Real Estate Litigation

Areas of Focus

Adverse possession Boundary line issues Breach of contract Brokerage disputes Constructive trusts Contract deposit & escrow disputes

Cooperative, condominium, homeowners’ association & managing agent disputes Commercial foreclosure Easements & licenses Fraudulent conveyance & forgery Landlord-tenant disputes, including non-payment & holdover proceedings

Lien priority disputes Mechanic’s liens Notice of pendency Ownership & title issues Partition & sale Quiet title actions

Representative Matters

• Defeated a contract vendee’s summary judgment motion seeking to invalidate client’s ownership of commercial real estate
• Awarded summary judgment on behalf of cooperative corporation shareholder, defeating board’s attempt to cancel and rescind client’s shares and lease of apartment
• Obtained judgment of foreclosure and sale in private lender’s contested commercial mortgage foreclosure action
• Established priority of a $7 million mortgage lien over a competing $4 million mortgage lien
• Obtained favorable settlement for owner of New York City mixed-use building allegedly damaged by nearby demolition activity
• Obtained favorable settlement for lender in action seeking to set aside mortgage due to alleged fraud
• Negotiated favorable settlement in complex, multi-party partition action
• Obtained judgment after trial upholding purchase of apartment building from not-for-profit corporation whose board sought to rescind sale due to alleged fraud