United Realty Advisors, LP et al v. Verschleiser et al

  1. June 23, 2023

    Judge Cuts REIT Founder's $1.9M Atty Award Down To Size

    A New York federal judge's Friday award of $309,970.52 in attorney fees and costs to the CEO of a real estate investment trust is less than 16% of the $1.9 million award he sought against a former business partner amid litigation stemming from their turbulent and violent relationship.

  2. May 19, 2023

    Ex-REIT Partner Can't Undo $3.2M Verdict For Smear Scheme

    A New York federal judge has refused to recalculate a slate of damages and interest adding up to $3.2 million that the co-founder of a real estate investment trust was ordered to pay in a suit alleging he undertook a complex scheme to sully a former partner's name.

  3. December 13, 2022

    REIT CEO Seeks $1.9M In Fees For Smear Scheme Suit

    Attorneys for the CEO of a New York-based real estate investment trust asked a federal judge to award them nearly $2 million in attorney and other fees after the recent resolution of a nine-year civil racketeering case in which their client won a judgment against a former business partner who attempted to smear his name.

  4. November 28, 2022

    REIT CEO Wins $3.2M In Case Against Co-Founder

    A New York federal judge ordered the co-founder of a real estate investment trust to pay his former business partner $3.2 million, after a jury found the co-founder liable on most counts in a suit alleging a complex scheme to smear his onetime partner's name.

  5. July 29, 2016

    Accusations Of Witness Threats By Atty Can't Stop Deposition

    A New York federal judge Thursday dismissed a letter accusing the defendant in a defamation suit between two former United Realty partners of threatening a witness by saying he hoped he had "good insurance," ruling that a deposition would move forward as scheduled.

  6. June 30, 2016

    Ex-Cabot Exec's Negative Comments Keep Him In RICO Feud

    A New York federal judge on Thursday kept a former officer of broker-dealer Cabot Lodge Securities in an ongoing legal feud between the former head of United Realty Trust Inc. and his onetime partner, ruling the ex-Cabot exec broke an agreement barring suit when he made disparaging comments about his former employer.