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Ira S. Newman
The Law Offices of Ira S. Newman
98 Cutter Mill Road
Suite 441
Great Neck, NY 11021
Phone: (516) 487-7375 | Fax: (516) 487-0113
http://www.iranewmanlaw.com
We Provide the Highest Quality of Legal Representation
Legal Topic
Business Law
Preferred New Clients
I look forward to providing the highest quality legal representation to businesses and individuals in all of their legal matters.
Sub-Categories
Business Law
- Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
- Antitrust Law
- Deceptive Trade Practices
- False Advertising
- International Antitrust
- Mergers, Acquisitions, & Divestitures
- RICO Act
- Unfair Competition
- Commercial Banks & Loans
- Commercial Leasing
- Credit Unions
- International Banking
- Mortgages & Foreclosures
- Savings & Thrifts
- State & Municipal Bonds & Financing
- Venture Capital
- Reorganizations & Restructuring
- Workouts
- Liquor Licenses
- Business Successions
- Buying & Selling
- Closely Held Businesses
- Corporations
- Directors' & Officers' Liability
- Franchising
- Joint Ventures
- Limited Liability Companies (LLCs)
- Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures
- Nonprofits & Tax-Exempt Corporations
- Partnerships
- Professional Corporations
- Public Offerings
- Shareholders' Rights
- Trade Associations
- Audit Defense
- Corporate Income Taxes
- Excise Taxes
- International Taxes
- IRS Disputes
- Negotiating Payments & Settlements
- Property Taxes (Ad Valorem Taxes)
- Sales Taxes
- Tax Evasion Defense
- Tax Filing & Compliance
- Breach of Contract
- Contract Disputes
- Contract Drafting & Review
- Employment Contracts
- Franchises
- International Transactions
- Lemon Law
- Non-Compete Contracts
- Secured Transactions
- Uniform Commercial Code
- Warranties
- Commercial Construction Contracts
- Construction Defects
- Construction Disputes
- Dangerous Property
- Government Construction Contracts
- Mechanics' Liens
- Art
- Communication & Media
- Gaming
- Internet
- Music
- Sports
- Tourism, Travel, & Leisure
- Film
- Literary Arts
- Publishing
- Television
- Annuities
- Bad Faith
- Casualty Insurance
- Commercial Insurance
- Directors' & Officers' Liability
- Errors & Omissions
- Fidelity, Guarantee, & Surety
- Health Insurance
- Insurance Malpractice
- Insurance Subrogation
- Life Insurance
- Motor Vehicle Insurance
- Property Insurance
- Reinsurance
- Computer Crimes
- Computer Law
- Digital Signatures
- Domain Names
- Electronic Commerce
- Identity Theft
- Spam
- Business & Trade
- Customs
- Foreign Investment
- Imports & Exports
- International Banking
- International Transactions
- Trade Regulation
- Creditor's Rights
- Garnishees
- Judgments
- Locating Funds
- Consumer Class Actions
- Credit Report Problems
- Debt Collection/Relief/Harassment
- Foreclosures
- Frauds, Scams, Hoaxes
- Identity Theft
- Repossessions
- Student Loans
- Truth in Lending
Legal Topic
Employment & Labor Relations
Preferred New Clients
I look forward to providing the highest quality legal representation to both employers and employees with respect to all employment and labor-related matters.
Sub-Categories
Employment & Labor Relations
- Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
- Affirmative Action
- Age Discrimination
- Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Compensation, Benefits, & Pensions
- Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
- Disability Discrimination
- Discipline/Suspension
- Emotional Distress
- Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
- Employee Rights
- Employment Contracts
- Equal Pay Act (EPA)
- Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
- Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- Federal Employer's Liability Act (FELA)
- Government Employees
- Immigration Reform & Control Act of 1986 (IRCA)
- Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA)
- Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA)
- Personal Responsibility & Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA)
- Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA)
- Racial Harassment
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
- Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866
- Severance Packages
- Sex Discrimination
- Sexual Harassment
- Termination
- Uniformed Services Employment & Reemployment Rights Act
- Wage & Hour Laws
- Whistleblower
- Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification (WARN) Act
- Wrongful Termination
- Affirmative Action
- Age Discrimination
- Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Compensation, Benefits, & Pensions
- Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
- Disability Discrimination
- Discipline/Suspension
- Emotional Distress
- Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
- Employee Rights
- Employment Contracts
- Equal Pay Act (EPA)
- Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
- Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- Federal Employer's Liability Act (FELA)
- Government Employees
- Immigration Reform & Control Act of 1986 (IRCA)
- Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA)
- Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA)
- Personal Responsibility & Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA)
- Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA)
- Race Discrimination
- Racial Harassment
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
- Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866
- Severance Packages
- Sex Discrimination
- Sexual Harassment
- Termination
- Uniformed Services Employment & Reemployment Rights Act
- Wage & Hour Laws
- Whistleblower
- Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification (WARN) Act
- Wrongful Termination
- Collective Bargaining
- Labor Arbitration
- Labor Disputes
- Labor Legislation
- National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)
- Picketing/Freedom of Speech
- Unfair Labor Practices
- Unions
- Collective Bargaining
- Labor Arbitration
- Labor Disputes
- Labor Legislation
- National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)
- Picketing/Freedom of Speech
- Unfair Labor Practices
- Unions
Bar Admissions
NY,
Bar Number: 1135029
IN,
Bar Number: 2747
Other Court Admissions
New York State Bar; U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; U.S. District Court, Western District of New York; and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
Association Memberships
New York State Bar Association, New York State Trial Lawyers Association, American Bar Association, and New York County Bar Association.
