Successfully obtained order staying legal proceedings in Florida pending prior filed action in New Jersey on behalf of client.  Rosenthal Law Group prevailed on a motion to stay proceedings in favor of the first-filed lawsuit which was pending in a different state. 

This case involved a dispute between two members of a New Jersey limited liability company. The two members of the limited liability company were in a dispute regarding the percentage of their respective membership interests in the limited liability company. Additionally, each member accused the other member of unlawfully misappropriating the limited liability company’s assets.  As a result of the dispute, our client filed a lawsuit against plaintiff in New Jersey – the first-filed action.  A week later, the plaintiff filed a lawsuit against our client in Florida – the subsequent-filed action. 

Rosenthal Law Group argued that because the issues in the subsequent-filed action mirrored the issues in the first-filed action and because there was substantial similarity between the parties and the actions, under the principle of priority, the subsequent-filed action must be stayed pending the outcome of the first-filed action. 

On May 31, 2017, the Honorable Michael L. Gates of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit agreed with our position and entered an order granting Rosenthal Law Group’s motion to stay proceedings in favor of the first-filed lawsuit.

Alex Rosenthal and Amanda Jassem Jones, represented a not-for-profit company, Oorah, Inc. against Turn Key Steel Buildings, Inc. The case began when a dispute in the contract was made due to Turn Key Steel Buildings' failure to comply with the agreement made between the companies. When Turn Key Steel Buildings failed to supply Oorah with the manufactured steel building that they had purchased for a summer camp program in New York, Oorah and its attorneys filed an arbitration. Conducted before the American Arbitration Association, the hearing concluded in favor of our clients, rewarding them with a final judgment of $89,823.00 in addition to attorneys' fees.

In a big win for Rosenthal Law Group, attorneys Alex Rosenthal and Amanda Jassem Jones secured a judgment for damages of nearly $695,999.53 at trial in a case against Martino Tires Co. of Flamingo Falls and its president in a claim for breach of commercial lease and guaranty. This case arose after the defendant, Martino Tires entered into a lease and guaranty in 2000, but in 2009, vacated the leased property and ceased paying rent. After our client reassumed possession of the premises, we filed a suit on behalf of our client against Martino Tires and its president seeking damages arising out of the breach of the lease. Despite the defendant's claims that the landlord improperly took back possession of the property without legal process, and that the guaranty was not enforceable against him personally, the trial court rejected both defenses and ultimately made a decision in favor of our client.

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