GRAFF LAW OFFICES Attorneys - Mediators - Arbitrators - Settlement Counsel

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	The 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, 2006-2009; Alternate Dispute Resolution, 2009—); 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 and 2009. Panel Member: NYC Contract Dispute Resolution Board. Arbitrator: Civil Court of the City of New York. Mediator, Commercial Divisions of Supreme Court, New York and Queens Counties. Mediator and Arbitrator, Joint Committee on Fee Disputes and Conciliation. Safe Horizon Mediator of Civil Court and Community Disputes. 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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