Sentences with phrase «said real estate attorney»

«For the first time in almost three years, the AG's office is actively pursuing cases and seeking justice for homeowners,» said real estate attorney Adam Leitman Bailey.

«Lenders and borrowers would probably like to hide the ball on some of this stuff,» said real estate attorney Joshua Stein.

At a minimum, the key to disaster - proofing your brokerage is your errors and omission insurance, say real estate attorneys.

Not exact matches

Before you hire counsel, says Schear, the attorney and real estate partner in Atlanta, «ask what the cost will be and what you are going to receive.»

«After I read «The Big Short,» he went to the top of my list of idols,» said Johnson, who started his career as a real estate attorney before getting into tech in 2006.

The standard lease agreement is 12 months, but yours may be different depending on what you and your landlord agree upon, says Marin King, an attorney and real estate agent at Keller Williams Realty in New York City.

«Most of the big projects that have gone up still have [loan] extension options available to them,» said attorney Timothy Little, head of the real estate practice at the law firm Katten Muchin Rosenman.

LOS ANGELES (AP)-- A California grandmother who lost her life savings in a real estate investment scam offered by an insurance agent was awarded more than $ 15 million Wednesday in a lawsuit against MetLife and two subsidiaries, attorneys said.

Days after a federal judge forced Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, to reveal that Fox News host Sean Hannity is a client, a new report says Hannity employed the attorney to help him build a real estate empire that is rife with conflicts of interest.

Another real estate attorney said donations go a long way when it comes to arranging meetings to discuss an issue.

Days after a federal judge forced President Trump's personal lawyer to reveal that Hannity is a client, a new report says Hannity employed the attorney to help him build a real estate empire that is rife with conflicts of interest.

The attorney said his hope was to satisfy the father and son and keep a degree of separation between the younger Mr. Skelos's source of income and the real estate company.

«Today's sentence holds accountable this defendant who tried to profit from Brooklyn's booming real estate market by developing this fraudulent scheme to illegally speed up work on properties and violate required safety protocols,» Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said in a statement.

In court papers filed Monday in the federal corruption case against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Preet Bharara said he wants to enter into evidence «expressions of concern, surprise and fear shared among the lobbyists and representatives of» real estate developer Glenwood Management.

Silver, who is a lawyer, has no background in real estate law and did no work for the money, said U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.

«I have some interest in state office,» said Mr. Cardinale, a real estate attorney who lives in Jamesport.

Kurland, a civil rights attorney, said Johnson has accepted thousands of dollars from people who work in real estate.

Silver's lawyers also claimed there wasn't enough evidence to even consider charges related to a second alleged scheme, in which Silver steered a real estate company to a friend's law firm, also in exchange for fees, Defense attorneys say the parties involved had no idea Silver was even collecting the money.

Nearly 100 civic and community groups called for U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara to create a blue - ribbon panel akin to the shuttered Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption and clean up the «pay - to - play» culture they said rules real - estate development in New York City.

In court papers filed yesterday in the federal corruption case against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, US Attorney Preet Bharara said he wants to enter into evidence «expressions of concern, surprise and fear shared among the lobbyists and representatives of» real estate developer Glenwood Management.

Ross Moskowitz, an attorney at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, said the deal shows that labor, real estate and Cuomo are ready to move on with what they have.

Block is accused of intentionally inflating the REIT's earnings in 2014 to cover up an accounting error that ultimately sapped billions of dollars in value from the real estate investment trust, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said Thursday.

Real estate attorney Daniel Bernstein of Venable said on Friday that his phone was ringing non-stop after the agreement was struck.

Kellner, an attorney whose practice focuses on real estate and international and commercial litigation, said he believes New York's transparency laws for corporate formation are no better than Delaware's.

UPDATED, 10:19 a.m., April 14: Architect - turned - developer Peter Moore is banned from offering or selling real estate securities in New York state for six months, as part of a settlement with Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, the AG's office said today.

Griffin was arrested for a second time on Thursday and charged with stealing more than $ 1 million from his Westchester real - estate law firm clients» escrow accounts, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said.

