Education:
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Juris Doctor, cum laude, New York Law School, 1983
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Bachelor of Arts, George Washington University, 1980
Admissions:
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New York State 1984
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United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1991
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United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1991
With more than twenty five years of experience as a commercial and personal injury litigator, Melvin B. Berfond has effectively litigated a wide variety of matters such as automobile accidents, motorcycle accidents, wrongful death, slip and falls, construction accidents, gasoline service station regulations, breaches of contract, construction disputes, corporate governance contests, commercial affairs, defaults on financial instruments and secured transactions, and insurance coverage issues.
The clients Mr. Berfond has represented include injured individuals, corporate equity shareholders, businesses, aggrieved workers, unions, homebuilders, homeowners, landowners, construction companies, manufacturers, financial institutions, insurance companies, landlords, tenants and consumers.
Mr. Berfond also focuses a significant amount of his practice on real estate transactions and title litigation. He regularly handles issues such as, commercial real estate transactions, specific performance litigation, landlord-tenant disputes, evictions, condemnation, eminent domain, land use disputes, boundary disputes and property damage.
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