ROSENBERG & ESTIS, P.C. - Key Persons
Adam Lindenbaum joined Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. in 2013 and is a Member with the firm's Litigation Department. Lindenbaum represents real estate firms, developers and tenants in connection with their use, management and operation of commercial real estate. He focuses his practice on handling disputes involving complex landlord-tenant matters, real estate ownership and commercial litigation.
Lindenbaum also has extensive experience involving residential real estate and landlord-tenant matters including those involving cooperative and condominium boards, rent control, rent stabilization and the loft law. Lindenbaum has practiced before all state, federal and appellate courts in New York, the American Arbitration Association, as well as numerous administrative agencies.
Lindenbaum received a bachelor's degree from Cornell University and earned his J.D. from St. John's University School of Law. He is licensed to practice law in New York and New Jersey.
Adam R. Sanders joined Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. in 2016 and is a Member with the firm's Transactional Department. His practice focuses on representing clients in a wide variety of commercial real estate and business transactions and matters, including acquisitions and sales, financing, leasing, construction, portfolio structuring, cooperative and condominium boards representation, Local Law 97, 1031 transactions and general corporate representation in the real estate, entertainment and web/technology industries.
Sanders is the firm's go-to expert for all matters concerning Opportunity Zones. Investors and real estate developers exclusively rely on him for program updates and comprehensive legal analyses, keeping them on the cutting edge of the program even before regulations are released.
Prior to joining Rosenberg & Estis, Sanders was Founder and Principal of Sanders Legal Group, PLLC. Before becoming an attorney, Sanders participated in Agent Training Program at William Morris Agency (Endeavor) and worked at SNL Studios (the feature film division of Saturday Night Live).
Sanders received a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and earned his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.
Amanda Yang joined Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. in 2021 and is an Associate with the firm's Transactions Department.
Yang has extensive drafting experience, including motions for default judgment in actions for nonpayment of rent. She has researched a wide range of proposed legislation and authored client alerts on real estate-related legislation. Yang regularly reviews renewal leases and rent demands to identify discrepancies and to prepare non-payment petitions.
Yang worked at Rosenberg & Estis as a Law Clerk before becoming an Associate.
Ariel S. Bresky joined Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. in 2023 and is an Associate with the firm's Litigation Department. Bresky is skilled and tenacious litigator known for delivering sharp and creative solutions. With experience as both general and litigation counsel, Bresky provides practical and legal advice, while judiciously considering all economic and business impact. Bresky strongly believes in developing personalized relationships which go beyond individual matters, allowing him to successfully advance client's far-reaching visions and objectives. As his primary area of practice, Bresky concentrates on civil litigation, with an emphasis on real estate, complex commercial and business disputes. His litigation practice encompasses a wide range of matters for a diverse clientele. In the commercial real estate arena, Bresky represents developers, owners, landlords and tenants on matters concerning ownership, operation and use of real estate, including lease disputes, transactional disputes, partnership disputes, brokerage disputes, title disputes, easement and restrictive covenant disputes, mechanic lien proceedings, nuisance and trespass actions and construction litigation. In the residential arena, Bresky represents landlords, cooperative corporations, condominiums, homeowner and civic associations, serving as general counsel and providing day-to-day guidance with respect compliance and operational issues and handling all litigation. Bresky has also represented clients in an array of business disputes, including, breach of contract, partnership and fiduciary disputes and business torts. Prior to joining Rosenberg & Estis, Bresky served as Associate General Counsel to ATCO Properties & Management, Inc. Prior to his tenure at ATCO, Bresky was a litigation associate at a multidisciplinary law firm. Having gone through the revolving door of private practice to inhouse counsel and back to private practice, Bresky is uniquely situated to evaluate each matter and offer clients a variety of corresponding resolutions tailored to meet their specific needs.
Arielle Frost joined Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. in 2011 and is a Member with the firm's Transactions Department. Arielle's practice involves all aspects of complex commercial real estate transactions. She has specialized expertise in structuring and negotiating real estate joint ventures and utilizes her deep knowledge of the commercial real estate lifecycle to advise developers, investors and other market participants in the implementation of joint ventures for various classes of real estate, including both single asset and portfolio transactions. Arielle also regularly represents clients in real estate development matters, purchase and sale transactions, mortgage, mezzanine and preferred equity financings, and retail and office leasing.
