Neil Pedersen

Nov 22, 2024 | enotrans.org | Jeff Davis |Jonathan Hammond |Karen Price |Neil Pedersen

When Franklin Roosevelt became President in 1933, the United States was in the depths of the Great Depression, with a nationwide unemployment rate of 24.9 percent. Roosevelt is famous for having said during his inauguration speech, “…let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” The New DealDuring his first 100 days in office, he pushed 15 major bills through Congress, which were all designed to get people back to work.

Mar 24, 2024 | nydailynews.com | Neil Pedersen |Adam Pollock

The hero in old TV Westerns was often the sheriff or the marshal — the man with the badge entrusted with maintaining law and order in the territory. New York still has both sheriffs and marshals, and they may be on television once again — this time ensuring that Donald Trump actually pays the $465 million judgment he owes the people of New York, and the $88 million he owes for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll. Trump says he is appealing both verdicts.

Mar 21, 2024 | thehill.com | Neil Pedersen |Adam Pollock

The two recent verdicts against former President Donald Trump — one in federal court and the other in New York state court — have thrust an esoteric area of law into the spotlight: appellate bonds. There are two main questions: Can Trump raise the cash necessary to allow him time to appeal the verdicts while staving off enforcement? And how can the winning plaintiffs collect on their judgments? Trump has secured a bond in the federal case won by journalist E.

Mar 19, 2024 | law360.com | Neil Pedersen |Adam Pollock

ADVERTISEMENT Don't want ads? Subscribe or login now. By Neil Pedersen and Adam Pollock (March 19, 2024, 5:24 PM EDT) -- The two recent judgments against former President Donald Trump — one in federal court and one in state court — have thrust into the spotlight appellate bonds and, in the absence thereof, the plaintiffs' ability to enforce their judgments....

Mar 11, 2024 | dealbreaker.com | Neil Pedersen

Ed. note: Donald Trump successfully secured an appeal bond to cover the roughly $83 million he owes E. Jean Carroll. But with other big judgments against him, folks might be wondering “what’s the deal with appeal bonds?” Neil Pedersen, shareholder at Pedersen & Sons Surety Bond Agency, provided this primer on the subject. Appeal bonds are commonly filed throughout the United States in both state and federal court. An appeal bond is used to stay the execution of a judgment pending appeal.