Justin S. Weitzman

Member | Litigation

733 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10017

New York, 2013
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 2013
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 2013
U.S. District Court, Western District of New York, 2016

Represented a commercial landlord in the granting of summary judgment against individual guarantors of a commercial lease claiming protection under New York City’s “Guaranty Law” where the tenant entity subleased the commercial space
Represented a residential landlord in dismissal of an Article 78 proceeding brought by a tenant, and denial of a subsequent appeal by the tenant, seeking to reverse a decision by the DHCR denying the tenant’s rent overcharge claims
Represented a commercial landlord in partial dismissal of counterclaims by a commercial tenant sounding in fraud, constructive eviction, and breach of the covenant of quiet enjoyment
Represented both developers and condominium/cooperative boards involving claims of construction defects in newly constructed buildings
Represented both property owners and contractors on a construction project in lien foreclosure actions regarding claims of unpaid work
Represented both property buyers and sellers in misrepresentation cases asserting active concealment of latent construction defects
Represented real estate brokers in breach of contract cases stemming from the failure to pay a commission under the brokerage agreement
Represented property owners in litigation asserting nuisance claims arising from faulty construction
Represented a financial investment company in dismissal of a complaint for sexual discrimination brought by an executive employee before the New York State Division of Human Rights
Represented a Florida-based corporation and its owner in dismissal of a complaint brought in New York state court for breach of contract, stemming from a sales and marketing agreement that never came to fruition
Represented a company that was victimized in a Ponzi-type scheme of selling secondary-market life insurance policies to multiple parties, winning summary judgment on policy ownership and therefore entitling the company to recover its equity
Represented several local New York City businesses in defending against claims of discrimination (disability, religion, race, sex, etc.) in places of public accommodation

University of Miami School of Law

J.D. (magna cum laude) - 2012

Honors & Activities:

- Inter-American Law Review
- Certificate in Employment, Labor and Immigration Law
- University of Miami School of Law Trial Competition Team
- Center for Ethics & Public Service Summer Public Interest Fellowship, Legal Services of Greater Miami

The Pennsylvania State University

B.S. - 2009

Honors & Activities:

- Dean’s List, THON