I am Of Counsel to the K&B firm, and a senior attorney whose legal practice includes commercial and real estate transactions and disputes, including administrative law proceedings and all aspects of litigation, from the taking of discovery through conducting trials, and arguing appeals. Prior to joining the K&B firm, I was a Senior Partner at the BORAH, GOLDSTEIN, ALTSCHULER, NAHINS & GOIDEL, P.C. law firm, and the supervising partner of the firm's Administrative Division, specializing in all types of proceedings before administrative agencies including the following: New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR), New York City Environmental Control Board (ECB), New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and New York City Department of Buildings (DOB). I have over 38 years of real estate law experience, since 1974, with almost nine years as an Associate Counsel in the New York City Office of Rent Control. I have provided legal counsel to many of the real estate industry's major owners and managing agents. I earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Baruch College (1970), and a Juris Doctor degree from Brooklyn Law School (1974). I am admitted to practice before all of the trial and appellate courts in the state of New York. In addition, I am a member of the bar of the following federal courts: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. I am a member of the New York State Bar Association and the New York County Lawyers' Association (NYCLA). I am a member of the NYCLA Administrative Law Committee and the NYCLA Civil Court Practice Section, and have lectured on DHCR issues before many groups.