Great Neck Resident Abraham B. Krieger Recognized as a 2013 Top Rated Lawyer in Banking & Finance Law

Great Neck resident, Abraham B. Krieger, a Member and Co-Chair of the Commercial Real Estate practice group of the law firm of Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein P.C. located in Garden City, N.Y., has been recognized as a 2013 Top Rated Lawyer in Banking & Finance Law by LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell®. This distinction as a Top Rated Lawyer is limited to attorneys who have demonstrated leadership qualities and have achieved the highest rating in legal ability and ethical standards, the Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating.

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Mr. Krieger focuses his broadly-based practice on representing businesses and individuals in commercial and residential real estate lending, sale, and lease transactions and real estate, lease and commercial litigation. An integral portion of his practice includes representing commercial lenders and borrowers on real estate fiduciary transactions and title insurance companies on defending fee title and mortgage validity claims.

Mr. Krieger currently serves on the NYSBA Real Property Law Executive Committee representing the 10th Judicial District, Chairman of the 10th Judicial District Grievance Committee, the Executive Committee on Professional Conduct, and has served on the Sub-Committee on Due Diligence Lease Checklists. He is an Expert Witness and Mediator in various real estate litigations by court appointment of the U.S. Federal Court, NYS Supreme and Civil/District Courts. He has served both as a Receiver and counsel to Receiver on major Nassau, Suffolk and Queens County foreclosures. He received the Nassau Suffolk Law Services Pro Bono Attorney of the Month (January 2000), and Nassau County Bar Association’s Pro Bono Award, Volunteers Lawyers Project (2001). In 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012, Mr. Krieger was recognized in the Long Island Business News Who's Who in Commercial Real Estate Law, and in LIBN's Ones to Watch in Commercial Real Estate Law.

He was recognized by Long Island Pulse Magazine in 2010 and 2011 as one of the region's "Top Legal Eagles". In March 2012, Mr. Krieger was appointed to the Grievance Committee for the Tenth Judicial District and was appointed in 2012 as Chairman of the Grievance Committee for a two year term.

Mr. Krieger serves as an adjunct Professor at Hofstra University School of Law and is a current Contributing Editor of the NYSBA publication on Commercial Leasing, authoring the chapter on the ‘Form Rider.’ He has written numerous legal and scholarly articles throughout his career for publications which include: The Nassau Lawyer, The New York Law Journal, Real Property Law Journal, and The ISLA Journal of International and Comparative Law. Mr. Krieger is also frequently invited to speak and present at programs on various legal topics. In March 2009, Mr. Krieger along with other members of the WJC, met in New York with the German Ambassador to the United Nations to discuss human rights issues.

Additionally, Mr. Krieger is highly involved in his community and has served for many years on Great Neck Chambers of Commerce Executive Board. Since 1978, he has served as Counsel to the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors. He also served for 10 years on the Advisory Committee of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.  In January of 2009, Mr. Krieger traveled to Jerusalem to participate in the 13th Plenary of the World Jewish Congress Assembly (WJC). While there, Mr. Krieger joined 400 affiliated international Jewish delegates representing Jewish communities in over 80 countries and organizations. In November of 2008, he presented at the Nassau County Bar Association a program to the Yashar, Attorneys’ and Judges’ Chapter of Hadassah of Nassau County. His program, titled, “Stories of Hope and Survival as Told By a Child of Survivors,” recounting his personal and professional perspectives. In the summer of 2002, he served at the University of Berlin, Germany on the Wannsee Conference Advisory Committee on The Corruption of the Rule of Law in Germany.

Founded in 1960 by the late John F. English, the firm of Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C. includes among its members Joseph A. Suozzi, former Appellate Division Justice; John V. N. Klein, former Suffolk County Executive; Basil A. Paterson, former New York Secretary of State; and Harold Ickes, former White House Deputy Chief of Staff.  Over the course of 50 years, the firm has earned a reputation for integrity, creativity and professionalism and has set a standard of excellence in the practice of law.  With offices in Albany, Garden City, Manhattan and Washington, D.C., the firm provides legal advice in diverse practice areas to individuals, institutions and corporations. The firm can be found on line at http://www.msek.com.