Profile
Heath B. Kushnick has represented prominent commercial real estate firms in connection with their use, management and operation of commercial real estate since 1993.
Concentrations
- Commercial litigation
- Lease enforcement
- Ownership representation in bankruptcy court
- Hotel and resort litigation
- Commercial landlord/tenant litigation
- Commercial leasing
- Lease restructurings and workouts
- Construction and mechanic’s lien litigation
- Ownership representation in vendor disputes
- Insurance coverage issues
- Real estate brokerage disputes
- Mortgage foreclosures
主要执业方向
主要执业经验
- Provides day-to-day counseling to commercial real estate owners on various operational issues.
- Represents commercial landlords in lease disputes, lease defaults, letters of credit and security issues.
- Represents commercial landlords in lease transactions and in connection with options, notices and lease enforcement issues.
- Represents commercial landlords as creditors in various bankruptcy proceedings including Sharper Image Corp., Circuit City, Inc., Crabtree & Evelyn Ltd., LandAmerica Financial Group, Inc., Worldcom, Inc., Petroleum Geo-Services ASA, M. Fabrikant & Sons, Inc., Europe Craft Imports, Inc., Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc., Adelphia Business Solutions and others.
- Represents real estate companies in connection with American's with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance issues and in defense of ADA Titles II & III litigations.
- Represents commercial property owners in connection with mechanic’s lien disputes and in defense of mechanic's lien foreclosure actions.
- Represents owners in connection with real estate brokerage disputes.
- Represented major commercial tenant in toxic mold litigation.
- Represented major commercial landlord in multi-million dollar construction litigation.
- Represented prominent commercial landlord in various lease and insurance disputes resulting from collapse of a portion of building.
荣誉和领导力
- Team Member, Chambers USA Award for Excellence, Real Estate, 2017-2018
- Team Member, U.S. News - Best Lawyers®, Best Law Firms Edition, "Law Firm of the Year," Real Estate - Litigation, 2017
- Team Member, The Legal 500 United States, "Top Tier" Firm in Real Estate, 2013
- Team Member, a Law360 "Real Estate Practice Group of the Year," 2011 and 2012
- Member, Winning Team, Chambers USA Award for Excellence, Real Estate, 2010
- Member, New York State Bar Association
- Member, New York County Lawyers Association
- Regularly lectures to executives, asset managers, property managers and legal departments on various legal issues including owner’s rights in connection with tenant bankruptcies, mechanic’s liens and property management.
资历
教育
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J.D., cum laude, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, 1992
- Member, Cardozo Law Review
- B.S., Business Administration, George Washington University, 1989
获准执业地区
- New York
- District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York