Job Titles:
- Marketing & Communications Manager
- Marketing and Business Promotion
Cherry Srivastava joined Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. in 2022 and is a Juris Doctor with the firm's Litigation Department.
Srivastava has experience working with Loft Law, condo and co-op law, residential and commercial real estate litigation. Her current practice involved all areas of real estate litigation including legal research, preparing trial documents, and a wide variety or residential and commercial leasing issues.
Srivastava worked at Rosenberg & Estis as a Law Clerk before becoming a Juris Doctor.
David Goldfischer joined Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. in 2023 and is an Associate with the firm's Administrative Law Department.
Goldfischer represents purchasers and sellers of both commercial and residential properties, which includes the drafting and negotiating of leases, ground leases, license agreements, lease agreements, extensions, terminations and sublease agreements.
He has also represented large New York-based lending institutions in commercial real estate loans involving purchases and sales, refinancing, construction loans, loan modifications and loan consolidations and assignments.
Prior to joining Rosenberg & Estis, Goldfischer was Senior Counsel with Chaves Perlowitz Luftig LLP.
Dejan Kezunovic joined Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. in 2018, and is Counsel with the firm's award-winning Litigation Department. Dejan represents developers, owners, landlords and tenants primarily in connection with complex commercial disputes. With a three-year clerkship experience in the Commercial Division of the New York Supreme Court under his belt, Dejan strives to provide objective, efficient and result-oriented counsel, allowing his clients to reach economical and practical decisions that best serve their business needs.
Dejan also represents clients in connection with alternative dispute resolution, partnership disputes and residential real estate matters, including landlord-tenant disputes, rent laws, loft laws, condominiums and cooperatives. He is also well versed in the myriad of legal issues stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dejan's life story is one of adaptability, development and growth. Arriving from ex-Yugoslavia, he began his American dream at the age of seventeen in a small town in Missouri. Today, he is part of an award-winning litigation team and is counseling some of the biggest landlords and developers in New York City.
Prior to joining Rosenberg & Estis, Dejan was an associate with Littleton Park Joyce Ughetta & Kelly LLP, where he practiced complex commercial litigation. Dejan clerked for three years for Hon. Melvin L. Schweitzer in the Commercial Division, where he worked on a number of high-profile cases, including a lawsuit concerning the development rights for the tallest residential tower in the United States.
Dejan graduated from Fordham University School of Law, where he was a member of the Urban Law Journal.
Dena Verhoff joined Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. in 2013 and is an Associate with the firm's Transactional Department.
Verhoff graduated from Wesleyan University in 1998 and received her J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
Job Titles:
- Administrative Associate
- Associate - Litigation
Fletcher Corley joined Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. in 2021 and is an Associate with the firm's Litigation Department.
Corley is experienced in all areas of commercial litigation, including contractual disputes, labor and employment issues, intellectual property matters and commercial torts. They have managed discovery efforts, made court appearances and drafted pleadings, motions and legal memoranda.
As an Administrative Associate, Corley represented clients in NYC administrative hearings concerning alleged violations of the NYC Building Code, Zoning Resolution, Fire Code, Health Code, Sanitation Regulations and Housing Maintenance Code. They have drafted orders, appeals and Article 78 petitions on a range of matters regarding local rules and regulations, including transient use, construction issues and zoning violations.
Prior to joining Rosenberg & Estis, Corley was a Commercial Litigation Associate with Cohen Tauber Spievack & Wagner.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Board of Directors
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- Press Contact
- Shea Communications
Huey Chan joined Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. in 2022 and is an Associate with the firm's Litigation Department.
Chan's practice involves residential and commercial real estate litigation. He has drafted legal documents in preparation for all stages of litigation. He has worked with clients across a wide variety of complex real estate matters.
Chan received his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School in 2023. He earned his bachelor's degree in Business Management with a concentration in Finance from SUNY Stony Brook University in 2020.
Chan worked at Rosenberg & Estis as a Law Clerk before becoming an Associate.
Janna Rosenberg joined Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. in 2006 and is Counsel with firm's Transactional Department. She handles residential and commercial real estate matters.
Rosenberg received her J.D. in 2006 from Brooklyn Law School, where she served as a founding member of the Streetlaw Project and was a member of the Community Development Clinic. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brandeis University.
Rosenberg was admitted to practice in New York State in 2007. She is a Member of the American Bar Association and the New York City Bar Association.
