Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.
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Experts in Real Estate Law
By uniting many of the best real estate attorneys of its generation, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. has become one of New York’s most prominent real estate law firms. The firm excels by solely practicing real estate law and only taking on projects and cases where it is among the best in the field. Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. has achieved groundbreaking results in the courtroom, in the board room, at the closing table, in the lobbies of legislative bodies, and in every other venue where talented legal advocacy is key to its clients’ interests.
Some select litigation victories can be found athttps://www.alblawfirm.com/about-us/monumental-victories/.
Winning Unwinnable Cases
The firm has participated and prevailed in many of the most important New York real estate cases of the new millennium, as reflected in numerous published and unpublished decisions on novel legal issues. Some of these notable victories have changed the landscape of New York law. The firm has invented new ways to practice law and new theories to solve its clients’ problems. Its successes have resulted in producing new laws and new precedents, creating new leases to become the industry standards, devising new faster, less expensive procedures to obtain foreclosures and evictions, using “Perry Mason” moments to win trials, creating out-of-the-box ways to collect on judgments, and creating new theories of law to obtain justice for clients.
Some of these moments can be found athttps://www.alblawfirm.com/about-us/remarkable-results/.
Honors and Awards
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. counts itself among only one of two law firms with under 30 attorneys to achieve an AV Martindale-Hubbell rating, repeatedSuper Lawyersrankings including a Top 100 Super Lawyer and Best Lawyer and Best Law Firm rankings, selection into the Bar Registry of Preeminent Lawyers, and aChambers & Partnersawards for being one of the “Leading Lawyers for Real Estate” and a “Leading Law Firm.”
Adam Leitman Bailey has also been ranked byChambers & Partnersas one of New York’s Top Real Estate Litigators in 2021.Chamberscalled Adam Leitman Bailey a “tenacious and confident litigator who is quick-witted in court and respected by the judges,” further noting that he is “an extraordinary practitioner who gets great results,” and quoting a client on his “ability to anticipate things before they happen.” Additionally,Chambers & Partnerswrote, “Hired to litigate extremely high-profile cases, Adam Leitman Bailey has impressed sources with his courtroom presence.” Another client toldChambers & Partners, “You feel like you have a zealous advocate out there working for you, and you never worry about things when they are in his hands.”
The American Lawyeralso ranked Adam Leitman Bailey as a Top Ranked Litigator and theCommercial Observernames Adam Leitman Bailey one of NewYork’s Most Powerful Real Estate Attorneys.
A complete list of awards the firm has won can be found athttps://www.alblawfirm.com/awards/.
Strategic Lawyering
A New York State judge wrote that Adam Leitman Bailey “was the best trial lawyer I saw in my nine years as a judge in New York City.” A New York State Judge, in Kings County, stated that he had known Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. for fifteen years and “that [it] is a brilliant law [firm] and innovative who always worked zealously on behalf of his clients.”
When Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. used a forgotten statute to prevail in a landmark case,The Wall Street Journalquoted a prominent New York developer’s attorney who called the holding a “game changer” affecting real estate nationwide.
The New York Timesreferred to his legal strategy and legislation, proposed in one case, as “novel.” In addition,The New York Timesremarked on another case in which “Adam Leitman Bailey fought on…grinding through excruciating detail and obscure Perry Mason moments.” A different case was described as “the city’s largest condo refund ever” (Curbed NY). In another transaction, Adam Leitman Bailey obtained the largest government grant ($21 million) for a cooperative in New York history. More recently, Adam Leitman Bailey secured the largest settlement in New York City history for a property casualty lawsuit. The Commercial Observer ranked one of the firm's victories among their “15 Most Fascinating New York Real Estate Cases of the 21st Century.”
A select number of creative lawyering case descriptions can be found athttps://www.alblawfirm.com/about-us/creative-lawyering/.
Pushing the Boundaries of the Law
The collective experience of this team has been responsible for winning several landmark decisions in real estate law. These attorneys have had more appellate victories at the Court of Appeals and its subsidiary appellate courts than most real estate firms have had cases of any kind, won or lost. Its trial attorneys have won hundreds of cases, both with and without juries. The attorneys at Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. have won over a thousand cases in state, federal, and housing court, including over 400 appellate court cases, many at New York’s highest court, the Court of Appeals.
