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Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. - New York, NY

One Battery Park Plaza18th Floor New York, NY 10004

Updated: 02/18/2024

New York Real Estate Law Firm

Overview

At Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C...

At Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. in New York, New York, the firm's top-rated, award-winning attorneys provide invaluable and effective counsel and support to a diverse range of clients throughout the greater New York City metro area and beyond who have legal needs involving any of the following:

● Real estate litigation
● Tenant representation
● Landlord representation
● Condominium and cooperative representation
● Residential and commercial real estate transactions, including due diligence and transactional risk assessment of multifamily dwellings
● Commercial leasing
● Title insurance claims
● Mortgage, finance and bank closings
● Insurance defense
● Real estate administrative proceedings and environmental control board issues
● Housing discrimination
● Foreclosure litigation
● Bankruptcy recoveries for landlords, lenders and condominium and cooperative boards as well as other creditors
● Real estate brokerage litigation
● Appeals

Led by experienced real estate attorney Adam Leitman Bailey, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. has become one of the most prominent and respected real estate legal practices in our region. We have achieved unprecedented success obtaining groundbreaking results for our clients, and we promise to do all we can to protect your rights and interests and to increase your chances of obtaining the favorable outcomes you seek with regard to all your important and complex real estate-related legal issues.

By using the full extent of our expansive legal knowledge and experience, we have devised innovative strategies and solutions at Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. to help our clients achieve positive results for their matters in the most efficient and cost-effective manners possible. What's more, we have set precedents and enacted new standards in many of the laws and regulations that govern your industry.

Honored for our outstanding professionalism and service, many of the attorneys at Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. are AV Preeminent peer-review rated,* the highest rating, through Martindale-Hubbell, and they have received numerous other top rankings and endorsements from their peers. In addition, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. has received recognition from Chambers and Partners for being among the leading lawyers in real estate, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and other local and national publications.

No matter how complex your needs or the scope of your legal challenges, you can begin the process of retaining the best possible counsel for your matter by contacting Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C., to schedule a consultation.
*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer-review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review RatingsTM fall into two categories - legal ability and general ethical standards.

About Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.

Practice Areas

  • Real Estate Law
  • Landlord Tenant
  • Condo/Co-op

Litigation

  • 50%

Languages

  • Russian
  • Serbian
  • Hebrew
  • Mandarin Chinese
  • French
  • Latvian
  • Italian
  • Spanish
  • Korean
  • German

Office Information

Address

One Battery Park Plaza18th Floor New York, NY 10004

Accepts Credit Cards

Yes

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Achievements

Lawyers at Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. selected for a Super Lawyers® list

  • Cassady, Andrew D. On a Super Lawyers® List
  • Desiderio, John M. On a Super Lawyers® List
  • Kaufman, Colin E. On a Super Lawyers® List
  • Lerias, Courtney Killelea On a Super Lawyers® List
  • Liuzzo Mohamed, Rosemary On a Super Lawyers® List
  • Metz, Jeffrey R. On a Super Lawyers® List
  • Mironenko, Vladimir On a Super Lawyers® List
  • Peck, Joanna C. On a Super Lawyers® List
  • Pekarsky, William M. On a Super Lawyers® List
  • Rager, Jamie Schare On a Super Lawyers® List
  • Ramrattan, Danny On a Super Lawyers® List
  • Rualo, Carolyn Z. On a Super Lawyers® List
  • Sigmund McGinley, Rachel On a Super Lawyers® List
  • Treiman, Dov On a Super Lawyers® List
  • Wagner, Steven R. On a Super Lawyers® List
  • Weinstein, Jackie Halpern On a Super Lawyers® List

Honors

  • Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
  • Best Lawyers, Best Law Firms: US News
  • SuperLawyers
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV Rated
  • Commercial Observer Power 100
  • AVVO Rating Superb
  • Crain's Best Places to Work
  • Client Choice Awards
  • Marquis Who's Who Legal
  • Who's Who Legal
  • Best and Brightest Companies to Work For
  • Chambers USA ranks Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. as an Elite Top 10 Law Firm for Quality of Life in 2022
  • Chambers USA: Top 25 Law Firm for Career Development in 2022
  • Chambers USA: Top 25 Law Firm for Associate Retention in 2022
  • Chambers & Partners: Adam Leitman Bailey as one of New York's Top Real Estate Litigators in 2022
  • Vault names Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Top 150 Law Firms to Work for Under 150 Attorneys 2022
  • Adam Leitman Bailey Named One of New York’s Most Powerful Real Estate Attorney by the Commercial Observer
  • Adam Leitman Bailey Named America’s Top 100 Bet-the-Company Litigators
  • Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Ranked in Expertise’s 2022 Top 37 Real Estate Law Firms in New York City
  • Adam Leitman Bailey wins 2022 Global Law Experts Annual Awards
  • Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Rated A+ by The Better Business Bureau

