Graff Law Offices Attorneys - Mediators

Michael P. Graff

Private Practice Lawyer
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Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation; Mediation; Arbitration; Employment Discrimination; Contracts; Contract Litigation; Utility and Telecommunication Audit and Consultant Compensation; Restrictive Covenants; Probate Litigation; Commercial Real Estate; Condominium Law

Admitted	1961, New York; 1983, Florida; U.S. District Court, Southern (Trial Bar), Middle and Northern Districts of Florida; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Third and Sixth Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court
Law School	Brooklyn Law School, LL.B.
Member	Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committees on: Law and Science, 1993-1994; Uniform State Laws, 1995-1998; State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction, 2003-2006; Litigation, 2006—); The Florida Bar (Member, Sections on: Trial Practice; Real Property; Probate; Trust Law); National Employment Lawyers Association/New York; N.Y.C. Civil Court Association of Arbitrators; N.Y.S. Dispute Resolution Association.
Biography	Author: "Condominium Liens: Which Come First," The Queens Bar Journal, 1992. Co-author, Report on Proposed New York Court Rule Regarding Interrogatories, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Committee on State Courts of Superior Jurisdiction, October 29, 2004; "The Art of Pleading - State Courts," Course Materials and Presenter, New York City Bar C.L.E., January 2008. Panel Member: NYC Contract Resolution Board. Arbitrator: Civil Court of the City of New York. Mediator, Commercial Divisions of Supreme Court, New York and Queens Counties. Fellow: Master, American Inn of Court, New York Chapter.
Born	New York, N.Y.
Reported Cases	National Utility Service, Inc. v. J.R. Sexton, Inc., 1989 WL 343048 (D. Conn.); American Telephone & Utility Consultants, Inc., v. Beth Israel Medical Center, 307 A.D.2d 834, 763 N.Y.S.2d 466; Parkash v. UtiliSave Corporation, 295 A.D.2d 330, 743 N.Y.S.2d 889; National Utility Service, Inc. v. Savannah Food & Industries, Inc., 1994 WL 16182865, 1994 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1821489, aff'd 61 F.3d 895, cert. denied 116 S. Ct. 709; National Utility Service, Inc. v. Blue Circle, Inc., 793 F.Supp. 52, aff'd 978 F.2d 707; Shannon v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co., 136 F.Supp.2d 225 and 156 F. Supp. 2d 279.
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