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Christopher Paul Bilski
Bronx, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate
New York Law School and New York Law School
Practice Areas: Foreclosure Defense, Loan Modifications and Short Sales, Residential Real Estate Transactions, Surrogate’s Court, Probate, Wills, Commercial Litigation, Corporate and Business Law
Admitted: 1997, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Law School: New York Law School, J.D. ; Member- Law Review;
Recipient of New York Law School Academic Achievement Award and Teaching Fellowship; Top 1% of class of 1996.
Biography: Former senior associate, litigation and corporate departments of a large international law firm with offices in Manhattan, London, Los Angeles, Bucharest, Washington D.C., Baltimore and Connecticut.
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Jeanne M. Reardon
Syosset, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 31 years of experience
Real Estate and Business
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Jeanne M. Reardon concentrates her practice in real estate law representing individuals, businesses, mortgage bankers and lenders in residential and commercial real estate purchase, sale, leasing and lending transactions. Ms. Reardon has over 25 years of legal experience and has built a reputation of excellence, trust and successfully delivering results. Ms. Reardon is the principal attorney at the Law Offices of Jeanne M. Reardon, a Jericho, NY based firm that serves clients throughout Long Island and Greater New York. At her firm, clients deal directly with an attorney receiving the kind of personal attention that can...
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Mr. Jerome A. Wisselman
Great Neck, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 49 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate
New York University School of Law and Brooklyn Law School
Prior to founding Wisselman, Harounian & Associates in 1976, Attorney Jerome A. Wisselman, Esq. served as a law clerk to Honorary Maxine K. Duberstein and Honorary Stanley Gartenstein in the areas of matrimonial and family law. His passion for people allowed him to fully devote his life to helping those facing hardships involving divorce, child custody and support, marriage, wills and estate planning, business law, and real estate law. His background in tax law and accounting gives him the ability to address complex financial issues that are involved with many family law matters. Over the years, Attorney Wisselman...
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Mitchell A. Nathanson
Garden City, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Real Estate
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Mitchell is often described by his colleagues and peers as a "lawyer's lawyer" and their "go to" lawyer for enforcing judgments against debtors, especially in New York State. However, Mitchell's expertise has resulted in receiving referrals in more than 25 states to collect debts to satisfaction, settlement, or execution. Mitchell will apply his trademark straightforward and analytical approach to assess and resolve your legal issues.
Mitchell volunteers his time to the Mortgage Foreclosure Defense Clinic of the Nassau County Bar Association, which helps low income homeowners facing potential foreclosure or eviction. His other community activities include membership in the American Bar...
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Mark S. Ricciardi
Melville, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 36 years of experience
Real Estate and Business
St. John's University School of Law
I have been practicing law in New York for over 34 years, focusing primarily on Personal Injury, Real Estate, Business Transactions, and Criminal Law. My practice extends across the courts of Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk Counties. I take great pride in my extensive experience and the personal service I provide to each client. I personally handle all matters and ensure that clients are not delegated to paralegals or less experienced attorneys. If you have any questions concerning the areas of law mentioned, please feel free to contact our office. Thank you.
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Elise G. Liebowitz
New York, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 40 years of experience
Real Estate
Fordham University School of Law
My firm represents clients with all their real estate needs (sales and purchases, commercial leasing and representing co-op and condo boards) and estate planning needs, including wills, health care proxies, probate of wills and administration (the court process after a loved one passes away and the administration of the decedent’s estate).
Elise G. Liebowitz has been practicing law for 36 years, with a wide range of experience, including having practiced at some of New York’s prestigious Wall Street law firms (Proskauer Rose and Stroock & Stroock & Lavan).
Ms. Liebowitz is a native New Yorker, born, raised and educated in...
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Brian L. Ponder
New York, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer
Real Estate, Consumer and Entertainment & Sports
Southern University Law Center
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Howard B. Leopold
New York, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 34 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate and Business
Albany Law School
Howard B. Leopold is Brooklyn born and a member of the New Jersey, New York, and Bergen County Bar Associations. He graduated from the State University of New York at Albany in 1987 (Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude) with a B.A. in U.S. History and Minors in Hebrew and Business. Mr. Leopold went on to attend Albany Law School and earned a J.D. in 1990. After graduating, he worked as an associate in the litigation department of a New York City law firm for numerous years and then spent four years at a law firm in Rochelle Park,...
