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Your Right to Counsel is Immediate10/24/18 | By: Roger L. Stavis, Esq. | GDB 2018 Fall Newsletter
I am often asked by potential clients facing criminal investigations whether retaining counsel will cause law enforcement agents to suspect that those clients are guilty. The answer is that it matters little what law enforcement agents suspect or think. The earlier defense counsel enters the investigation, the better positioned the client will be to defend against potential charges.
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Attorney’s Fees – Beware the Tail That Wags the Dog10/24/18 | By: Randy J. Heller, Esq.| GDB 2018 Fall Newsletter
In our regular review and negotiation of contracts and leases, we frequently encounter provisions providing that the “prevailing party” in any litigation or arbitration is entitled to reimbursement of its attorney’s fees and expenses from the losing party. It is sometimes forgotten, however, that the right to attorney’s fees is contrary to the “American Rule” which provides that each party must bear its own attorney’s fees and expenses. Despite the “American Rule,” however, parties may nevertheless provide in their arms-length contracts and leases that the prevailing party shall recover attorney’s fees from the other party. That right may also be contained in a statute addressing limited areas of the law. Such was the setting in two recent appellate decisions.
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Help! My Co-Op Has No Leader and Might Collapse12/29/2018 | The New York Times
GDB Partner, Beatrice Lesser, is quoted in The New York Times regarding small co-ops without leaders and what can be done to avert a collapse.
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GDB is proud to announce that Michelle P. Quinn has been promoted to partner.January 2019
Michelle represents businesses and individuals in commercial and residential landlord-tenant litigation, including summary proceedings. She has substantial experience with Mitchell-Lama Cooperatives, Redevelopment Companies, and tenancies protected by New York State Rent Regulations.
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Partner Scott M. Smiler closed on a $42 million dollar loan.6/2018
Partner Scott M. Smiler closed on a $42 million dollar loan from the New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC) for one of GDB’s Mitchell-Lama clients, Masaryk Towers Corporation. Masaryk Towers is set to undertake a major capital improvement project which included the negotiation of a $28 million dollar construction contract.
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VIDEO: Legal Game Changers for Boards: Conflict of InterestFall 2018 | Habitat Magazine
David L. Berkey, Esq., head of GDB's Coop and Condo Law Practice, opining on conflicts of interests for boards
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Insurance for Coops2/2018 | Habitat Magazine: David L. Berkey, Esq.
Senior partner and head of GDB's Cooperative and Condominium Law practice, David L. Berkey, discusses issues related to coops and insurance.