In the final months of 2025, we delivered a series of client wins emblematic of our ethos — using no way as way, and having no limitation as limitation. 

August. In a shipping fraud action to recover $800K from defendants who fraudulently under-declared the weight for nearly 250 shipments (paying only $43K in fees), we defeated their motion to dismiss and convinced the court to strike their affirmative defenses paving the way for streamlined resolution.  

September. We intervened and enforced our client’s equity stake in a company he helped build as management attempted to acquire the shares for below-market consideration in advance of the company’s $10M merger with a billion-dollar publicly traded company. Following a week of intense discussions, we negotiated a settlement that resulted in a 411% increase to our client's original equity position (initially valued at $233K). At closing, our client received $1.14M in merger consideration.

November. In an ABC assignee involving a book-account claim against a long-time shipping client, our investigation uncovered countless accounting errors that resulted in an inflated demand (i.e., assignee’s improper exclusion of credits and payments, failure to account for mutual setoff rights, among other issues). In the end, we negotiated a 90% reduction of the demand amount and secured voluntary dismissal of the matter. 

December. In a complex cross-border severance matter, we secured a 190% increase in severance compensation on behalf of a private equity client following month-long negotiations over the pretextual nature of our client’s termination, his earned bonus entitlement, including the controlling applicability of foreign labor entitlements under Italian law. 

January. What initially began as a simple repayment matter evolved into an investigation that uncovered a decade-long fraud regarding an accountant’s unauthorized practice as a CPA; their diversion of client funds to delay foreclosure of failing personal investments; and discovery of third-party lawsuits against the accountant by his own attorney for unpaid legal bills and another suit by former employees alleging worker misclassification and retaliation. The matter remains active, and we expect to vindicate our client’s rights.