MANHATTAN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) – While many defense attorneys practicing in New York City admittedly don’t know much about Judge Sherry Klein Heitler’s replacement on the New York City Asbestos Litigation court, they agree his relative obscurity is a refreshing and much-needed change.

 

Last week, it was announced that Judge Peter Moulton would take over for Heitler as NYCAL’s chief judge. Heitler reached mandatory retirement age as administrative judge of New York County Supreme Court’s civil division, but also, in recent months, got flak for allegedly giving special treatment to a certain plaintiffs law firm and paving the way for hefty paydays.

 

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