In the tri-state area, New York-based Herrick Feinstein focuses on development and construction disputes, foreclosures, zoning litigation, restructurings, and bankruptcies. Herrick also has a strong restructuring and finance department along with a specialized practice in complex employment litigation.
William Fried is a co-chair of the litigation department, in which he focuses on construction and real estate disputes, trust-and-estate litigation, and business divorces. Fried is the lead partner representing the Fortis Property Group, a real estate investment and development company, in a high-profile dispute relating to the unfinished luxury high-rise building at 161 Maiden Lane in downtown Manhattan. Fortis brought litigation against Pizzarotti, a construction company, seeking $78 million in claims related to alleged engineering, architectural, and construction issues on the project. The litigation remains ongoing.
Carol Goodman is the co-chair of Herrick’s litigation department and chair of the firm’s employment practice.
She has litigated before the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the New York City Commission on Human Rights, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
