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Michael F. Schwartz
Practicing Attorney
Michael F. Schwartz, Esq. is a practicing attorney with over thirty-five years of experience. His expertise is in residential and commercial real estate, including conveyancing, leasing, mortgage foreclosure, and bank transactional work; commercial law including contracts, partnerships, and corporate law; commercial litigation related thereto; and trust and estate matters. He was formerly a member of the legislative committee of the New York Real Estate Board. He is licensed to practice before the New York State Supreme Court, the United States Federal District Courts of New York, Eastern and Southern Districts, the United States Court of Appeal for the Fourth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. He is also licensed to practice in the State of Florida.
Michael F. Schwartz received his B.A. from S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo. He subsequently attended Brooklyn Law School where he received his J.D. He is presently a New York State Supreme Court Mediator and Fee Dispute Arbitrator where he mediates commercial disputes referred to him by Judges in the New York State Supreme Court, New York County, and arbitrates legal fee disputes referred to him from the New York County Lawyers’ Association.
Past employment
Partner
Penn Proefriest Schwartz Feld & Schwartz
Education
Bachelor of Arts, English
S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo
Buffalo , NY
Juris Doctorate
Brooklyn Law School
Brooklyn , NY
Certified legal specialties
- Commercial Dispute Mediator, 2010
Bar admissions
- New York, 1976
- Florida, 1992
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1978
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1978
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2004
Classes/seminars
- How To Purchase Your First Home, Learning Annex, 1990 – 1997
- How To Convert To Coop/Cond, Learning Annex, 1990 – 1997
Areas of practice
- Commercial Litigation
- Real Estate
- Trust & Estate
- Commercial Transactions
Litigation percentage
- 25% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Pro bono activities
- Brooklyn Conservatory of Music – Trustee, 1997 – 2014
- East Midwood Jewish Center – Trustee, 2014 – 2016
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