Proud of its past, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. aggressively pursues its future so it may continue to bring to its clients the best that any law firm can offer, both in advocating on behalf of the client and in working with the client.
Some examples of making new laws can be found athttps://www.alblawfirm.com/about-us/making-new-law/.
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Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Makes New Law and Secures Yellowstone Injunction Victory
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Makes New Law and Secures Yellowstone Injunction Victory Saving Ground Lease Tenancy
Complicated J-51 Overcharge Laws and Formulas Result in Massive Savings
Knowledge of Finer Intricacies of Complicated J-51 Overcharge Laws and Formulas Result in Massive Savings for Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Landlord-Client
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Succeeds on Appeal by Overturning an Order Dismissing a Foreclosure Action
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Succeeds on Appeal by Overturning an Order Dismissing a Foreclosure Action and Tolling Interest
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Defeats Broker’s Commission Action
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. represented a husband and wife who had recently purchased a home in the Hamptons and were being sued for a broker’s commission.
Despite COVID-19, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Closes Third Party Foreclosure Sale for Plaintiff
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was retained by a note owner to change in as counsel in a stalled foreclosure action in Bronx County. A foreclosure auction was completed in the action in November 2019
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Secures Settlement for Lender and Avoids Loan Being Discharged
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Secures Settlement for Lender and Avoids Loan Being Discharged as Time-Barred
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was acting as bank attorney in connection with the purchase of a condominium in New York City. A few days prior to closing, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. received a phone call from the borrower’s attorney to advise the firm that she was unable to attend the closing as scheduled
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Gets Landlord Dismissed from Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Suit
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was retained by a landlord whose eviction proceeding, brought by other lawyers, had been dismissed based on a significantly erroneous rent demand. The tenant brought an FDCPA claim in Brooklyn federal court against the other lawyers
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Obtain Residential Eviction During COVID and Permission to Use Self-Help
In a recent case, a landlord-client learned that his tenant, in violation of the lease and New York law, had been illegally subletting his apartment through Airbnb to subtenants. One subtenant hanged the locks, switched the electricity bill to his name, and refused to pay rent to the landlord.
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Obtains Possession of a Luxury Home and Use and Occupancy
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Obtains Possession of a Luxury Home and Use and Occupancy in a Post-Foreclosure Supreme Court Ejectment Action
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Secures Order Staying the Settlement of Judgment Discharging Mortgage
The lender had given a mortgage that was over half a million dollars to a borrower in August of 2008. By October of that same year, the borrower stopped making payments on the loan.
Bet the Skyscraper Negotiation
For the skyscraper that is the subject of this case study, almost 50 percent of the commercial tenants stopped paying rent or completely moved out of the building and terminated their leases.
Adam Leitman Bailey P.C. Wins Co-op’s Right to Retain Multimillion Dollar Security Deposit
Adam Leitman Bailey P.C. Wins Co-op’s Right to Retain Multimillion Dollar Security Deposit Post-HSTPA
Buyouts, Evictions, Negotiations, and Detective Work Lead to the Ground Work to Build a Large Condo
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. spent almost a year and a half buying-out tenants and evicting tenants who had violated their lease agreement for a large rent-regulated building site in Brooklyn.
Eviction During a Pandemic When Evictions Are Prohibited
When Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.’s client came for help, it was faced with a tenant who had illegally rented his apartment through Airbnb to someone believed to be dealing drugs from the apartment with no intention of ever leaving.
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Obtains Complete Agreement to Resolve Dispute Over Lease Renewal
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Obtains Complete Agreement Between Landlord, Commercial Tenant, and Landlord Shareholders to Resolve Dispute Over Lease Renewal and Negotiation of a New Rent Schedule
Successor Sponsors No Longer Responsible for Repairing Building
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. successfully defended purchasers of units in a condominium following the original sponsor’s bankruptcy against claims of individual units’ owners for breach of contract.
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Obtains Possession of a Luxury Home and Rent
Not Deterred by the COVID-19 Summary Proceeding Standstill, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Obtains Possession of a Luxury Home and Rent in a Post-Foreclosure Supreme Court Ejectment Action
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Secures Settlement for Lender Following Stalled Negotiations
In a recent case, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was retained to step in as counsel for a lender in a bankruptcy proceeding where loss mitigation negotiations with the borrower had stalled.