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Michael J. Ciarlo
NEW YORK, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Appeals and Business
Brooklyn Law School and New York University
Named a Super Lawyer for 2023, Michael Ciarlo has been practicing Real Estate law since 1999, providing successful and experienced results for his clients. During this time, his extensive knowledge of commercial, business, and real estate litigation has benefited the clients of the firm. He has a wide range of experience negotiating, analyzing, resolving, and litigating all aspects of real estate, business, co-op, condo, and landlord/tenant matters. Mr. Ciarlo brings a significant depth of understanding to his role in advising large and small businesses, co-ops, condominiums, landlords, tenants, and individuals in their disputes and litigation.
Mr. Ciarlo graduated from New...
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Jules Martin Haas
New York, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 46 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate and Business
New York University School of Law and New England Law | Boston
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T. Edward Williams
New York, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Bankruptcy, Business and International
The University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Mr. Williams' experience includes both trial and transactional work. Mr. Williams has appeared in Federal and State courts, representing individuals and businesses in various matters, including claims involving Employment Discrimination, Bankruptcy Adversarial Proceedings, Breach of Contract, Real Estate Disputes, Real Estate Partition, Real Estate Litigation, Shareholder Disputes, and Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP).
On the transactional side of his practice, Mr. Williams focuses on Private Placement Memorandum (PPM), Choice of Entities issues, Partnership Dissolution, Post-and-pre-nuptial Agreements, and Trusts and Estate Planning.
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Jon Michael Probstein
Levittown, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 48 years of experience
Real Estate, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Consumer
St. John's University School of Law
Since 1977, my practice has consisted of representing and assisting people and businesses in all matters, including public and private corporations.
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Yuriy Moshes
New York, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Raised in Brooklyn, New York, Yuriy Moshes remained close to his roots as he received a Bachelors of Science degree from Brooklyn College and a Juris Doctor degree from the Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center.
During his years of practice, Yuriy has concentrated in litigation and real estate transactions as his areas of expertise. Through the years, he has successfully helped hundreds of homeowners in New York and New Jersey remain in their homes or, in the alternative, pursue liquidation options.
Yuriy has also assisted clients with all forms of commercial and residential transactional
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Lowrance Fisher
Brooklyn, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate and Business
Florida Coastal School of Law
Lowrance Fisher co-founded Fisher Stone with partner and fellow Florida Coastal Law School graduate Greg Stone. In addition, he is a New York licensed attorney and an accomplished entrepreneur who has started and run two successful enterprises.
Lowrance now focuses on real estate law and business law. In these fields, Lowrance is now able to assist real estate buyers, sellers, and developers. Moreover, Lowrance has assisted thousands of businesses looking for help along their journey.
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Elazar Aryeh
Queens, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Real Estate, Business and Immigration
Hofstra University
Elazar Aryeh, the Senior Attorney at the Law Offices of Elazar Aryeh, PC., is a seasoned attorney practicing law for almost 30 years, and has litigated cases both in the State and Federal Courts of the State of New York. Throughout the years, Elazar Aryeh has successfully represented thousands of clients and has procured millions of dollars on behalf of individuals, businesses, corporations and banking institutions. Elazar Aryeh has broad experience in matters involving personal injuries sustained as a result of Motor Vehicle Accidents, Trip & Falls, Construction Accidents and Medical Malpractice, as well as having...
