Dan Reed Halper

Dan Reed Halper

4.7
Rating: 6.7

Licensed for 22 years

Intellectual property Lawyer at New York, NY
Practice Areas: Intellectual Property, Litigation, Guardianship ... +3 more

64 Beaver Street, Suite 448, New York, NY

About Dan

Biography

Practice Areas

6

Practice Areas

Guardianship 20%

21 years

20%
Litigation 20%

21 years

20%
Business 15%

24 years

15%
Entertainment 5%

16 years

5%

Fees and Rates

Cost

Hourly Rates

$ 150-200 per hour


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Licenses

Licensed in New York for 22 years

State: New York

Acquired: 2003

Due to Reregister within 30 days of Birthday

No misconduct found

Location

Law Offices of Dan Reed Halper

64 Beaver Street, Suite 448, New York, NY, 10004

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Dan Reed Halper's Reviews

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4.7 /5.0

12 Client Reviews

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Showing 1 - 4 of 4 reviews | Recommendation

Posted by Chad | May 29, 2014 | Copyright Infringement

Excellent attorney!

Mr. Dan Halper was a superb attorney that helped me immensely with my case. I had a copyright infringement case and Dan advised me every step of the way on how to approach and deal with my client to get a healthy settlement. I would recommend him very highly to anyone that needs a personable, knowled...geable and attentive lawyer to assist them with their legal needs.

Posted by Cesar Pariente | March 26, 2012 | Guardianship

Guardianship

Hired Dan Halper to take my case on a guardianship case, unfortunately there was a big mix up at the post office. Instead of dealing with it and getting back to me with the end result he calls me and offers me several different ways to resend the retainer. I go to the bank and put a stop payment on t...he cashiers check little does he know that my bank waits 90 day's to release these funds. If he had just followed through with the original plan to get the express mail I sent from the post office he could have had his first guardianship case. I gave this individual a second chance to redeem himself when I was in NYC May 16th 2011. I called him to meet up in the city at 8 am unfortunately he was tired from the night before. Look elsewhere for legal work even if it costs a little extra money.

Dan Halper

Replied last July 11, 2011

Even by his own account, this man was NEVER my client and NEVER hired me. To his credit, he did send a check to me with what I believe was a genuine intention to hire me. However, the United States Postal Service mis-sorted his envelope which caused it to be sent to a different address. He accuses me of "Not getting back to me with the end result." This is a blatant falsehood. I immediately began a trace of the envelope and informed him that the envelope was lost. Instead of giving the Post Office a chance to find the envelope he did the prudent thing and canceled the check. The envelope was found the next day and by then his check was canceled and worthless -- so I never had any funds from him and therefore he was never a client and I was never his lawyer. This should have ended the matter. However, he began to demand that I work for him on terms quite different from what we had formerly agreed to. I refused. Soon afterwards he began to threaten to post a negative review of me, if I didn't send him the (now worthless) check. I attempted to send it back to him but he gave me an address that did not exist. Finally I proposed that I meet him in person to hand him back the worthless check. As he states (one of the few parts of the review that is truthful) he woke me up prior to normal business hours eager to meet me. I wasn't able to speak to him at the time, but called him back several times later in the day but he never answered. Finally he posted this absurd review claiming that he had hired me which is quite obviously not the case. When I confronted him with documented evidence that I did indeed immediately move to find the package he finally responded claiming that in his opinion, what I really did wrong was INFORM HIM that his envelope was lost as if keeping him in the dark would have been the proper thing to do. Of course, I don't keep crucial information like this a secret from clients. It would be blatantly unethical.

Posted by Ray | January 10, 2012 | Probate

Helped me resolve a most difficult situation

My brother passed away last September. Since he lived there alone the police, by law, sealed the apartment. I needed legal assistance to be able to re enter that apartment and take away all of my childhood memories. My family had lived there since 1963. Dan Halper was a Godsend! He is meticulous, ...conscientious, and thorough in everything he does. Always communicative and deliberate every step of the way. Thanks to Dan's efforts, I now have the ability to go back to our apartment in the Bronx and gather a lifetime worth of memories. I have been most fortunate to have been referred to Dan Halper and I highly recommend his services.

Dan Halper

Replied last February 27, 2013

My client categorized this as 'administrative law' but it was actually an estate matter/ surrogates court.

Posted by Wai Lon Wee | July 24, 2011 | Landlord & Tenant

Forced my landlord to fix my apartment

I am an elderly man living in the East Village in New York City. I have lived in the same apartment since 1967. Because I have rent control, I pay one of the lowest rents in the entire city. For over twenty years my various landlords illegally refused to repair my apartment because he did not see... it to be profitable to do so. I hired Dan Halper who took my landlord to court, and over the course of months forced my landlord to renovate my apartment and bring it up to code. Dan poured immense energy into the job taking many photographs and even helping to film and edit a movie about my struggle to repair my apartment. He personally supervised each visit by construction crews so that the landlord's attorney could not make false claims in court claims that work had been done if it really hadn't. For several years now I have been able to enjoy a far more habitable residence. I was very happy with Dan's work and referred him to my upstairs neighbor whose funds had been unfairly taken by a court appointed guardian after my neighbor suffered a stroke. My neighbor made an unexpected recovery but the court would not give him his money back. He had hired five attorneys and they had all failed. Dan took the case to trial and won it completely leaving my neighbor with no guardian and with control over his funds until the day he died. Soon afterwards, my landlord attempted to evict another elderly neighbor of mine falsely claiming that she lived in Puerto Rico. Dan forced the landlord to back off and actually withdraw the court case. Since then, he has actively assisted me with a number of business contracts and dealings with government agencies. I am grateful for his assistance.

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Experience

Rating:  6.7 (Good)

Sample of Legal Cases

Ptak v Geare

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Education

2002

Brooklyn Law School

JD - Juris Doctor

1993

Wesleyan University

BA - Bachelor of Arts

Languages

Spanish

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