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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, Adam Leitman 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, a Best Lawyers ranking 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. The internationally esteemed Chambers & Partners has repeatedly selected Adam Leitman Bailey as one of New York’s Leading Lawyers in Real Estate. Chambers & Partners hailed Adam Leitman Bailey as a “tenacious and confident litigator who is quick-witted in court and respected by the judges,” noting that Adam Leitman Bailey is “an extraordinary practitioner who gets great results” and quoting a client on Adam Leitman Bailey’s “ability to anticipate things before they happen.” “Clients praise his ‘judgment and knowledge of the field,’ adding: ‘Adam is the person for any sticky situation because he has seen and done everything. He is strategic about litigation.’” “He has been hired to litigate extremely high-profile cases…sources are highly impressed by his courtroom presence.” “You feel like you have a zealous advocate out there working for you, and you never worry about things when they are in his hands.”

Adam P. Cooper is a partner in the Landlord/Tenant division of the Borah Goldstein. He joined the firm in 2012, and he represents many landlords in Queens County.Mr. Cooper has extensive experience in cases involving residential and commercial nonpayment and holdover proceedings. He appears regularly in Civil Court, defending landlords in HP Proceedings against Department of Housing Preservation and Development violations and tenant complaints. He helps landlords obtain and enforce money judgments against former tenants and works to enforce those judgments against valuable assets.Prior to joining Borah Goldstein, Mr. Cooper was at Cooper, Paroff, Cooper & Cook for almost 19 years and was a partner since 2000.

Andrew I. Bart, Esq. is Senior Counsel, Kagan Lubic Lepper Finkelstein & Gold, LLP. He is experienced in all aspects of real estate, civil and commercial litigation from New York City Civil Court Proceedings, to complex New York Supreme Court actions, to appeals in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Departments of the New York State Appellate Division.  Mr. Bart has successfully handled all facets of real estate litigation, including breach of contract actions, co-op and condominium issues, and landlord-tenant disputes. He is able to assist clients in matters involving lease disputes, construction, and architectural issues due to his previous association with one of the premier New York City real estate law firms.Mr. Bart's background and experience in employment law and labor relations has enabled him communicate clearly with his clients and has made him adept in conflict management and problem solving, which allows him to successfully approach a client's case with commitment.  He has, among other things, defended employment discrimination claims, worked on labor law/union disputes on behalf of management, drafted employment handbooks, and provided general employment advice to clients.

Arun Perinbasekar is a partner at Sidrane & Schwartz-Sidrane LLP. He can be reached at Arun@sidranelaw.com or (516) 569-9539.

Chatrani Sereena Ramprashad is an attorney in the landlord-tenant litigation department of Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. She is a graduate of New York Law School, where she was a research assistant and editor for Friedman on Leases. Before being admitted to the Bar, Ms. Ramprashad worked as an extern/law clerk at Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. and was a student intern at the Non-Profit and Small Business Clinic, where she provided pro bono legal assistance to community-based groups. She was selected as a WX Scholar in the WX Scholar’s Program at WX – New York Woman Executives in Real Estate, a highly competitive educational and networking program that selects only the best young minds in real estate. Ms. Ramprashad graduated from The University at Albany with a B.S. in Criminal Justice and Psychology.

Craig M. Notte is a Partner at Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins & Goidel, P.C. who began as an associate in its Supreme Court litigation department in May 2005. His practice currently includes commercial and residential rent disputes, Yellowstone actions, foreclosures, proceedings to collect money judgments, as well as real estate matters in Surrogate's Court. Mr. Notte also represents condominium and cooperative boards in actions and proceedings for unpaid common charges and maintenance and all other issues arising in the co-op/condo context, and is versed in Housing Court holdover and non-payment proceedings, rent stabilization, and bankruptcy-related issues in the landlord-tenant and condominium contexts.His article "Underpinning Under the New Building Code" was published in the New England Real Estate Journal in September 2009. From 2002-2005 he was a guest lecturer with Lorman Education Services on the topic of judgment collection in landlord-tenant disputes. In 2001 he received the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Pro Bono Award, and in 1997, he received the Stephen J. Thompson Award from Catholic University School of Law for authoring an article entitled “Copyright Infringement in Cyberspace.”

