Attorneys

Eric D. Koster
Partner

 

Mr. Koster is a partner in the real estate department of Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever, LLP and one of the New York Area's Top Rated Attorneys. Mr. Koster provides counsel to his clients on all aspects of commercial and residential real estate, including cooperatives and condominiums, purchase and sale transactions, development, construction, land use, financing, corporate and commercial law, and related litigation before Federal, New York State, and local courts, including administrative boards.

In addition to his practice as an advocate and advisor, Mr. Koster serves as an arbitrator under the auspices of the American Arbitration Association, having received appointments to the National Roster of Neutrals for the Commercial, Construction and Real Estate Panels.

Memberships

  • New York State Bar Association
  • Westchester County Bar Association
  • White Plains Bar Association

Publications

The legal publisher, Matthew Bender, is publishing a new series of books on the litigation of real estate title issues, in which it shall be including portions of Mr. Koster's victorious pleadings, motion papers and appellate brief (co-authored by our colleague Judith Zerden, Esq.) to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Second Department on behalf of our client, Bank of America, N.A., in the matter of Bank of America, N.A. v. 414 Midland Avenue Associates, LLC, et al., reported at 73 A.D.3d 746 (2nd Dept. 2010). The unanimous appellate decision has now become the leading case in New York governing the issue of wrongful real estate conveyances by co-tenants, and has been cited as controlling precedent by legal treatises on the subject. This is the second time Mr. Koster has been so-recognized and the quality of his advocacy so-honored. The Lawyer's Cooperative Publishing Company included portions of Mr. Koster's pleadings and briefs in its published volumes on estate litigation resulting from his successful trial and appellate litigation in Matter of Estate of Bello, which was reported at 227 A.D.2d 553 (2nd Dept. 1996).

Reported Decisions

  • Bank of America, N.A. v. 414 Midland Avenue Associates, LLC, et al., 73 A.D.3d 746 (2nd Dept. 2010)
  • Yapalater v. Bates, 494 F. Supp. 1349 (SDNY 1980); aff’d 644 F.2d 131 (2nd Circuit, 1981); cert. denied 455 U.S. 908 (1982)
  • De Milio v. Borghard, 81 A.D.2d 613 (2nd Dept. 1981); aff’d 55 N.Y.2d 216 (1982)
  • Fumarelli v. Marsam Development Corp., 238 A.D.2d 470 (2nd Dept. 1997); aff’d 238 A.D. 2d 582 (2nd Dept. 1997); aff’d 92 N.Y.2d 298 (1998)
  • Zehnder v. Ginsburg & Ginsburg Architects, et al., 172 Misc.2d 57 (Sup.Ct., Westchester Cty., 1997); reversed 254 A.D.2d 284 (2nd Dept. 1998); aff’d 92 N.Y.2d 1046 (1999)
  • Rosenbaum v. Boulder Ridge Homeowners Association, Inc., et al., 276 A.D.2d 615 (2nd Dept. 2000)
  • In the Matter of Capitol-York Construction Corp., Debtor, 52 B.R. 317 (SDNY, 1985)
  • Drimmer v. Appleton, 628 F. Supp. 1249 (SDNY, 1986)
  • Mahoney v. Hankin, 593 F. Supp. 1171 (SDNY, 1984)
  • Patel v. MBG Development, Inc., 7 A.D3d 498 (2nd Dept., 2004)
  • Matter of Estate of Bello, 157 Misc.2d 226 (Surr.Ct., Rockland Cty., 1993); aff’d 227 A.D.2d 553 (2nd Dept. 1996)
  • Bicknell v. Bicknell and SunBank, N.A., et al., 218 A.D.2d 779 (2nd Dept. 1995)
  • Barson v. Regan, 177 A.D.2d 21 (3rd Dept. 1992)
  • Koerner v. Milano, 170 A.D.2d 485 (2nd Dept. 1991)
  • Claim of Bachuretz, 140 A.D.2d 785 (3rd Dept. 1988)
  • People v. Holmes, 128 A.D.2d 727 (2nd Dept. 1987)
  • Matter of Kummer, 93 A.D.2d 135 (2nd Dept. 1983)
  • Hale v. Jay, 101 Misc.2d 936 (Town Ct., Town of Greenburgh, 1979)