Zetlin & De Chiara LLP

About this office:

The firm provides skilled counsel throughout the planning, design, and construction process from drafting and negotiating contracts to advising on risk management. We have extensive experience representing clients in litigation and alternative dispute resolution, and also advise on business formation, licensing and corporate issues.

Founded in 1992, Zetlin & De Chiara serves as general counsel to numerous design, construction, and real estate industry and professional associations. Our attorneys include individuals with in-house counsel experience, able to bring pragmatic business understanding to the table. Several of our attorneys hold architecture and engineering degrees, and a number have earned LEED AP status. Partners teach classes at Columbia University, The Cooper Union, Cornell University, as well as in other educational forums. Zetlin & De Chiara authored New York Construction Law, the definitive treatise on construction law in New York State.

Zetlin & De Chiara serves diverse construction industry professionals engaged in projects throughout the United States and abroad. The firm's client roster includes many of the most notable architects and engineers in the world. The firm also represents leading commercial and residential developers and property owners ranging from single building developers to public, corporate and large institutional owners.

It is the versatile and multi-faceted expertise of our attorneys that draws such a wide array of distinguished clientele. Our constant exposure to the issues and trends affecting our clients businesses results in better contracts, stronger conflict avoidance strategies, and more effective dispute resolution tactics.