Lawyer / legislator
Joe Emerson
fl. 1988–1990
Lawyer, active 1988–1990. Worked for Peg Goldberg.
Life and work
- 1988–1989As defence counsel for Peg Goldberg in the Kanakaria mosaics suit the suit over the Kanakaria mosaics, led her defence against Thomas Kline; Hofstadter calls him a corporate litigator who had never tried an antiquities case, effective on paper but less so in court.
IndianapolisHofstadter 1994
- 1989Argued that Swiss law governed title and that Goldberg bought in good faith; argued the Republic of Cyprus had slept on its rights, citing the 1982 Ortam article linking Aydin Dikmen to a Kyrenia castle theft; deposed Constantine Leventis a week before trial; moved for dismissal during the trial (Exhibit 314), which Judge Noland refused.
IndianapolisHofstadter 1994
- 3 August 1989Judge Noland ruled in favour of Cyprus (date inferred from Hofstadter's 'one year to the day' before 3 August 1990).
IndianapolisHofstadter 1994
- 3 August 1990Filed a motion to set aside the judgment on the basis of a sworn statement by 'Savo' (Benjamin); the motion was denied about three months later, and the Court of Appeals had upheld the original decision.
IndianapolisHofstadter 1994
Connections
3 peopleFieldwork & employment
- Employed by Peg Goldberg1988–1990
Disputes & the law
- In litigation with Thomas R. Kline1989–1990
Colleagues & contacts
- Connected with Constantine Leventis1989
Sources
- 1.Dan Hofstadter (1994). Goldberg's Angel: An Adventure in the Antiquities Trade.