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Defeats Neighbor’s Attempt for Restraining Order Halting Construction
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Defeats Neighbor’s Attempt for Restraining Order Halting Construction in the Name of Adverse Possession
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Finds COVID-19 Relief for Landlords Trying to Court New Tenants
In spite of the rent stabilization laws, landlords are now competing with each other to offer their tenants better and better deals just to keep them or to entice them to rent an apartment.
Unprecedented Negotiation of License Agreement with Large Developer Improves Structural Stability
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.’s select expert team of structural engineers, geotechnical engineers, and architects thoroughly inspected the real estate holding company’s building to identify all areas of the building that would be vulnerable to the support of excavation and foundation work.
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Guides Owner on How to Legally Secure Possession of a Commercial Space
The COVID-19 pandemic gave rise to a plethora of executive orders and judicial memoranda that prohibit owners from enforcing their contractual rights against commercial tenants in default of their lease.
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Accelerates the Issuance of a Certificate of No Harassment During COVID-19
The firm’s clients needed Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. to establish a line of communication with the agency despite being repeatedly advised that the offices were closed until further notice
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Saves and Secures Life-Saving Facility While Stopping Work on Development
When the Building That Holds the 911 Center is in Danger of Collapsing, Who You Gonna Call? Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.
New Rules for Supreme Court Litigation
New York Courts, both state and federal, have hosted many of the country’s most consequential real estate and commercial cases. Of the many innovations in the New York Court System, few have been as successful as the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court.
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Wins Summary Judgment during COVID-19
Representing a commercial landlord in two highly contested summary non-payment proceedings, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. defeated the tenant’s motions for summary judgment and dismissal and won summary judgment
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Wins Post Foreclosure Writ of Assistance
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Wins Post Foreclosure Writ of Assistance; Defeats Prior Owner’s Motion to Vacate Default
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Revives a Time-Barred Mortgage Loan on Appeal
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was retained by the note owner to salvage a 2007 foreclosure action that was dismissed pursuant to CPLR § 3216 for the Plaintiff’s prior counsel’s alleged failure to prosecute.
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Defeats Attempt to Use Adverse Possession Claim
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. defeated an Order to Show Cause brought by neighboring homeowners who sought to permanently enjoin Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.’s clients from performing any development of an empty lot adjoining their property.
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Makes New Law and Secures Yellowstone Injunction Victory
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Makes New Law and Secures Yellowstone Injunction Victory Saving Ground Lease Tenancy
Complicated J-51 Overcharge Laws and Formulas Result in Massive Savings
Knowledge of Finer Intricacies of Complicated J-51 Overcharge Laws and Formulas Result in Massive Savings for Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Landlord-Client
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Succeeds on Appeal by Overturning an Order Dismissing a Foreclosure Action
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Succeeds on Appeal by Overturning an Order Dismissing a Foreclosure Action and Tolling Interest
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Defeats Broker’s Commission Action
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. represented a husband and wife who had recently purchased a home in the Hamptons and were being sued for a broker’s commission.
Despite COVID-19, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Closes Third Party Foreclosure Sale for Plaintiff
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was retained by a note owner to change in as counsel in a stalled foreclosure action in Bronx County. A foreclosure auction was completed in the action in November 2019
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Secures Settlement for Lender and Avoids Loan Being Discharged
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Secures Settlement for Lender and Avoids Loan Being Discharged as Time-Barred
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was acting as bank attorney in connection with the purchase of a condominium in New York City. A few days prior to closing, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. received a phone call from the borrower’s attorney to advise the firm that she was unable to attend the closing as scheduled
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Gets Landlord Dismissed from Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Suit
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was retained by a landlord whose eviction proceeding, brought by other lawyers, had been dismissed based on a significantly erroneous rent demand. The tenant brought an FDCPA claim in Brooklyn federal court against the other lawyers
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Obtain Residential Eviction During COVID and Permission to Use Self-Help
In a recent case, a landlord-client learned that his tenant, in violation of the lease and New York law, had been illegally subletting his apartment through Airbnb to subtenants. One subtenant hanged the locks, switched the electricity bill to his name, and refused to pay rent to the landlord.
