Brian D. Graifman - New York, NY

Overview

Education

• Legal Education

  • New York Law School, New York, New York, February, 1988
    J.D.
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Honors: Rank 2 of 53 (Midyear)
    Law Review: New York Law School Law Review, Research Editor

• Non Legal Education

  • Manhattan School of Music, New York, NY, USA, 1978
    B.S.
    Major: Music Theory

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Representative Cases

• In re Vetco, Inc.
  • Citation: 738 N.Y.S.2d 599
  • Court: 2d Dep't
  • Year: 2002
  • Serial Number: 2002162613
• Tristar Corp. v. Freitas
  • Citation: 84 F.3d 550
  • Court: 2d Cir.
  • Year: 1986
  • Serial Number: 1996123424
• Denver Area Educational Telecommunications Consortium Inc. v. FCC
  • Citation: 518 U.S. 727
  • Court: U.S. Supreme Court
  • Year: 1996
  • Serial Number: 1996144463
• Tropea v. Tropea
  • Citation: 87 N.Y.2d 727
  • Court: Ct. of Appeals, NY
  • Year: 1996
  • Serial Number: 1996078733
• Fiero v. SEC
  • Citation: Summary Order # 98-4103
  • Court: 2d Cir.
  • Year: 1999
• In re Wolk v. For the Dissolution of Vetco, Inc.
  • Court: Sup. Ct. Nassau County
  • Year: 2000
• Borden, Inc. v. Meiji Milk Prods. Co.
  • Citation: 919 F.2d 822
  • Court: 2d Cir.
  • Year: 1990
  • Serial Number: 1990167731
• Merriam-Webster, Inc. v. Random House, Inc.
  • Citation: 35 F.3d 65
  • Court: 2d Cir.
  • Year: 1994
  • Serial Number: 1994183583
• In re Prudential Secs. Inc.
  • Citation: 795 F. Supp. 657
  • Court: S.D.N.Y.
  • Year: 1992
  • Serial Number: 1992137621
• Gruenewald v. 132 West 31st St. Realty Corp.
  • Citation: 205 A.D.2d 498, 613 N.Y.S.2d 39
  • Court: 2d Dep't
  • Year: 1994
  • Serial Number: 1994124816
• Glendora v. Cablevision Systems Corp.
  • Citation: 45 F.3d 36
  • Court: U.S. Ct. of Appeals, 2nd Cir.
  • Year: 1995
  • Serial Number: 1995031230

Published Works

Articles

• Arts & Crafts of Litigation: Hyper About Hyperlinking?, New York Law Journal, Sept. 15, 2021 (online), Sept. 16, 2021 (newspaper).
  
• Arts & Crafts of Litigation: Practitioner's Chart of Certain Updated Rule Requirements for Motion Papers, New York Law Journal, July 7, 2021 (online); Updated Rule Requirements for Motion Papers, New York Law Journal, July 8, 2021 (newspaper)
  
• Your “Non-Essential” E-Filed Case COVID-Halted? Not Necessarily, New York Law Journal, April 8, 2020 (online), April 10, 2020 (newspaper)
  
• Co-author, Landlords still at risk for hosts’ illegal Airbnb rentals, New York Real Estate Journal, March 7, 2017
  
• Co-author, Hosts Now Liable for Advertising Illegal Airbnb Rentals, But Landlords Still Within Enforcement Cross-Hairs, which was published in The Mann Report, March 2017
  
• Quoted in The New York Law Journal on January 9, 2015, Commercial Division Takes Strong Stance Favoring Sanctions for ‘Dilatory Tactics’. (access available to NYLJ subscribers)
• Quoted in Commercial Division Takes Strong Stance Favoring Sanctions for ‘Dilatory Tactics’. Mr . Brian D. Graifman, Counsel in The Firm’s Supreme Litigation Division, was quoted in Commercial Litigation Insider on January 7, 2015
• Panic over ‘ Branic’? Shelter Occupant Entitled to Rent-Stabilized Lease, written by Senior Partner David Rosenbaum and Counsel Brian Graifman, was featured in The New York Law Journal, October 10, 2014
• E-Filing of Sensitive & Confidential Material in New York State Courts: Longing To Feel Secure With Secure E-Filing No More, NY County Lawyer, Oct. 2013, at 6, col. 1
• Chapter, Non-Customer "Customers" & Compulsory NASD Arbitration, Securities Arbitration, 601-16, 2002
• Chapter, Federal Civil Nonparty Discovery: Things You Need to Know that Nobody Tells You, Winning Cases in Federal Court, NYCLA April 1 & 8, 2002
• Chapter, Federal Civil Practice: Pitfalls & Best Practices, 1 Legal Malpractice: Techniques to Avoid Liability, 719-39, 1999
• Article, 'Denver Area' Reveals Struggle Over Free Speech in New Media (Co-Author), N.Y.L.J., 5, Col. 1, Aug. 16 & 23, 1996
• Letter, Query on O.J., N.Y.L.J., 2, Col. 6, July 7, 1994
• Letter, Taping on Telephone Not Such a Bad Idea, N.Y.L.J., 2, Col. 6, Oct. 6, 1993
• Letter, Don't Banc On It, N.Y.S.B.J., 8, Sept./Oct., 1993
• Letter, Graduated Speed Limits?, N.Y. Times, 12, Col. 6, Oct. 13, 1991
• Letter, Judge Jones' Concurrence Hustled Magazine, Nat'l L.J., 12, Col 2, July 22, 1991
• Instruction Video, 10 Tough Times-Advice to Associates on Handling Some Hairy Situations (Co-Author), Featured in N.Y.L.J. and Court TV, 1, Col. 3, July 16, 1991
• Letter, The Judge Not Chosen & Hustler Case, N.Y. Times, A28, Col. 4, Aug. 17, 1990
• Letter, Constitution Provides Investigative Needs, Nat'l L.J., 12, Col. 2, June 4, 1990
• Guest Column, Put Telephone Right to Privacy on Hold, N.Y.L.J. , 2, Col. 2, Apr. 3, 1990
• Letter, Readers Should be Thankful for All 4,000, Nat'l L.J., 12, Col. 2, July 4, 1988
• Letter, Parody Protection, N.Y. Post, 28, Dec. 14, 1987
• Article, Grade Reform Weighing Grading, N.Y.L. Sch. Reporter, 6, Dec. , 1987
• Letter, Time to Sign Off on Parking Meter Matter, Nat'l L.J., 12, Col. 2, Jan. 19, 1987
• Article, Ideological Semantics, N.Y.L. Sch. Reporter, Nov/Dec, 1986
• Article, Ideological Semantics, U.S. Student L. News, 3, Col. 1, Dec. 15, 1986
• Guest Column, Disillusionment of a Law Student, N.Y.L.J., 2, Col. 3, June 13, 1986
• Letter, Don't Blame Lawyers for the Crime Problem, N.Y. Post, Nov. 16, 1985

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1988
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1992
• U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1990
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2006
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1990
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1990
• U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 1992