Daniel Bagliore is a freelance writer with 26 years of affordable housing experience.

Dov Treiman Chairs Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.'s Landlord-Tenant Civil Litigation Practice. As one of the leading authorities in the landlord-tenant bar, Mr. Treiman's drafting of appellate briefs, legal documents and motions has increased the ability of Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. to garner better results for its clients.Mr. Treiman was involved in private practice for fifteen years before devoting his principal time to the collecting, editing, writing, and publishing of scholarly research materials in landlord-tenant law. His writings include several articles in the New York Law Journal and numerous articles in the Landlord-Tenant Practice Reporter.Mr. Treiman is the Founding Editor and Contributor of numerous articles to Landlord Tenant Monthly (4 volumes); Editor and Commentator, The Housing Court Reporter (24 volumes); Editor and Commentator, Treiman's Commentaries (3 volumes); Editor, The Housing Court Reporter Chronological Annotator (3 volumes); Editor, The Housing Court Reporter Plaintiff-Defendant Tables (2 volumes); Editor, The Housing Court Reporter Digest (7 volumes); Editor and Commentator, Treiman's New York Landlord Tenant Statutes Annotated (3 volumes); Editor and Commentator, Treiman's Rent Stabilization Code Annotated (3 volumes); Editor and Author, Treiman's Trial Manual; Editor and Principal Author, Treiman's Encyclopedia and Dictionary (2 volumes); Editor and Commentator, Treiman's Leading Cases (2 volumes); Editor, Public Documents of the DHCR; Editor, The Loft Board Reporter (18 volumes); Editor, The New York City Administrative Law Reporter (3 volumes); Editor, Landlord Tenant Appellate Reporter (7 volumes).Of these, undoubtedly, the most important is the Housing Court Reporter, the standard work used by all the New York City courts and all quality practitioners of landlord-tenant law to search through some 50,000 cases for applicable precedents for appellate briefs, legal documents and motions.Starting in 2006, Mr. Treiman was commissioned by the State of New York to produce special editions of several of these works for their use in chambers by each of the 51 Housing Judges.In all, Mr. Treiman has written over 80 volumes on the subject of landlord-tenant law and has often been quoted as authority in decisions written by the various courts and by other legal commentators. Mr. Treiman has also written several other books on non-legal topics.Mr. Treiman is a frequently sought lecturer on landlord-tenant subjects and has been retained by most of the providers of Continuing Legal Education in the New York City area. He is the principal consultant to the New York Times for landlord-tenant matters. Mr. Treiman is the Chair of the Board of Advisors of the Apartment Law Insider.

Eileen O'Toole, Esq. is the principal of The Law Office of Eileen O’Toole. She is the author of the New York Rent Regulation Checklist, published by the Habitat Group. She also writes the Habitat Group's monthly case digest, New York Landlord v. Tenant, and edits the annual NYC Apartment Management Checklist. In her practice, Eileen counsels owners and prospective purchasers of residential properties on rent regulatory issues, and appears in court actions and administrative proceedings to litigate disputes over leasing, rent overcharge, exemptions from rent stabilization, and other housing issues.

Eric Yoo, Esq. is the Legal Editor of The Habitat Group.

Glenn S. Demby, Esq. is the contributing editor of Commercial Lease Law Insider and Fair Housing Coach, published by the Habitat Group. His newsletters have won numerous awards from the National Association of Real Estate Editors and the Specialized Information Publishers Association.

Since 1983, Gwen Volk, CPM, NAHP-e, RAM, FHC, CPO, SHCM, HCCP, has assisted developers, owners, agents, and on-site staff in navigating the complexities and challenges of the many programs that provide housing opportunities for low- and moderate-income families.Gwen served as vice president, president, and chief executive officer of a Midwest affordable housing development and management company from 1983 – 1996 and as chief compliance officer for a Dallas-based firm from 2001 – 2014. Since 1996, throughout her other pursuits, Gwen has provided training and consulting services from coast to coast through Gwen Volk INFOCUS, Inc. She has extensive knowledge and experience in Section 42 low-income housing tax credit, tax-exempt bond, HOME, Section 8, 236, 202 PAC, 202/811 PRAC, and Rural Development programs.

