Adam Michael Levy

Partner

Adam Michael Levy is a New York barred attorney with more than 19 years of experience litigating commercial and civil matters venued throughout New York’s Federal and State Courts.  His comprehensive litigation experience is complemented by a proficiency in structuring, negotiating and closing all manner of commercial and real estate transactions.  

Mr. Levy was born, raised, and educated in New York.  He began his career associated with Shaw Licitra Gulotta Esernio & Schwartz, P.C., a Garden City firm established by his late Uncle, J. Stanley Shaw – a one-time candidate for New York City Mayor.  During his 3 year association, Mr. Levy focused his practice on sophisticated bankruptcy and commercial litigation matters.  With the knowledge, experience and skills gained from his time working at Shaw, Mr. Levy then joined Simmons Jannace & Stagg P.C. (a firm later restructured as Simmons Jannace LLP), where he enjoyed marked success representing Fortune 100 retailers, banks/lenders, municipalities, motor vehicle finance companies, health clubs and utilities in lawsuits involving real estate disputes, employment disputes, construction/development contracts, bank regulation, creditors’ rights, landlord-tenant issues, finance leases, stock transfers, corporate dissolution, discrimination, mortgage fraud, and fire loss.  

Five years later, Mr. Levy accepted an offer to practice in the litigation department of Goldberg Weprin Finkel Goldstein, LLP, an established real estate firm headquartered in New York’s Times Square.  While at Goldberg Weprin, Mr. Levy’s practice focused on commercial, real estate, and bankruptcy litigation, as well as landlord-tenant disputes. The clients Mr. Levy represented included some of Manhattan’s largest real estate developers, purchasers and sellers, commercial landlords and tenants, mortgage and promissory note purchasers, and bankruptcy trustees.   

Upon the completion of the first ten years of his career, Mr. Levy established Adam Michael Levy, P.C. in 2013.  Mr. Levy built a thriving commercial and real estate litigation practice from the ground up over the following nine years of his career.  On January 1, 2023, he merged his practice with Andrew Goldenberg’s to create Levy Goldenberg LLP.

Throughout his career, Mr. Levy has argued cases before some of New York’s highest courts, including the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, New York’s Court of Appeals, and the Appellate Division, as well as more local venues that include the Supreme, Civil, District and Village Courts located throughout New York City’s boroughs and downstate counties.  Some of the decisions and results Mr. Levy has obtained for his clients over the years can be reviewed on the Decisions page of this Website. 

Bar Admissions
  • State of New York 
  • United States Court of Appeals: Second Circuit 
  • United States District and Bankruptcy Courts: Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of New York  
  • United States District Court: District of Connecticut 
Memberships
  • New York City Bar Association
  • New York County Lawyers Association
  • National Realty Club
  • Hofstra University Alumni Association 
  • New York Law School Alumni Association
Speaking Engagements
  • City Bar Center for Continuing Legal Education: Inside, Outside, and Court Side Perspectives on Retail Leasing
    Co-Panelists: Jo-Ann Whithorn, Esq. (TF Cornerstone), Leslie Horton Campbell, Esq. (Tiffany & Co.), Steven Kirkpatrick, Esq. (Belkin Burden Wenig and Goldman, LLP), Jeffrey Margolis, Esq. (The Margolis Law Firm), Michael Pollack, Esq. (Ballard Spar LLP), Diane Schottenstein, Esq. (Law Offices of Diane Schottenstein
  • 7/21/2020 – Commercial Landlords, Meet Your New Partner: Your Tenant
    A Webinar Examining Lease Renegotiation/Restructuring Strategies and Dispute Resolution for New York Retail and Restaurant
    Concerns in the Age of Covid-19 – “Perspectives from a Leasing Lawyer and a Litigator”
    Co-Presenter: Jeff Margolis, Esq. (The Margolis Law Firm)
  • 8/13/2020 CLE: Impacts of Covid-19 on Commercial Leasing in New York City
    Sponsored by the Small Law Firm Committee and Real Property Law Committee
    Co-Panelists: Diane Schottenstein, Esq. – Law Offices of Diane Schottenstein, Jason T. Polevoy, Esq. – Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP
  • 11/12/2020CLE: 9 Months Later
    The Birth of Our New Commercial Leasing Reality from the Perspective of a Leasing Lawyer and a Litigator
    A Webinar Re-examining Lease Renegotiation and Restaurant Concerns Since Covid19
    Sponsored by Judicial Title
  • 1/6/2021 – Brooklyn Law School Lecture
    Current Issues in Commercial Leasing from the Point Of View of a Litigator and a Transactional Attorney
  • 3/2/2021- New Year, New Administration, New Commercial Leasing Solutions
    A Webinar Examining Lease Renegotiation/Restructuring Strategies and Dispute Resolution for  Concerns in the Age of COVID-19
    Co-Presenter: Jeff Margolis, Esq. (The Margolis Law Firm)
  • 6/15/2021Presentation: The Real Property Law Committee (NYC Bar Association)
    Co-Presenter: The Honorable Judge Louis Nock Justice, New York State Supreme Court, New York County
  • 8/3/2021- Webinar & CLE The End of the Moratorium & the Start of Mass Evictions; Covid-19’s impact on Commercial Leasing
    Sponsored by TitleVest, Steven Shogun Esq., Vice President
    Co-Presenter: Jeff Margolis, Esq. (The Margolis Law Firm)
  • 1/20/2022- CLE Commercial Leasing Update
    The Moratorium on Evictions And What The COVID-19 Driven Lease Form Will Look Like
    Co-Presenter: Jeff Margolis, Esq. (The Margolis Law Firm)
  • 3/8/2022- CLE: Commercial Leasing Update
    The Moratorium On Evictions And What The COVID-19 Driven Lease Form Will Look Like
    Co-Presenter: Jeff Margolis, Esq. (The Margolis Law Firm)
  • 6/6/2022- Presentation: The Real Property Law Committee (NYC Bar Association)
    Co-Presenter: The Honorable Judge Louis Nock Justice, New York State Supreme Court, New York County
  • ​5/25/2023  – Brooklyn Law School Guest Lecturer for Commercial Leasing Course

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