Vesselin Mitev

Mr. Mitev’s litigation experience spans across the state trial courts, appellate divisions, and Federal courts. He has successfully tried cases and conducted hearings in District, County, Family and Supreme Court, argued appellate division causes, as well as successfully represented clients at hearings before various administrative agencies. Published cases include Malone v. Suffolk County, a precedent-setting case holding that doctors who over-prescribe narcotics to known drug abusers could be liable to third-party victims; Schulz v. Schulz, a parent who relocates without court permission may not rely on the self-created change in circumstances in a subsequent relocation petition; Boyle v. County of Suffolk, a Federal case involving forfeiture proceedings against drivers charged with DWI in Suffolk County, Grasso v. Grasso, dealing with post – judgment matrimonial counsel fees, People v. McElroy, post-conviction supervision of sex offenders under the SORA law resulted in anomalous results imposed by sentencing guidelines; People v. Syska, criminal charges dismissed pre-trial, on basic Constitutional principle that there is no duty to answer a police officer’s questions (other than basic ID information) and that asking police if they have a warrant is not sufficient for an obstruction of justice/resisting arrest charge; Stuve v. Baingan, involving the application of the emergency doctrine to cross-over vehicle crashes; Estate of Eriksen, vacating a Court’s decree awarding a multi-million dollar wrongful death payout by Suffolk County to the father of a man who died while in police custody, where the deceased had an undisclosed daughter; Mr. Mitev's work is cited in the Journal of Law & Policy; the New York Practice Series; the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review; Patent Law Fundamentals; Florida Coastal Law Review; eDiscovery for Corporate Counsel; Northwestern University Law Review; the Touro Law Review, among others.