Marcus Rosenberg & Diamond
444 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022-6903

Phone: (212) 755-7500

dr@mrdllp.com

• Civil Litigation in all Federal & State Courts
• Cooperatives & Condominiums
• Real Property Law

Mr. Rosenberg obtained his B.A. degree from the University of Chicago in 1968 and his J.D. degree from New York University School of Law in 1971, where he served as an editor of the Review of Law and Social Change. Mr. Rosenberg served as law secretary to Justice Bentley Kassal (ret.) for seven years and, thereafter, as a partner in a larger law firm in New York City until founding his own firm in 1989. Mr. Rosenberg has tried cases in virtually all of the state and federal courts in the New York metropolitan area and argued numerous appeals in state and federal courts.

Mr. Rosenberg concentrates his practice in the areas of general commercial litigation, real estate litigation, construction contracts and litigation, land use administrative hearings and litigation and cooperative and condominium representation and litigation.  Representative clients include major developers and property owners and operators, commercial tenants, community organizations and individuals.

Mr. Rosenberg has lectured for the New York City Bar and the New York State Bar Association. An active bar association member, Mr. Rosenberg has served as the Chair of the Committee on State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction of the New York City Bar and as a member of its Judiciary and Civil Court Committees and of its Council on Judicial Administration. He currently serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association, Co-Chair of its Real Estate and Construction Law Committee and Vice Chair of the Class Action Committee of the Association.

Mr. Rosenberg served for seven years as Assistant Counsel to the New York State Commission on Judicial Nomination and for fourteen years as Chair of the Advisory Council to the Housing Part of the Civil Court of the City of

New York.  Since 1984, he has served as a member of the Committee on Character and Fitness of the Appellate Division, First Judicial Department.

Bar Admissions:

• New York – 1972

Education:

• New York University, J.D., 1971
• University of Chicago, B.A., 1968

Awards:

• New York Super Lawyers Honoree

Memberships and Activities:

• Association of the Bar of the City of New York
  • Committee on State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction: Member, 1989 – 1990; Chair, 1990 – 1993
  • Judiciary Committee: Member, 1985 – 1994
  • Civil Court Committee: Member, 1981 – 1984

• New York State Bar Association
  • Commercial and Federal Litigation Section:
    Executive Committee: Member, 1998 –
    Real Estate and Construction Litigation Committee: Co-Chair, 2007 –
  • Real Property Section:
    Executive Committee: Member, 1979 – 1986
    Landlord and Tenant Committee: Chair,  1977 – 1986
    Member, 1977
  • Class Action Committee: Vice Chair, 1985 –
• American Bar Association:
  • Member, 1972 –

Noted:

• Topic Editor, New York University School of Law,
  Review of Law and Social Change: 1980 – 1981
• Lecturer: New York State Bar Association, Topics:
  Real Estate Litigation and Commercial Leasing
• Assistant Counsel, New York State Commission on Judicial
  Nomination: 1982 – 1989
• Law Secretary, Supreme Court Justice Bentley Kassal: 1982 – 1980
• Advisory Council to the Housing Part of the Civil Court of the City of New York:
  Member, 1983 – 1985
  Chair, 1986 – 1997
• Committee on Character and Fitness, First Judicial Department:
  Member, 1984 –