Eliot H. Zuckerman

Eliot H. Zuckerman is one of New York’s leading and most experienced attorneys on condominium and cooperative law, having worked in that area of law for almost fifty (50) years.  Eliot represents numerous cooperatives and condominiums on an ongoing basis, dealing with corporate governance, unit owners/shareholders, board members, managing agents, contractors, and others.  Eliot also formed dozens of cooperatives and condominiums, including drafting offering plans and organizational documents on behalf of the owners and/or developers of those properties.  Eliot is the “go-to” guy for countless attorneys in the New York area for their cooperative and condominium work and questions.

Eliot also has extensive experience in all areas of real estate law, with a concentration in local and national sales, purchases, leases, and financings of large and small commercial and residential properties. This includes several commercial transactions exceeding $100,000,000, and many more in tens of millions. Eliot has represented parties on all sides of sales/purchases/financings/refinancings/leasing of all types of properties, including multiple dwellings, commercial buildings, mixed-use buildings, and shopping centers.

Eliot has been on the teaching panels of several continuing legal education courses sponsored by the New York City Bar Association, has taught a course at the New York Real Estate Institute, has been a guest lecturer at the New York University Graduate Center and at seminars conducted by the Council of New York Cooperatives, and he has appeared as an expert on television. He has been quoted in numerous articles and columns in the New York Times, the majority appearing in the Questions and Answers (“Q&A”) Column of the Weekly Real Estate Section.

Eliot was a member of the New York Lawyers Committee for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. That Committee worked with the New York City office of the Museum to conduct continuing legal education courses for New York attorneys, and was involved in other functions to bring more awareness to the purposes and goals of the Museum.

While Eliot did play in the lawyers' basketball league during its early years, he now focuses solely on slam dunks and full-court presses for his family and clients (with some golf on the side).

Eliot is married to Jann Meri T. Zuckerman, a retired nursery school teacher and formerly a ballerina with the New York City Ballet. He is father to Cody Zuckerman, a special needs child with whom he has a wonderful and close relationship.

Eliot and his family live on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York, where his personal interests consist of being a lifelong, diehard New York Giants fan and an avid golfer.

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