Law

NEW YORK, NY—Houston-based Susman Godfrey LLP, one of the nation’s leading boutique law firms specializing in big stakes commercial litigation, with offices in Dallas, Los Angeles, Seattle and New York, will move to its new and larger Manhattan office at 560 Lexington Avenue by the end of the year.

NEW YORK, NY—Rosenberg & Estis, P.C., a leading boutique real estate law firm, announced that Luise A. Barrack has been promoted to managing partner. Gary M.

NEW YORK, NY–TitleVest's newly-launched Interactive Online Report, a web-based application which streamlines the title insurance review and closing process making it swifter, more comprehensive and thorough than the traditional method of reviewing reams of printed documents, is revolutionary in its own right.  

MELVILLE, NY—Littler Mendelson, P.C. (Littler), the nation's largest employment and labor law firm representing management, announces the addition of Amy Ventry-Kagan to its growing Melville office.

NEW YORK, NY—McCarter & English has appointed Mary Jane Augustine as Managing Partner of the New York office, effective April 1, 2010.  Augustine is the first woman to hold that position in McCarter’s New York office.  In her new management role, Augustine will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the office, as well as coordinating business and practice development efforts.  She will also continue her established construction law practice.

VENICE, CA—Sunlight Planet (<http://www.sunlightplanet.com>) acted as lead legal and regulatory advisor to Eastern Energy Systems in connection with the development and installation of the largest wind turbine on Long Island New York.

NEW YORK, NY—In an effort to accommodate recent growth and operate more efficiently on a single floor, the prestigious law firm of Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd. has signed a lease for 23,149 square feet on part of the 11th floor of 850 Third Avenue, owned by Shorenstein Properties LLC.

The transaction represents an approximate 7,000-square-foot expansion for the law firm, which was formerly situated on multiple floors at 830 Third Avenue.

NEW YORK, NY–New York’s City Council passed major legislation yesterday afternoon that places New York City at the forefront of municipal efforts to improve the energy efficiency of existing buildings. Under the umbrella of PLANYC, which outlined measures to reduce our city’s total carbon footprint 30% by 2030, the four bills are known as the “Greener, Greater Buildings Plan” and are among the most progressive adopted in the United States.

ATLANTA, GA—The RADCO Companies, a national real estate development firm specializing in distressed real estate with an established record of successful workouts of fractured condos, multi-family, mixed-use, resort, and master planned communities, has expanded its legal department and operations by adding Eitan Ovadia as the firm’s newest in-house attorney and project