Jenny Rivera, JCA, with Michael J. Devereaux and colleagues
*Michael J. Devereaux was nominated and sworn-in by The Honorable Jenny Rivera, JCA, the newest judge on the Court of Appeals of the State of New York, on Thursday, May 16, 2013, as President of the seventy-seven (77) year-old Brooklyn-Manhattan trial Lawyers Association.
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McKayla Kingston with Rufus. Inset: Zack Goldberg
From the NY Post: Friday, March 20, 2015 —
“A Park Slope woman says her spurned ex is so desperate to crawl back into her life that he’s waging a bogus custody battle over her adorable Cavalier Kings Spaniel, Rufus.
“Her computer-freelancer ex, Zack Goldberg (inset), never even liked Rufus when they lived together, McKayla Kingston (far right) alleges in a Brooklyn federal-court counter-lawsuit she filed Thursday.
“He’s claiming that he wants to spend time with the dog now — a year after their breakup and his move to Washington, DC — only as a pretext to remain in her life, she complains.
“‘Mr. Goldberg does not share Ms. Kingston’s deep, abiding love and commitment to Rufus,’ says her suit, which seeks a judge’s protection order barring Goldberg from contact with her or the canine.
“Goldberg even originally lobbied against purchasing the now-3-year-old floppy-eared charmer and spent the two years before the breakup complaining that Rufus’ yapping hampered his “productivity” as he worked from their apartment she says in her lawsuit.
“Goldberg counters that he’s not trying to get back — or with — his ex at all.
“‘This is just her spiting me,’ he told The Post. ‘Just to be clear, I broke up with her and this is her way of getting back at me. I just want to see the dog.'”
— Selim Algar, Laura Italiano, Frank Rosario
The Firm represents Ms. Kingston.
The Devereaux Law Group hosted the end-of-year gathering of the Animal Law Committee. Some photographs of the occasion.
The Colloquium included being on the Panel With Panelists Dr. Kevin Woo of the Center For The Study Of Pinniped Ecology And Cognition(“C-SPEC,” at www.sfc.edu and on Facebook); Jennifer Abrams, Supervisor of the Behavioral Department at the Animal Care & Control of New York City; Dr. Kristi Biolsi, of the Center For The Study Of Pinniped Ecology And Cognition (“C-SPEC,” at www.sfc.edu and on Facebook); Julie Hecht, MSc (canine behavioral researcher and science writer in New York City, on Twitter @DogSpies in Scientific American at blogs.scientificamerican.com/dog-spies/); and Dr. Katherine Miller, Director of Anti-Cruelty Behavior Research for the ASPCA
Michael J. Devereaux, Esq. presented the “Link,” lecture on Friday, October 3rd at the Empire State College Colloquium held on the campus of Empire State College, 325 Hudson Street, New York City, which brought together a diverse and wide spectrum of speakers, including Dr. Kevin Woo, Dr. Kristi Biolsi, Julie Hecht, and Dr. Katherine Miller.
Here is a link to the Colloquium Power Point presentation.
The enactment in 1999 of the felony cruelty laws expressly noted “[t]he connection between animal abusers and violence towards humans,” in its legislative findings.1 The Amendment of the Family Court Act in 2006, expressly noted the connection between animal abuse and domestic violence, stating: “often abusers, in an effort to control and threaten their partners, harm or kill their pets.”2 Margaret Mead stated “[o]ne of the most dangerous things that can happen to a child is to kill or torture an animal and get away with it.”3 “Animal abuse has received insufficient attention as one of a number of red ‘flags’ – warning signs or sentinel behaviors that could help identify youths at risk for perpetuating interpersonal violence and youths who have themselves been victimized.”4