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Michael J. Paleudis
New York, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 18 years of experience
Real Estate and Business
The George Washington University Law School
Mr. Paleudis represents businesses that traffic in alcoholic beverages. His practice focuses on liquor licensing and commercial leasing. His clients consist largely of bars, restaurants, grocery stores, craft breweries and other craft manufacturers. Mr. Paleudis practices law in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
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Rafael Ariel Poltielov
Forest Hills, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 13 years of experience
(718) 520-0085
118-21 Queens Boulevard
Suite 603
Forest Hills, NY 11375
Free ConsultationReal Estate and Bankruptcy
Touro College
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Hillary Johns
New York, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Business, Employment and Entertainment & Sports
Golden Gate University School of Law
Ms. Johns is a civil trial lawyer who has tried more than one hundred cases to verdict. She is the managing partner for Hillary Johns, Trial Lawyer which maintains offices in Beverly Hills, the Bay Area and New York City. She graduated from Occidental College in 1990 and Golden Gate University School of Law in 1993 where she graduated with Dean’s List and class honors. She is licensed to practice law in California, the California Southern, Central and Northern U.S. Federal District Courts, the District of Columbia, Montana, New York, and the New York Eastern and Southern U.S....
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Joshua Parker Blumberg
Amityville, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 25 years of experience
Real Estate
Tulane University School of Law
Joshua P. Blumberg is a partner at Blumberg, Cherkoss, Fitz Gibbons & Blumberg and one of the most promising and diligent attorneys in the Amityville legal community. Mr. Blumberg followed in the footsteps of both his grandfather and father (H. Lee Blumberg) by attending the University of Michigan, where he earned his B.A. He then went on to be admitted to Tulane University, where he graduated with his Juris Doctor in 2000. He was admitted to the New York and U.S. District Court bar that same year. After joining his father at Blumberg, Cherkoss, Fitz Gibbons & Blumberg, Mr. Blumberg...
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Douglas J. Rose
Albany, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 37 years of experience
Real Estate, Administrative and Business
University of Miami School of Law
Douglas James Rose is a Partner in the litigation department of Tully Rinckey PLLC.
Douglas focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation issues, including real estate, zoning, and land use, as well as contract actions and creditor-debtor relations. He previously worked in the Albany office of Deily, Mooney, & Glastetter, LLP.
Prior to entering the legal profession, Doug served in the United States Coast Guard. Deployed primarily on law enforcement patrol duties in the Caribbean, he achieved the rank of Lieutenant (junior grade).
Doug received his J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law, where he was a Dean’s Merit...
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Richard Frank Artura
Lindenhurst, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 39 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate and Bankruptcy
St. John's University School of Law
Richard Artura, Esq., has been practicing bankruptcy law for over 30 years. His practice includes bankruptcy litigation in both Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 cases. Mr. Artura is an adjunct professor at Touro Law School and is a long-standing member on the Suffolk Country Bar Association's Bankruptcy Law Committee.
Through advice and representation, Richard Artura can determine the best and most affordable ways to: eliminate overwhelming credit card debt, reduce burdensome mortgage payments, stop creditor collection actions, and overcome foreclosure difficulties. Additionally, Mr. Artura uses the bankruptcy court to modify delinquent mortgage loans.
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Daniel A. Singer
New York, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Bankruptcy and Business
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Dan is originally from Montreal, Canada. Following his graduation from McGill University with an Honors Degree in Political Science, Dan moved to Japan where he worked as an English Teacher for 2 years. Upon his return to North America, Dan relocated to New York City and subsequently enrolled in the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he was an Editor of the school’s Moot Court Honors Society. Following his graduation from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and prior to establishing his own law practice, Dan worked as an Associate at two established Manhattan law firms.
In 2008, Dan...
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Richard H. Lovell
Ozone Park, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 44 years of experience
Admitted to the Practice of Law in both New York and Florida, I have assisted literally thousands of clients with their legal needs. I have represented Buyers and Sellers and Mortgagors of Real Estate (including houses, condominiums, cooperative apartments and commercial properties) and Mortgage Lenders. I am also a Real Estate Broker.
I have also represented clients in other matters such as Wills, Probate of Estates, Criminal Law, Contracts and Business Matters (including the purchase and sale of a business).
My staff and I are dedicated to the needs of our clients and truly understand the issues that our...