Published

Articles

  • Residential Building Laws & the COVID-19 Pandemic, The Cooperator, May, 2020
    Adam Leitman Bailey and John Desiderio researched and analyzed court cases handling similar issues from the past.
  • Landmines borrowers and lenders need to avoid when negotiating abatement and deferrals, Real Estate Weekly, May, 2020
    In the midst of the current economic deep distress, there are, and will continue to be, countless communications from tenants to real estate owners requesting forbearance from the payment of rent.
  • The Pandemic, Personal Privacy & the Law, The Cooperator, May, 2020
    This article is Part 2 of a two-part series from the authors examining some of the many legal questions and considerations raised by the global pandemic for co-op, condo, and HOA boards, as well as landlords and building owners.
  • 5 Pointers For Landlords Facing Tenant Bankruptcies, Law360, May, 2020
    However, once the COVID-19 emergency measures ease, and the civil court system resumes operations, it is inevitable that many businesses will file bankruptcy due to Coronavirus-related financial distress.
  • ‘Regina’ Decision Nixes HSTPA’s Rent Overcharge Retroactivity, New York Law Journal, April, 2020
    The ‘Regina’ decision will have significant reverberations for the real estate market going forward, as it will unfreeze the chill over the purchase and sale of rent-regulated buildings.
  • Residential Building Laws of the COVID-19 Pandemic, New York Law Journal, June , 2020
  • Adverse Possession and Tenancies in Common, ACREL Title and News, June , 2020
  • Co-op Sale Approvals in a Hot Market: Are Boards Overreaching?, Probate & Property Magazine, November-December , 2022
  • The Rules on How Parties May Partition Their Common Ownership Property Rights, ABA Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law, Fall , 2022
  • Most Important Non-Covid Commercial Lease Decisions Since the Beginning of the Pandemic, New York Law Journal, December, 2022
  • How to Run a Board Meeting, Best Lawyers
  • A Lenders Guide to Hiking Through the Retroactive Trails of the Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act, New York Law Journal, February, 2023
  • Adam Leitman Bailey Saves Upper East Cooperative From Forced NYU Combination With Neighboring University Building, Best Lawyers
  • NYU Expansion Blocked by Adam Leitman Bailey
  • A Lender’s Guide To Hiking Through the Retroactive Trails of the Foreclosure Abuse Prevention Act | New York Law Journal
  • Tips for Better Real Estate Board Meetings
  • Important Non-COVID Commercial Lease Decisions Since the Beginning of the Pandemic | New York Law Journal
  • The Rules on How Parties May Partition Their Common Ownership Property Rights - Issuu
  • Finding a home in the law
  • Whether Co-op Boards Can Reject a Sale Because the Purchase Price Is ‘Too Low’ | New York Law Journal
  • Developments in Loft Law Case Law and Legislation | New York Law Journal
  • Best Lawyers: Real Estate & Infrastructure Issue 2022
  • When Is Part Performance 'Part Performance in Real Estate Cases'? | New York Law Journal
  • Members of our board and the board itself are being unfairly sued. What do we do?
  • I was threatened with eviction for renting out my co-op on Airbnb. What can I do?
  • New York’s Commercial Lease Defenses to Paying Rent
  • The 'Irreparable Harm' Conundrum in Obtaining a Preliminary Injunction | New York Law Journal
  • Demolition: One of the Last Ways to Deregulate a Building
  • The Evolving Burden of Proof for Foreclosure Judgments | New York Law Journal
  • Development—Court Grants Petitioner License to Temporarily Enter Adjacent Property To Facilitate Construction of Petitioner’s Construction Project Pursuant to Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law
  • Co-op and Condo Owners’ Right To Inspect: An Update | New York Law Journal
  • Title Insurance: Determining an Insured’s Loss and Calculating the Damages | New York Law Journal
  • Self-Help Eviction in 2020/2021 | New York Law Journal
  • Sheltering the Homeless in Rent-Stabilized Units | New York Law Journal
  • Landlord laws, tenant moratoriums; Where we are now | Real Estate Weekly
  • Reviewing New York’s Commercial Lease Defenses to Paying Rent | New York Law Journal
  • Adverse Possession and Tenancies in Common

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By Anonymous on Mar. 02, 2020

5.0 out of 5 stars

I just want to thank you for all of your hard work. It has been such a pleasure working with you and your team. You have gone above and beyond to ensure a smooth closing process on every loan, and it is appreciate not only by us but by our borrowers as well. I will continue to recommend you to anyone looking for a reliable, professional, outstanding attorney. You are the best!!

By Anonymous on Jan. 24, 2020

5.0 out of 5 stars

Adam Leitman Bailey is the best lawyer on the face of the planet. He had a qualified architect squirming in his chair. It was the most amazing cross-examination I have ever seen, I mean it was everything I wanted. He is so smart and so articulate. Adam is the best lawyer I?ve ever met. He is brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. If you want to win a case, use Adam Bailey. Don?t even think about going to anybody else; don?t even think of calling anybody else. Adam Bailey is amazing. I mean making me feel like somebody is out there for me, just for me. Use Adam Leitman Bailey. Adam Leitman Bailey is the only lawyer in the world, in New York City, on the planet. Adam Leitman Bailey gets results. He did everything that I would have wanted a lawyer to ask. He asked every question, he was relentless, he was brilliant, he was smart, he was thoughtful. It was amazing, it was great.

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