A cop will surrender to police soon to face charges that he starved his dog, sources told The Post yesterday. The dog, a German shepherd, has gained 15 pounds since it was removed from the cop's Queens home three weeks ago by the ASPCA after complaints from neighbors.

The animal now weighs 45 pounds...Read Entire Article.

I am pleased to announce that Local 237 in now able to provide important assistance to our members who need legal representation in criminal matters.

Beginning immediately, members in need of criminal counsel may contact the firm of Gonzalez Oberlander and Holohan. This firm is offering significant price discounts to Local 237 members as part of a program your local union has negotiated...Read Entire Article.

While some progress has been made on the construction industry's aim to be more proactive in terms of corruption and safety, recent incidents at the Deutsche Bank Building and Trump SoHo gave panelists plenty of fodder at The Greater New York Construction User Council's third annual Integrity Pays event.

George Fink, PE and president at FAI Construction Consultants, spoke of some the dangers. He cited a litany of issues with Boston's Big Dig project including a subcontractor jailed (under the False Claims Act) for fraudulent invoices and another, Powers Fasteners, indicted for manslaughter after knowingly applying the wrong type of epoxy on one of the project's tunnels, prior to its collapse. Bert Oberlander, esq., Gonzalez Oberlander & Holohan, offered the example of "criminally negligent homicide and manslaughter." Those were the charges Formica Construction Corporation faced after a trench collapse killed a worker and injured one other in Richmond County, New York...Read Entire Article.

When it comes down to it, litigation of major commercial cases has become about avoiding trial, not about trying cases. However, in the protracted and expensive discovery and settlement process sometimesits is more beneficial and eaven cheaper to simply try the case. Most commercial litigators do not have a grounding in trying cases and many seasoned litigation lawyers have never tried a case to conclusion.

According to Kieran Holohan, "after discussing this with in-house counsel and with clients, we recognized the need for lawyers who are experienced, skilled and comortable in the courtroom. That is how Jack Osborn, who heads the boutique construction law firm. John E. Osborn, P.C. and myself, together with my law partners in Gonzalez Oberlander & Holohan LLP, Andrew Gonzalez and Bert Oberlander, ecided to get together to set up a SWAT team with a specific focus to try cases through to verdict."...Read Entire Article.

They are teammates on the pitch, and now they are teammates in business. Andy Gonzalez, Bert Oberlander and Kieran Holohan, who met through the Village Lions Rugby Club (NYC) in the early 1990s, are the founding partners and Gonzalez, Oberlander & Holohan LLP, a full-service law firm in lower Manhattan.

"Some friends want to open a bar together," says Gonzalez, a hard-hitting center of the club's Lion Kings old boys side. "Friends who are lawyer-types want to open a law firm together."...Read Entire Article.