Representing the buyer of a commercial property after a foreclosure sale in Suffolk County, New York, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. won a motion for a writ of assistance under New York Real Property Law § 221 to evict the prior owner church and to put the firm’s client into possession of the property. Simultaneously, partnering Full Article…
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About Adam Leitman Bailey
Actively at the helm of the law firm he built from scratch, Adam Leitman Bailey, Esq. practices residential and commercial real estate law. Among New York’s most successful and prominent real estate attorneys, Mr. Bailey is one of two attorneys from a law firm with less than 30 attorneys that has been ranked in Chambers & Partners, honored with a Martindale-Hubbell “AV” Preeminent rating, rated by Best Lawyers for himself and his law firm, and selected by Super Lawyers as one of New York’s “Top 100” attorneys, a list that included only five real estate law firms’ attorneys that year.
One New York State Judge wrote that Adam Leitman Bailey “was the best trial lawyer I saw in my nine years as a Judge in New York City” while another stated that he had known Bailey for fifteen years and “that he is a brilliant lawyer and innovative who always worked zealously on behalf of his clients.” The Commercial Observer named him as one of New York’s Most Powerful Real Estate Attorneys. Real Estate Weekly recognized him as “one of the most respected commercial real estate attorneys in not only New York City, but arguably the country.”
The New York Times referred to his legal strategy and legislation proposed in one case as “novel,” in addition to remarking on another case in which “Adam Leitman Bailey fought on…grinding through excruciating detail and obscure Perry Mason moments.” After Mr. Bailey’s firm used a forgotten statute to prevail in a landmark case, the Wall Street Journal quoted a prominent New York developer’s attorney who called the holding a “game changer” affecting real estate nationwide. Dateline NBC referred to Mr. Bailey as “aggressive, tenacious and smart” in asking him to share his negotiating secrets on its nationally syndicated television program. Mr. Bailey’s advocacy has prevailed in numerous important trials and cases before various courts and trial venues, including Housing, Civil, and New York State Supreme and Federal Courts, as well as various New York Appellate tribunals.
Adam Leitman Bailey has successfully defended a number of leading title companies and lenders in the nation and prevailed in numerous trials and settlements involving commercial and residential building owners, tenants, real estate developers, real estate brokerages, insurance companies and cooperative and condominium boards. In addition, Mr. Bailey has favorably represented a number of tenant and homeowner associations as well as commercial and residential tenants, garnering millions of dollars in compensation and rent abatements for these associations and individuals. For clients facing landlords who leave buildings in disrepair, Mr. Bailey has an unusually successful track record of getting those residential towers, apartments, and stores repaired and all services restored.
Adam Leitman Bailey has also applied his expertise in closing various real estate deals and commercial leases. He has been named to the Board of Editors for Commercial Leasing Law & Strategy and has a regular real estate column in the New York Law Journal. Bailey’s lease-drafting skills received national attention when BlumbergExcelsior, the nation’s leading form distributor, responsible for over 70 percent of the residential leases signed in the United States, tapped Bailey to draft a new set of residential and office leases for purchase nationwide. BlumbergExcelsior’s principal remarked that Bailey’s lease drafting skills were “remarkable.”
His success as cooperative and condominium general counsel earned Adam Leitman Bailey recognition in “Who’s Who in Real Estate” by Habitat Magazine. Mr. Bailey authored his first book, Finding the Uncommon Deal: A Top New York Lawyer Explains How to Buy a Home for the Lowest Possible Price (Wiley, 2011). This guide through the purchasing process for first-time home buyers became a New York Times bestseller and is available for purchase worldwide. Mr. Bailey has also been elected a Fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL), where he serves on the Insurance and Title Insurance committees, and is a former member of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys (ACMA).
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Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Finds COVID-19 Relief for Landlords Trying to Court New Tenants
One of the problems facing landlords throughout NYC is the rapidly rising vacancy rate because of COVID-19. In spite of the rent stabilization laws, landlords are now competing with each other to offer their tenants better and better deals just to keep them or to entice them to rent an apartment. With the amendments to Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Accelerates the Issuance of a Certificate of No Harassment During COVID-19
Since Certificate of No Harassment Unit of the Housing Preservation and Development of the City of New York was inundated with hundreds of thousands owners’ applications for Certificates of No Harassment pre – pandemic that one can only imagine what the grinding halt of the COVID-19 lockdown meant for owners waiting for a determination on Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Leads and Guides Owner on How to Legally Secure Possession of a Commercial Space During COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic gave rise to a plethora of executive orders and judicial memoranda that prohibit owners from enforcing their contractual rights against commercial tenants in default of their lease. Many New York City owners, in the exercise of good business sense and compassion, worked out deals with tenants during these harsh economic times. However, an owner’s Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Secures Settlement for Lender Following Stalled Negotiations
Although a lender may successfully obtain a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale in a foreclosure proceeding, oftentimes a lender must additionally defend its rights in a Borrower’s subsequent Bankruptcy proceeding where the Borrower is hoping to avoid the foreclosure auction. In a recent case, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. (ALBPC) was retained to step in as Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey Defeats Neighbor’s Attempt for Restraining Order Halting Construction in the Name of Adverse Possession
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. recently defeated an emergency motion for a temporary restraining order by a neighbor seeking to permanently enjoin Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.’s client, a Westchester developer, from any construction on a new subdivision adjoining the neighbor’s property. The proposed action, brought by Order to Show Cause, in an attempt to blackmail the Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey P.C. Appellate Victory: Successor Sponsors No Longer Responsible for Repairing Building
Adam Leitman Bailey P.C. successfully defends purchasers of units in a condominium following the original sponsor’s bankruptcy against claims of individual units owners for breach of contract The original sponsor of a condominium conversion declared bankruptcy after it was sued by individual unit owners for design and construction defects. In the bankruptcy proceeding, the firm’s Full Article…
Unprecedented Negotiation of License Agreement with Large Developer Improves, Structurally Stability, and Increases Value and Longevity, of Adjacent Building
A prominent real estate holding company needed to negotiate an extraordinarily complicated license agreement for protections relating to a prominent university’s massive construction project adjacent to the building. The university’s project included demolition work, support of excavation work, foundation work, and the construction of a new building. In particular, the real estate holding company was Full Article…
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