James B. Fishman

James quickly understood our situation regarding a tenant-landlord dispute. He asked pertinent questions, was an excellent listener, and clearly highly knowledgeable and experienced. We felt very confident and reassured by his very capable handling of our situation, which was initially very stressful.... The agreement he drafted covered all points in a clear and comprehensive manner, which was acceptable to both parties and resolved the dispute - with great relief!

Our firm hired James Fishman / David Rozenholc and I personally worked closely with James over a protracted and lengthy lease renegotiation. James was very helpful, patient and thorough in the development of proposals and we ultimately came to mutually agreeable terms for a lease amendment. I highl...y recommend James Fishman as a very capable attorney and "can-do" and positive advocate.

James helped us with negotiating the early termination of our lease with our landlord. He provided rapid advice that was specific to our situation and yet knowledgable about the general real estate market and the applicable legal framework. He quickly explained to us our rights and obligations as w...ell as our Landlord's under the lease and under New York law. He identified our points of leverage and assisted us with thinking through what to do, how to do it, and when. As a lawyer myself, James is exactly the lawyer you want on your side in a negotiation with any landlord. Highly, highly recommend. James is an outstanding attorney and we're very grateful to have had him advise us.

I hired James Fishman as he came highly recommended by another lawyer. I am grateful that I listened to the recommendation as James has been my lawyer now since 2008. My landlord is one of those that believes in harassing his tenants who live in rent stabilized apartments and his harassments includ...ed filing frivolous court papers which had not a single bearing of truth. My landlord thought that they could frighten me into leaving but I decided to fight and James fought alongside with me. James was honest, forthright, efficient, and was able to cut down the landlord’s lawyer in court so easily. My last court case which started in 2007 and ended in 2010. The reason why it even ended was a testament to James’ efficiency and most important of all his amazing attention to details. We won the case on a technicality that the landlord did not serve me papers in the appropriate time frame that the court deems necessary. They actually served me the papers 45 mins earlier than the required full 5 days. Only someone with James’ eagle eyes could have caught out something like this and so the entire case was dismissed because of 45 minutes. And so when the landlord decided it was time to harassment me again in 2014, there was never any doubt in my mind who I needed on my side of the corner to win yet another battle for me against my landlord. And this time, tired of the landlord’s relentless pursuit to get me out despite being a model tenant, I requested James to negotiate a buyout. And by September 2015, James was able to get a written agreement and we secured a successful buyout. I would not hesitate in the least bit to hire James anytime.