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Peter J. Famighetti
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Melvin Monachan
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Lake Success, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 3 years experience
(516) 714-5763 3000 Marcus Avenue,
Suite 3W04
 Lake Success, NY 11042
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Foreclosure Defense and Landlord Tenant
Pace Law School
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Melvin Monachan is the founder of The Law Office of Melvin Monachan, PLLC, a full service, real estate law firm representing individuals, investors and corporate entities in all aspects of real estate law.

On the transactional side, Melvin represents purchasers and sellers of coops, condos and houses from the pre-contract due diligence through closing. He also represents landlords and tenants in the review, drafting and negotiation residential and commercial leases.

On the litigation side, Melvin represents individuals and corporations in the Civil Court, Housing Court, Supreme Court, and Appellate term and Appellate division of the State of New York. These matters include...
Reena Gulati
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Lake Success, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 23 years experience
3000 Marcus Avenue
Suite 1E5
 Lake Success, NY 11042
Real Estate, Business and Estate Planning
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Result oriented attorney. Stratigically guiding clients in their legal matters.
David Lee Silverman
New Hyde Park, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 29 years experience
(516) 466-5900 2001 Marcus Ave
 New Hyde Park, NY 11042
Real Estate, Estate Planning and Tax
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Russell Charles Friedman
Lake Success, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 35 years experience
(516) 714-5975 3000 Marcus Ave, Suite 2E03
 Lake Success, NY 11042
Real Estate and Health Care
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Howard Ross
New Hyde Park, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 43 years experience
(516) 358-3861 1111 Marcus Ave
 New Hyde Park, NY 11040
Real Estate, Collections and Tax
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Devang C. Shah
Lake Success, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 20 years experience
(718) 261-8803 1979 Marcus Ave
Suite 210
 Lake Success, NY 11042
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Business, Estate Planning and Landlord Tenant
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
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Josephine Ann Doyle
New Hyde Park, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 31 years experience
(516) 616-7770 2001 Marcus Ave
 New Hyde Park, NY 11042
Real Estate, Elder and Estate Planning
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Matthew Moss Mandell
New Hyde Park, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 19 years experience
(516) 354-2800 3000 Marcus Ave
 New Hyde Park, NY 11042
Real Estate and Business
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Stanley Glasser
New Hyde Park, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 54 years experience
(516) 358-5588 3000 Marcus Ave
 New Hyde Park, NY 11042
Real Estate, Business and Elder
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Shane Michael Delaney
New Hyde Park, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 20 years experience
(516) 775-7007 813 Jericho Turnpike
 New Hyde Park, NY 11040
Real Estate and Business
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Richard Lawrence Stracher
New Hyde Park, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 57 years experience
(516) 437-5900 5 Dakota Dr
 New Hyde Park, NY 11042
Real Estate
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Donna Lynn Denton
New Hyde Park, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 30 years experience
(516) 775-7007 813 Jericho Turnpike
 New Hyde Park, NY 11040
Real Estate and Bankruptcy
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Patricia Goodsell
New Hyde Park, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 39 years experience
(516) 328-3254 608 Jericho Turnpike
 New Hyde Park, NY 11040
Real Estate, Business and Estate Planning
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Kenneth Guttenplan
New Hyde Park, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 49 years experience
(516) 616-1155 2001 Marcus Ave
 New Hyde Park, NY 11042
Real Estate, Business, Divorce and Estate Planning
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David P. Badanes
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Garden City, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 15 years experience
(631) 239-1702 1225 Franklin Avenue
Suite 325
 Garden City, NY 11530
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Divorce, Estate Planning and Family
St. John's School of Law
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David Badanes Esq. - Experienced Long Island divorce lawyer and family law attorney serving Nassau and Suffolk counties. Concentrating in divorce, contested divorce, uncontested divorce, divorce mediation, matrimonial & family law and criminal defense. The Badanes Law Office is committed to providing optimal representation, while exceeding his clients’ expectations. He represents clients in Suffolk County, Nassau County and the New York City area with offices in Northport, Suffolk County and Garden City, Nassau County.
Russel Morgan
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Great Neck, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer
(212) 561-4299 5 Hillcrest Drive
 Great Neck, NY 11021
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Elder, Estate Planning and Probate
New York Law School
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Our founding member and principal, Russel Morgan has concentrated in commercial and contract litigation, trust and estate planning, business and personal asset protection, wealth preservation and dynasty succession planning. Russel has also assisted clients with all forms of commercial and personal transnational work, including the preparation, re-structuring and litigation of various types of contracts.