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Obtains Possession of a Luxury Home and Use and Occupancy
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Obtains Possession of a Luxury Home and Use and Occupancy in a Post-Foreclosure Supreme Court Ejectment Action
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Secures Order Staying the Settlement of Judgment Discharging Mortgage
The lender had given a mortgage that was over half a million dollars to a borrower in August of 2008. By October of that same year, the borrower stopped making payments on the loan.
Bet the Skyscraper Negotiation
For the skyscraper that is the subject of this case study, almost 50 percent of the commercial tenants stopped paying rent or completely moved out of the building and terminated their leases.
Adam Leitman Bailey P.C. Wins Co-op’s Right to Retain Multimillion Dollar Security Deposit
Adam Leitman Bailey P.C. Wins Co-op’s Right to Retain Multimillion Dollar Security Deposit Post-HSTPA
Buyouts, Evictions, Negotiations, and Detective Work Lead to the Ground Work to Build a Large Condo
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. spent almost a year and a half buying-out tenants and evicting tenants who had violated their lease agreement for a large rent-regulated building site in Brooklyn.
Eviction During a Pandemic When Evictions Are Prohibited
When Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.’s client came for help, it was faced with a tenant who had illegally rented his apartment through Airbnb to someone believed to be dealing drugs from the apartment with no intention of ever leaving.
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Obtains Complete Agreement to Resolve Dispute Over Lease Renewal
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Obtains Complete Agreement Between Landlord, Commercial Tenant, and Landlord Shareholders to Resolve Dispute Over Lease Renewal and Negotiation of a New Rent Schedule
Successor Sponsors No Longer Responsible for Repairing Building
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. successfully defended purchasers of units in a condominium following the original sponsor’s bankruptcy against claims of individual units’ owners for breach of contract.
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Obtains Possession of a Luxury Home and Rent
Not Deterred by the COVID-19 Summary Proceeding Standstill, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Obtains Possession of a Luxury Home and Rent in a Post-Foreclosure Supreme Court Ejectment Action
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Secures Settlement for Lender Following Stalled Negotiations
In a recent case, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was retained to step in as counsel for a lender in a bankruptcy proceeding where loss mitigation negotiations with the borrower had stalled.
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Defeats Neighbor’s Attempt for Restraining Order Halting Construction
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Defeats Neighbor’s Attempt for Restraining Order Halting Construction in the Name of Adverse Possession
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Finds COVID-19 Relief for Landlords Trying to Court New Tenants
In spite of the rent stabilization laws, landlords are now competing with each other to offer their tenants better and better deals just to keep them or to entice them to rent an apartment.
Unprecedented Negotiation of License Agreement with Large Developer Improves Structural Stability
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.’s select expert team of structural engineers, geotechnical engineers, and architects thoroughly inspected the real estate holding company’s building to identify all areas of the building that would be vulnerable to the support of excavation and foundation work.
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Guides Owner on How to Legally Secure Possession of a Commercial Space
The COVID-19 pandemic gave rise to a plethora of executive orders and judicial memoranda that prohibit owners from enforcing their contractual rights against commercial tenants in default of their lease.
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Accelerates the Issuance of a Certificate of No Harassment During COVID-19
The firm’s clients needed Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. to establish a line of communication with the agency despite being repeatedly advised that the offices were closed until further notice
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Saves and Secures Life-Saving Facility While Stopping Work on Development
When the Building That Holds the 911 Center is in Danger of Collapsing, Who You Gonna Call? Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.
New Rules for Supreme Court Litigation
New York Courts, both state and federal, have hosted many of the country’s most consequential real estate and commercial cases. Of the many innovations in the New York Court System, few have been as successful as the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court.
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Wins Summary Judgment during COVID-19
Representing a commercial landlord in two highly contested summary non-payment proceedings, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. defeated the tenant’s motions for summary judgment and dismissal and won summary judgment
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Wins Post Foreclosure Writ of Assistance
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Wins Post Foreclosure Writ of Assistance; Defeats Prior Owner’s Motion to Vacate Default
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Revives a Time-Barred Mortgage Loan on Appeal
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was retained by the note owner to salvage a 2007 foreclosure action that was dismissed pursuant to CPLR § 3216 for the Plaintiff’s prior counsel’s alleged failure to prosecute.
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Defeats Attempt to Use Adverse Possession Claim
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. defeated an Order to Show Cause brought by neighboring homeowners who sought to permanently enjoin Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.’s clients from performing any development of an empty lot adjoining their property.