Tycko & Zavareei LLP represents the tenants association at 1823 Newton Street, N.W., in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood in the District of Columbia. The building was sold twice – once in 2002 and again in 2004 – without any notice to the tenants. The tenants brought a lawsuit, alleging that their rights under the D.C. […]
In April, Nicole DeGraffenreed moved into her new condo, a one-bedroom unit in the Chelsea, located not far from RFK Stadium in Lincoln Park, only to realize she’d spent $220,000 on a pig in lipstick. An inspection turned up a need for more than $200,000 in structural work on the 15-unit building… To continue reading, […]
An article written by Jonathan Tycko, titled “Responding To Falsification Of Evidence,” was published in the Winter 2006 newsletter of the American Bar Association Section of Litigation, Committee on Corporate Counsel. In this article, Mr. Tycko addresses the problem of falsification of evidence (including perjured testimony, forged documents, and intentional destruction of evidence) in civil […]
Jonathan Tycko gave testimony to the Committee on Consumer & Regulatory Affairs of the Council of the District of Columbia at a public roundtable on Bill 16-556, the “Tenant Evictions Amendment Act of 2005,” which would amend Section 501(f) of the Rental Housing Act. To read Mr. Tycko’s written statement submitted to the Committee, click […]
The Fall 2005 issue of Antitrust Magazine, a prestigious American Bar Association journal of antitrust commentary and analysis, includes an article co-authored by Jonathan K. Tycko and Bruce V. Spiva analyzing the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 from the plaintiffs’ perspective. Enacted in February 2005, the Class Action Fairness Act purports to make procedural […]
On November 21, 2005 Jonathan Tycko testified on the issue of reform of Section 501(f) of the Rental Housing Act of the District of Columbia. Intended in part to protect District renters from inhospitable living conditions, exorbitant rent prices, and unlawful evictions, the Rental Housing Act has become the subject of heated debate and litigation […]
In April of 2003, Tycko & Zavareei LLP (along with co-counsel at Mehri & Skalet, PLLC) brought suit under the D.C. Rental Housing Conversion and Sale Act on behalf of the tenants of the Capital Park and Twin Towers apartment buildings in Southwest, D.C., challenging the legality of a type of transaction which has come […]
The Ohio EPA, a private party Potentially Responsible Party, and the PRP Group sued Lockheed Martin for contribution to the efforts to clean up a waste site in Painesville, Ohio. Lockheed Martin’s predecessor, The Glenn L. Martin Company, constructed and operated a plant on a very small portion of the site from 1947-1949. From the […]
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals issued its decision in Breezevale Limited v. Dickinson, bringing to an end 11 years of litigation between Breezevale and its former lawyers, the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. Our firm represented Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. The case involved one of the most egregious examples […]
In this case, Tycko & Zavareei LLP represented individual homeowners and a subcontractor who had been victimized by a home improvement company known as Housing Made Simple. Jonathan Tycko acted as lead trial lawyer. Following the trial, Judge Alprin found in favor of our clients and awarded over $123,140.00 plus interest and attorneys fees against […]
