New York City has the most complex residential and commercial landlord-tenant laws in the world. Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. provides a full range of services, assisting its clients in navigating the complexities of these laws. Starting from when a client first considers the purchase of a new property, to taking title, and through to the day-to-day management of that building, the firm dedicates itself to protecting the clients’ interests and financially increasing the value of their investment. The firm strives first to prevent litigation, but when it happens, to pursue it aggressively to meet clients’ goals through favorable settlements, facilitated eviction, and aggressive litigation technique, both in the preparation and in the conduct of trials and appeals.

Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. provides one of the most outstanding landlord-tenant practices in New York City. Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C is one of four law firms with landlord-tenant practices in the entire state of New York to earn an AV® Martindale-Hubbell Rating and is the only law firm in the State of New York to have both an AV Rating and lawyers with a Super Lawyer ranking.

Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. is the only law firm in New York City with landlord-tenant practice attorneys named by the internationally esteemed Chambers and Partners among “New York’s Leading Real Estate Lawyers. ” Chambers & Partners noted that Adam Leitman Bailey makes his “debut in the rankings following enthusiastic praise for his expertise in landlord and tenant litigation. A tenacious and confident litigator who is quick-witted in court and respected by the judges.”

The collective experience of our team has been responsible for winning landmark decisions in real estate law. Our attorneys have won over a thousand cases in housing court, including over 250 appellate court cases, many at the highest court, The Court of Appeals. In addition to participating in some of the most important landlord-tenant decisions during the past decade, our attorneys have written some 90 books on landlord-tenant law, including encyclopedias and the Housing Court Reporter, a thirty year collection, organization, and analysis of over 50,000 landlord-tenant cases used by most regular housing court practitioners and all landlord-tenant judges.

A few recent decisions making new law and creative victories in favor of landlords have included:

• Defeating rights of relatives in succession case makes new law, Fort Washington Holdings, LLC v. Maurice Abbott
• Creating new law after eviction for nuisance cases, Cabrini Terrace Joint Venture v. O’Brien.
• Using failure to give adequate notice of repair defense, landlord prevails against abatement claim.
• Using chronic nonpayment law to evict tenant after careful preparation to ensure victory.
• First and only landlord under the recently enacted Tenant-Harassment Act to receive attorney fees from a tenant 204-206 W 106 ST LLC
• Aggressive lawyering leads to tenant’s arrest for failing to appear for deposition.

Our ability to obtain successful trial or settlement results is unmatched. Our negotiating abilities have been featured on national television’s Dateline NBC. Media outlets have named Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.’s attorneys among “the best real estate attorneys in New York”, hailing our “prominent real estate attorneys” as “aggressive, tenacious and smart.”

Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. consistently serves as consultant to leading national newspapers, major trade newsletters and magazines on strategy in landlord-tenant matters and in preparing for and prevailing in court. Our firm is also among the landlord-tenant consultants to the New York Times, having been quoted regularly in the Sunday Questions and Answers column. With one of our attorneys serving as Chair of the Board of Advisors, we have been the primary source interviewed on numerous articles in Apartment Law Insider, including “How to Contest HPD “Presumed” Lead-Based Paint Violation”, “How to Win Eviction Case Against Tenant Who Overcharges Roommate” and “Use Employee Log to Help Win non-primary Residence Case”.

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