Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Litigators Win More Jury Trial Cases Than Any Other Real Estate Law Firm
Many law firms call themselves litigators but have never won a single trial or jury trial. The trial attorneys at Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. have won eight jury trials in the last decade and beyond—more than any other real estate law firm.
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Jury Decides Complex Ownership Dispute
Jury Decides Complex Ownership Dispute
In September, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. won a jury trial in Kings County Supreme Court before Justice Herbert Kramer which allowed Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.’s client to keep her property despite a claim of ownership by her brother. Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. represented a client who was the owner according to a filed deed; her brother alleged that she had promised to convey the property to him and held it only as a trustee. In 1973, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.’s...
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Jury Verdict: No Rent Abatement for Tenant Claiming Roaches, Mice, Bed Bugs, and an Elevator Out of Operation
Jury Verdict: No Rent Abatement for Tenant Claiming Roaches, Mice, Bed Bugs, and an Elevator Out of Operation
Preparing for trial The tenant owed 12 months rent. Appearing for the tenant, pro bono, was one of the best lawyers to practice in housing court. Representing the landlord, Adam Leitman Bailey had several hurdles to overcome. There was no argument that the building needed repairs. There was no doubt vermin had entered the building, and the elevator sometimes was out of service causing the tenant to walk three flights of stairs. Discovering the evidence Adam Leitman Bailey visited the...
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Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Wins Jury Trial Evicting Tenant for Failing to Use the Premises as Primary Residence
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Wins Jury Trial Evicting Tenant for Failing to Use the Premises as Primary Residence
When a landlord sought Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.’s help after his tenant abused his privileges of maintaining his rent-stabilized apartment as his primary residence, the attorneys at Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. successfully defended the landlord and swiftly prevailed at trial. In April of 2011, the attorneys at Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. issued a Combined nNotice of Non-Renewal of Lease and Intention to Commence Summary Proceedings based on non-primary residence. The tenant, however, claimed that he was, in fact, residing at...
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Landlord Wins Jury Trial Over Succession Claim and Then Judge Tosses Verdict; Appellate Term Comes to the Rescue and Affirms Jury Verdict and Eviction
Landlord Wins Jury Trial Over Succession Claim and Then Judge Tosses Verdict; Appellate Term Comes to the Rescue and Affirms Jury Verdict and Eviction
Tenant Succession Claim In 2010, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.’s Landlord & Tenant Department defended a succession case tried before a jury. It was a hard fought victory because the claimed successor, the nephew of a deceased rent controlled tenant, had lived with his aunt in a rent-controlled apartment for over thirty years. And while the “emotional” component was present between the two, there was an absence of the “financial commitment and interdependence” that the rent-controlled-succession regulation requires. The Jury Decides...
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Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Wins Unanimous Verdict Awarding Clients Money Judgment for Their Damages
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Wins Unanimous Verdict Awarding Clients Money Judgment for Their Damages
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.’s clients invested their life’s savings to become partners in an established furniture business. When it became apparent that the owner of the business was dealing in counterfeit merchandise, was self-dealing and “cooking the books,” they withdrew. The owner refused to return their money. Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. sued and the owner countersued for money he said the clients owed him under their contract. Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.’s clients had made substantial payments in cash and the...
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Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Vacates Last Tenant in Building After Forced to Bring Tenant to Court to Sign Lease
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Vacates Last Tenant in Building After Forced to Bring Tenant to Court to Sign Lease
When a landlord sought Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.’s help after his rent-stabilized tenant avoided her obligation to pay rent and refused to sign a new lease, the attorneys at Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. successfully, and creatively, defended the landlord and obtained a buyout on the eve of a jury trial. The attorneys at Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. determined that the landlord’s best option to bring the tenant into compliance with her lease was to bring a holdover case first, rather...
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Landlord-Tenant—Rent Stabilization—Jury Found Tenant Was Non-Primary Resident and Landlord Was Awarded Judgment of Possession—Tenant Claimed That He Traveled for Business and Analogized to Touring Entertainers
Landlord-Tenant—Rent Stabilization—Jury Found Tenant Was Non-Primary Resident and Landlord Was Awarded Judgment of Possession—Tenant Claimed That He Traveled for Business and Analogized to Touring Entertainers
New York Law JournalBy: Scott E. Mollen August 20th, 2014 A jury had rendered a verdict in favor of the landlord in a non-primary residence proceeding. The tenant thereafter moved, inter alia, for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict. The court denied the motion and awarded the landlord a final judgment of possession. The landlord contended that the tenant had spent 80 percent of his time in Argentina, living at a “2400 square foot house that he was redecorating for the better part of...
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Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Uses Testimony and Common Sense to Win Six-Figure Judgment for Use and Occupancy
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Uses Testimony and Common Sense to Win Six-Figure Judgment for Use and Occupancy
In this case of prevailing common sense and sheer proof, the attorneys at Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C., retained by the landlord of a West Side Manhattan apartment building, discovered that one of the building’s tenants of record was paying $300 a month for a 1,500 square foot apartment where he had not actually lived for over fifteen years. The tenant continued to have his “paperwork” sent to the apartment, which was, in reality, being used as a storage room for...
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