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About Brian
Practice areas
- General practice: 35%
Condo/Co-op/HOA Construction/Development Contracts/Agreements Estate Planning Debt Collection Employment benefits Employment/Labor Energy/Utilities -Disputes with ConEd, etc Estate Planning Foreclosure/Short Sale Immigration Land Use/Zoning Lawsuits/Disputes Personal Injury - Plaintiff & Defense-side Speeding/Traffic ticket Tax Certiorari Town/City/Municipal Law Wills/Living Wills Uncontested Divorce
13 years, 180 cases
- Real estate: 20%
Experience in a wide range of real estate matters. I specialize in Condo/HOA/Co-op representation. I represent: buyers and sellers in residential and commercial real estate transactions; real estate owners and developers in zoning/land-use matters; homeowners in foreclosure actions; Condo/Co-op/HOA in foreclosure against debtors; homeowners to negotiate short sales.
13 years, 70 cases
- Estate planning: 20%
My Estate Planning practice caters to Families with Minor Children and includes child protection planning. I've done away hourly fees in my estates practice.
7 years, 18 cases
- Litigation: 20%
I litigate in every practice area that I have listed. Due to the limitations of this site, I must represent the % of practice as 20 although the actual percentage is much higher.
15 years, 120 cases
- Environmental and natural resources: 5%
I have represented: The Nature Conservancy in a dispute with a Trump development; the Mianus River Gorge; landowners with oil tanks/oil spills on their property; citizens group with respect to siting of interstate expansion over protected land; citizens group against polluter; corporation with respect to installing gasoline tanks in protected area.
15 years, 10 cases
Languages spoken
Spanish, Portuguese
Resume
| State | Status | Acquired | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| NY | Currently registered | 2003 | 07/10/2016 |
| Legal answers | 56 |
| Legal guides | 0 |
| Award name | Grantor | Date granted |
|---|---|---|
| Certificate of Recognition | New York State Bar Association | 2010 |
| Title | Company name | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Associate Attorney | Banks Shapiro Gettinger & Waldinger, LLP | 2005 - 2008 |
| Associate Attorney | Saretzky Katz Dranoff & Glass, LLP | 2003 - 2005 |
| Association name | Position name | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| New York State Bar Association | Member | N/A |
| School name | Major | Degree | Graduated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pace University School of Law | Law | JD - Juris Doctor | 2002 |
| Bard College | N/A | BA - Bachelor of Arts | 1998 |
Attorney endorsements
(1)
Jeannine Goche, Real estate Attorney
Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community
I endorse this lawyer for his high quality work and expertise!
Cost
- Hourly Rates $240-400/hour
- Contingency fees 20%-50%A contingency fee is the percent of the final award a lawyer will receive as compensation. For some of these cases, lawyers will only be paid if there is a successful outcome.
- Offers fixed fee-services SometimesFixed-fee are legal services performed for a preset rate, rather than on an hourly basis.
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Contact
37 Odell Avenue
P.O. Box 2F
Yonkers, NY, 10701-1213
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