Jeanine Floyd joined Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. in 2007 and is Counsel with the firm's Litigation Department. For over 14 years, Floyd has represented landlords, owners, management companies, lenders and condominium boards on a broad range of issues involving commercial and residential real estate litigation, landlord and tenant law, mortgage and condominium lien foreclosure. For over a decade, Floyd has provided guidance and daily legal advice to one of the largest managers of real estate properties in New York overseeing thousands of tenants. Floyd regularly advises clients on disputes involving breaches of commercial and residential lease and license agreements, lease interpretation, and defaults under mortgages and/or other governing documents. Her focus is on providing clear communication and effective responses to efficiently resolve client's legal conflicts.
Floyd graduated from Yale University in 2004 with a B.A. in History and received her J.D. from Fordham Law School where she served as a member of the Environmental Law Journal.
Jeffrey Turkel joined Rosenberg & Estis in 1983 and is Special Counsel with the firm's Administrative Law Department. Turkel represents clients in all phases of litigation and appellate practice in the New York State courts and has successfully represented hundreds of owners in proceedings before the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal, the agency that administers rent stabilization and rent control. Turkel is frequently called upon by such groups as RSA, CHIP and REBNY to represent the real estate industry in litigation and appeals affecting the industry as a whole.
Over the past three decades, Turkel has won many important and ground-breaking appeals in the areas of real estate, rent regulation, landlord-tenant, condemnation, and constitutional law, including 60 East 12th Street Tenants' Ass'n v New York State Div. of Hous. & Community Renewal, Pultz v Economakis, Riverside Syndicate v Munroe, KSLM Columbus Apts., Inc. v New York State Div. of Hous. & Community Renewal, 520 East 81st Street Assoc. v State of New York, Olsen v Stellar 110 West, LLC, 925 D Realty LLC v New York State Div. of Hous. & Community Renewal, and Georgia Properties v. Dalsimer.
Turkel recently won a major victory for the real estate industry in the New York State Court of Appeals in Altman v 285 West Fourth LLC. The landmark decision, issued on April 26, 2018, prevents the restabilization of tens of thousands of New York City apartments that had become lawfully deregulated between 1997 and 2011. As a result of Turkel's argument, the Court of Appeals unanimously reversed the order of the Appellate Division, First Department, and declared the apartment in question, and by extension, all similarly situated apartments, to be exempt from rent stabilization. The Court of Appeals also vacated a $165,000 overcharge award that had been granted to the tenant.
From 1997 to 2022, Turkel co-authored the Rent Regulation column in the New York Law Journal. He is a frequent media source on rent regulatory matters and has been published extensively in such journals as The New York Real Estate Law Reporter, of which he is on the Board of Advisors, and Environmental Law in New York.
John Muldoon joined Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. in 2023 and is an Associate with the firm's Litigation Department.
Muldoon handles all phases of civil litigation, including litigating cases on behalf of corporations and individuals involving a variety of substantive areas of the law, including breach of contract, commercial and residential mortgage foreclosure actions, construction litigation, and a wide array of real estate-related litigation.
Prior to joining Rosenberg & Estis, Muldoon was an Associate at Abrams Fensterman, LLP. At the start of his career, Muldoon was a legal intern for the New York City Board of Elections as well as a judicial intern for the Honorable Michael A. Toto of the New Jersey Superior Court in Middlesex County.
Matthew E. LoBello joined Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. in 2021 and is an Associate in the firm's Transactional Department. He has experience representing real estate private equity firms, lenders, owners, investors and developers in all aspects of commercial real estate transactions, including mortgage financing, mezzanine financing, acquisition, development and disposition of office buildings, industrial warehouses, multifamily developments and retail properties.
LoBello is a graduate of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he served as Managing Editor of the Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, and is a cum laude graduate of Lehigh University. Prior to joining Rosenberg & Estis, LoBello was an Associate at Duane Morris LLP.
Meghan Paola joined Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. in 2022 and is an Associate with the firm's Transactions Department.
Nicholas DiLorenzo joined Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. in 2020 and is Counsel with the firm's Tax Incentives & Affordable Housing Department.
