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• Jay Itkowitz and Donald Harwood are not only excellent attorneys, but they are also businessmen dealing in a wide variety of areas, which only enhances their acumen as litigators. Recently, Mr. Itkowitz and Mr. Harwood produced an independent film, Frozen River, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. http://frozenriverthemovie.com/.  Mr. Harwood is capable of doing all the legal work with respect to film production including, but not limited to, preparing prospectuses for investors and negotiating and obtaining intellectual rights associated with film production as well as selling film rights etc.

• On May 19, 2008, Jay Itkowitz and Michelle Maratto filmed a five-part continuing legal education program for Lawline.com, designed to provide 12 credit hours, half the bi-annual requirement. This program will offer extremely comprehensive instruction on landlord and tenant practice in New York City. The seminar is designed for lawyers and real estate professionals; and each lecture stands alone as a comprehensive course on its topic:
  
  

  • Show #1: Introduction to Residential Landlord and Tenant Law
    
  • Show #2: Special Issues in Commercial Landlord and Tenant Law: Yellowstone, Draw-Down Evictions
    
  • Show #3: Advanced Issues in Landlord and Tenant Law -- Getting the Results you Want: Strategy and Gamesmanship; Trial, Stipulations of Settlement
    
  • Show #4: Advanced Issues in Landlord and Tenant Law -- Big Issues In Suing and Defending Rent Stabilized Tenants: Non-Primary Residence, Chronic Non-Payment, Nuisance
    
  • Show #5: Advanced Issues in Landlord and Tenant Law -- Post Judgment Issues that Make All the Difference -- Stays, Eviction Day, Attorney's Fees, Judgment Enforcement

• On February 28, 2008, the I&H Partners conducted the eighth annual continuing legal education seminar sponsored by Lorman Education Services for real estate attorneys and professionals entitled, "Evictions: Residential and Commercial in New York City." Click here to purchase the 108 page manual from the class from Lorman.
   

• Second edition due out soon! The Partners of Itkowitz & Harwood authored a chapter entitled "Overview of Lease Enforcement" for the New York State Bar Association Commercial Leasing Manual. This is a wonderful resource from the New York State Bar Association, edited by Joshua Stein, Esq. It is written from both the landlord's and the tenant's perspectives. It contains numerous checklists, model leases, forms and contracts; and it covers everything from the basics to the "hidden" issues that can arise. The second edition is due out very soon.