The Bay Ridge Lawyers Association held its latest Continuing Legal Education (CLE) session on Wednesday, Oct. 25 at Mama Rao’s in Dyker Heights, focusing on the intricacies of landlord and tenant court proceedings.
The event featured speakers Justin Grossman and Thomas Bailey, a pair of attorneys and NYC marshals who shared their expertise on what steps landlords should take after being granted a Judgment of Possession.
The program entitled “Landlord & Tenant Proceedings: Applying for the Warrant of Eviction” covered a series of topics crucial for legal practitioners in the field. It opened with a discussion on applying for a default judgment and a warrant against non-appearing parties in nonpayment proceedings. This includes the request for a final order and when it’s appropriate to seek a money judgment.
“I’ve known Justin now for 20 years,” BRLA President Adam Kalish said. “I now use Justin exclusively for my marshal services. After graduating from George Washington as an undergraduate, Justin went on to St. John’s University Law School, then was assistant to the marshal Norman Katz, was a legal assistant to CitiGroup, and then in 2009 he got his own badge and became a marshal of the city of New York.
“Justin’s counsel, Tom Bailey, is an attorney admitted in New York who has been with Justin as a general counsel since 2013,” Kalish added. “He also is a graduate of the St. John’s University of Law. He is the lead counsel for all of the evictions that are current in Justin’s office.”
The speakers underscored the importance of understanding service requirements which differ between summary proceedings, as per RPAPL 735, and plenary proceedings, in accordance with CPLR 308(4). The case of Jamaica Seven LLC v….
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