Criminal Law

• White Collar Crimes
  Our full-service litigation department is experienced at resolving corporate and commercial, banking, fraud, employment and discrimination, and insurance disputes, as well as white collar crime defense. And the Firm's active bankruptcy and creditors' rights practice has experience in bankruptcy litigation, resolution of complex creditor-debtor disputes, and as bankruptcy trustees. Within our mortgage and tax lien foreclosure practice attorneys have extensive experience representing servicing agents for a series of trusts annually purchasing tax liens in bulk from New York City, and tax lien servicers and investors. We have represented a variety of lenders, financial institutions, servicers, individuals and title companies in foreclosures, real estate, and title based proceedings and transactions.
• Forgery

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  In today's global economy, organizations are faced with a dizzying array of compliance and disclosure requirements, including evolving SEC rules and disclosure requirements, stock exchange listing standards, and other federal, state, and international corporate and securities laws and regulations.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  Structuring business and investment transactions - including mergers and acquisitions, domestic and international reorganizations, recapitalizations, triangular and divisive reorganizations, and liquidations and other distributions - to maximize tax efficiencies.
• Business Transactions
  Our Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights Practice Group is a sophisticated practice composed of highly trained and experienced practitioners in the areas of bankruptcy, litigation, corporate and real estate finance, and commercial transactions. We counsel a diverse range of clients in connection with insolvency-related matters, including high-net-worth individuals, major banks, financial institutions, fiduciaries and trustees, and mid-size to large corporations. Our attorneys regularly appear before state courts and bankruptcy courts, as well as in appeals to U.S. District Courts and Courts of Appeal.
• Limited Liability Companies
  We advise clients who own substantial real estate interests as sole proprietors or pass-through corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies. We have considerable experience dealing with commercial real estate holdings and regularly achieve favorable outcomes in structuring these interests to reduce transfer taxes when they are passed to a younger generation.
• Construction Contracts
• Trade Secrets
• Intellectual Property
  Advised numerous restaurants and nightclubs regarding intellectual property issues including Federal and common law protections, purchase and sale, cease and desist (responses and enforcement) and other issues.
• Unfair Competition
  We have handled many significant matters involving patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights, and unfair competition. Our clients have included: traditional and Web publishers, advertisers and media companies; medical device manufacturers; cosmetic, fashion and fragrance companies; wireless providers; wind turbine manufacturers; financial services companies; sports interests; and toy businesses and other consumer product companies.
• Antitrust