Russel Morgan was raised in Brooklyn, New York and has remained loyal to his origins as he graduated from the City University of New York Brooklyn College with a Bachelors degree in Political Science. He continued his legal journey and went on to receive his Juris Doctor...
Lloyd Rosen
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Great Neck, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 26 years experience
(516) 406-8500 1010 Northern Blvd
Suite 300
 Great Neck, NY 11021
Real Estate, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
Hofstra University
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Attorney Lloyd C. Rosen, Esq. has been a member of Wisselman, Harounian & Associates since 2005. He is skilled in all areas of family law, including separation, divorce, child custody, child and spousal support, visitation rights, domestic violence, property distribution, and pre- and post-nuptial agreements. To help families through difficult matters, Attorney Rosen also provides services in the areas of grandparent custody, visitation paternity issues, enforcements of support payments, as well as support termination. On a regular basis, Attorney Rosen serves in Family and Supreme Courts throughout Long Island and the five boroughs of New York City. Aside from...
Robert Unger
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Great Neck, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 39 years experience
10 Bond St
#613
 Great Neck, NY 11021
Real Estate, Business, Construction and Consumer
Fordham University School of Law
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The firm has been in business for 4 decades. Recently we partnered with another trial lawyer in the practice to aggressively press those high stakes cases needing a verdict by either jury or judge. Our clients are very happy with our responsiveness and our communication. The law practice is a busy and demanding field, but we pride ourselves in not taking so many cases so that our clients do not suffer and hear from us regularly. Our mantra has been to take quality cases that we are able to fully manage. We see other firms being drowned by a volume...
Mr. Jerome A. Wisselman
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Great Neck, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 43 years experience
(516) 406-8500 1010 Northern Boulevard
Suite 300
 Great Neck, NY 10021
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Estate Planning and Family
New York University School of Law and Brooklyn Law School
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Prior to founding Wisselman, Harounian & Associates in 1976, Attorney Jerome A. Wisselman, Esq. served as a law clerk to Honorary Maxine K. Duberstein and Honorary Stanley Gartenstein in the areas of matrimonial and family law. His passion for people allowed him to fully devote his life to helping those facing hardships involving divorce, child custody and support, marriage, wills and estate planning, business law, and real estate law. His background in tax law and accounting gives him the ability to address complex financial issues that are involved with many family law matters. Over the years, Attorney Wisselman...
David Green
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W. Hempstead, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 30 years experience
(516) 874-6310 329 Hempstead Turnpike
 W. Hempstead, NY 11552
Free ConsultationReal Estate and Bankruptcy
Syracuse University College of Law
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Full service law practice with a concentration on consumer bankruptcy and real estate.
Adam C Neal
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Mineola, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 6 years experience
(347) 598-3990 170 Old Country Road
Suite 600
 Mineola, NY 11501
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Criminal, DWI and Traffic Tickets
Fordham University School of Law
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"Finding the right attorney can be stressful and confusing, and lawyers are often only needed when something unexpected or tragic has happened. Whatever problem you face, whether you or someone you know was arrested, received a traffic ticket, was injured in an accident, or something else, Adam C. Neal Law is here to handle the problem so you don't have to." Adam C. Neal, Esq. is a graduate of both Fordham Law School and Columbia University and spent many years as a prosecutor for the Nassau County District Attorney's office. He has handled thousands of criminal cases, appearing in...
Robert Bichoupan
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Great Neck, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 27 years experience
(516) 482-1186 175 East Shore Road
Ste. 270
 Great Neck, NY 11023
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Business and Estate Planning
Boston University School of Law
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Marc Howard Weissman
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Garden City, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 19 years experience
(516) 248-7844 200 Garden City Plaza
Suite 103
 Garden City, NY 11530
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Elder, Personal Injury and Probate
Rutgers School of Law-Newark
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Mitchell A. Nathanson
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Garden City, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 27 years experience
(516) 568-0000 666 Old Country Rd
#602
 Garden City, NY 11530
Real Estate, Collections and Landlord Tenant
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
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Mitchell A. Nathanson is now a partner of Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP.

Mitchell is often described by his colleagues and peers as a "lawyer's lawyer" and their "go to" lawyer for enforcing judgments against debtors, especially in New York State. However, Mitchell's expertise has resulted in receiving referrals in more than 25 states to collect debts to satisfaction, settlement, or execution. Mitchell will apply his trademark straightforward and analytical approach to assess and resolve your legal issues.

