KNOW YOUR RIGHTS - THE CONSTITUTION. FEDERAL , STATE AND LOCAL LAW AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF YOUR LITIGATION
EDUCATION New England Law – J.D. 1981 Boston University, Boston, Mass. – College – B.A.- 1977
BAR ADMISSIONSNew York – 1983; New Jersey – 1989; Florida – 1983; Mass. – 1982 Also Admitted to the NYS and NY Federal Courts and the Supreme Court of the United States
Memberships: Association of the Bar of the City of NY• Bergen County Bar Association Arbitrtor for Superior Court of NJ - Bergen County Lecturer for National Business Institute presenting seminars for attorneys continuing legal education -
FAIRNESS - IS WHAT THE JUDCIAL SYSTEM IS SUPPOSED TO DELIVER - WEIGHING YOUR OPTIONS IN LIGHT OF THE LAW IS A FIRST STEP IN THE PROCESS OF PRESENTING YOUR BEST CASE
PRIOR EXPERIENCE - 35 YEARS OF ACTIVE LEGAL PRACTICE
- PROBATE: Filing of probate for Letters Testamentary and/or Letters of Administration. Litigating for beneficiaries when their rights are in question or being violated.
- REAL ESTATE: Hundreds of sales and purchases of real estate. Worked as in-house real estate counsel in New York City for nationwide companies such as Corporate Property Investors and Shearson Lehman Brothers and in New Jersey for Hartz Mountain. This real estate experience includes, without limitation, buying, selling (including short sales), leasing (ground, net, gross and residential), condominium (formation, transactions and collections), coops, development (including construction and architectural contracts) and mortgages
- LITIGATION: Litigated in the Superior Court of NJ (Bergen, Hudson, and Passaic counties) and in the Supreme Court of New York (New York, Queens, Bronx, Brooklyn, Nassau, Westchester and Rockland Counties), the Appellate Term in NYC, and the Appellate Division, First and Second Departments in New York State. These law suits involved disputes, breaches and fraud concerning business contracts, property transfers, partnership and shareholder agreements/responsibilities, brokerage commissions, landlord/tenant matters, commercial transaction and the Uniform Commercial Code.
- BUSINESS: Formed many corporations for small business clients and worked out the details of often complex shareholder agreements; bought and sold businesses for clients; prepared non-compete and confidentiality agreements on an as-needed basis; and otherwise served the needs of small business clients litigating a wide spectrum of business issues
- FRAUD: Skilled in examining all aspects and details of a case to uncover potential fraud so as to permit causes of action not otherwise apparently available, e.g., piercing the corporate veil so as to be able to sue individual officers and owners of a company, fraudulent conveyance of assets.