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The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington is a well-respected litigation firm with an office in Hempstead, Long Island. Our focus is primarily in the area of civil rights, voting rights, employment discrimination, police misconduct, personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death and criminal law. However, the Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington is a full- service law firm handling matters in numerous areas of law and providing a wide range of services from contract formation to litigation and trial practice.

Nassau County Attorney Sanctioned for Ignoring Court Order

On March 26, 2013, Eastern District Magistrate Judge E. Thomas Boyle imposed a $500-a-day sanction from October 18, 2012 to April 1, 2013 against Nassau County attorney Andrew R. Scott for failing to adhere to discovery demands after a twenty-nine-month period in civil rights action Smith v. County of Nassau. Plaintiff Michael Smith is suing the county for malicious prosecution, false arrest, and abuse of process arising from an incident in 2009 when Mr. Smith was falsely arrested after he and his then-pregnant wife were wrongfully evicted from their residence and police removed their possessions. Initially, a discovery was supposed to have been completed by April 11, 2012, but numerous requests to turn over the discovery were ignored. After Mr. Scott failed to comply with repeated requests to submit discovery documents, Mr. Smith’s attorneys Frederick K. Brewington, Esq. and Gregory Calliste, Jr. Esq, of The Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington pushed for sanctions against the county in response to their misconduct. Judge Boyle ordered that sanctions be applied as long as Nassau County continued to ignore their obligation to comply with the court order, and that the county would have to pay the plaintiff’s costs regarding the motion for sanctions. If the county continued to delay, there could be additional sanctions and the office could be found in contempt. The county was also precluded from conducting any further discovery.

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