Partners
Contact Information:
Capuder Fazio Giacoia LLP
90 Broad Street
New York, New York 10004-2627
P +1 (212) 509-9595
F +1 (212) 509-9597
[email protected]
Areas Of Practice:
- Legal and Accounting Malpractice Litigation and Risk Management
- Ethics & Professional Responsibility
- Defamation, Speech and Civil Rights Litigation
- Business & Commercial Law
- International and Domestic Business Transactions
- Broker Errors and Omissions
- Manufacturing and Products Litigation and Risk Management
Bar Admissions:
Classes and Seminars (Faculty or Publication):
- Legal and Accounting Malpractice Litigation
Continuing Legal Education Satellite Network, 1993 - The Liability of Accountants and Financial Service Professionals
The National Conference of CPA Practitioners, 1993 - What Every Successful Lawyer Needs to Know About Accounting
Practicing Law Institute, 1995 - An Update on Lawyers' Liability
New York County Lawyers Association, 1997 - Avoiding Legal Malpractice
Practicing Law Institute, 1998 - Legal Malpractice: Techniques to Avoid Liability
Practicing Law Institute, 1999 - Representing the Professional Client
New York County Lawyers Association, 2002 - Real Evidence for the Trial Practitioner
Lorman Education Services, 2003 - Real Evidence for the Trial Practitioner
Lorman Education Services, 2004 - Business Litigation: The Latest Developments
Lorman Education Services, 2004 - 17th Annual Accountants' Liability Course of Study
American Law Institute-American Bar Association, 2005 - Lawyers and Accountants — an Interdisciplinary Dialog: Issues and Understandings
New York County Lawyers Association, 2012
Contact Information:
Capuder Fazio Giacoia LLP
90 Broad Street
New York, New York 10004-2627
P +1 (212) 509-9595
F +1 (212) 509-9597
[email protected]
Areas Of Practice:
- Arbitration
- Business & Commercial Law
- Business Organizations
- Commercial Contracts
- Litigation
- Probate & Estate Administration
- Real Estate Transactions-Purchase, Sales, Commercial Leasing
- Real Estate Brokerage Commission Cases
- Real Estate Brokerage and Fair Housing
- Wills & Estates
Al has represented clients in all aspects of litigation and transactional work arising from his extensive real estate practice. In the area of transactional real estate, Al represents buyers and sellers in the drafting and negotiation of purchase and sale agreements, development and construction agreements, real estate brokerage agreements, and other documents relating to real property acquisition, ownership, leasing, and disposition.
Al has extensive experience in real estate and commercial litigation encompassing a broad range of issues, including the prosecution and defense of brokerage commission cases, state licensing violations as well as the defense of real estate brokers in fair housing litigation. He is general counsel for several Realtor organizations, including the Brooklyn Board, the Manhattan Association, the Staten Island Board, and the Ulster County Board. Al is also an Adjunct Lecturer with New York University and a GRI instructor with the NYS Association of Realtors. Having been appointed an Arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association, he is assigned cases involving real estate brokerage commission disputes and other commercial matters.
Bar Admissions:
- New York, 1984
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1984
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1984
Education:
Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York, 1983
J.D.
Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 1980
B.A.
Major: American Government
Contact Information:
Capuder Fazio Giacoia LLP
90 Broad Street
New York, New York 10004-2627
P +1 (212) 509-9595
F +1 (212) 509-9597
[email protected]
Areas Of Practice:
- Administrative Law
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Business & Commercial Law
- Business Organizations
- Civil Rights
- Communications & Media Law
- Construction Law
- Contracts
- Debtor/Creditor
- Discrimination
- Employment Law — Employer
- Ethics & Professional Responsibility
- Insurance Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- International Law
- Legal Malpractice
- Litigation & Appeals
- Products Liability Law
- Professional Malpractice Law
- Securities Law
- Trademarks
Bar Admissions:
- New York, 1988
- New Jersey, 1987
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1988
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1988
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1988
- U.S. District Court Western District of New York, 1997
Education:
Fordham University School of Law, New York, New York, 1987
J.D.
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, 1983
B.A.
Major: Economics
Published Works:
Avoiding Legal Malpractice, PLI, 1998
Legal Malpractice: Techniques to Avoid Liability, PLI, 1999