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Joseph M. Ryan

Joseph M. Ryan

Partner

Wall Street Office
2 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
ryan@clm.com
phone: 212-238-8701
fax: 212-732-3232 download v-card

Practice Areas

Real Estate, Condemnation

Practice Description

Real estate practice, including commercial and industrial real estate, leasing, mortgaging, development, assemblages, acquisitions and dispositions throughout the United States of America, condemnation, foreclosures, restructuring of loans and State Environmental Quality Review Act compliance.

Education

  • B.A., 1959 Hofstra College (Dean’s List throughout, Departmental Honors, Departmental and College Honor Societies)
  • J.D., 1962 Brooklyn Law School (cum laude; Sales, Conflict of Laws and Trust and Estates Prizes; Brooklyn Law Review)

Admissions

  • 1963 New York
  • 1981 District of Columbia

Affiliations

  • The Association of the Bar of the City of New York
  • District of Columbia Bar
  • New York State Bar Association
  • New York County Lawyers Association
  • Bay Ridge Lawyers Association

Publications

"Cooperative Held Liable for Collecting Sales Tax on Sales of Electricity to Shareholders," Client Advisory, March 1, 2001 (co-authored); "Implementation of Local Law 38 of 1999: Local Law 38 and the Regulation of Non-Rental Residential Buildings," Client Advisory, April 3, 2000 (co-authored); "Implementation of Local Law 38 of 1999: What Building Owners Need to Know About Lead-Based Paint Hazards," Client Advisory, March 2000 (co-authored); "New Subordination Clause Limits Remedies for Commercial Tenants," New York Law Journal, June 10, 1996

Illustrative Matters


  • Represented a client that leased approximately 841,000 square feet of office space in Manhattan, which is still one of the largest lease transactions completed this decade
  • Represented client in connection with the purchase of a commercial condominium unit for over $50,000,000, which The New York Times called one of the three largest purchases in the City in 1996
  • Represented a client that purchased a commercial office building and related parking facilities in 1998 for more than $54,000,000
  • In an eminent domain case, appealed to our State's highest court and prevailed in establishing the criteria in this State with respect to legal standing to challenge a condemnation
  • Represented, as the firm has for generations, one of the largest private landowners south of 14th Street in Manhattan in its ground leasing, mortgaging, leasing, dealings with developers and other related matters