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What is the Knoedler Gallery litigation?

Knoedler Gallery Litigation: Presided over extremely contentious pretrial proceedings in multiple actions resulting from the Knoedler Gallery's sale of counterfeit abstract expressionist paintings; discovery proceedings were so contentious that biweekly discovery conferences were scheduled for several months

What was Komlosi v. Fudenberg?

Komlosi v. Fudenberg: This civil rights action arose out of false charges made against a psychologist at a home for developmentally disabled individuals; a patient at the facility was bribed by a therapy aide to make false charges of inappropriate sexual conduct by plaintiff; although the criminal charges were ultimately dropped when the patient admitted the falsity of the charge, plaintiff spent several weeks in jail and the charges were featured on the front page of the New York Post; in a civil action against the therapy aide that was tried before Judge Pitman, a jury awarded a total of $16.6 million in compensatory and punitive damages; Judge Pitman granted a post-trial motion reducing the damages to $2.37 million

Who is Judge Pitman?

Hon. Henry Pitman (Ret.) joins JAMS after serving for more than 23 years as a magistrate judge in the Southern District of New York, including chief magistrate judge from 2008 to 2010. During his tenure, Judge Pitman handled thousands of cases for pretrial proceedings, settlement and trial. The cases he handled include multidistrict antitrust litigations, securities fraud actions, countless COGSA cases, class actions brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act involving the misclassification of employees, garden-variety wage and hour disputes, all manner of commercial disputes, construction disputes, employment discrimination cases, ADA and ERISA disputes, trademark and copyright disputes and wrongful death and personal injury cases. Along with the late Hon. Harold Baer, Judge Pitman co-presided over the first two sessions of the Southern District's Re-Entry Court, a program intended to facilitate and assist the re-entry of former offenders into society.

How long has Judge Pitman been on the bench?

In his 23 years on the bench, Judge Pitman presided over pretrial practice, settlement conferences and motion practice in almost every type of case within the jurisdiction of the federal courts. He has issued thousands of decisions on both dispositive and non-dispositive matters and has experience in the following matters:

What was the settlement of Thurn v. Eurocopter?

Thurn v. Eurocopter Deutschland GMBH: Conducted multiple settlement conferences in litigation arising out of the crash of a corporate helicopter in the East River; in addition to liability issues, the settlement discussions involved the issue of valuing the future income of a deceased, highly compensated executive who received a substantial portion of his income in stock options

What is Sea Trade Maritime Corporation v. Coutsodontis?

Coutsodontis: Conducted pretrial proceedings and resolved numerous contentious discovery disputes in this intra-family dispute over the ownership of the proceeds of a defunct shipping company; after a trial before the district judge, the matter was referred for an inquest on damages; the report and recommendation on damages was adopted by the district judge

What is Mission Construction Litigation?

In re Mission Construction Litigation: Conducted pretrial proceedings in multi-party litigation arising out of a construction accident; in the course of pouring a concrete wall, concrete penetrated the wall of an adjacent structure, causing substantial amounts of concrete to pour to residential space; the matters addressed by Judge Pitman included a motion to amend, which required him to assess whether the proposed allegations stated a claim