Fishman & Neil Attorney at Law
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BAR ADMISSIONS

New York State: 1980
 
U.S. District Court: Southern District of New York, 1980
Eastern District of New York, 1987
 
U.S. Court of Appeals: Second Circuit, 1993
Fifth Circuit, 2000
 
U.S. Supreme Court: 1994

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FISHMAN & NEIL, LLP
New York, New York
2001-present

FISHMAN NEIL & ARMENTROUT, LLP
New York, New York
1999 to 2001

FISHMAN & NEIL
New York, New York
1995 to 1999

LAW OFFICES OF JAMES B. FISHMAN
New York, New York
1989 to 1995

General civil practice with specialization in litigation on behalf of consumers and tenants. Martindale-Hubbell Law DirectoryŽ AV rating

Consumer representation includes consumer credit, credit reporting, consumer privacy issues, illegal debt collection practices, deceptive business practices and false advertising cases.

Tenant representation includes all aspects of residential and commercial landlord-tenant matters including defense of eviction proceedings; affirmative suits, tenant privacy issues, rent overcharge claims, tenant associations, rent strikes, lease reviews and DHCR proceedings.

THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY, Civil Division,
Senior Staff Attorney
Park Place Trial Office, New York, New York
1986-1989
Staff Attorney
Harlem Neighborhood Office, New York, New York
1984-1986

NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE
Bureau of Consumer Frauds and Protection
Assistant Attorney General
1982-1984
Deputy Assistant Attorney General
1980-1982
Law Apprentice
1979-1980

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Original Member, National Association of Consumer Advocates

National Lawyers Guild

EDUCATION

NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL, New York, New York
J.D. 1979

BARD COLLEGE, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
B.A. 1976

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