Alan M. Friedman

Biography

Mr. Friedman has 25+ years experience representing co-op corporations, condominium associations, corporations, and more in corporate and transactional matters. Alan M. Friedman received his Juris Doctorate with honors from the University at Buffalo Law School, his M.B.A. with honors from the University at Buffalo School of Management and his B.S. magna cum laude from the University at Buffalo School of Management. Mr. Friedman represents co-op corporations, condominium associations, corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and individuals with respect to corporate and transactional matters. His practice focuses on representing Cooperative Apartment Corporations and Condominium Associations on a broad array of matters including commercial leases, financing, construction contracts, service contracts, apartment transfers and general corporate matters. In conjunction with the litigation attorneys of the firm he is also involved in construction defect litigation, landlord-tenant matters and a variety of other litigation affecting co-ops and condominiums. Mr. Friedman also handles cooperative and condominium conversions, including two recent No Action Letter coop conversions for low-income housing cooperatives (HDFCs) which were probably the largest of such conversions in the State, 139 and 239 units. Mr. Friedman represents numerous Housing Development Fund Corporations (HDFCs) which are low-income housing cooperatives - the firm has a reputation for handling legal matters in the area of affordable housing with representative clients such as Common Ground Community. Mr. Friedman’s real estate practice also includes representing landlords and tenants on commercial leases, and residential and commercial real estate transactions. Mr. Friedman’s corporate and partnership practice includes forming corporations, LLCs and partnerships, and general corporate matters including partnership agreements, stockholder agreements and asset and stock purchase agreements. Mr. Friedman earned his J.D. with honors from the University at Buffalo Law School in 1983 and his M.B.A. with honors from the University at Buffalo School of Management in 1984, where he was a recipient of the Helen H. Crosby Fellowship and the Graduate Wall Street Journal Award. He completed his B.S. magna cum laude at the University at Buffalo School of Management in 1980 and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Friedman was admitted to the New York Bar in 1984 and to the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York in 1991. He is affiliated with the New York State Bar Association, where he participates in the Real Property Law Section, Tax Section, Business Law Section, Elder Law Section, and Health Law Section. Outside of his professional work, Mr. Friedman is a passionate collector of early phonographs, moving picture memorabilia, and Edison memorabilia, and he has conducted public school presentations on these topics.