Attorneys Profiles

Arthur M. Strauss

Before he went to law school Arthur M. Strauss went to American University in Washington D.C. where he studied Pre Law and Abnormal Psychology. After getting his Bachelor’s degree in those two subjects Authur went to Law school at Brooklyn Law where he graduated in 1968 with his J.D. In that same year Authur was admitted to the New York bar admission. After law school and the Bar Arthur was part of the army reserves where he served in the three years ready program. This program included basic training and regular re-training during the duration of the program.

After his time in the military Arthur became a serious Real Estate lawyer and handed many cases in real estate of all types including but not limited to commercial real estate, purchases, acquisitions, financing, offices, rentals, sub-divisions, development and purchases. In addition to that he is also involved in loans of many types including securitized, syndicated, construction, Messene and preferred equity loans. Authur has also has much experience in negotiations of joint agreements with a focus on limited liability. Arthur also has much experience in operational agreements as well as TIC agreements and liability agreements. Authur has been in real estate for many years and as a result of this he has a vast experience of everything real estate.

During his almost fifty years as a real estate attorney Arthur Strauss has seen it all, he’s worked on multi million dollar cases such as the Appthorp building acquisition and financing as acquisition and financing of the New York Times building. Authur also worked on the acquisition and financing of the New York City Clock tower and the Edge-Waterfront. In addition to his work in real estate across the state of New York Arthur has also used his real estate expertise in handling work in Southern Florida, California and Texas.

Arthur is also a member of several notable law organizations including The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Tax Certiorari Committee, Nassau County Bar Association, American Bar Association, Banking Committee, American Bar Association, and Real Estate Committee. He is also the chair of the Real Estate Department at Herzfeld & Rubin P.C. Arthur is also known to give regular lectures at law schools for CLE purposes.