Mitchell volunteers his time to the Mortgage Foreclosure Defense Clinic of the Nassau County Bar Association, which helps low income homeowners facing...
Andrew Matthew Lieb
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Manhasset, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 11 years experience
(631) 878-4455 21 E. Shore Road
 Manhasset, NY 11030
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Business, Foreclosure Defense and Landlord Tenant
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
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Andrew M. Lieb is the Managing Attorney of Lieb at Law, P.C., with a practice focus on real estate and corporate litigation / compliance.

Mr. Lieb has offices in Smithtown and Manhasset, New York, and provides a wide range of legal services throughout the New York / Connecticut Metro area.

Practice areas include real estate brokerage license law, contractual litigation, fair housing and discrimination, estate disputes, residential and commercial landlord / tenant needs, business entity structuring, premises liability, ownership disputes and more.

Mr. Lieb is admitted to practice law in New York, Connecticut and Colorado as well as the Federal Courts for...
Gail Beichman Saul
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Garden City, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 24 years experience
(516) 794-1000 377 Oak Street Suite 210
 Garden City, NY 11530
Real Estate, Divorce, Family and Personal Injury
Hofstra University and State University of New York - Binghamton
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I pride myself on my knowledge and experience in the fields I practice. My clients receive personal attention. I am very detail oriented and I am a zealous advocate for my clients.
Mark Nathanson
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West Hempstead, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 52 years experience
(516) 775-7500 672 Wildwood Rd
 West Hempstead, NY 11552
Real Estate, Business, Estate Planning and Landlord Tenant
Brooklyn Law School
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Recently recognized for 50 years of service by the Nassau County Bar Association, Mark has been practicing law since 1966 after earning Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Laws degrees at Brooklyn Law School in the City of New York, subsequent to his graduation from City College of the City of New York in 1963 with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. Mark Nathanson is the true community General Practice attorney. The same clients will seek his advice and guidance in the purchase or sale of a home, formation of a small business, drafting of wills, trusts, living wills, health care...
David Bythewood
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Mineola, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 35 years experience
(516) 741-0066 85 Willis Avenue,Suite J
 Mineola, NY 11501
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Appeals, Business and Construction
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
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George Howard Dippel
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Queens, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 38 years experience
(718) 229-1505 42-40 Bell Blvd
Suite 300
 Queens, NY 11361
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Business, Estate Planning and Probate
Cornell University
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The Law Office of George H. Dippel provides high quality legal services in the areas of wills, probate, trusts and estates, real estate closings (house, co-op, condo), business sales and purchases, incorporation of businesses, health care proxies and power of attorney. We are committed to providing the highest level of one-on-one personalized service to every client. Each matter is of the utmost importance to us and receives individual attention and expert care. Utilizing his extensive knowledge and decades of experience, Mr. Dippel has provided thousands of clients throughout Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Staten Island, Long Island and...
Robbie L Vaughn
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Mineola, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 11 years experience
(516) 858-2620 393 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 208
 Mineola, NY 11501
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Bankruptcy, Business and Consumer
Touro College
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Call The Law Firm of Vaughn & Weber, Pllc, at 516-858-2820 for help with your specific legal issue. Robbie and John are caring and dedicated New York lawyers. They provide their clients with fine legal service at a reasonable fee. They assist Suffolk County, Nassau County, Queens and Brooklyn residents with their Family Law Matters, Real Estate Closings, Real Estate Litigation, Collection Matters, Uncontested and Contested Divorces, Landlord-Tenant Matters, Foreclosure Defense, Loan Modifications, Foreclosure Settlement Conferences, General Civil Litigation and Bankruptcy Filings. They look forward to providing you with answers to your specific legal questions. You can call Robbie L. Vaughn...
Arnold M. Bottalico
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Garden City, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 27 years experience
(516) 543-1329 1225 Franklin Avenue
Suite 325
 Garden City, NY 11530
Real Estate, Estate Planning, Foreclosure Defense and Insurance Claims
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
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Over twenty-three years of diversified legal experience. My practice areas include: Foreclosure Defense, Estate Planning, Real Estate, and Personal Injuries. Call for free consultation!
Thomas Pillari
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Mineola, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 30 years experience
(631) 704-4707 114 Old Country Rd
Suite 680
 Mineola, NY 11501
Real Estate, Criminal, Landlord Tenant and Personal Injury
