An adversary is seeking triple damages from Ira Lee Sorkin of Lowenstein Sandler for allegedly telling a federal judge "outright lies" about his possession of a privileged document that contributed to the judge's decision to disqualify Sorkin from the case.
Last November, Eastern District Judge Arthur Spatt, sitting in Central Islip, disqualified Sorkin from pressing a civil racketeering suit against real estate developer Jonathan Winston. Spatt noted Sorkin's prior representation of Winston and Sorkin's possession of a memorandum that Winston's defense attorneys drafted but never filed in court seeking to terminate Winston's probation after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