«Schneiderman decided that working on new construction, badly - built building cases took too long and were complicated cases,» said Adam Leitman Bailey, a real estate attorney.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said Silver did no work for the referral fees and used his power as speaker to direct tax breaks to two developers he referred as clients to Goldberg & Iryami, including luxury real estate firm Glenwood Management, the state's largest political donor.

Additionally, prosecutors say Silver's position as the leader of the state Assembly put him in a position to force two prominent real estate developers, Glenwood Management and the Witkoff Group, to hire attorney Jay Goldberg of Goldberg & Iryami to represent them in complex legal matters.

Fisher, the real estate attorney, said that despite the ongoing alliance between the IDC and GOP, New Yorkers shouldn't discount a Democratic family reunion.

Terrence Oved, a real estate attorney at Oved & Oved, said that proponents of the delivery method would argue that design - build is ideal for Penn Station and Javits.

«Weiner's was a display,» said Danielle Wanglien, a campaign volunteer and real - estate attorney in Manhattan, comparing the two scandals.

Money from real estate and construction interests flows to Cuomo because he's an incumbent attorney general seeking the governor's office, which has wide influence over the industry, said Denise Roth Barber, research director for the National Institute on Money in State Politics, which analyzes campaign finances.

Diviny, a real estate attorney, said he favored the five - year contract because it permits the Town Board to better prepare the town's annual budgets over the next three years.

Nearly 100 civic and community groups on Wednesday called for Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara to create a blue - ribbon panel akin to the shuttered Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption and clean up the «pay - to - play» culture they said rules real - estate development in the city.

Real estate attorney Adam Leitman Bailey, who believes the current system of rent regulation is broken, said, «The question with Heastie is, does he have the ability to galvanize the electorate?

«Lanham effectively stole from schoolchildren so he could buy fancy cars and valuable real estate,» Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement.

«If a buyer changes her mind and was able to request the down payment be returned without consequence then the whole idea of a contract would no longer be worth much,» says Marc Kaufman, a real estate attorney with Wexler Lehrer & Kaufman in New York City.

Not taking out this insurance, even if you have the option, simply doesn't make sense, say real estate brokers, insurance agents and attorneys.

«The balloons can be a trap for a buyer,» says Bruce Ailion, an attorney and a real estate agent at RE / MAX Town and Country in Atlanta.

Here's what I've learned: A) when the deposition includes a buyer or seller vs. a Realtor, from day one, the Realtor is usually already way behind in the eyes of the court, B) even if «Mother Theresa» wrote the real estate contract, a good attorney for the plaintiff can generally tear it and her to bits... and that usually comes from the buyer or seller saying, «I don't remember «that» (whatever «that» is) being explained to me»... which brings us to «short sales» and all that go with them and what will surely follow.

«Once they have a judgment, they can pursue you anywhere,» said Richard Zaretsky, a board - certified real estate attorney in West Palm Beach, Florida.

As a result, they are being forced to short sell or foreclose and are getting caught up in deficiency judgments «After the banks foreclose, it's very common now to have large deficiencies with houses not worth the balances owed,» said Don Lampe, a North Carolina real estate attorney.

«Judges definitely are setting trials quicker, and cases are moving faster than they were three, four, five years ago,» said Joe Kohn, a Fort Lauderdale real estate attorney.

«Going into it, I thought people would need lawyers,» said Daniel Gershburg, a real estate and bankruptcy attorney with offices at WeWork.

Real estate and estate planning attorney Eleonora di Liscia had good reason to leave her former financial adviser: «They had a one - size - fits - all approach to investing,» says the solo practice attorney based in Skokie, Illinois.

The Pacific Northwest has a «somewhat typical legal market in the sense that you'll find practice groups in all traditional legal sectors, including litigation, corporate, real estate and land use, taxation and IP,» says Paul Danielson, recruiter for BCG Attorney Search.

A few years ago when the real estate bubble burst and there was less real estate work, many attorneys in that practice area retooled themselves into corporate or zoning lawyers, or something transactional that still touched on real estate, she said.

Generally, attorneys who are happy doing real estate continue doing so unless the economy forces them out, as it did in 2008, she said.

«It's easy for people to understand a fixed fee for a real estate transaction,» said Steven Greenspan, head of litigation at the 330 - attorney legal department of United Technologies, the Hartford, Conn. - based technology and aerospace giant.