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From criminal defense to corporate law, Tom Pillari sets the standard for professional excellence and personal service. With Tom Pillari, you deal directly with your attorney, receiving a level of personal, one-on-one attention no super-sized firm can offer…at a much smaller price. Nearly a quarter century of experience helping clients achieve justice and financial remuneration in legal matters involving: - Criminal Defense - Personal Injury - Real Estate - Corporate Law - Litigation - Family Law & Divorce - DWI - Landlord-Tenant Law
Robert Scott Grossman
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Garden City, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 23 years experience
(516) 745-1700 585 Stewart Avenue, Suite 538
 Garden City, NY 11530
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Divorce and Family
University of Miami School of Law
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Robert Grossman focuses his practice in the area of matrimonial and family law, and also practices in the areas of real estate, commercial litigation and appeals. Understanding that clients often prefer to resolve their disputes out of court, Mr. Grossman is an adept negotiator who seeks creative solutions to complex issues. But, when settlement cannot be achieved, he aggressively pursues his client's goals without losing sight of the repercussions. From the outset Mr. Grossman works with his clients to determine their goals and develop a detailed plan. The absence of a properly developed plan could be compared to taking...
Richard Harris Rubin
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Garden City, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 43 years experience
(516) 227-2662 591 Stewart Avenue
4th floor
 Garden City, NY 11530
Real Estate
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Richard H. Rubin is a member of Rubin & Licatesi PC, and has practiced Real Estate Law with a broad based interest in representing mortgage bankers, institutional investors, businesses and individuals in residential and commercial real estate lending, purchase, sales and leasing transactions. Mr. Rubin coordinates a team of real estate attorneys, paralegals and real estate professionals combining many years of experience in the real estate community. As has been widely described, a significant portion of his practice continues to meet the current economic conditions and demands which have significantly affected the rights and obligations of businesses and families managing...
K. David Okoronkwo
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Jamaica Estates, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 25 years experience
(917) 804-9585 8659 Clio Street
 Jamaica Estates, NY 11423
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Criminal and DWI
Howard University School of Law
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Randall Kevin Malone
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Great Neck, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 23 years experience
(516) 406-8500 1010 Northern Blvd
Suite 300
 Great Neck, NY 11021
Real Estate and Family
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
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Randall Malone, Esq. is a family and matrimonial attorney with Wisselman, Harounian & Associates, P.C., a reputable divorce and family law firm in Long Island, New York. At the firm, Randall uses his well-rounded legal experience in family, business, and real estate law to provide aggressive, yet compassionate guidance for his clients. Randall is admitted to the New York State Bar and the Eastern District Federal Courts, and is a respected lecturer and author in the local family law community.
Carolyn Corn Bichoupan
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Great Neck, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 27 years experience
(516) 482-1186 175 East Shore Road
Ste. 270
 Great Neck, NY 11023
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Business, Employment and Estate Planning
Boston University School of Law
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Martin Allan Pollak
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Queens, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 42 years experience
(718) 229-1904 214-08 41st Ave.
 Queens, NY 11361
Real Estate, Divorce, Estate Planning and Probate
New York Law School
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If you are on the hunt for a Queens lawyer, you have found just the law office for you!! At Pollak & Slepian law firm, your case can receive the attention it requires. Attorney Jack I. Slepian obtained his Bachelor of Science degree from Brooklyn College and his Juris Doctorate at New York Law School. He is a member of the New York State Bar and the American Bar Association. Attorney Martin A. Pollak received his Bachelor of Arts degree at Queens College of the City University of New York. He obtained his Juris Doctorate from New York Law School...
Richard Michael Levy
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Merrick, NY Real Estate Law Lawyer with 41 years experience
(800) 270-1121 2448 Merrick Ave
 Merrick, NY 11566
Free ConsultationReal Estate, Business and Personal Injury
New York Law School
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Neil Eric Weissman
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Garden City, NY Real Estate Law Attorney with 27 years experience
(516) 228-3200 600 Old Country Road
 Garden City, NY 11530
Real Estate, Criminal, DWI and Divorce
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
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Neal Weissman, Esq. Is a full-service law firm. We endeavor to prosecute or defend our client's interests with zeal. Call us: there is never a charge for conversation; we are available 24 hours a day; 7 days a week. You'll talk to an actual attorney, not a voicemail. We are thoroughly conversant in procedural nuances in both Nassau County and Suffolk County. The practice can and will pursue your interests in all New York counties. We concentrate in (including but not limited to) landlord-tenant matters in Nassau County and Suffolk County; foreclosure defense in Nassau County and Suffolk County; real estate matters; personal...
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