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Since 1997, The Flateman Rothman Law Firm has focused on retail development and retail real estate strategies, and has been negotiating retail leases and related transactions with or for most of the biggest retailers and developers in the industry.
What distinguishes us is our ability to see not only the legal concepts that are common to each lease, but, moreover, the unique economic opportunities and pitfalls inherent in each deal and how our role as attorneys, working not in isolation but in synergy with the deal-maker and asset manager, can further our client’s long and short-term business objectives, i.e., maximizing and safeguarding the bottom line. To this end, our watchword in every deal is “responsiveness” – and so, while we work passionately to find and protect the downside and maximize the upside, we’re driven to take the proactive role in each negotiation and view with almost equal importance the necessity to keep deals moving swiftly to the finish line.
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Bernard (Buddy) Flateman (Attorney)
(212) 840-2846; bernard@flateman.com
Buddy Flateman is a graduate of the Wharton School of Business and the University of Pennsylvania with a joint B.S./B.A.; and a law school graduate of George Washington University. Prior to starting the Firm, Buddy practiced corporate and general business law in Washington, D.C. and then served several years as an executive for a major New York ground transportation and sightseeing company, before returning to law and transitioning into the retail industry, where he has since specialized in operational and real estate matters that affect landlords and tenants - whether day-to-day or those involving strategic planning, such as developments, roll-outs or roll-backs. In 1997, Buddy left as a partner at one of the shopping center industry's most prominent law firms to form the Firm where, in addition to his general business practice, he has since served as "outside in-house counsel" for many of the industry's important retailers, developers, and shopping center owners.
Buddy is a board member of Developers of Outlet Centers and Retailers and a frequent speaker at the law conference of International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC).
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Jared H. Rothman (Attorney)
(212) 840-3016; jrothman@flateman.com
Jared is a graduate of Ithaca College's Park School of Communications and of Syracuse University's College of Law. Upon graduating law school in 2006, Jared joined the Firm, was admitted to practice law in the states of New York and New Jersey and has since negotiated thousands of lease transactions for retail, restaurant, office, industrial and other commercial properties located throughout the United States and Canada on behalf of international, national, regional and individual retailers and restaurants, shopping center developers and operators, owners of mixed-use properties located throughout NYC and around the country, and other businesses with real estate needs.
Jared is a member of the New York City Bar Association and serves on both its Hospitality Law Committee and its Real Property Law Committee. He is an occassional speaker at the annual ICSC law conference.
Jared was named as a Rising Star in each of the 2014 through 2018 editions of New York Metro Super Lawyers Magazine.
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Janet M. Joyce (Attorney)
(212) 840-3017; jjoyce@flateman.com
Janet focuses her practice on all aspects of commercial real estate leasing transactions. Janet's experience includes the office and retail leasing of high profile properties in Manhattan. She has participated in the representation of major landlords and prestigous tenants of prime business district locations in the New York metropolitan area and throughout the nation, bringing to each represesentation a comprehensive understanding of the business objectives of her clients. Janet joined the Firm in June 2012, adding to the Firm an expertise in prime office and retail leasing in metropolitan areas throughout the country.
Janet is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the American Bar Association and ICSC.
Janet received her J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law in Newark and her Bachelor's degree in Mathematics (Summa Cum Laude) from Adelphi University.
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Beverly graduated from St. John's University where she earned a B.A. in Government and Politics. She then attended Long Island University where she received her Certificate of Distinction in Paralegal Studies. A member of the Firm since 1998, Beverly has over 20 years of paralegal experience working for a number of small to large-sized law firms in areas such as commercial real estate, civil litigation, bankruptcy and litigation support.
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