Top Real Estate Lawyers Near Me in Melville Area

We provide individuals and businesses with unmatched legal representation. We are a boutique firm with an agile and flexible take on legal work. Our attorney’s wide range of practices allow for customized solutions for individual client needs, solving complex problems with precise strategy. Money talks, so we move quickly, but not at the cost of quality. We go beyond a simple analysis of legal issues and provide an easy to understand legal take on current issues that affect individuals and businesses. We do not follow traditional legal models. We do things different and align our success with our clients.. A message from: Christopher K. Ciccone, Esq.. I have an insatiable appetite for continued learning; including attention towards emerging areas in the law which have allowed me to develop a wide area of practice. I am most happy when absorbing new information concerning economics, history, business, and finance. I am deeply invested with every relationship I form and fight for clients with a fierce commitment.. I have appeared in New York trial level courts and never hesitate to tackle big challenges, including precedent setting cases. Outside of my law practice, I enjoying spending time with my wife and three children, and further hone my talents as a leader by coaching youth soccer on the weekend.

We fight for our clients and guide their success. The firm focuses on litigated and transactional commercial, construction and real estate matters. Mr. Crabtree’s varied and extensive litigation experience includes representing large and small businesses, corporations and individuals in complex business disputes in State and Federal courts, as well as in administrative proceedings and arbitration tribunals.. Mr. Crabtree has tried numerous cases in both federal and state courts, and has argued appeals before the New York State Court of Appeals, the Appellate Divisions of the First and Second Departments and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.. Prior to establishing the firm, Mr. Crabtree was counsel to Farrell Fritz, P.C., and also served as an Assistant District Attorney with the Appeals and Felony Trial Bureaus in Queens County.. Specialties: PRACTICE AREAS: Commercial Litigation; Construction Services & Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Real Estate Transactions; Commercial Transactions; Estate Planning & Litigation

Over the course of her career, Ms. von Arx has gained diverse experience in the areas of insurance defense, insurance coverage disputes, and estate proceedings. Since that time, Ms. von Arx has concentrated on multi-party litigation with an emphasis on Labor Law claims and snow removal contractors’ liability defense.. Ms. von Arx is a 2003 graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law, where she was Articles Editor of Margins: Maryland's Law Journal on Race, Religion, Gender & Class. Upon graduation from law school, Ms. von Arx was awarded The Public Service Award for engaging in service and legal work that significantly advanced the public interest. Ms. von Arx is admitted to practice in New York, and the United States District Court, for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

My practice focuses on the particular needs of the people I serve by utilizing my knowledge and experience.  I am dedicated to assisting my clients every step of the way.

My firm and I focus on the needs of business owners in the areas of corporate and real estate law, business succession planning, trusts and estates and commercial litigation.. Having practiced law for more than 20 years, my clients refer to me as a “deal maker,” who is accessible, responsive and more than thorough.. I graduated from the School of Business Administration of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) before attending Brooklyn Law School. As a result, I bring business sense to a transaction, and therefore, am better equipped to be a “deal maker.”

Lilia Factor, Esq. is an experienced attorney who has been practicing law in New York for over fourteen years. Currently, she is a member of the Environmental Litigation Department at Napoli Shkolnik PLLC in Melville, concentrating on issues of water contamination on Long Island and other communities across the country.  Her goal is to achieve financial compensation and medical attention for clients who have been exposed to environmental hazards in the soil, water and air.  Growing public awareness of these issues and efforts to hold the manufacturers and distributors of dangerous chemicals accountable for the harm they do will hopefully lead to cleaning up our environment and using safer alternatives.. Ms. Factor is a member in good standing of the New York State Bar Association, the Suffolk County Bar Association, the Suffolk County  and New York State Women’s Bar Associations and various community and business groups, including the HIA-LI (committee co-chair) and the Sierra Club (Energy Chair for Long Island group).

I’m a partner at Lazer Aptheker Rosella & Yedid, P.C. and am in the firm's Real Estate practice group. I have extensive experience in commercial real estate leasing, commercial real estate transactions and secured financing. In these areas I have represented landlords, tenants, investors, developers, lenders, businesses and individuals in various transactions including the acquisition and disposition of office buildings, shopping centers and industrial properties, drafting and negotiation of leases for office, retail and industrial space, and real estate financings.. I also work closely with the firm's Corporate practice group in the representation of businesses and individuals in connection with corporate sales, acquisitions and mergers, service, sales, purchase, leasing and distribution contracts, and shareholder and employee transactions.

I have been practicing for 35 years. The first ten in boutique estate and tax planning firm in Manhattan where I eventually became a partner. The birth of my son gave me cause to reflect on what was important to me. My father, a NY City detective, was seldom home due to his unusual working hours. I knew that I wanted to spend time with my son so I decided to establish a practice in Farmingdale where I have been in the same office for twenty five years.. I pride myself on my responsiveness and hands on approach. All calls are promptly returned and even though I have a staff of four excellent paralegals, my clients have my cell phone number as well.. I have extensive knowledge of all aspects of real estate, including purchases and sales, co-ops and condominiums and 1031 exchanges. I also am very well versed in estate planning and administration. Our fees are reasonable and there is never a charge for a consultation.

