Firm News

June 21, 2008

Federal Judge in Houston Joins Iran Collection Case

By Cindy George, Houston Chronicle
A Houston federal judge will preside over a portion of the collection efforts on $2.7 billion awarded last year to relatives of servicemen killed or injured in the 1983 Hezbollah attack on U.S. military barracks in Beirut, Lebanon...more.

June 5, 2008

Jerry McIntyre and Deborah Tate Among Best Lawyers in America 

In the thirteen editions until 2008, Best Lawyers in America, a peer-review publication assessing the most outstanding in the legal profession, has included Jerry McIntyre among their Rhode Island nominees, and, Mr. McIntyre once again appears among the esteemed lawyers included in the newly published fourteenth edition. Deborah Tate, eponymous partner of the firm, also features in this illustrious assemblage of legal aces.  Inclusion in this, one of America's most highly regarded reviews of lawyers, is considered a "signal honor, conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers," according to the Best Lawyers website.

For more information regarding this distinction or obtaining the latest edition visit their website.

May 28, 2008

Judge Gives Terror Victims a Victory Over Iran
Rules in Case Involving Artifacts Held by Chicago Museums

By JOSH GERSTEIN, New York Sun
A federal judge in Chicago is handing a significant victory to terrorism victims seeking to seize Iranian artifacts from the University of Chicago and the Field Museum.  The Rhode Island-based lawyer leading the effort to claim title to the artifacts, David Strachman, said the ruling will send an important message to Iran.... more

December 21, 2007

McIntyre, Tate, and Lynch Dubbed Rhode Island "Super Lawyers"....more

November 9, 2007
U.S. Helps Iranian Bank Withdraw, Then Seeks To Freeze Funds

BY JOSH GERSTEIN, New York Sun
A state-owned Iranian bank whose assets were frozen late last month by the American government removed about $150,000 from this country earlier this year with legal help from American officials, a lawyer involved in the dispute said yesterday.... more