Bruce H. Lederman handles extensive transactional real estate work as well as a wide range of commercial litigation. He focuses his practice on general real estate; distressed property and workouts; construction; mechanic's liens; and brokerage, partnership and intellectual property disputes.

Mr. Lederman has more than 25 years of experience representing a variety of major property owners and developers, large and small businesses, and individuals. In real estate, mechanic's lien and construction dispute resolution, Mr. Lederman's clients include Sackman Enterprises, C&K Properties, The RE Group (the Kessner family), El Ad Properties, The Moinian Group, Dennis Herman, L&M Development, Simone Development, Haruvi Holdings, Richard Maidman, T. Weiss, First American Title Insurance and Royal Abstract. In the intellectual property area, Mr. Lederman has represented large trademark owners such as Louis Vuitton and Kids of America, as well as a wide range of individual and small businesses with intellectual property issues.

On the transactional side, in 2007, Mr. Lederman represented the seller of the East Harlem Portfolio. One of the largest residential portfolio sales in New York City history, it consisted of 49 separate properties with a combined sales price in excess of $200 million. Mr. Lederman has represented developers in numerous single-property and portfolio refinances, involving up to $75 million with both traditional banks and securitized lenders. He also has extensive experience in the defeasance of securitized loans and acquiring and selling residential and commercial real estate.

As a real estate attorney with an emphasis on distressed properties, Mr. Lederman has appeared in real-estate-related matters in the United States Bankruptcy Court. In fact, he has served as Special Real Estate Counsel to the Creditors Committee in a bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York, which involved more than $65 million worth of property and $30 million worth of fraudulently issued mortgages and debts. He has helped clients restructure bank debts in excess of $50 million and has also counseled clients on purchasing distressed properties.

Mr. Lederman regularly appears for motion practice and trials in state and federal courts, and for alternative dispute resolution before American Arbitration Association panels. He has argued numerous appeals before the New York State Appellate Division and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He has also appeared pro hac vice in courts throughout the country, including state courts in Oregon and Mississippi and federal courts in Massachusetts, Washington, D.C., Georgia, Florida, Chicago, Texas and California.

Mr. Lederman has written articles about mechanic's liens that have appeared in Real Estate Weekly and federal preemption articles that appeared in the New York Law Journal. He is also a CLE Lecturer on Mechanic's Liens for First American Title Insurance Co.