Mantell, Michael

Current Employment Position(s)

Sole Practitioner

Lawyer Overview

My practice has been almost exclusively litigation. The substantive area of law I have practiced more than any other is landlord tenant, both commercial and residential. I have represented both landlords and tenants such as restaurants, family businesses, small stores and offices, co-ops and co-op shareholders. One of my verdicts, in favor of a residential tenant who was being harassed, was for $200,000 in punitive damages,  as reported on the front page of the New York Law Journal.   

I have represented principals in internecine business disputes, as well as many companies in ordinary commercial disputes.

I  represent plaintiffs and defendants in various types of personal injury cases, eg., vehicle liability, products liability, premises liability ("slip-and-fall" etc.) and medical malpractice. I tried a wrongful death medical malpractice case in Supreme Court and lost the trial and appealed. The reversal by the Appellate Division, First Department, was the subject of a front-page article in the New York Law Journal. I won the retrial.

I tried a legal malpractice case in which the defendant was a prominent personal injury firm.  The gravamen of the complaint was that the defendant law firm had settled for a very low amount due to law firm's lack of preparation. Accordingly, I had to try a case within a case. My partner and I won what the presiding judge (the late Justice Altman) called a "difficult case." The trial and verdict was the subject of an article in the New York Law Journal.

I've litigated hundreds of cases, tried hundreds of cases including over 50 jury trials and I've argued about 50 appeals, including appeals to the Court of Appeals, the highest in New York State.

Areas of Practice

• Arbitration
• Business & Commercial Litigation
• Contract Litigation
• Business Organization Litigation
• Sexual Harassment
• Collections
• Discrimination
• Employment Law -- Employee Litigation
• Litigation & Appeals
• State Appellate Practice
• State Trial Practice
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Assault & Battery -- Plaintiff
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Premises Liability -- Plaintiff
• Property Damage -- Plaintiff
• Slip and Fall -- Plaintiff
• Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff
• Products Liability Law
• Professional Malpractice Law
• Medical Malpractice
• Real Estate Litigation
• Land Use & Zoning
• Commercial Litigation

Representative Cases

• Karasik v. Bird, 130 Misc 2d 1083 (App. Div. 1985)
• Drapaniotis v. 36-08 33rd St., 288 AD 2d 254 (App Div 2001)

West Practice Categories

Arbitration, Business & Commercial Law, Contracts, Business Organizations, Sexual Harassment, Collections, Communications & Media Law, Discrimination, Eminent Domain, Employment Law -- Employee, Litigation & Appeals, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Assault & Battery -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff, Premises Liability -- Plaintiff, Property Damage -- Plaintiff, Slip and Fall -- Plaintiff, Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff, Products Liability Law, Professional Malpractice Law, Medical Malpractice, Real Estate Law, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1969
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1971
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1972

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Association Bar of City of New York, 1969 - Present (Member)

Education

• St. John's University School of Law, Brooklyn, New York, 1969
  J.D.
• City College of New York, New York, New York, 1966
  B.A.
  Major: Political Science

Address

The Lincoln Building
60 East 42nd Street, Suite 1638
New York, NY 10165

Phones

(212) 750-3896

Faxes

(212) 768-2766

Emails

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Websites

http://www.mantelllaw.com