Teaching and Publishing

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." Our syllabus included hot topics such as attorney's fees, post-judgment collections, and toxic mold. Lorman is currently offering the 138-page Reference Manual from the program. For more information on how to obtain the manual go to www.lorman.com.

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 the perspectives of both the landlord and the tenant. It contains numerous checklists, model leases, forms and contracts; and it covers everything from the basics to the "hidden" issues that can arise. To order the book go to www.nysba.org or .

Jay Itkowitz answered a reader's question on the propriety of board officers soliciting business from fellow share holders in the April 2007 edition of The Cooperator, the Co-op & Condo Monthly. Read the response here.

On December 16, 2005, Jay B. Itkowitz gave a lecture to Newmark & Company Real Estate, Inc. entitled "Commercials Evictions in New York".

On December 8, 2005, Jay B. Itkowitz gave a lecture to the New York City Bar Center CLE Program entitled "The Fundamentals of Landlord and Tenant Practice in New York City".

On June 6, 2003, Partner Michelle Maratto was part of a Practicing Law Institute panel presenting a continuing legal education seminar on commercial leasing. Michelle's portion was entitled "Enforcement Remedies and Default -- Special Issues." For materials and a videotape of the program, visit the Practicing Law Institute's website at www.pli.edu.

On March 6, 2003, the Partners of Itkowitz & Harwood gave a presentation entitled "Remedies Roadmap: Lease Drafting Considerations Regarding Default Clauses," sponsored by the New York State Bar Association, Real Property Section, Commercial Leasing Committee. For more information or to obtain materials, go to www.nysba.org.

On April 26, 2002, Partner Michelle A. Maratto was a faculty member at a continuing legal education presentation presented by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, entitled "Introduction to the Deal: What's Involved With a Commercial Real Estate Lease Transaction?" Michelle's presentation was on "Remedies on Default." The materials can be obtained at www.abcny.org.

An article by a Partner of Itkowitz & Harwood appeared in the March 2002 issue of The Cooperator entitled "Broker Uses Insider Info to Defraud Clients." The article examined the Department of State's revocation of a broker's license for breaching her fiduciary duty and defrauding her client. The broker had partnered with the purchaser without informing her client; she then disclosed her client's confidential bottom-line price to the purchaser. See www.cooperator.com for subscription information.

Another article by a Partner of Itkowitz & Harwood appeared in the February 2002 issue of The Cooperator entitled "Discrimination Lawsuit Proceeds Against Board." The article analyzed a recent New York Supreme Court case which allowed a shareholder to pursue fiduciary duty and discrimination claims against a coop corporation's board of directors. See www.cooperator.com for subscription information.

Some Basic Differences Between Commercial Dispossess Cases and Residential Dispossess Cases; Practicing Law Institute's Introduction to Landlord and Tenant Practice; October 16, 1993.

Tenant Defaults Under Commercial Leases; New York State Bar Association's Commercial Leasing in a Distressed Market: How the Rules Have Changed; October 15, 1992.

Mid-Term Renegotiations and End-of-Term Renewal Negotiations of Commercial Leases; New York State Bar Association's Real Property Law Section Newsletter; April 1992.

Landlord's Remedies After Default in Payment of Rent Under Commercial Leases; New York State Bar Association's Commercial Leases in the 90's: Old Expectations, New Realities; April 19, 1991.

Drug-Related Eviction Cases; New York State Bar Association's Residential Landlord and Tenant Practice Update; September 22, 1989; and reprinted Treiman's Landlord-Tenant Statutes, 1990; Treiman's Landlord-Tenant Encyclopedia and Review, 1991; Rent Stabilization Association's Exercising Your Right as a Property Owner, 1990.