Already Slapped with $10K Sanction for Depo Conduct, NY Lawyer Is Now Ordered to Pay $36K Legal Fees
Already slapped earlier this year with a $10,000 sanction by a state appeals court for his insulting deposition conduct toward a trial judge, her clerk, a court reporter and plaintiff’s counsel in a diamond dealer debt case, a New York lawyer must now pay a little over $36,000 in legal fees concerning the matter.
After a hearing, attorney Joseph Sahid was ordered by a state supreme court judge who apparently wasn’t involved in the deposition conduct at issue to pay to pay $29,753 in fees and $6,521 in expenses, the New York Law Journal reports.
The plaintiff’s counsel, Vlock & Associates of Manhattan, was also criticized by the trial judge for its conduct but was not mentioned by the Appellate Division, First Department, in its April order sanctioning Sahid.
An earlier ABAJournal.com post provides additional details:
Appeals Court Sanctions Lawyer for ‘Frivolous, Outrageous and Unprofessional’ Deposition Behavior
