Tenant-landlord law veteran to celebrate 50-year career.Daniel Finkelstein, author, teacher and senior partner with the real estate law firm Finkelstein Newman LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , will begin celebrating a lifetime of law since graduating from Brooklyn Law School History The school was founded in 1901 by William Payson Richardson and Norman Haffey. It opened with 18 students. The school is noted for its diversity. Photographs indicate that by 1909, African Americans and women attended the school. The school was affiliated with St. in August 1955. Mr. Finkelstein has represented nearly every major landlord and managing agent in the city of 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 during the course of his 50-year career. As one of the city's first practitioners of landlord-tenant law, he has also represented hundreds of tenants, including such celebrities as Andy Warhol and Peter Max. Daniel Finkelstein is the co-author of West Publishing's two-volume treatise, "Landlord and Tenant Practice in New York," which he co-wrote with Lucas A. Ferrara, a partner at his firm, and with whom he also co-edits Landlord-Tenant Monthly, a law journal published by Treiman Publications. In addition to his active career as a 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. attorney, the 78-year-old Finkelstein serves as an adjunct professor of law at New York Law School History New York Law School is one of the oldest independent law schools in the United States. The Law School was founded in 1891 by a group of faculty, students, and alumni of Columbia Law School led by their founding dean, Theodore William Dwight, a prominent figure in the . Previously, he was also an adjunct associate professor of real estate at New York University New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining 4 main centers (including the Medical Center) in the city, as well as the . Having served in World War II, Mr. Finkelstein got his professional start in various civil service positions before attending law school. In the early stages of his legal career, he served as the senior real estate manager for the Board of Estimate of the City of New York. In that position, he participated in the site management for such projects as the Lincoln Center, Major Degan and the Cross Bronx Expressways, helping to relocate more than 16,000 families and 6,000 businesses. Later, he worked as an assistant chief law enforcement attorney for the Temporary State Housing Rent Commission. Finkelstein has received national recognition for his personal and professional achievements, especially for his work with the U.S. Selective Service, for which Certificates of Merit were awarded to him by presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Ford. He is also the recipient of numerous honors from the legal profession, including accolades from the New York State Bar Association The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA), with about 72,000 members, is the largest voluntary association of lawyers in the United States. The NYSBA was founded in Albany on November 21 1876. New York lacks an integrated bar, and the NYSBA does not license lawyers in the state. , the American Bar Endowment, New York County Lawyers Association, the Civil Court of New York and Brooklyn Law School. Mr. Finkelstein was once nominated to run for state senator, twice for New York City Council The New York City Council is the lawmaking body of the City of New York. It comprises 51 members from 51 council districts throughout the five boroughs. The Council serves as balance of power against the mayor in a "strong" mayor-council government model. and three times for the Town Justice of the Town of Carmel--on both Democratic and Republican tickets. The year 1964 marked the beginnings of his practice, which culminated with his joining son Robert Finkelstein at real estate law firm Finkelstein Newman LLP. "I graduated law school in August 1955 and passed the bar March 12, 1956," says Mr. Finkelstein. "This has truly been a most fulfilling and challenging career path for me and with each passing day, it only keeps getting better." |
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