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Paula Marie Barbaruolo
Latham, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate and Bankruptcy
Albany Law School
Paula M. Barbaruolo, Esq. is the Principal Attorney of the firm, and boasts over 25 years of experience in the Bankruptcy and debt reorganization fields. Ms. Barbaruolo received her Bachelor’s degree from Hofstra University and her J.D. degree from Albany Law School. Since 2014, Ms. Barbaruolo has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Albany Law School, teaching Consumer Bankruptcy. Ms. Barbaruolo is a regular lecturer in the areas of consumer bankruptcy, foreclosure prevention, and mortgage modification for numerous local bar associations, community groups, and legal service organizations. She also serves on the Northern District of New York Bankruptcy...
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Colin E Kaufman
New York, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 46 years of experience
Real Estate, Business and Insurance Defense
Fordham University School of Law
Colin E. Kaufman concentrates in trial work and litigation, primarily commercial, tort and real estate-related. Kaufman has been in practice for forty years, all of it in litigation.
Kaufman received his law degree from Fordham University Law School. He has instructed in trial skills and advocacy for the NYS Bar Association, NYS Department of Criminal Justice Services Basic Prosecutors' Course, Bureau of Municipal Police Training School, Westchester County DA's Office,Special Prosecutor's Office and Lorman Educational Services. He has authored or coauthored three manuals for trial lawyers, Trial of a Negligence Case, Taking and Defending Effective Depositions, and Real Evidence for the...
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Yolette Marie Saintiny
Brooklyn Heights, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 29 years of experience
(347) 955-1515
300 Cadman Plaza West -12th Floor - #327
Brooklyn Heights, NY 11201
Real Estate
Brooklyn Law School
New York Attorney and Realtor Yolette M. Saintiny, Esq. provides legal representation for Real Estate Litigation, Guardianship and Select Legal Matters in Brooklyn, New York.
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Daniel Friedman
Brooklyn, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 43 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate and Business
New York Law School
Daniel Friedman, successfully litigates business, contract, real estate, estate and insurance related in all Courts, and does contracts/closings. Conveniently located offices in Brooklyn and Queens, New York. Experienced, capable and effective legal counsel.
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David Kohina
Brooklyn, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate and Immigration
Brooklyn Law School
David Kohina is one of the founding principals of Kohina Law Firm, Pllc. Admitted to the New York Bar in 2010, he focuses on real estate, immigration and business law. Mr. Kohina practices all areas of immigration and naturalization law including family and employment, business cases, temporary and immigrant visas, naturalization, refugee and asylum law. In addition, David Kohina offers legal services related to residential and commercial real estate transactions such as closings, deed transfers, lease reviews and drafting as well as representation during legal disputes between landlords and tenants.
Being an immigrant himself, David Kohina decided to attend law school...
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Thomas William Horn
Sag Harbor, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate and Employment
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
From complex land issues to building and fire code violations to the more mundane, Mr. Horn has unscrambled the broken legal eggs of clients for years.
He has a record of experience in local government matched by few members of the legal profession from volunteer service to business owner to elected office and government employee. A strong advocate of children and management rights when entrusted with the interests of his neighbors on a school board. He describes those nine years of service as “…one of the most meaningful and productive periods in my life.”
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Dennis B. Laughlin
Oneonta, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate
Western New England University School of Law
- Eagle Scout - BS and MS in Computer Science - former Attorney for the Village of Cherry Valley New York - former Attorney for the Town of Edmeston New York - Attorney for the Cherry Valley Children's Christmas Fund, Inc.
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Sumeet Sondhi
New York, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Tax and White Collar Crime
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Sumeet Sondhi is counsel to The Blanch Law Firm. Mr. Sondhi has worked in conjunction with Ryan Blanch on a myriad of matters, ranging from government investigations to white collar and antitrust crimes, his specialties being real estate fraud and complex mortgage fraud matters.
Mr. Sondhi’s extensive knowledge and experience have resulted in a number of favorable outcomes for the firm’s clients. He has represented clients and companies charged with an array of white collar crimes, including:
*Price Fixing: Represented a billion dollar air cargo company in a DOJ industry-wide criminal antitrust investigation regarding alleged price fixing
*Tax Evasion: Represented a Partner in...
