Commercial & Civil Litigation

Cases Okun & Churneftsky, LLP handle on behalf of their commercial clients include:

  • Commercial Mortgage Matters
  • Specific Performance Actions
  • Business Transactional Disputes
  • Breach of Contract Actions
  • Corporate and Business Dissolution
  • Personal Injury
  • Premises Liability Claims
  • Negligent Security Claims
  • Slip-and-Fall Claims
  • Accidents in stores, restaurants, bars and other businesses
  • Elevator or escalator accidents
  • Property Damage Claims
  • Personal Injury Defense for Uninsured Property Owners
  • Mortgage Foreclosure Defense

Landlord-Tenant Matters & Litigation

We represent clients in residential and commercial landlord-tenant law matters concerning:

  • Rent Stabilization Law
  • Rent Control Law
  • Loft Law
  • Rent Overcharge and J-51 matters
  • DHCR (Division of Housing and Community Renewal) matters at the DHCR, Housing Court and Supreme Court
  • Eviction notices: notices to cure, notices to quit, notices of default and notices of termination
  • Nonpayment of Rent and Eviction Proceedings
  • Holdover proceedings based upon Non-Primary Residence, Illegal Sublet, Owner Occupancy, Nuisance, Illegal Alterations, Illegal Subletting and other lease defaults
  • Buyout Negotiations and Agreements
  • Succession Claims
  • Illegal Alterations Proceedings
  • Illegal Sublet or Assignment Proceedings
  • Illegal or Unauthorized Uses
  • Lease Disputes
  • Lease Option and Extension Issues
  • Yellowstone Injunctions