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HHR Counsel to Newark Community Economic Development Corporation

On behalf of the Law Firm of Hunt, Hamlin & Ridley, Ray Hamlin was recently appointed as counsel to the Newark Economic Development Corporation. Newark Community Economic Development Corporation (Newark CEDC), formerly known as Brick City Development Corporation (BCDC), is the primary economic development catalyst for the State of New Jersey's largest city, Newark.

January 3, 2017 in Uncategorized

State appeals $427K in damages and attorney fees awarded in case of N.J. State Police excessive force

State appeals $427K in damages and attorney fees awarded in case of N.J. State Police excessive force By Christopher Baxter/The Star-Ledger, August 02, 2013 at 1:29 PM "The potential resolution could have saved taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars," Hamlin said. "But by not looking at this case objectively, they’ve now cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars more." ...MORE...

July 30, 2015 in Uncategorized

HHR Wins Case Against State Trooper

Law Firm of Hunt Hamlin & Ridley Awarded $371,930.50 in Case Against NJ State Trooper Allen Bass v. State Police Trooper Gerald Dellagiacoma - Jury Verdict for Excessive Force $55,000.00 ($45,000 in compensatory damages and $10,000.00 in punitive damages) The Honorable Katharine S. Hayden of the United States Federal District Court, recently awarded $371,930.50 in Attorneys Fees to the firm of Hunt, Hamlin & Ridley as a result of their handling of the above mentioned case in a trial in January of this ...

July 29, 2015 in Uncategorized

Jury awards $55,000 to man beaten by N.J. State Police trooper

TRENTON — A federal jury has awarded an Irvington man $55,000 in damages after finding a State Police trooper violated his civil rights by using excessive force against him four years ago. Allen Bass, 50, sued Trooper Gerald Dellagicoma and others in 2009, claiming they punched and kicked him multiple times, causing him to urinate on himself, after he complied with their commands to get off his bicycle at Ellis Avenue and Clinton Avenue in Irvington a year earlier. Click here to read full ...

June 20, 2013 in Uncategorized

Cowboys fan draws probation for stun-gun use at Jets-Dallas game

Gray said McKelvey and MetLife Stadium are named as defendants in a federal lawsuit filed by a victim in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn. McKelvey suffered a concussion and broken nose during the scuffle, Gray said; he is considering filing a counter complaint, in part for MetLife’s failure to ensure fans’ safety, according to Raymond Hamlin, another lawyer for McKelvey. Hamlin said MetLife, like football stadiums around the country, encourages conduct from fans that borders on the fanatic. The altercation last September ...