I am partner in Lazer Aptheker Rosella & Yedid, P.C.’s Real Estate Practice group, and represent clients in a wide range of real estate transactions including industrial and office leasing, financing, industrial development agency transactions, commercial and multi-family transactions and residential transactions.. In addition to real estate transactional experience, I have litigated numerous landlord-tenant matters and have experience handling criminal law matters.. I’m admitted to practice in the State of New York and am a member of the Suffolk County Bar Association.

I am an associate in Lazer Aptheker Rosella & Yedid’s Corporate and Business practice group and its Real Estate practice group. I’m involved in the structuring and negotiation of a broad range of corporate and real estate transactions.. Prior to joining the firm, I was associated with the New York City law firm of Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP.. I’m a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross (B.A., 2004) and Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 2007), where I was an editor of the American Criminal Law Review, Annual Survey of White Collar Crime. In addition, I received an LL.M. in taxation from New York University School of Law (2010).

I am a partner at Lazer Aptheker Rosella & Yedid, P.C. and co-chair the firm's Real Estate practice group.  For over 30 years, I have counseled a wide range of clients, ranging from small closely-held and family businesses to large public companies, in structuring and negotiating various types of real estate transactions.. I have extensive experience in the acquisition, sale and development of commercial, retail, industrial and residential properties, with a concentration in tax-deferred exchanges; leasing from both the landlord's and tenant's point of view; conventional, conduit and construction financing; coop and condominium law; and the syndication of real estate ventures, including the drafting of offering statements, operating agreements and related documents.. A large part of my practice is devoted to the representation of some of the largest landlords in the New York Metropolitan area in the leasing of office, industrial and retail properties.  I also have substantial experience representing the franchisees of restaurants and other franchised businesses.

I am a dual-licensed lawyer (New York and Florida), and practice actively in both states.  My primary office is on Long Island, in Melville near the Nassau-Suffolk County border.  My secondary office is in Fort Lauderdale, which I called home for 35 years until 2007.. Although considered a "general practice", my work focuses on estate planning and administration, elder law, real estate, small business and litigation.  I also have a specialty in Constitutional Law, which stems from my first career as a newspaper reporter.  I was a media lawyer for 7 years, and continue to keep up with First Amendment and other civil rights law.. I love what I do, helping clients achieve their legal goals with the least amount of stress possible and at a reasonable cost.  In turn, my clients come back and refer their friends and loved ones to me.  My colleagues also refer many legal matters to me, and I reciprocate the professional courtesy.  I couldn't ask for more!

For almost 20 years, I have been a trusted advisor to individuals and businesses, providing expert advice in all areas of estate planning, from simple wills, to complex estate and Medicaid planning.

Eleni Mavros Panagos has been practicing law in New York State, serving Queens and Long Island, for over 20 years. She is a St. John's University School of Law graduate who previously studied Political Science and Communications at Queens College. While in Law School, she participated in the St. John's renowned Moot Court program and the Saint Vincent De Paul Elder Law Clinic. Additional, she interned with the Hon. Joanna Seybert in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. After passing the New York and New Jersey Bar Exams, she went on to work for several law firms with primary practice areas in Matrimonial, Real Estate and Trust & Estates Law. Eleni is also certified as a Guardian, Guardian ad Litem, Court Examiner, and Attorney for the AIP under Part 36 of the Rules of the Chief Judge.

Binish Anjum is an Attorney admitted to the New York State Bar with a practice that focuses on Real Property Law. Clients include those seeking legal counsel for the following:. Binish strongly believes that an attorney who focuses on a few specific areas of the law, as opposed to many different areas (i.e. "General Practice" attorneys), ultimately represents the client with more knowledge, efficiency and success. Furthermore, Binish recognizes the need for change in the legal community, and aims to provide her clients with a better overall experience through ease of communication, competency, honesty, and transparency. Having practiced on Long Island and in the NYC boroughs, Binish understands the various nuances that the location of a property may have in a real estate transaction.. Being a Long Island native, Binish attended Hofstra University where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree Cum Laude with a double major in Politicial Science and Psychology. Upon graduation, Binish was already enrolled in Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University where her studies culminated in a Juris Doctor degree.

Anthony C. Curcio is the Managing Member of Curcio Law. Anthony has a wealth of experience in practicing real estate law. Anthony handles a broad range of both residential and commercial real estate matters involving land use, zoning, leasing, transactions and financing.. Anthony represents commercial and residential real estate developers before municipalities throughout Long Island in obtaining land use and zoning approvals, in addition to all phases of site development from sub-division approval to site plan approval. Anthony also represents commercial and residential buyers and sellers in the purchase and sale of real estate throughout Long Island and New York City.. Anthony represents residential and commercial landlords and tenants in the negotiation and execution of lease agreements, building violations and landlord/tenant disputes. In addition, Anthony represents commercial and residential borrowers and lenders in a broad range of commercial and residential loan transactions.

Adam Karhu earned his Juris Doctor while attending the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and also earned the Merit Scholar award from New York University. As a knowledgeable real estate attorney, he has written legal publications including “Federal Preemption of Landlord Opt-Outs of Section 8 Housing” in the Real Estate Reporter. In addition, he’s a sought after speaker and spoke at Bagels and Brokerage on the topic of HUD-1 Demystified. A Stellar Reputation: Adam Karhu.. Adam Karhu has a stellar reputation among both his peers and clients. Among his peers, he is known as client-centric, intelligent and driven. Clients report him as thorough, a skilled real estate negotiator and an attorney who is committed to representing the best interests of his clients. Even experienced lawyers representing the other party have been impressed with his knowledge, skills and professional demeanor.