Bruce Lederman

Bruce Lederman brings more than 30 years of complex commercial litigation experience to London House Chambers.  Bruce, an AV preeminent rated New York lawyer, was a founding partner of Fischbein Badillo Wagner Harding, a New York litigation power house that was home to many prominent New York lawyers, including former New York City Mayor Robert Wagner, a former U.S. Congressman, Borough President, and Deputy Mayor.  For more than 15 years, Bruce headed that firm’s  litigation department.  Bruce has represented numerous high profile clients, ranging from politicians to entertainers to tobacco companies and authors.  He also represents less prominent clients whose legal issues are just as, if not more, important.  Bruce has tried numerous civil matters in both bench and jury trials. He has appeared as trial counsel to other attorneys, and has often worked with local counsel throughout the United States.

Reported Cases

151 Mulberry Street Corp. v. Italian American Museum, 102 A.D.3d 412, 957 N.Y.S.2d 698, (1^st Dept., 2013)

Jenkins v. Union Labor Life Ins. Co., Inc., 2011 WL 3919501, ( E.D.Pa., 2011)

Shady Records, Inc. v. Source Enterprises, Inc., 371 F.Supp.2d 394 (S.D.N.Y. 2005)

Tucker v. Fischbein, 2005 WL 67076 (E.D.Pa 2005)

Shady Records, Inc. v. Source Enterprises, Inc., 351 F.Supp.2d 64 (S.D.N.Y. 2004)

Shady Records, Inc. v. Source Enterprises, Inc., 351 F.Supp.2d 74 (S.D.N.Y. 2004)

Papa v. Papa, 7 A.D.3d 594, 777 N.Y.S.2d 147 (2d Dept. 2004)

Ideal Steel Supply Corp. v. Fang, 1 A.D.3d 562, 767 N.Y.S.2d 644 (2d Dept. 2003)

State of New York v. Philip Morris Inc., 308 A.D.2d 57, 763 N.Y.S.2d 32 (1^st Dept. 2003)

Piga v. Rubin, 300 A.D.2d 68, 751 N.Y.S.2d 195, (1^st Dept. 2002)

Fischbein Badillo Wagner Harding v. Rockland Warehouse Corp., 262 A.D.2d 9, 690 N.Y.S.2d 567, (1^st Dept.  1999)

Tucker v. Fischbein, 1999 WL 124355 (E.D.Pa. 1999)

Yokley v. Henry-Clark Associates, 170 Misc.2d 779, 655 N.Y.S.2d 714 (N.Y. City Ct. 1996)

San-Dar Associates v. Adams, 167 Misc.2d 727, 643 N.Y.S.2d 880, (N.Y.Sup. Ct. 1996)

Sussman v. Stern, 1994 WL 177788, (S.D.N.Y.  1994)

Conway v. Brooklyn Union Gas Co., 189 A.D.2d 851, 592 N.Y.S.2d 782 (2d Dept. 1993)

O’Brien v. Moszynski, 101 A.D.2d 811, 475 N.Y.S.2d 133, (2d Dept.  1984)

Plutno v. Rafolin Corp., 99 A.D.2d 509, 470 N.Y.S.2d 1015 (2d Dept. 1984)

Lazar v. Roberts, 115 Misc.2d 360, 454 N.Y.S.2d 194 (N.Y. City Civ. Ct. 1982)

Practice Areas

• Appellate Practice
• Business Disputes
• Commercial Litigation
• Commercial Mortgage Foreclosures & Receiverships
• E-Discovery & Information Management
• Eminent Domain & Property Rights
• Entertainment Litigation
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Land Use Litigation
• Landlord-Tenant Litigation
• Partnership Disputes
• Real Estate Litigation
• Trusts, Estates, Guardianship & Other Fiduciary Litigation

Education

• Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, J.D., 1979
• Colgate University, B.A., 1975

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1980

Court Admissions

• Eastern District of New York
• Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
• Southern District Of New York
• U.S. Supreme Court

Affiliations

• New York State Bar Association
• Jewish Lawyers Guild – Chairperson, Board of Directors; Immediate Past President
• American Arbitration Association — Panel Member
• New York State Trial Lawyers’ Association
• New York American Inn of Court