Westchester, Putnam & Dutchess County Landlord Defense

At Malia Law we represent landlords in Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess Counties helping them make more money and protect their assets.  We act as outside general counsel for our clients, directly providing most legal services our clients need and referring our clients to experienced attorneys for legal services which we do not perform.  Our clients include landlords who own 1 rental unit to landlords who own several residential rental buildings to clients who own apartment building to clients who own several apartment buildings to clients who own commercial real estate.  Our clients own and operate more than 100 residential or commercial rental units in throughout Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess Counties.

The Landlord specific legal services we provide directly include:

• Creation of business entities to own real estate
• Purchase, sale or 1031 exchange of real estate
• Preparation of leases
• Evictions, including preparing any notices which have to be served on the tenant prior to the eviction
• Defending against building code violations
• Tax assessment challenges for 1-3 family buildings

We also provide non-landlord specific legal services for our clients, including:

• Residential real estate
• Wills, trusts & estates
• Health care proxies
• Powers of attorney

• Probate & estate administration
• Estate tax planning
• Criminal defense
• DWI/DUI and traffic ticket defense