United States Second Circuit

The New York long-arm statute provides jurisdiction over a Puerto Rican law firm in an action for breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract, and the exercise of personal jurisdiction does not violate due process.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/20/2002
• Published 09/20/2002

Judges

• SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge., Before: F.I. PARKER, STRAUB and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lance Gotthoffer,Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP, New York, New York (Christopher W. Jones, on the brief), for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert E. Kushner, D'Amato & Lynch, New York, New York (Peter A. Stroili, on the brief), for the appellee.