Law Firm Overview

Areas of Practice

• Arbitration
• Mediation
• Lending & Secured Transactions
• Loan Workouts
• Mortgages & Foreclosures
• Creditors' Rights
• Foreclosures
• Workouts
• Business & Commercial Law
• Commercial Leasing
• Contracts
• Debtor/Creditor
• Secured Transactions
• Transactions
• Uniform Commercial Code
• Closely Held Businesses
• Dissolution
• Collections
• Construction Liens
• Litigation & Appeals
• Bankruptcy Litigation
• Federal Appellate Practice
• Federal Trial Practice
• State Appellate Practice
• State Trial Practice
• Animal Bites -- Plaintiff
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Premises Liability -- Plaintiff
• Property Damage -- Plaintiff
• Slip and Fall -- Plaintiff
• Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff

Classes and Seminars

• Seminar on New York Litigation and Foreclosure, Lend Lease Real Estate Investments, Dallas, Texas, April 2, 2003
• Seminar on New York Litigation and Foreclosure, Amresco, Inc., Providence, Rhode Island, March 20, 1998

Representative Clients

• Macrolease Corporation, a Bank Rhode Island Company
• CVS
• Precor, Incorporated
• FirstCity Financial Corporation
• Lend Lease Real Estate Investments
• Fleet Bank

Representative Cases

• Szydlik v. Robert H. Weiss, PLLC, 11/3/2008 NYLJ 21 (col. 1) (N.Y. Sup. 2008)
• Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. v. Salerno, 445 F.Supp.2d 124 (United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts 2006)
• Unger v. Leviton, 25 A.D.3d 689, 811 N.Y.S.2d 291 (Appellate Division, Second Department 2006)
• Citibank, N.A. v. Kenney, 17 A.D.3d 305, 793 N.Y.S.2d 84 (Appellate Division, Second Department 2005)
• Ford v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of City of Long Beach, 7 A.D.3d 797, 776 N.Y.S.2d 856 (Appellate Division, Second Department 2004)
• Unger v. Leviton, 5 Misc.3d 925, 787 N.Y.S.2d 625 (N.Y. Sup. 2004)
• Brooks Drug, Inc. v. 279 Sunrise Highway, Inc., 2002 WL 1969248 (N.Y.Dist.Ct. 2002)
• Amresco New England II, LP v. Denino, 283 A.D.2d 599, 725 N.Y.S.2d 78 (Appellate Division, Second Department 2001)
• Sazer v. Marino, 280 A.D.2d 537, 720 N.Y.S.2d 406 (Appellate Division, Second Department 2001)
• Sazer v. Marino, 266 A.D.2d 448, 698 N.Y.S.2d 867 (Appellate Division, Second Department 1999)
• King David Associates v. Schonberger, 255 A.D.2d 423, 680 N.Y.S.2d 851 (Appellate Division, Second Department 1998)
• Fleet Bank v. Petri Mechanical Co., Inc., 244 A.D.2d 523, 664 N.Y.S.2d 462 (Appellate Division, Second Department 1997)
• Execulease Corp. v. Afshari, 227 A.D.2d 517, 642 N.Y.S.2d 944 (Appellate Division, Second Department 1996)
• Unger v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 849 F.Supp. 839 (E.D.N.Y. 1994)
• Norstar Bank v. Scarlata, 6/24/93 NYLJ 32 (col. 4) (N.Y. Sup. 1994)
• Peak Realty & Management v. Lajon Enterprises, Inc., 118 A.D.2d 690, 500 N.Y.S.2d 38 (Appellate Division, Second Department 1986)

West Practice Categories

Arbitration, Mediation, Lending & Secured Transactions, Loan Workouts, Foreclosure & Alternatives, Creditors' Rights, Foreclosures, Workouts, Business & Commercial Law, Commercial Leasing, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Secured Transactions, Transactions, Uniform Commercial Code, Closely Held Businesses, Dissolution, Collections, Construction Liens, Litigation & Appeals, Bankruptcy Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Trial Practice, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Animal Bites -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Premises Liability -- Plaintiff, Property Damage -- Plaintiff, Slip and Fall -- Plaintiff, Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff