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| | Address | 386 Park Avenue South
Suite 600 | | New York, New York 10016-8804 | | (New York Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 212-563-2200 | | Fax: 212-629-4272 |  | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Brandt, Steinberg & Lewis LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Real Estate Taxation, Condemnation and Property Tax Abatement. | | Firm Size: 6 | | Hubert J. Brandt (Partner) born 1929; admitted to bar, 1953, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Education: Columbia University (A.B., 1950); University of Michigan (LL.B., 1953). Member, New York State Temporary Commission on the Real Property Tax, appointed by Governor Carey and continued by Governor Cuomo to dissolution of Commission, 1978-1989. Member: Bar Association of the City of New York; Westchester County, Nassau County and New York State Bar Associations; New York County Lawyers Association; Real Estate Tax Review Bar Association (President, 1987-1988). Practice Areas: Property Tax Appeals; Condemnation. Email: Hubert J. Brandt | | Richard A. Steinberg (Partner) born New York, N.Y., July 27, 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, New York, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Williams College (B.A., 1969); St. John's University (J.D., 1973). Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of New York, 1974-1977. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Condemnation and Tax Certiorari, 1993-1995; 2004-2006; Chair 1995-1998; Member, Committee on Real Property Law, 1998-2001); New York State Bar Association (Member, Real Property Law Section, 1990—); Real Estate Tax Review Bar Association (Director, 1992—; President, 2002-2004). Reported Cases: Matter of Adult Home at Erie Station v. Assessor Etc., City of Middletown __10_ N.Y.3d_205__ (3-13-08); Matter of Waldbaum Inc. v. Finance Administrator, 74 N.Y.2d 128 (1989); Matter of Habern Realty Co. v. Tax Commission, 102 AD2d 302 (1st Dept., 1984). Practice Areas: Property Tax Appeals; Property Tax Exemptions; Condemnation. Email: Richard A. Steinberg | | Willa I. Lewis (Member) born New York, N.Y., September 26, 1952; admitted to bar, 1979, New York; 1985, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: New York University (B.F.A., 1973); St. John's University (J.D., 1978). Assistant Corporation Counsel, New York City Law Department, 1979-1986. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Chairperson, Committee on Condemnation and Tax Certiorari, 2006—); New York State Bar Association; Real Estate Tax Review Bar Association (Director). Reported Cases: DYC Foundation, Inc. v. Assessor, Town of Fallsburg, 207 Ad 434 620 NYS 2d 566 (3rd Dept 1994); Matter of Waldbaum Inc. v. Finance Administrator, 74 N.Y.2d 128 (1989). Practice Areas: Property Tax Appeals; Tax Exemptions; Condemnation. Email: Willa I. Lewis | | —————————— | | Kathryn Weg Brandt (Associate) born New York, N.Y., April 8, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, New York. Education: University of Michigan (A.B., 1979; J.D., 1982). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Kathryn Weg Brandt | | Michaelle Francois (Associate) born Brooklyn, New York, November 1, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, New York. Education: Fordham University (B.A., 1998); St. John's University (J.D., 2002). Member: New York State Bar Association Languages: French. Practice Areas: Property Tax Appeals; Tax Exemptions; Condemnations. Email: Michaelle Francois | | OF COUNSEL | | Peter E. Blond (Of Counsel) born Manhasset, New York, July 1, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, New York. Education: State University of New York at Buffalo (B.A., Legal Studies, 1994); St. John's University School of Law (J.D., 1997). Formerly with Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C, September 2003 through June 2008. Author: "Real Estate Taxes: The Pin to the Real Estate Bubble?" New York Real Estate Journal, Sept 2005; "New York City's Taxing Methods Spread Eastward," NY Real Estate Journal, Sept 2004; "Suffolk Real Estate Taxes: My Property Is Worth How Much?" (co-authored with Richard Fromewick), NY Real Estate Journal, July 2004. Member: New York State Bar Association; The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Condemnation and Tax Certiorari Committee, 2002—). Practice Areas: Tax Certiorari; Eminent Domain; Condemnation; Exemptions and Tax Incentive Programs. | | LEGAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL | | Patrick Burke born Queens, New York, October 26, 1960; Education: St. Johns University (B.S., Mgmt., 1982). NYC Tax Commission Hearing Officer, 1988-1994. Director of Appraisal, NYC Tax Commission, 1994. Practice Areas: Real Estate Appraisal. Email: Patrick Burke |
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