EvaTalel
Partner
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
Eva Talel is a partner in Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, one of the largest New York City law firms with a dedicated cooperative housing corporation and condominium practice, representing over 200 co-op and condos, primarily in Manhattan, in every facet of their management and operations and which has continuously represented many of New York City's most sophisticated co-op and condo boards for over thirty years. Ms. Talel's counseling and litigation experience (at the trial and appellate levels as well as in arbitration and mediation formats) includes virtually every matter that arises in the co-op/condo milieu. The Stroock firm's Cooperative and Condominium Practice Group, of which Ms. Talel is co-head, is counsel to the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), including its Residential Management Council, comprised of representatives of the leading residential management firms in New York City, which manage hundreds of co-ops and condominiums. Ms. Talel is the Chairperson of the Cooperative and Condominium Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Ms. Talel is also an adjunct professor at Cardozo Law School, a member of the faculty of the New York State Judicial Institute and a lecturer for programs sponsored by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the New York State Bar Association, and REBNY and a member of the Board of Directors of the NYU Law School Alumni Association. Ms. Talel is a regular columnist for the New York Law Journal, co-authoring with her Stroock partner, Richard Siegler, a bi-monthly column dedicated to cutting-edge co-op and condo law issues and developments, a regular contributor to and source for The New York Times Sunday Real Estate section (as well as the Times' Sunday Real Estate Section and on-line Real Estate Q&A section), and has provided on-air commentary for WNBC's "Today in New York" news program and others regarding co-op and condo issues. Ms. Talel also frequently provides expert commentary to The Real Deal and other outlets on the co-op and condo marketplace.
Steven D.Sladkus
Partner
Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP
Steven D. Sladkus is a partner of the firm Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP. His practice areas include Real Estate Litigation (with an emphasis on Cooperatives and Condominiums and mold litigation) and Discrimination Litigation. Mr. Sladkus graduated from Brandeis University (B.A. 1991), Brooklyn Law School (J.D. 1994) and New York University School of Law (LL.M. in Taxation, 1995). He is admitted to practice law in New York and New Jersey and the United States District Courts in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, District of New Jersey and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Mr. Sladkus lectures on issues concerning mold litigation and also serves as an arbitrator in the Civil Court of the City of New York. His reported cases include Teitelbaum v. Mordowitz, 248 A.D.2d 161, 669 N.Y.S.2d 811 (1st Dep¿t 1998) (granting summary judgment on personal guaranty for real estate loan); Terk v. 40059 Owners Corp., 194 Misc.2d 419, 754 N.Y.S.2d 130 (App. Term 1st Dep¿t 2002) (reversing summary judgment against co-op where question existed whether tenant waived proprietary lease notice requirement for co-op¿s repairs); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Barney Skanska Construction Company, 84 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. (BNA) 562, 79 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 40,267, 2000 WL 1617008 (S.D.N.Y.) (granting summary judgment to defendant construction company dismissing plaintiff¿s claim that defendant was liable for discrimination as a successor-in-interest of company purchased by defendant); and 178 East 80th Street Owners, Inc. v. Jenkins, 2001 WL 619063(S.D.N.Y.) (denial of defendant¿s motion to vacate the parties¿ freely negotiated settlement agreement), 2003 WL 22004900 (S.D.N.Y.) (denial of defendant¿s motions to recuse Magistrate Judge, vacate order of reference to Magistrate and compel action by Magistrate), 2003 WL 22999461 (S.D.N.Y.) (adjudication of contempt against defendant for violating a court-ordered stipulation of settlement with the cooperative corporation and award of $37,028.46 in attorneys¿ fees, plus interest, to the cooperative).
BabetteKrolik
General Counsel
Terra Holdings, LLC
Babette Krolik serves as General Counsel to Terra Holdings, LLC, a holding company that owns and operates several real estate services firms, including Halstead Property Company, a residential brokerage and management company comprised of more than 250 brokers throughout Manhattan; Brown Harris Stevens, one of the oldest and largest residential and commercial real estate service providers in New York City with a staff of over 400 people operating in three states; and Vanderbilt Holdings, a financial services firm with disciplines in insurance and residential mortgage brokerage. She previously was counsel to Zeckendorf Realty, L.P. and the Zeckendorf Company, Inc. She served as general counsel to the New York City Housing Development Corporation and as associate counsel to the National Corporation for Housing Partnerships. She began her career with positions with the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development. Ms. Krolik holds a LLB from Northeastern University School of Law and a MA in Public Administration from the University of Southern California. She is a graduate of Brandeis University.
Ronald JayGold
Partner
Kagan Lubic Lepper Lewis Gold & Colbert, LLP
Ronald Jay Gold is an attorney practicing in the City of New York. He is a partner in the firm of Kagan Lubic Lepper Lewis Gold & Colbert, LLP. His practice specializes in real estate and corporate law. In addition, he has represented tenants associations during the conversion of buildings to cooperative and condominium ownership and represents numerous cooperative and condominium associations as general counsel. He served on many committees involving cooperative and condominium law for the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the New York State Bar Association. He has lectured extensively for such associations at committee meetings and in CLE presentations. He has also lectured for both the Council of New York Cooperatives and Condominiums and the Federation of New York Housing Cooperatives and Condominiums, as well as at seminars for the Cooperator and Habitat magazine. He participated in the State Bar Cooperatives and Condominiums subcommittee on liens and also on the committee that served as advisors on the amendments to the revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
Andrew P.Brucker
Founding Partner
Schechter & Brucker, P.C.
Andrew P. Brucker is a founding partner in the New York City firm of Schechter & Brucker, P.C. where he engages in the practice of real estate law with a special emphasis on issues affecting cooperative corporations and condominium associations. Mr. Brucker has been a member of the Cooperative and Condominium Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Mr. Brucker is a graduate of New York University (BA, 1972), New York Law School (JD, 1975), and New York University School of Law (LLM Tax, 1976). He has been a speaker at seminars sponsored by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, The Cooperator, New York Association of Realty Managers (NYARM), and Council of New York Cooperatives (CNYC). Mr. Brucker also is a lecturer at the New York University Real Estate Institute. He has created and conducts a CLE course at the annual CNYC meeting on condominium law. He has written numerous articles on cooperative and condominium matters for numerous periodicals, including the New York Law Journal.
Dale J.Degenshein
Special Counsel
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, LLP
Dale J. Degenshein is special counsel at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, LLP, one of the largest New York City law firms with a dedicated cooperative housing corporation and condominium practice, representing over 200 co-ops and condominiums, primarily in Manhattan, in every facet of their management and operations. She was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1985 and, since that time, has practiced primarily in the areas of cooperative, condominium and real estate law. Ms. Degenshein served as chair of the Cooperative and Condominium Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York from 2001 - 2004. She lectures regularly at the City Bar's annual "Hot Topics Affecting Cooperatives and Condominiums" continuing legal education programs and at the New York State Judicial Institute. She was a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York Cooperative and Condominium Law Committee through 2008/2009 (planning to return for the 2010/2011 term) and is a member of the New York State Bar Association Real Property Section's Committee on Cooperatives and Condominiums. She is a regular contributor to Habitat Magazine and co-authors the monthly Case Notes column.