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Attorney Profiles
ROBERT P. KNAPP III is a graduate of Columbia College and of Columbia Law School, where he was a Stone Scholar and Articles Editor of the Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems. Mr. Knapp was also awarded the Dipl�me Sup�rieur d'Etudes Fran�aises by the French government. Mr. Knapp served as law clerk to the Hon. Thomas C. Platt, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York. Mr. Knapp is admitted to practice in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey, as well as the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Mr. Knapp concentrates in title insurance, real estate and banking litigation and has over twenty reported decisions. His publications include "'Lis' than Meets the Eye: An Expired Notice of Pendency Creates No Unsafe Building Lien" (paper delivered to the annual convention of the New York State Land Title Association on August 21, 2006 in Williamsburg, Va.); "The New CPLR 7502(c): Can the Legislature Interpret Federal Law for New York?", July 25, 2006 New York Law Journal at 4 col. 2; and "Words in Collision: Preemption of the New York ATM Safety Act after Barnett Bank v. Nelson," September/October 1996 New York State Bar Journal. Fluent in French, Mr. Knapp also speaks German and Korean. Mr. Knapp is a Former Chair of the Committee on Federal Constitution and Legislation of the New York State Bar Association and Former Vice Chair of the Committee on Civil Practice Law and Rules.
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EDWIN M. MULHOLLAND, 1942-2011.
Of Counsel
JOHN J. CARR holds a B.B.A. and a J.D. from St. John's University as well as an L.L.M. from New York University. Mr. Carr has extensive experience representing landlords and tenants in commercial leasing, representing cooperative apartment corporations and representing buyers, sellers, lenders and borrowers in the acquisition, sale and financing of commercial real estate. Mr. Carr is also active in estate planning and administration. Mr. Carr is admitted in New York and New Jersey.
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RACHEL C. QUAID is a graduate of the College of Charleston and Vanderbilt University School of Law. She specializes in banking, real estate and business law, wills, trusts and probate. She has extensive experience representing financial institutions in connection with various commercial loan transactions, including commercial mortgages, term loans, revolving credit facilities, asset-based loans and secured transactions. She also has handled a variety of commercial real estate-based loans, including construction lending and leasehold mortgages, for Citibank, N.A., The Bank of New York, Signature Bank and other lenders. Ms. Quaid also maintains a practice in estates and trusts.
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LEAH HEIFETZ, is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and of Columbia Law School, where she was an Articles Editor on the Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems. Ms. Heifetz previously served as a law clerk to the Hon. Cynthia S. Kern on the New York State Supreme Court, Civil Branch. She also worked as a post-graduate intern in the European Union and Competition practice group at Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP in Brussels. She is admitted to practice in New York.
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