Newman legacy lives on at top city firm: Jonathan Newman, Founding partner Finkelstein Newman LLP.Hailing from a family of lawyers, Jonathan Newman, founding partner of Finkelstein Newman LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , always knew he wanted to practice law. The question for him was, in which area did he want to specialize? His father practiced real estate law for 40 years at Bachner Tally & Mantell. Both his brother and sister became lawyers. His brother opted to specialize in personal, medical and insurance law, while his sister eventually left the field to work in retail. "We all respected what our father did," Newman said. "We all decided to follow in his footsteps." Newman decided to follow his father's lead and immersed himself in real estate law. "It seems to be one of the more exciting areas in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of law," he said. "I deal with interesting people and interesting legal questions. It's an opportunity to actually be in court on a regular basis as opposed to transactional work, where 95% of your time is behind the desk. "With litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. , you're in court, on your feet, interacting with adversaries, judges and clients. I enjoy the mixture of being able to keep a hand in both areas, so to speak." Newman, who was born in Queens and moved to Scarsdale in the first grade, received his undergraduate degree from Tulane University in New Orleans in 1981. He went on to attend John Marshall Law School The John Marshall Law School is the name of two unrelated law schools, both named in honor of John Marshall.
After receiving his master's in 1984, he came back to New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , where he worked on the transactional end of real estate as an in-house counsel for the real estate division of Title Insurance Company. In 1988, Newman decided he needed a change of pace. He and his wife left New York for St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands, where they both quickly found jobs. His wife worked as a news reporter at a local CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. affiliate and eventually became the host of a Sunday morning talk show. Newman, in his first litigation job, worked at a local law firm which was also a title insurance company. While he dabbled dab·ble v. dab·bled, dab·bling, dab·bles v.tr. To splash or spatter with or as if with a liquid: "The moon hung over the harbor dabbling the waves with gold" in several different areas of law during the sabbatical, his focus was still on real estate. Upon his return to New York a year later, Newman was offered his first full time litigation position at Birnbaum & Birnbaum and there began working with many of the clients he still represents today, including Donald Trump, Vornado Retail and Cushman & Wakefield. Newman met his partner, Robert Finkelstein in 1991, when they started working together at Weisblum & Felice. After a few years they decided to form Finkelstein & Newman. As the company started slowly growing, the duo persuaded Dan Finkelstein, Robert's father, to join the company. The company's name was changed to Finkelstein Newman LLP in 1997. "I personally work on the transactional end, but I'm a litigator lit·i·gate v. lit·i·gat·ed, lit·i·gat·ing, lit·i·gates v.tr. To contest in legal proceedings. v.intr. To engage in legal proceedings. when I go to court," Newman said. His company specializes in land lord-tenant disputes, but Newman emphasizes that litigation involves other contract disputes such brokerage-commission disagreements, building leans, leases, and materials for construction. Newman is in court several times a week, but said "the firm is there every day in multiple courts, as regular and respected practitioners." There are only a small number of firms that practice in the landlord-tenant field. Finkelstein Newman LLP has developed a reputation as leaders in the field, which Newman attributes to the attention they are able to give to clients. The firm has also been accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. by the state for Continuing Legal Education The purpose of continuing legal education is to maintain or sharpen the skills of licensed attorneys and judges. Accredited courses examine new areas of the law or review basic practice and trial principles. (CLE Cle total elimination clearance. ). Representatives of the company speak at various events and, over the past year, they've put forth a networking effort providing CLE luncheons with various large New York City law firms. While enjoying the solid reputation his firm has earned, Newman hopes for the company to expand slowly over the next couple of years, without sacrificing the quality for which it has become known. "People like to stay with us because we do not act like some of our competitors. "We're a bigger firm able to give more of a personalized approach to representation," he said. |
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