Bikram Singh

My partner and I were involved in a tenant / landlord litigation concerning our rent stabilized apartment and a legal sublet. Although we had been completely upfront and transparent with building management following all of their guidelines they attempted to use our sublet request as a way to break o...ur rent stabilized lease. The prewar building is undergoing major changes as the new owners are breaking as many rent stabilized leases as they can to bring the apartments up to market rate. They are harassing long standing tenants, adopting deceitful, heavy handed and, at times, illegal tactics in order to remove them. They know that most rent stabilized tenants, like ourselves, don’t have the money and resources to fight back. After a year of meeting with various city agencies and trying to fight the building’s legal team ourselves we were referred by the New York Bar Association to Bikram Singh. They said that he has an amazing record and that if anybody would be able to help us it would be him. You can’t image the sense of relief after our first meeting. He read through our case and said he would take it. As we signed the retainer I asked him, “So now what do we need to do?” He said, “Nothing. Relax. We’ll take care of this.” And they did. Helpful, empathetic and with such integrity. He and his partner Reena Rani really went above and beyond to take care of us. They honestly put our best interest before anything else. Two amazing, knowledgeable people.

I retained this attorney to file a commercial litigation suit against my landlord. At first the attorney seemed to have a willingness and determination to help me and was moving aggressively in the case. However, after the first court appearance things seemed to have gone sour. I was not pleased with... the way the lawyer was handling the case and questioned him several times on his strategy and my dissatisfaction to him. He would get extremely defensive with me, speaking to me in an offensive manner which I found unprofessional and inappropriate. He even told me several times to find another attorney if I was displeased and said he would file a motion to relieve himself of the case, instead of trying to work things out with me as his client. Finally after 3 months, he told me he wanted to end his tenure as my attorney after I was questioning some of his billing. He returned back to me some of the money I have paid but there is still some money that was paid that I am disputing. Overall, I was displeased with his services, I felt he wasted my time and was not able to produce any resolution in my favor despite the time and money invested. The issues I was suing for are still current. I would not recommend this attorney nor would I seek his services in the future.

Going through any legal dispute is stressful, especially when it is a real estate matter in NYC. Fortunately for me, I hired Bikram. He has extensive experience in handling NYC real estate disputes. His ability to clearly communicate to ensure my understanding of my legal rights, his timeliness and... responsiveness to my requests, his genuine concern for my well-being, and his desire to make sure that my rights were secured; alleviated some of my stress. He went above and beyond to ensure that I was legally protected from any future litigation. I highly recommend Bikram. He is no nonsense, to the point, non-judgmental, and he gets the job done.

I needed a lawyer to represent me in Housing Court so I called the New York Bar Association and was referred to Bikram Singh. When we first met, my first impression was that he looks like a kid fresh out of college but boy did he fool me. Mr. Singh is intelligent, smart, and skillful. He is one of... the few lawyers whom I have ever met who does his homework thoroughly before going to court. Whenever I called, he answered. There were times when I would call and he was with a client or in court, and he would text right back to let me know that he can’t talk at that particular moment. Even on weekends we would communicate which is one of the characteristics of a good and dedicated lawyer. He always listened and never gave the impression that he was too busy for me. Never did he adjourned the case to make more money than I could afford and when I rushed into court on the day of the trial, he was early, right there before me and quietly told me, “You are not going to be put out of your apartment.” I never was and for his devotion, honesty, fairness and “legal know how”, I recommend him highly. Today I am still in my Harlem abode.