Continuing Education
I regularly take part in continuing legal education to keep apprised of the latest developments in the law.
Example Cases
A few years ago I was approached by a woman whose identity was stolen by a vengeful ex-husband, and used to run up tens of thousands of dollars in fraudulent debt. She was being sued by several credit card companies at once and her credit rating had hit bottom. She was a factory worker and could not afford extensive legal services, but I took on her case nonetheless, because the subject of identity theft is of great professional interest to me. Eventually, through a combination of negotiation and an aggressive legal defense, I was able to eliminate most of the fraudulent charges, and significantly reduce the rest.
More recently, I helped the shareholders of a multimillion dollar New York corporation settle their dispute with the corporation’s Directors, who had been accused of funneling the company’s money and business opportunities for their own interests. I set in motion a shareholders’ derivative lawsuit (in which the shareholders sue the management in the name of the corporation itself) and a detailed investigation into the Directors’ financial affairs. Through my investigation, I was able to confirm that some of the Directors have caused the company to significantly defraud a major client. As a result of my evidence-gathering, the defendant Directors entered into a settlement with my clients, and agreed to step down from their respective positions. The litigation was well-publicized and, I believe, has caused the CEOs of other companies to re-examine and perhaps change their financial practices.
Education
Degree:
B.A.
School:
State University of New York at Binghamton
City:
Binghamton
State:
NY
Year:
1963
Focus and Accomplishments:
Political Science.
Degree:
J.D.
School:
New York University School of Law
City:
New York
State:
NY
Year:
1966
Degree:
LL.M.
School:
New York University School of Law
City:
New York
State:
NY
Year:
1969
Number of Attorneys
6
State Licensed In
New York
Firm Focus and History
My firm focuses on providing the highest quality legal representation to businesses and individuals. As former First Assistant Counsel of the New York State Banking Department, and through my subsequent tenure with Bank Leumi Trust Company as General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Senior Vice-President, I, as well as my associates, have substantial experience both in business transactional law and commercial litigation.
My firm also represents employers and employees in a wide-range of employment and labor law matters listed in my profile under the "Types of Cases" tab.
We provide a quality of representation and experience on par with the major Manhattan-based law firms, but for a substantially lower cost.
I began the law firm in 1989, after an eight year tenure with the New York State Banking Department and a nine year tenure with Bank Leumi Trust Company of New York. My firm has represented businesses and individuals in a broad range of legal matters including litigation in the New York State and federal courts.
We have litigated business disputes for and against corporations, shareholders, partnerships and limited liability companies. We have also represented clients in non-litigation matters, including negotiating employment and purchase and sale agreements, obtaining licenses from various state agencies, forming business associations and entities, and representing clients in business mergers and acquisitions.
My firm has represented employers and employees before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the New York State Division of Human Rights, the New York City Department of Education, and we have both instituted legal actions and defended clients in actions covering a wide-range of employment disputes. Where feasible, we will seek to resolve claims and disputes through alternative dispute resolution, such as through mediation, arbitration and negotiation.
Previous Employment Summary
I held the position of First Assistant Counsel of the New York State Banking Department for eight years, from 1973 through 1981. I held the position of General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Vice-President of Bank Leumi Trust Company of New York for eight years, from 1981 to 1989.
Activities and Awards
I am an arbitrator for the Nassau County District Court. I have arbitrated cases before the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD, now known as FINRA), the American Arbitration Association, the New York Stock Exchange and other alternative dispute resolution forums. I have also chaired various panels of NASD arbitrators in claims brought by investors who alleged that they had been defrauded, and by brokers who brought claims against other brokers or brokerage firms.
What is your opinion regarding clients educating themselves on legal issues?
