. At least,
they did not request or
conduct depositions of
defendants Igor Grinberg and
Angie "Doe."
On December
23 U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Paul A. Engelmayer held
a proceeding. Inner City Press
covered it.
Judge
Engelmayer asked the Hang
& Associates lawyer why he
had not done deposition before
discovery closed in January
2020. He replied about the
pandemic but Judge Engelmayer
cut it, to say don't try to
use the pandemic that
way.
After the
defense lawyer tried to
capitalize on this new
development, Judge Engelmayer
said he was ordering the
partners involved at Hang
& Associate to submitted
sworn statements about their
conduct, calling it well below
the standards in this
District.
The phrase
malpractice was used, as the
case was referred back to
Magistrate Judge Robert W.
Lehrburger.
On April 6, 2021
the case resurfaced before
Judge Engelmayer, and Inner
City Press again covered it.
Judge Engelmayer
expressed frustration at the
plaintiffs' failure to
prosecute, or even file a
motion for default; he took
the pro se defendant Igor
Greenberg to task for claiming
he wasn't really blaming his
prior lawyer(s).
Greenberg said
the plaintiffs are making too
large a financial demand, as
if they assume he is hiding
money in mattress. Judge
Engelmayer said the case is
not a good look for the
lawyers, or the legal
profession. It goes on.
The case is
Cajero Torres et al v. Sushi
Sushi Holdings Inc.,
19-cv-2532 (Engelmayer)
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