Mark Bogard Email & Phone Number

Bronx, New York, United States

• General Counsel to real estate developer with properties in the tri-state area and greater Northeast• Handling of all legal aspects of client’s acquisition and development of commercial and large residential properties (100+ units), including transactional and litigation efforts• Responsible for lease and contract negotiation and preparation, corporate formation (including limited liability companies, partnerships, joint ventures), tax certiorari, tax exemptions and abatements, and landlord tenant matters• Lead counsel on acquisition of multiple breweries, which efforts include acquisition of assets of existing breweries (real, personal, and intellectual property), as well as federal, state, and local licensing for manufacture, distribution, and on-premises consumption, and preparation of contract brewing agreements• General counsel to automotive dealer/servicer• General counsel to tech/hospitality company

• Drafted and negotiated commercial and residential transactional documents including leases, purchase and sale agreements, promissory notes, mortgages, CEMA loans, construction loans, purchase money mortgages, SBA loans, IDA loans, personal guaranties, lease extensions/modifications, etc.• Handled zoning and land use matters (variances, site plans, special use permits, change of zone, etc.) – obtained approvals for development of electric vehicle charging stations throughout Long Island, expansion and conversion of fitness centers, dog day care facilities, and various other commercial and residential projects• Real estate closings throughout New York City, New York State, Long Island, and New Jersey• Responsible for corporate transactions including entity formation and termination, as well as drafting of operating agreements, by-laws, resolutions, consents, and assignments (of contractual and real property interests)• Legal research in support of firm’s complex litigation practice

New York, Ny

Associate Attorney – Tax Lien Department- Represented county and village tax lien holders through every aspect of foreclosure process from commencement (including conditions precedent to suit) through finality of action (including post judgment litigation, sales, evictions, and quiet title actions)- Authored and argued department’s litigated motions throughout the state including successful litigation of issues involving: questions of personal jurisdiction and due process, conditions precedent to suit, tax exemptions for municipalities and religious entities, lien priority, tax hardship extensions, and bankruptcy related matters.- Handled department’s transactional matters including acquisition of title via tax deeds, lease drafting, real estate closings, preparation of settlement agreements, tax exemption and hardship extension applications, negotiation and preparation of lien assignments, lien pyramids- Expertise in Nassau County Admin. Code and Real Property Tax Law and their roles in tax lien processes

Greater New York City Area

- Supervised firm’s largest department (20+ employees) which focuses on residential foreclosure settlement conferences, loss mitigation, liquidation and other mortgage settlement options- Drafted and argued all Mediation-related motions (or supervised the same)- Appeared in Courts for settlement conferences, CPLR 3408 (bad faith) hearings, motions (to dismiss, to compel, for sanctions, summary judgment, etc.), traverse hearings and status and pre-trial conferences- Drafted all loan underwriting analyses on behalf of clients (or supervised the same)- Hired, trained and supervised all department attorneys, as well presented firm-wide lectures on loss mitigationSingle point of contact and liaison for Ocwen Loan Servicing, the firm’s largest client (over 6,000 active files)- Advised client as to legality of their desired actions based on research and analysis of pertinent statutes and case law - implemented strategies to achieve and further these goals, which increased the firm’s overall output while also accelerating time frames for completion of work, all without the assistance of additional staff- Spearheaded project with respect to aged files – resulted in restoring approximately 1/3 of the files previously believed to have been lost to statute of limitations, thus preserving approx. $10.5 million of potential assets- Managed approximately 150 staff (both attorneys and paralegals) with respect to their involvement with the client

New York, Ny

- Represented clients in approximately 200 New York Supreme and New Jersey Superior Court cases regarding foreclosures, loan modifications, landlord/tenant, title transactions, short sales, breach of contract, and criminal law- Achieved approximately 30 dismissals on the grounds of improper chain of title/standing, improper notice, bad faith practices by the opposition and unlawful police activity- Negotiated 100+ loan modifications and obtained many principal balance reductions, thus saving clients’ homes- Negotiated a plea with respect to an alleged fraud of over $80,000 that required neither jail nor restitution for client

Doctor Of Law - Jd, Law

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Science And Government