I believe that clients should be fully informed of the law as it relates to their matters, as well as the likelihood of success and possible outcomes of various courses of action. I am in full support of clients wishing to educate themselves in the law. To this end, as a matter of policy, I make sure to keep my clients fully informed of the legal issues involved in their matters, as well as the risks and benefits of instituting litigation. Clients are provided all documents received or produced by my firm which relates to their matters, and there is continuous discussion with clients as to the status of their matters. We truly believe that a fully informed client is our best client.
Are you willing to review documents prepared by clients?
I regularly review contracts and agreements drafted by clients. Whether the document was drafted by my firm or drafted by a client, the objective remains the same: as the client's attorney, my job is to ensure that the document reflects my client's intentions, protects my client's interests, and conforms with controlling law.
Are you willing to coach clients who want to represent themselves?
Not every client who comes to me for a consultation can really afford the services of an attorney, and not every legal problem is so complex that with a little guidance the client can’t resolve it on his or her own. Over the past few years, I have provided such guidance to many different people, from corporate executives to ordinary working folks. If you have an important meeting coming up with the boss, for example, and need to know your legal rights, we can provide a “check list” for you to take along and keep handy. If you are having problems with your child’s school, we can discuss the right approach to take in speaking with the administration or a committee. Not everyone who comes to my office for a consultation ends up retaining the firm, but I try to make sure that everyone leaves the office a little more educated and confident than when they came in.
Why did you decide to be a lawyer?
I was raised in a family of professionals. My father was an accomplished teacher of accounting and finance, who also passionately studied literature and the classics of philosophy. As a result, I was imbued very early in life with a respect for learning and an appreciation of moral ethics, justice, and “giving back” to one’s community. Pursuing law as a career was therefore a natural choice which I embraced with great enthusiasm.
What work experience and education helps you be a better lawyer?
Perhaps an experience which had shaped my professional approach more than any other was when I was teaching Junior High School Science in the New York City Public School System in an economically depressed neighborhood during a decade of hard times for many New Yorkers. More than ten years later, I was talking to a telephone information operator, who recognized my voice and asked, “Is this Mr. Newman?” She was one of my students, and she had remembered me after all these years. Teaching is a great way to develop one’s sense of empathy, as well as patience and respect for people who have views different from one’s own. All these qualities are very important to a successful legal career.
Why did you decide on your primary area of practice?
Alexis de Tocqueville had described American lawyers as a kind of high priesthood of the New World, serving as they do in the role of intermediaries between a vast and arcane system of laws and rules, on one hand, and a litigious, entrepreneurial populace on the other. In my opinion, civil litigators epitomize this description; they are the true conduits between ordinary citizens and the legal system. So long as there are litigation attorneys to help people resolve their disputes through the courts, and not through other means such as violence, this country shall remain “a nation of laws, and not of men.” That is why I am proud of my civil litigation practice.
What do you like best about your career?
Being a litigator in the New York metro area, especially on the border between Queens – the most ethnically diverse county in the United States – and suburban and largely affluent Nassau County, is nothing if not a daily exercise in psychology and sociology. Throughout the course of any given week I come into contact with a dizzying variety of people and their problems, both legal as well as personal. Helping clients navigate the legal process toward resolution and closure is an exciting and challenging process, one which I look forward to every day.
Tell us about your law firm:
I have a team of experienced, dedicated and professional attorneys as associates and colleagues. My attorneys have experience representing a wide-range of clients in diverse areas of law in the New York State and federal courts, and in non-litigation matters. We will listen to you and provide you with the very best legal representation.
What are your strengths and style?
When it comes to answering clients' questions and concerns, or speaking with clients about the status of their matter, my door is always open. I consider myself approachable and thoughtful when it comes to addressing a client's situation, and I always give each client's matter the individual attention that it deserves. Through my years of handling a wide-range of client matters, I have developed the ability to get to the heart of complex legal matters and determine the best means to achieve the desired result for the client.
Personal Interests:
I would like to say that my personal interest is to be the best attorney I can be. When I am not practicing law, however, I enjoy theater and art exhibitions. From my father I also inherited a passion for literature and language, which makes me appreciate a particularly well-written legal argument.
Fax
(516) 487-0113
Office Hours
Monday through Friday
9:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Emergency After Hours
Yes
Foreign Languages
Yes, Russian.
Fixed-Price Services and Fees
I provide estimates as to the number of hours required on a matter and the anticipated legal fees. In appropriate cases I will "cap" an engagement so that legal fees will be the lesser of the firm's hourly rate multiplied by the number of hours spent, or the agreed-upon "cap."
Hourly Rates
$275 (presently).
Free Initial Consultation?
There is a consultation fee of $250.
Typical Retainer
Because each case varies in complexity and scope, the retainer amounts vary. The amount of the retainer is determined during consultations with the client.
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