Debt Settlement Attorney Sanctioned by Court

A self-proclaimed merchant cash advance debt settlement attorney was sanctioned in the New York Supreme Court for frivolous conduct attributed to making an overtly false and/or misleading statement of fact.

The attorney is Dominick R. Dale, who is defending a merchant in an action brought by a revenue based financing company in Index No: EF000224-2024. According to court documents, Dale sought to move a case filed by plaintiff in Orange County, NY (which the contract specified as the forum) to either Kings County or New York County on the basis that defendant was not a resident of the State of New York, had no connection to the state, and that the forum selection clause in the agreement was invalid.

The irony is that the defendant did actually reside in Orange County, NY.

In the order granting plaintiff’s cross-motion for sanctions, the judge ruled that the defense attorney’s motion to transfer venue was “solely based on the distance between defense counsel’s office and the courthouse” because the 71 mile distance was apparently too far for him to want to travel.

The case is still ongoing.

Dale, who is listed under the name Law Office of Dominick Dale, Esq. in the action, also goes by the name “Merchant Cash Advances Law Firm” with an advertised focus on debt settlement.