With the right counsel, it turns out that you can squeeze blood from a stone, or at least from an intransigent landlord. In an extraordinary turn of events, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. managed to secure an early termination payment in the hundreds of thousands of dollars from the landlords of a foreclosed building in receivership Full Article…
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Coop Board Forced To Obey The Law
The well known “business judgment rule” gives a cooperative’s Board of Directors wide discretion in how to administer the building it oversees. Many Boards, however, mistake this for an even broader mandate to do whatever they wish. When a family that owned a penthouse apartment in a coop came to Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C., they Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Takes Serious Fire Department, Gets Violations Removed with Finesse and Zeal
When a Fortune 500 company faced a violation from the New York City Fire Department for failing to have a certificate of fitness for air chilling equipment on the roof of their building, their General Counsel’s office contacted the lawyers at Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. to fight the violation. The implications of being held guilty Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Protects a Bona Fide Purchaser of Property Dragged Into a Dispute Between Prior Owners
In a heated dispute between prior owners of a property, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C., successfully defended against claims that its client’s predecessor in interest fraudulently obtained the subject property from the Plaintiff, and the subsequent sale of the Property to our client was null and void. The property at issue was originally owned an LLC, Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Lifts the Cloud Over Client’s Title
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. vindicated the ownership rights of a Housing Corporation in two of its residences. After pressing suit in New York Supreme Court, setting forth compelling facts and evidence and seeking injunctive and substantial monetary relief for the owner, Defendant was forced to capitulate, withdrawing his spurious claims over title. A former tenant Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Defeats Summary Judgment by Long-Term Squatter Claiming Adverse Possession to Part of its Client’s Commercial Building
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.’s client is a commercial developer with numerous holdings throughout the City, including many former commercial properties that it has repurposed. In this case, our client purchased two adjacent buildings in Manhattan with the intent to combine them into a new property. One of the buildings was immediately leased back to its Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Successfully Defeats Former Co-Op Board President’s Attempt to Enjoin Certification of Board Election Results and to Require New Election
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C., secured a major victory for an incoming Cooperative Board defending against the former board president’s demands for a preliminary injunction to halt certification of election results in which she was ousted. After oral argument before the Queens County Supreme Court on the hotly contested dispute, the Court agreed with Adam Leitman Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Prevails on Motion to Amend Complaint to Assert Federal and State Civil Rights Claims on Behalf of Real Estate Broker and Agent Against Brokerage
In an ongoing case in which Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. is representing a real estate broker and agent who are pursuing claims against their former employer for civil rights law violations and unpaid commissions, the EEOC issued right-to-sue letters permitting the firm’s clients to bring claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of Full Article…
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