Michael Peter Graff
Graff Law OfficesMichael Graff has been a litigator for 65 years and an arbitrator and mediator for 30 of those years. He has a particular concentration in commercial matters and matter involving condominiums and co-op issues. He is active also as a teacher and coach for attorneys and mediators. He is an active participant in the work of committees of the American, NY State and NYC Bar Associations He is a Special Master appointed by the First and Second Departments of the Appellate Division, and a member of the panel of mediators of the Southern District of New York, the Commercial Division of the NY State Supreme Court and the NYC Bar Association, and a arbitrator for FINRA and the NYC Contract Dispute Resolution Board. Detailed information may be obtained from his Web sites at Grafflawoffices.net and Graffdisputeresolution.com.
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business - Arbitration/Mediation, Consumer - Arbitration/Mediation, Family - Arbitration/Mediation
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Legal Malpractice
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
- Florida
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- New York
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- Principal
- Graff Law Offices
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- Brooklyn Law School
- LL.B. (1960) | Law
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- Michigan State University
- B.S. (1956) | Microbiology and Public Health
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- Financial Industry Regulatory Authority # A60730
- Arbitrator
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- Activities: Arbitration of disputes involving the financial industry
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- New York State Bar Association # 841132
- Member
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- Activities: Committee on Alternate Dispute Resolution
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- Joint Committee on Attorney Client Fee Disputes
- Arbitrator, Mediator
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- Activities: Arbitrator and Mediator of attorney/client fee disputes.
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- Association for Confict Resolution/Greater New York
- Member, Panelist
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- Activities: Presented on Tips for Advocates in Mediation
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- Florida State Bar # 364241
- Member
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- Association of the Bar of the City of New York # 235370
- Panel of Mediators and Arbitrators, member or past member of committees on litigation, state courts of superior jurisdiction, alternate dispute resolution, coops & condominium law, Presidents Committee on Efficiency of the Courts, Committee on Judicia
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- Activities: Disputes Amongst Attorneys; Attorney Disciplinary Disputes; Coop. & Condominium Mediation Project.
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- New York State Bar
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- The Art of Pleading
- The Association of the Bar of the City of New York Robert B. McKay Community OutreachLaw Program
- Second year invited to present for Contiuing LegalEducation of fellow lawyers./
- Martindale Hubbell Highest Rating
- New York State Office of Court Administration
