Gallet Dreyer & Berkey, LLP

Profile

Gallet Dreyer & Berkey is an elite and tightly knit team of lawyers that provides a full range of legal services. Partners David L. Berkey and Roger L. Stavis, who are listed in the 2007 and 2008 New York Super Lawyers® - Metro Edition magazines, are two examples of the high caliber of talent contained within the firm.

GD&B recently celebrated its 30th anniversary and now offers services in a dozen complementary practice areas, primarily serving closely held corporations and real estate businesses as well as individuals in need of superior representation. The firm also acts as legal counsel to more than 125 cooperative and condominium boards.

“We have a keen understanding of how closely held, entrepreneurial businesses operate and can offer valuable results-oriented legal advice,” says David Milner, who heads the firm’s corporate and tax practices.

AV RATING As a testament to GD&B’s outstanding reputation, the firm has earned an AV-rating from Martindale-Hubbell®. This is its highest rating, which is bestowed upon attorneys and firms with superior legal skills and the highest ethical standards.

COLLEGIAL CULTURE

“Our attorneys enjoy sharing their expertise and working closely together to meet our clients’ diverse needs,” says David Berkey, a founding partner of the firm.

ELITE TEAM

Each of the firm’s partners, pictured above, is highly respected in his or her field. They are:

David L. Berkey—real estate, cooperative and condominium law, litigation

Seymour D. Reich—trusts and estates, real estate

David N. Milner—corporate, tax, trusts and estates

David T. Azrin—commercial litigation, employment and franchise

Morrell I. Berkowitz—real estate litigation

Jay L. Hack—banking, corporate and securities

Roger L. Stavis—white collar criminal defense

Perry L. Mintz—real estate, cooperative and condominium, and corporate law

Aaron N. Wise—international corporate, trademark and copyright law

Beatrice Lesser—landlord and tenant, cooperative and condominium law

David S. Douglas—commercial litigation

Randy J. Heller—construction law and litigation