Areas of Practice
Donald M. Bernstein, an attorney admitted to practice law in the States of New York, New Jersey and Illinois, has been practicing law since May 1980. He has tried dozens of cases in the state and federal courts in New York, and other states.

He obtained one of the largest decisions issued by the American Arbitration Association in New York, which was in excess of $24 million against the Western Union Company for breach of a long term telecommunications lease for transmission facilities. Mr. Bernstein has handled a wide range of complex real estate related litigation matters, construction disputes, real estate brokerage commission litigation, title disputes, commercial landlord tenant proceedings and corporate dissolutions among others.

He has argued dozens of appeals in state and federal courts and a decision on an appeal he argued before the New York Court of Appeals in 1997 stands as the seminal decision in the State of New York on a procedural litigation device and on the distinction between an “indemnification” and a “guaranty” under New York law.

Mr. Bernstein also appears regularly before the New York State Liquor Authority on liquor license revocation proceedings, and lectures to lawyers at the New York City Bar Association on liquor license issues. He is a member of the Bar Association of the City of New York, and a member of its Hotels and Hospitality Committee.