DiLorenzo's practice focuses on real estate development, with a specialization in tax incentives, affordable housing, and development bonuses. He assists clients in obtaining real estate property tax exemption and abatement benefits (421-a, 420-a, 420-c, Article XI, J-51, FRESH, ICAP, M-CORE, etc.), securing bonus floor area development rights through various New York City programs (Voluntary and Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, AIRS, PFASH, FRESH, etc.), and negotiating land disposition agreements, regulatory agreements, and restrictive declarations with the City. DiLorenzo has broad knowledge regarding rent stabilization issues and rent registration with the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal, as well as the Minority- and Women- Owned Business Enterprise outreach program and New York City Department of Small Business Services regulation and compliance.
DiLorenzo has extensive experience in real estate transactions, finance, and land use and zoning, as well as performing due diligence for lenders on properties utilizing tax incentive and development programs and/or subject to rent regulations. Additional expertise includes drafting and negotiating purchase and sale agreements and zoning lot development and easement agreements in connection with development rights transfers, Inclusionary Housing air rights, and 421-a negotiable certificates. He also assists clients with the creation of "no-action" condominiums and issues related to the assessment and taxation of real property in New York. His expertise in tax incentive and development programs enables him to advise clients on the creation of condominium structures that result in the optimization of all available property tax and development incentives.
Prior to joining Rosenberg & Estis, DiLorenzo was an Associate with Akerman LLP.
Norman Flitt joined Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. in 1995 and is a Member with the firm's Litigation Department. As one of the firm's most experienced trial attorneys, Flitt has handled numerous jury and non-jury cases in a broad range of areas. He has also argued appeals before the First and Second Departments of the New York State Appellate Division, the New York Court of Appeals, and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. His cases have included disputes involving commercial and real estate contracts, residential and commercial landlord/tenant issues, mortgage foreclosure and mechanics' lien proceedings, cooperative and condominium disputes, disputes involving corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies, and brokerage commission actions. He has also handled commercial and labor arbitration before the American Arbitration Association, and rent regulatory proceedings before the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal.
Flitt has taught courses in brokerage law at the New York University Real Estate Institute and the Real Estate Board of New York, Inc. He has also participated in seminars sponsored by the Real Estate Board relating to broker disclosure. In addition, Flitt has negotiated directly with representatives of the New York Department of State in areas pertaining to brokerage disclosure and licensing requirements. He has also served as secretary to the Committee on Condemnation and Tax Certiorari of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
Over his years of experience, Flitt has developed a reputation for presenting cases clearly and honestly, and is known and respected by the many judges before whom he regularly appears. His reassuring and forthright demeanor with clients has also served him well over the years. Clients can rely on Flitt to give them a realistic assessment of their situation and to provide them with a practical strategy to resolve their disputes.
Rayan Salha joined Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. in 2022 and is an Associate with the firm's Litigation Department. Salha's practice is focused on residential and complex commercial real estate litigation. He represents owners and landlords at all stages of litigation from case inception through trial and subsequent appeals. Salha has extensive experience drafting various pleadings, motions, and appellate briefs and has successfully argued motions before the New York State Courts. Prior to joining Rosenberg & Estis, Salha was a Law Clerk with Abrams Fensterman, LLP.
Shayne J. Messing joined Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. in 2022 and is a Juris Doctor with the firm's Litigation Department.
Messing's practice involves residential and commercial real estate litigation. She conducts legal research, drafts and prepares trial documents, and works with clients across a wide variety of matters. Messing received her bachelor's degree from The Pennsylvania State University in 2020 and her J.D. from New York Law School in 2023. Messing worked at Rosenberg & Estis as a Law Clerk before becoming a Juris Doctor.
Spencer Romoff joined Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. in 2023 and is a Member with the firm's Transactions Department.
Romoff advises on a sophisticated range of corporate, real estate development, joint venture and transactional matters. His practice focuses on real estate development and construction (ground up, rehabilitation and adaptive re-use), debt and equity financing, and acquisitions and dispositions. Romoff started his career as a tax lawyer at Proskauer Rose LLP, in Manhattan, giving him the added capacity to advise clients on the fundamental tax implications of their transactions and to assist in structural tax planning. Further, Romoff spent 15 years of his career as General Counsel & Executive Vice President at a privately held New York real estate investment and development company, providing him with "client-side" perspective, and the ability to add value on business matters, as well as providing legal expertise.
Prior to joining Rosenberg & Estis, Romoff was a Partner with Duval Partners LLC.