Peter A. Hurwitz

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Peter A. Hurwitz: Attorney with Law Office of Peter A. Hurwitz, PLLC
Attorney Awards
  • Martindale-Hubbell Peer Distinguished Rating
  • Gold Client Champion
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Biography

Appointed Court Examiner in the Ninth Judicial District of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department. Vice President of the Jornaleros Project.

Court Examiner, Court Evaluator, Guardian, Guardian AD Litem, Attorney for AIP, Referee.

Areas of Practice (191)

  • Personal Injury
  • Contract Law
  • Real Estate
  • Foreclosure Defense
  • Guardianships and Elder Law
  • Wills Trust and Estates
  • Landlord Tenant Law
  • Vehicle and Traffic Law Violations
  • Driving While Intoxicated Violations - DWI
  • Administrative Hearings and Appeals
  • Administrative Adjudications
  • Maritime Personal Injury
  • Maritime Accidents
  • Civil Appeals
  • Administrative Law
  • Administrative Litigation
  • Admiralty and Maritime Law
  • Appellate Practice
  • Business Associations Law
  • Business Dissolutions
  • Business Formation
  • Business Litigation
  • Business Mediation
  • Business Organization
  • Business Start-Ups
  • Buying and Selling of Businesses
  • Small Business Law
  • Sole Proprietorships
  • Federal Civil Practice
  • Commercial Collections
  • Post Judgment Collections
  • Professional Collections
  • Secured Collections
  • Unsecured Collections
  • Commercial Conveyancing
  • Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions
  • Commercial Real Estate Contracts
  • Commercial Real Estate Litigation
  • Commercial Real Estate Sales
  • Breach of Contract
  • Commercial Contracts
  • Contract Fraud
  • Contract Litigation
  • Corporate Contracts
  • Closely Held Corporations
  • Corporate Dissolutions
  • Corporate Formation
  • Corporate Litigation
  • Corporate Organization
  • Corporate Partnerships
  • Corporate Real Estate
  • Incorporation
  • Nonprofit Corporations
  • S Corporations
  • Small Business Corporations
  • DUI/DWI
  • Drivers License Suspension
  • Driving While Intoxicated
  • Misdemeanors
  • Shoplifting
  • Theft
  • Traffic Violations
  • Vehicular Homicide
  • Elder Abuse
  • Elder Care
  • Elder Rights
  • General Practice
  • Federal Practice
  • Adult Guardianship
  • Advance Directives
  • Conservatorship
  • Dependent Adult Abuse
  • Elder Guardianship
  • Guardian Ad Litem
  • Guardianship
  • Guardianship Administration
  • Incompetency Proceedings
  • Mental Disability Law
  • Immigration Law
  • Automobile Liability
  • Excess Coverage
  • Insurance
  • Commercial Property Insurance
  • Leases and Leasing
  • Commercial Landlord and Tenant Law
  • Commercial Leasing
  • Evictions
  • Landlord and Tenant Law
  • Shopping Center Leasing
  • Civil Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Complex Litigation
  • Federal Litigation
  • Trial Practice
  • Commercial Mortgages
  • Mortgage Banking Law
  • Mortgage Foreclosure
  • Mortgage Lien Foreclosure
  • Mortgage Refinancing
  • Mortgage Securitization
  • Negligence
  • Accidents
  • Aquatic Injuries
  • Automobile Accidents
  • Automobile Negligence
  • Bicycle Accidents
  • Boating Accidents
  • Bodily Injury
  • Brain Injury
  • Bus Accidents
  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Catastrophic Injury
  • Commercial Vehicle Liability
  • Cumulative Trauma
  • Dog Bites
  • Electrical Injury
  • Head Injury
  • Motor Vehicle Accidents
  • Pedestrian Injuries
  • Personal Injury Appeals
  • Plaintiffs Personal Injury
  • Personal Injury Arbitration
  • School Bus Accidents
  • Severe Burns
  • Slip and Fall
  • Spinal Injury
  • Subway Accidents
  • Third Party Wrongful Death
  • TMJ Dysfunction
  • Tourist Injuries
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Whiplash
  • Wrongful Death
  • Unintended Acceleration
  • Partnership Dissolution
  • Partnership Formation
  • Partnership Law
  • Limited Liability Partnerships
  • Limited Partnerships
  • Partnership Organization
  • Premises Liability
  • Ancillary Probate
  • Probate Administration
  • Probate Litigation
  • Railroad Accidents
  • Railroad Crossing Accidents
  • Train Derailments
  • Adverse Possession
  • Boundary Disputes
  • Condominium Association Law
  • Conveyancing
  • Land Acquisitions
  • Land Sales
  • Property Management
  • Real Estate Acquisitions
  • Real Estate Contracts
  • Real Estate Foreclosure
  • Real Estate Leasing
  • Real Estate Litigation
  • Real Estate Mediation
  • Real Estate Restructuring
  • Real Estate Sales
  • Real Estate Title
  • Real Estate Title Examination
  • Real Estate Title Insurance
  • Civil Liability
  • Torts
  • Tort Liability
  • Mass Torts
  • Intentional Torts
  • Asbestos Litigation
  • Chemical Exposure
  • Lead Poisoning
  • Mesothelioma
  • Mold Litigation
  • Occupational Cancer
  • Occupational Disease
  • Toxic Exposure
  • Contested Trusts and Estates
  • Decedents Estates
  • Estate Administration
  • Estate Litigation
  • Estate Planning
  • Estate Planning for Parents of Handicapped Children
  • Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples
  • Contested Wills
  • Inheritance
  • Living Wills
  • Missing Heir Searches
  • Wills
  • Successions
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Education & Credentials

University Attended:
State University of New York at Oneonta, B.S., 1982
Law School Attended:
Pace University School of Law, J.D., 1990
Year of First Admission:
1991
Admission:
1991, New York; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
Memberships:
New York State Bar Association; Rockland County Bar Association; Rockland County Bar Association.
Languages:
English and Creole and Spanish
ISLN:
901118224

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Peer Reviews

4.4/5.0 (1 review)
Martindale-Hubbell® Distinguished Rating Badge

  • Legal Knowledge

    4.4/5.0

  • Analytical Capability

    4.4/5.0

  • Judgment

    4.4/5.0

  • Communication

    4.4/5.0

  • Legal Experience

    4.4/5.0
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5.0/5.0 (8 reviews)

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5.0/5.0 (7 reviews)
Gold Client Champion

Peter Hurwitz has been my attorney for the last six years and through all that time he has always been there for me. He has handled two important closings for me, one during the COVID pandemic as well...

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845-634-0872  Fax

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