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Attorney Paul J. Margiotta Announces Lawsuit Against Nassau County
August 21, 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Press Release
Officer Jeff Colletti Denied Civil and Constitutional Rights When County Refuses His Request for Leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act. Attorney Paul... View Entire Article
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Attorneys Say E-Mails, Safer Than Texting, are Just as Fast
December 3, 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Long Island Business News
More clients are asking their lawyers to communicate in ever-faster ways, and many lawyers are accommodating them by using text messaging, instant messaging... View Entire Article
Nassau Sheriff Staffer Sues on Leave Denial to Aid Ailing Wife
September 4, 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Chief-Leader
An officer in the Nassau County Sheriff's Department has sued the county for $100 million after he was denied leave to care for his wife who was suffering from... View Entire Article
Officer Sues Over Denied Family Leave
August 22, 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newsday
A Nassau Sheriff's Department officer has filed a $100-million suit against the department and the county, saying he was denied the right to take a leave of absence... View Entire Article
News 12 Video - Lawsuit Against Nassau County
August 21, 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . News 12
Officer Files $100 Million Lawsuit Against Nassau County
August 21, 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Long Island Business News
A Nassau County Sheriff's officer has filed a $100 million lawsuit against the county for not allowing him to take time off to care for his sick wife and child. Officer... View Entire Article
Alumni of the Month Program
August 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Touro Law Center
Paul J. Margiotta, is the founder of The Margiotta Law Firm, P.C. Mr. Margiotta began his practice as a sole practitioner and has been in practice since... View Entire Article
East Meadow Bars Boy's Service Dog Despite Order
March 13, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Despite a state order in his favor, a hearing-impaired Westbury teenager was barred Tuesday morning from bringing his service dog to school. John Cave, 15, his... View Entire Article
State Says Deaf Student May Take Service Dog to School
March 11, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The New York Times
More than a year after the East Meadow School District in Nassau County barred a deaf high school student from taking his service dog to school, a state official... View Entire Article
Rejecting Ruling, School Bars Student. Again.
March 11, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Simple Justice
The principal of the W. Tresper Clarke High School in East Meadow, New York, had a decision to make. He could do what most people would have done, and accepted... View Entire Article
Update on John Cave Jr.
March 11, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disability Nation
Breaking news on a story DisabilityNation first covered over a year ago. Despite a state order in his favor, a hearing-impaired Westbury teenager was barred Tuesday... View Entire Article
New York State Div. of Human Rights v. East Meadow Union Free Sch. Dist., No. 10115533 (N.Y. Div. H.R. Mar. 10, 2008)
March 10, 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
New York’s Commissioner of the Division of Human Rights (DHR) has ruled that a school district’s refusal to allow a hearing impaired student to bring his... View Entire Article
Three Arrested in Gun and Rx Dealing Probe
November 30, 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Westbury Times
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice held a press conference last Tuesday to announce that a former New York City Police Officer has been arrested for selling... View Entire Article
Hearing Dog to Attend School
September 27, 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Herald Community Newspapers
During last week's East Meadow Board of Education public meeting, Nancy Cave, the mother of deaf Clarke High School student John Cave Jr., told the board and local... View Entire Article
The Dog Just Wants to Help. So Does He.
March 18, 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The New York Times
The only dog in Paul J. Margiotta’s office at Babylon Town Hall, where he is a deputy town attorney/special prosecutor authorized to deploy attack-dog ferocity... View Entire Article
Agency Files Complaint Over Service Dog Ban
February 14, 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newsday
As lawyers for a deaf student and the school district that has barred his service dog from class continued battling in court, state human rights officials said Wednesday... View Entire Article
Judge: Service Dog Stance ‘Not Entirely Clear’
February 12, 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newsday
After a court hearing marked by opposing lawyers' name-calling and sarcasm, a federal judge Monday said he needs more time to decide whether a deaf student's... View Entire Article
Steely Hearing on Richmond Auto Body Expansion
January 31, 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amityville Record
Residential and commercial interests went toe to toe at a recent Amityville Village Board hearing and it wasn't pretty. After more than an hour and a half of bitter... View Entire Article
Cribbin Gains Full Term To Run COBANC
May 19, 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Chief-Leader
The union has had four presidents in as many years. Paul Margiotta resigned after completing law school, Mike Moore stepped down after accepting a managerial... View Entire Article