Barry E. Lichtenberg is an accomplished trial and appellate attorney with more than thirty years experience.  He has represented private and public companies, manufacturers and wholesalers, commercial real estate owners and developers, managers, brokers and special servicers.  Former New York State Attorney General Robert Abrams describes Barry as “an outstanding assistant attorney general” who “has had a distinguished career as a commercial and real estate litigator…. Barry is a person of intelligence, good judgment and integrity…. Over the years, I have referred potential clients to his firm.”

Lichtenberg’s extensive litigation background spans a wide variety of cases and forums.  He has represented national real estate companies in connection with brokerage commission claims and a foreign air cargo carrier in connection with tort claims.  He has defended not-for-profits from preference and fraudulent conveyance actions in Bankruptcy Court and assisted in the defense of a major museum involving allegedly Nazi-looted German expressionist paintings.  As a former prosecutor, he is as comfortable in the courtroom as he is crafting watertight settlements.

Five consecutive appellate arguments have each resulted in a favorable ruling for Barry’s clients. Three of those cases required the appellate court to reverse a lower court decision.  In one precedent–setting case, the Appellate Division, First Department, found that the trial court had properly exercised its discretion in declining to appoint a receiver in a foreclosure action even though the mortgage agreement at issue contained a provision that explicitly authorizes the appointment of a receiver upon application by the mortgagee.  The New York Law Journal reported the decision together with Barry’s commentary.

Barry began his career as an assistant district attorney.  He went on to serve as assistant attorney general in the Bureau of Real Estate Financing of the New York State Attorney General, where he prosecuted real estate securities fraud both civilly and criminally.  Barry was also senior litigation associate at Herrick, Feinstein LLP.

Barry has lectured extensively on commercial litigation, real estate brokerage law, New York mortgage foreclosure law and debtor-creditor law. He has also taught at New York University’s Real Estate Institute and has served as a featured panelist in various legal education programs. Barry’s wide-ranging articles and essays have appeared in The New York Jewish Week and New Jersey Jewish Standard.