• Successfully represented client, a real estate executive search firm, against its customer who alleged breach of contract claims, before the Appellate Division, First Department resulting in the affirmance of favorable lower court decision
• Represented local Upper East Side news site and its principal against defamation claims by comedy club leading to dismissal of complaint and recovery of client’s attorneys’ fees under NY’s Anti-SLAPP statute
• Assisted real estate developer in vacating notice of pendency on large condominium development project
• Safeguarded the integrity of a decedent’s estate by successfully vacating a confession of judgment amounting to more than half a million dollars entered by the decedent’s ex-husband
• Represented Coop against shareholder’s claims of breach of fiduciary duty, conversion, and fraud leading to dismissal of all claims against the Coop
• Defended company’s Chief Operating Officer leading to dismissal of claims alleged to exceed $4 million dollars

Phillips Nizer Wins Appeal for Breach of Executive Search Agreements On January 14, 2025, the Appellate Division

​First Department affirmed that the lower court correctly granted our client, a real estate executive search firm, against its customer, which owns, develops, manages and brands hotels, residential and mixed-use projects.