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Timestamp: 2019-04-21 15:16:04+00:00

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Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. serves as litigation to over 250 cooperative and condominium buildings in New York City and its attorneys have been on the forefront of many of the legal issues confronting cooperatives and condominiums for over a generation. Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was built to serve the needs of cooperative and condominiums by hiring the best attorneys for every issue where a building may require counsel.
Our successes have led to the highest honors and awards from the bar and ranking organizations. We are the only cooperative condominium law firm under 30 attorneys that has received an AV® Martindale-Hubbell rating, Super Lawyers honors and selection into the Registry of Preeminent Lawyers. In addition, our success as cooperative and condominium general counsel earned our firm recognition in “Who’s Who in Real Estate” by Habitat Magazine.
Real Estate Weekly noted that “Adam Leitman Bailey has made a name for himself with his success winning cases in the courtroom,” and that he is famous for his “condominium representation.” The New York Real Estate Journal declared Mr. Bailey to be “one of New York’s best real estate attorneys.” The New York Times praised his “novel” strategy in one case and remarked that in another “Bailey fought on… grinding through excruciating detail and obscure Perry Mason moments.” The New York Real Estate Journal called Bailey “One of New York’s best real estate attorneys.” After Mr. Bailey’s firm used a forgotten statute to prevail in a landmark federal case, the Wall Street Journal quoted a prominent New York developer’s attorney calling the holding a “game changer” affecting real estate nationwide. Dateline NBC referred to Mr. Bailey as “aggressive, tenacious and smart” in asking Mr. Bailey to share his negotiating secrets on its nationally syndicated television program.
Lorne v. 50 Madison making new law, the Appellate Division found condominium boards not liable for repairing newly constructed building and that the obligation to repair remains with Sponsor.
Sky View Parc v. Onex Real Estate Adam Leitman Bailey P.C. reached the largest settlement in condominium history, awarding the contract vendees millions of dollars.
40 West 67th Street v. Pullman Adam Leitman Bailey P.C. concluded a case and settled outstanding issues where a shareholder was evicted from its cooperative for bad behavior.
710 Park Avenue v. Feld, the courts determined whether a board of directors could restrict whether a shareholder could run for the board of directors based on educational requirements.
Kahn v. 230-79 Equity the Appellate Term determined a cooperative’s liability for making repairs to a unit.
Anonymous v. 812 Fifth Avenue Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. prevailed in obtaining the return of a down payment for a rejected cooperative purchaser.
The collective experience of our team has been responsible for winning landmark decisions in cooperative landlord-tenant law and condominium unpaid common charges cases. Our attorneys have won over a thousand cases in housing court, including over 250 appellate court cases, many at the highest court, The Court of Appeals. Besides participating in some of the most important landlord-tenant decisions during the past decade, our attorneys have written some 90 books on landlord-tenant law, including encyclopedias and the Housing Court Reporter, a thirty year collection, organization, and analysis of over 50,000 landlord-tenant cases used by most regular housing court practitioners and all landlord-tenant judges.
On the forefront of condominium foreclosure litigation, we invented a plan and devised an agreement to either get unpaid common charges paid or to push the foreclosure process to save months and even years in the foreclosure process to get the unit into a paying owner’s hands and the chance of redeeming any equity in the home to pay outstanding common charges. To learn more about this process click here.
Our attorneys have over 80 years combined experience representing cooperatives and condominiums in New York. As either general or litigation counsel for cooperatives, condominiums, HDFCs, and shareholders/unit owners, we pride ourselves on our ability to assist all buildings, unit owners, and shareholders with their real estate needs. The satisfaction of our clients comes from our ability to give practical advice, and to guide prudent decisions, giving full weight to legal, business and economic considerations. With regards to cooperative and condominium litigation, our success comes from our ability to win at trial, obtain favorable settlements, and to prevent situations escalating towards litigation.
Client satisfaction starts with our customer service. Our AV-rated and award winning law firm responds to all emails and phone calls within 24 hours. Upon request, we provide you with weekly or daily updates on all of clients’ pending matters. Almost all of our attorneys live in the metropolitan New York City area, enabling them to attend building meetings and be available at your convenience. This responsiveness and hands on attentiveness allows us to prevent costly litigation by pinpointing potential issues before they become serious problems.

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