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Kristin R. White
New York, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 26 years of experience
Real Estate
Boston College Law School
Kristin R. White is a graduate of Boston College Law School. Upon completing her education, she served two judicial clerkships at the trial and appellate levels in Massachusetts. Ms. White is a former Assistant Attorney General for the State of New York and spent several years practicing in private law firms in New York City. She has also received appointments as a guardian ad litem in the Surrogate’s Court in New York.
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Andrew Matthew Lieb
Smithtown, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Business and Insurance Defense
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
Andrew M. Lieb is the Managing Attorney of Lieb at Law, P.C., with a practice focus on real estate and corporate litigation / compliance.
Mr. Lieb has offices in Smithtown and Manhasset, New York, and provides a wide range of legal services throughout the New York / Connecticut Metro area.
Practice areas include real estate brokerage license law, contractual litigation, fair housing and discrimination, estate disputes, residential and commercial landlord / tenant needs, business entity structuring, premises liability, ownership disputes and more.
Mr. Lieb is admitted to practice law in New York, Connecticut and Colorado as well as the Federal Courts for...
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Gus Michael Farinella
New York, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Bankruptcy and Workers' Comp
St. John's University School of Law
Mr. Farinella is the founder and senior associate of the firm. He graduated from St. John's University School of Law in the spring of 1994. He successfully passed the New York State Bar Exam at the first sitting, he was sworn in to the New York Bar on January 18, 1995. The Law Offices of Gus Michael Farinella was founded on February 1, 1995. Mr. Farinella has represented over 6500 New York Consumers and Businesses. As the fourth son of six, Mr. Farinella is very understanding of the family unit and enjoys advising his clients and their families on a...
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Frances A. DeThomas
Rye, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Real Estate and Business
Elisabeth Haub School of Law - Pace University
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Jeffrey Benjamin
New York, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Appeals and Business
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
Attorney Jeffrey Benjamin is enjoying his third decade of practicing law. In 1997, he started practicing law in the field of consumer protection and class actions. Out of the starting gate, he was trying cases, arguing substantial motions and appeals, and building a practice under the motto: “Doing Well, by Doing Good.”
Today, he continues to develop skill and expertise in trial and appellate advocacy. Adversary counsel against him come from some of the largest and most resourceful firms in New York City down to competent and capable sole practitioners. From the beginning of his practice, Mr. Benjamin has felt that...
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Michael Catalanotto
Nesconset, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Michael Catalanotto is widely regarded as an aggressive and effective litigator. Each client’s case is treated with exceptional care and attention. Mr. Catalanotto received his J.D. from Touro College of Law. In addition to his J.D., Mr. Catalanotto has a background in accounting and holds an M.B.A. from Salisbury University.
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Robert Unger
Great Neck, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 45 years of experience
4 Bond St
#74
Great Neck, NY 11021
Free ConsultationReal Estate and Business
Fordham University School of Law
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Michael Sheena
Great Neck, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate
New York Law School
Michael S. Sheena is a founding partner at the Radow Law Group, P.C. He has significant experience handling complex bank negotiations, foreclosure cases, and real estate transactions.
During his five years at the Radow Law Group, he has assisted in the successful negotiation and settlement of countless commercial and residential properties in default. From complex commercial foreclosure litigation to closings on home purchases and sales, Michael’s vast experience has been a tremendous asset to his clients, and has garnered him a reputation for leaving no stone unturned.
Michael is a graduate of New York Law School, and was a clerk for...
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Stacey Bucci
Albany, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate and Business
Western New England University School of Law
Provide closing and title services to national and local banks, mortgage companies, loan officers, brokers, and consumers. Write deeds, search titles, prepare and process closing documents, disburse settlement funds, and execute closings. Landlord-tenant law. Analyze legal liability of businesses and implement crucial policies necessary to safeguard against potential legal claims. Form domestic and foreign corporations and other business entities. Prepare various legal disclaimers and contracts essential to protect businesses including but not limited to employee handbooks, confidentiality agreements, and corporate resolutions. Represent parties at school meetings, mediation sessions, and due process hearings. Civil litigation. Select constitutional law and discrimination cases...