Gallet Dreyer & Berkey, LLP : Attorneys

Jerry A. Weiss

Associate

Tel: 212-935-3131, Ext. 334
Fax: 212-935-4514
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Areas of Practice

Experience

Mr. Weiss joined Gallet Dreyer & Berkey, LLP, in October 2006. Prior to joining the firm he was a member of the Commercial Litigation group at Cozen O’Connor.

Mr. Weiss has extensive knowledge and experience representing national real estate acquisition companies and developers in preparing real estate assemblages for development by clearing existing leaseholds through “buy-out”/forfeiture agreements or, when necessary, devising and implementing litigation strategy to expeditiously recover possession. Mr. Weiss’ real estate litigation experience also includes Yellowstone motions, lease/contract interpretation disputes, leasehold transfers, property alterations and other garden variety landlord/tenant matters, from inception through judgment and appeal in Supreme and Civil Courts.

Bar Admissions

New York, 1995
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1995
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1995

Education

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, NY, J.D. 1994
> Moot Court Honor Society 1992 – 1993
Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY, B.S. 1990 Summa Cum Laude
> Honors: Dean’s list (1988 – 1990); Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society
> Major: Accounting

Professional Associations and Memberships

New York State Bar Association
Association of the Bar of the City of New York