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 and City ULURP 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.
- Represented a client in connection with the purchase of a commercial condominium unit for over $50,000,000.
- Represented a client that purchased a commercial office building and related parking facilities for more than $54,000,000.
- In eminent domain cases, have represented numerous state agencies and the City of New York in complex condemnations.
- 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.