We are pleased to announce that David Lee Tayman and Katie Lane Chaverri, Founding Partners at Tayman Lane Chaverri LLP, have been selected to the 2017 Washington, DC Super Lawyers list. This is an exclusive list, recognizing no more than five percent of attorneys in the District. In addition, TLC Partner Erin L. Webb has been selected...Read More
The Capital Building in San Juan, Puerto Rico On Wednesday, Puerto Rico’s Governor declared that the commonwealth would seek protection under Title III, a court-supervised bankruptcy-like restructuring process. The restructuring of Puerto Rico’s $70 billion in outstanding debt would be the largest in the history of the U.S. municipal bond market and will have widespread...Read More
By: Alan J. Schaeffer The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia recently granted Dunkin’ Donuts Franchising, LLC a preliminary injunction, enjoining a franchisee from using Dunkin’ Donuts’ trademarks, or operating a competing business within 5 miles during the pendency of Dunkin’ Donuts’ action against the franchisee for breach of contract and trademark infringement....Read More
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals recently confirmed the extensive reach of D.C.’s condominium assessment lien statute, D.C. Code § 42-1903.13 (a) (2001), which empowers a condominium association to foreclose its lien when a unit owner becomes six months behind in payment of condo assessments. See Chase Plaza Condominium v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,...Read More
Tayman Lane Chaverri LLP is pleased to announce that it prevailed at trial on behalf of its client, a minor child from Honduras, who escaped persecution by fleeing the country alone to seek reunification with her birth mother. In a landmark family law and immigration case, TLC partner Katie Lane Chaverri overcame the procedural and practical...Read More
by Katie Lane ChaverriTayman Lane Chaverri LLP; Washington, DC (reprinted with the permission of the American Bankruptcy Institute; original article may be accessed here: http://www.abiworld.org/committees/newsletters/cftf/vol10num4/blow.html On Feb. 22, 2013, a three-judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the rulings of the U.S. Bankruptcy and District Courts for the Southern District of New York and...Read More
TLC Law Firm is excited to announce that Super Lawyers and the Washington Post Magazine recognized and listed Katie Lane Chaverri in its 2013 publication as a top attorney in the Washington, DC metro area. Super Lawyers rates outstanding lawyers who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is...Read More
On Wednesday, a three-judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York upheld the dismissal of lawsuits brought by Madoff investors against the Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. securities regulator. While the court found that the SEC’s actions and inactions were “regrettable”, the court ultimately held that the SEC was protected...Read More
March 1, 2013 – David Lee Tayman and Katie Lane Chaverri are pleased to announce the launch of their new boutique business law firm Tayman Lane Chaverri LLP.Read More