Employment Law

• Wrongful Termination
  Representing clients in federal and state courts and before arbitration panels and government agencies concerning claims alleging wrongful discharge on the basis of race, gender, age, and disability as well as harassment, including hostile work environment and retaliation.
• Employment Contract
  Representing employers and senior executives in the negotiation of employment contracts, noncompetition and nonsolicitation agreements, and severance arrangements.
• Employment Litigation
  Helping clients design, implement, and defend policies concerning mandatory arbitration of employment claims, document retention and confidentiality, e-mail and internet use, and protection of proprietary information and company work product.
• Severance Agreement
  We are regularly retained for employment matters by a wide range of publicly traded and privately held clients, including national and international financial institutions and franchisors, national retail and insurance companies, regional manufacturers, service providers, and a variety of not-for-profit institutions. Senior executives often seek our advice concerning major career developments, including the negotiation of employment and severance agreements.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Real estate law demands a multidisciplinary approach. Each transaction can involve a wide range of legal issues, from air rights above a property to environmental conditions in the ground beneath it -- and everything in between. We advise clients on a broad variety of real estate matters, including: financing, joint ventures/equity investments, acquisitions and sales, development and land use, redevelopment, construction, leasing and litigation. Through years of practical experience, our attorneys combine technical proficiency, business savvy and in-depth knowledge about our clients to develop cost-effective solutions that meet our clients' unique business needs.
• Construction Litigation
  Represented numerous clients in analyzing force majeure clauses in construction agreements and leases, and advised them on appropriate notifications to assert force majeure or respond to claims of force majeure arising from COVID-19 delays.
• Real Estate Transactions
  Members of our Real Estate Practice Group have been involved in some of the nation's largest and most sophisticated real estate transactions. They take a business-minded approach and apply creative problem-solving to best meet the needs of our clients.
• Easement
• Land Use and Zoning
  Integral to our work is our knowledge of and interface with federal, state and local housing agencies such as HPD, NYCHA, HUD and the Department of Health on matters that incorporate - from a lender's perspective - licensing and compliance issues, subordination agreements, rental subsidies, tax exemptions, land use issues and related governmental reviews.
• Landlord-Tenant Disputes
  Our attorneys handle tax lien, mortgage, and in rem foreclosure actions. The group prevailed in litigation of clouded title, strict foreclosure, and deed forgery actions involving claims of invalid referees' deeds. We represent parties in foreclosure proceedings involving real estate, limited liability companies, cooperative apartments, condominiums, and personal property under the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC). We undertake every aspect of a case - from commencement through redemption, sale, or other disposition. We have successfully disposed of a variety of defenses and claims, including those involving deceased, missing, or incapacitated defendants; constitutional arguments (working in conjunction with the New York City Law Department); jurisdictional and service contests; landlord and tenant issues; and adverse possession and bankruptcies.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Represented the New Jersey auto insurance industry, defeating medical provider challenges to Automobile Insurance Cost Reduction Act (AICRA) regulations and the new expanded Personal Injury Protection (PIP) medical fee schedule promulgated by the New Jersey Commissioner of Insurance.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Our attorneys have broad experience in the settlement of large estates, including the preparation and filing of probate proceedings, federal and state estate tax returns, and judicial accountings. We represent, and often maintain books and records for, a large number of trusts and are engaged by professional corporate fiduciaries to represent them in complex trust and estate matters and related litigation.
• Wills
  Advising numerous clients in the preparation of wills, trusts, health care proxies, living wills and powers of attorney in a COVID-19 context.
• Trusts
  In addition to legal work, our trusts and estates attorneys are active in the community in which they live. They serve as advisors or sit on the boards of a number of institutions and charitable organizations, including...
• Power of Attorney
  We also assist clients in estate planning and administration matters not related to taxation, such as the construction of a will or employing a unitrust theory or exercising the trustee's power to adjust to determine whether a trust beneficiary should receive more than the trust income available. We assist family members with special needs by utilizing life insurance or supplemental needs trusts. We also help families provide for other health care decisions by drafting living wills, durable powers of attorney, and revocable trusts to manage assets during a client's disability.
• Probate

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
  As a mid-sized firm, we are able to offer our bankruptcy clients a distinctive combination of high-level knowledge, an efficient use of resources, and personal attention to clients' needs. The experience of our Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights Practice Group has helped many clients achieve the best possible results through the bankruptcy process. Our bankruptcy practice is notable for successfully handling numerous matters that are on the cutting edge of developing bankruptcy law. Among other things, we are currently prosecuting a significant number of highly complex litigations in the context of Ponzi schemes, including the bankruptcy case of Bernard L. Madoff.
• Foreclosure
  For investors, lenders, and servicers managing tax liens or mortgages, the ability to foreclose is a key tool for protecting their interests. The foreclosure process is complex, however, and any delays or missteps can be costly. If foreclosure becomes the best strategy, it's critical to act quickly and decisively, with help from an attorney experienced in these matters.
• Tax Law
  We advise health care entities on general corporate, transactional, employment, regulatory, litigation, intellectual property, environmental, financing (taxable and tax-exempt), and tax matters. In addition, we represent hospitals and other health care providers in connection with a wide range of health care specific issues, including...
• Debt Collection
  In addition to prosecuting foreclosure actions, we are equipped to handle a wide range of legal issues that commonly arise in connection with foreclosures, including compliance with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and state consumer protection laws. We also help clients maintain databases; implement state-of-the-art case management software; and develop client-specific reporting, engineering, and reengineering of the case management process.