ADAM LEITMAN BAILEY’S FIRM HELPED SETTLE A BRONX BRAWL OVER LAND BETWEEN TWO PARTIES AND BROUGHT VICTORY AGAINST A LONG-STANDING POWERFUL FAMILY IN NEW YORK. This matter came to Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. (ALBPC) at the beginning of 2017. The resulting decision issued by the Appellate Division on March 9, 2023—six years later—shows how dogged Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C., Protects Landlord’s Rights Under a 25-Year Old Easement
Plaintiff bought a property in 1998; her deed included an easement retained by the vendor to permit access across its driveway to the loading dock of its then-neighboring warehouse “…for the purpose of permitting ingress and egress of persons and motor vehicles.…” Before 2012, Plaintiff was allowed to traverse Vendor’s driveway to park in the Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Secures Landmark Decision for Title Insurer Establishing New Precedent Regarding a Title Insurers’ Obligations Related to Consolidated Mortgages
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was retained to defend a title insurer in an action where the lender sought declaratory judgment that a title insurance policy remained in full force and effect. The title insurer issued a title insurance policy in connection with a mortgage in the amount of $1,995,000.00. That mortgage was assigned twice. Thereafter, Full Article…
Mission Impossible: Securing Almost 2 Million Dollars From a Convicted Felon to Payoff Claims Owed to Commercial Lender
In the life of a title litigator, you want to be challenged and have interesting cases where you are asked to use your best skills to prevail. We were delighted to be told that this claim required the most aggressive, street-smart law firm on the Fortune 500 companies attorney list and we could not feel Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Preserves Six Million Dollars In Loans Made by Its Client
When the managing member of three real estate LLCs sought to refinance the existing senior debt, Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C.’s client made loans totaling approximately six million dollars. There was also a mezzanine lender, whose agreement with the holding company for the LLCs, required its written permission for an activity such as a refinance. None Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Wins Summary Judgment Despite Attacks on the Servicer’s Limited Power of Attorney and on the Affidavits of Service for the Notices
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was retained by a lender in connection with the foreclosure of a business purpose loan on a residential premises in Suffolk County. Once the firm moved for summary judgment, the defendants argued that the affidavit of a Vice President from the loan servicer and attorney-in-fact to the plaintiff was insufficient to Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. Quickly Secures Victory for Lender Facing Adverse Possession Claim
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was recently retained by a title company to represent a Lender’s interest in an adverse possession action in Queens. The Lender had commenced an action to foreclose a mortgage against the subject property which resulted in an auction taking place. However, before the closing of the sale could take place, a Full Article…
Adam Leitman Bailey Wins Heated Litigation After Aggressive Investigation Disproves Adversaries’ Prescriptive Easement Claims
Adam Leitman Bailey, P.C. was retained by the new purchaser of a house in the Hamptons to defend an ongoing case, brought by her neighbor, in which the neighbor claimed it had an prescriptive easement which gave it the right to continue to use the client’s property to access a nearby creek. Though the previous owner Full Article…