Matthew Irving Mazur
Mr. Mazur was born and raised on Long Island in New York State. He graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1979 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude. He received a Juris Doctor degree in 1982 from the State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Law. He was admitted to the bar in New York and New Jersey in 1983. Subsequently, he was admitted to practice with the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York and is a member of the New York State and Saratoga County Bar Association. After developing a sole developing a real estate practice on Long Island, Mr. Mazur relocated to the Capital District, as an Attorney with the New York State Office of Mental Health's Counsel's Office, whose responsibility included tax exempt bond financing and contracting with mental health service providers. While with O.M.H., Mr. Mazur was named as an Oral Examiner by the Office of Civil Service and later appointed a Legislative Aide to Governor Cuomo in 1993. Subsequently, he served as a New York State Assistant Attorney General where he honed litigation and trial skills in an environmental practice. Mr. Mazur's litigation practice compliments the transactional real estate nature of the firm by providing our clients with an in-house litigation alternative, when negotiations fail. His practice encompasses a broad range of commercial, civil litigation and appeals with an emphasis on real estate, title, mortgage, and construction contract matters. He has tried cases for both plaintiffs and defendants in administrative hearings, private arbitration and in State and Federal Courts. -
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Construction Law
- Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation
- Consumer Law
- Class Action, