James B. Fishman

We had lived in a rent stabilized walkup apartment for 16 years when a new owner started construction in our still-occupied building. Due to noise, dust, and obvious safety issues, we engaged James Fishman to represent us in dealing with the landlord. James educated us on our rights as tenants, how t...o engage New York City agencies, and generally how to deal with the disruption. This proceeded for a few months until it became clear to us that building conditions were not going to improve and we needed to consider an exit plan. James negotiated with the landlord and we arrived at an agreement. The details are confidential but we can say that we were very satisfied with our agreement to move out of the walkup building and into a modern apartment building. Over three years later, we couldn’t be happier with our decision to retain James Fishman. Thanks James!

mes Fishman is single handedly one of the best attorneys in New York City, arguably the country. His dedication, commitment and resolve over the course of three and a half year of litigation, obfuscation and games ultimately was the difference between the right outcome, and the wrong. His Law firm tr...uly believes in upholding the law, holding those who choose to undermine and take advantage of tenants who do not have the experience and resources to see difficult times through to the end. It was a pleasure to work with James and his team, not only do they keep you involved in the process, he actually took the time to put forward the end results of those decisions and why he undertook a particular action. James and the entire team believe in what they do, the believe in justice ultimately prevailing in a system which is very much broken, outdated and under resourced. The City needs to address why it is that business owners consistently flaunt the rules, break the law and remove much needed rent stabilized units from an already incredibly depleted system. James is not only an advocate for tenants, but also the City of New York. Rest assured, you're in incredibly capable hands.

James was able to work out a great settlement with the landlord and their attorney. During a time where we thought we were facing eviction, James calmly walked us through the legal definitions, his previous cases that he has handled and all the landmark decisions to prove that we had a great case. Ad...ditionally, he answered every question we had and never made us feel as we were bothering him. James is a lawyer we can 100% recommend and (god forbid) we do run into any future problems, we would not hesitate in retaining him again.

I highly recommend James Fishman. He represented me, a rent-stabilized tenant, in a rent overcharge case. The entire experience was stellar. He was professional, knowledgeable, communicative, is an outstanding negotiator, and I could not be happier with the outcome. On scale of 1 to 10, he deserves a...n 11.

I found Mr Fishman to be confident and very knowledgeable about the various aspects involved in my Landlord-Tenant case. I definitely felt at ease and James identified areas I had not thought of myself. In addition, James was always available same-day to talk about any concerns I had so he was very... responsive. Bottom-line the outcome was what I hoped for.= in my case so I'm happy.