Heather Stone is executive editor of The Habitat Group.

Jeffrey Seiden is a partner at Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins & Goidel, P.C. His primary practice areas include both residential and commercial litigation, including summary nonpayment and holdover proceedings, administrative law proceedings and the defense of city- and/or tenant-initiated HP proceedings and harassment proceedings. Mr. Seiden has represented clients in civil actions in both New York Supreme Court and Civil Court regarding a multitude of issues concerning commercial and residential real estate. He has participated in all aspects of litigation from the taking of, and response to, pretrial discovery, through the prosecution of bench and jury trials, petitions for provisional relief and procedural and substantive motions. Mr. Seiden earned his his bachelor degree from the SUNY Albany (2001) and his Juris Doctorate degree from Hofstra University (J.D. 2004), where he received an award for excellence in advocacy and litigation. He is a member of the New York City Bar Housing Court Committee.

Jillian N. Bittner is a member of Horing Welikson Rosen & Digrugilliers, P.C. Her practice area is concentrated in the Administrative Law Department, where she has been successful in aiding clients challenge proceedings before the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR), ranging from rent overcharge complaints to claims of succession rights. She has been extremely successful with regard to representing building owners in matters involving the Tenant Protection Unit (TPU), which since its inception has conducted audits of countless residential property owners.Jillian is exceedingly knowledgeable in litigating Petitions for Administrative Review (PAR) before the DHCR, and Article 78 proceedings before the Supreme Court of the State of New York. She has represented owners before the Supreme Court in complex class action lawsuits, particularly those stemming from the 2009 Roberts v. Tishman Speyer Props., L.P., 13 N.Y.3d 270, ruling and its progeny. Jillian also has substantial experience in appellate practice, having successfully argued appeals before the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court.

Karen Schwartz-Sidrane earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Cornell University and a doctorate of law from Cardozo Law School. She has represented parties in countless proceedings and hearings before the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal. She has broad experience in rent overcharges, fair market rent appeals, major capital improvements, luxury deregulation, and service issues. She has successfully challenged many adverse orders, obtained favorable rulings in State Supreme Court, and has argued numerous appeals in the Appellate Division of State Supreme Court. Ms. Schwartz-Sidrane is a contributor to the publications RSA Reporter, New York Housing Journal, and New York Apartment Law Insider and Landlord v. Tenant. Ms. Schwartz-Sidrane has lectured for CHIP, the Rent Stabilization Association (RSA), as well as the New York City Rent Guidelines Board.

Lawrence E. Goldstein, who has worked in the landlord/tenant field for nearly 20 years, performs a variety of important functions for Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins & Goidel, P.C. In addition to prosecuting non-payment and holdover proceedings, Mr. Goldstein is a specialist in the collections area where he regularly obtains judgments against former tenants and then enforces those judgments against the tenant's assets. Furthermore, Mr. Goldstein has responded to hundreds of requests made by tenants to sublet their apartments pursuant to Real Property Law §226-b.

Niles C. Welikson is a co-founding member of Horing Welikson Rosen & Digrugilliers, P.C. and is Special Counsel to the firm. He is involved in the firm’s litigation and appellate departments. Niles has over 45 years’ experience in both trial and appellate practice regarding landlord-tenant summary proceedings and appeals as well as in the representation of the firm’s clients in numerous other areas of contractual litigation.

Todd I. Nahins is a Senior Partner at Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins & Goidel, P.C., and is the head of the Non-Payment and Holdover Division. He can be reached at tnahins@borahgoldstein.com or (212) 965-2729. For more information about the firm, please go to www.borahgoldstein.com.

Victor M. Metsch is Of Counsel in the Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Appellate Practices of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP.

William J. Neville is a founding member of Mitofsky, Shapiro, Neville & Hazen, LLP, where he focuses on real estate litigation, solving problems and increasing revenues for residential and commercial property owners and the real estate industry. Mr. Neville has also taught continuing legal education courses for The Rent Stabilization Association, Community Housing Improvement Program, and the New York County Lawyers Association. He can be reached at wneville@msnhlaw.com.