My primary areas of practice are: commercial leasing; purchases, sales and financings of commercial properties; and purchases and sales of individual coop and condominium apartments and homes.

Practice areas also frequently include: construction contracts; contracts for the supply of goods and services to hotels and restaurants, and representation of coop and condo sponsors
and boards.


My clients include landlords and tenants of commercial properties (offices, retail stores, restaurants, etc.); real estate developers and investors; hotel owners; and individual purchasers and sellers of homes. New clients generally are referred by existing clients, other attorneys, and real estate brokers.


I maintain offices in midtown Manhattan, and I live in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn and Head-of-the-Harbor, Long Island. I handle matters throughout New York City, Long Island and beyond. I look forward to meeting you and helping you with your transaction.

Experience

July 1990—Present

General Real Estate practice as solo practitioner, focusing on: commercial leasing, and purchases, sales and financings of development, investment and residential properties. Also: construction agreements, representation of coop boards and sponsors, corporate representation, partnership/limited liability company formation and transactions.


Also of counsel to the law firm of Reavis Parent Lehrer LLP.

Previous Experience

General Counsel to Rockrose Development Corp.,
Of Counsel to Goldberg Weprin & Ustin,
and Associate at Kramer Levin.
Also served as law clerk to a federal judge in Manhattan.

Education

Fordham University School of Law, J.D. Cum Laude,

1978. Fordham Law Review, Editor and Staff Member

Cornell University, A.B., 1970

Community Activities

Fort Greene Park Conservancy, Brooklyn.

Board Member, 2005 to 2012

Community Board 5, Midtown Manhattan. Member, 1996 to

2003. Chairman of Land Use and Zoning Committee


Flatbush Development Corporation, President,

1991 to 1994, and Member of Board of Directors, 1987 to 1995.

Professional Memberships

Association of the Bar, City of New York
New York State Bar Association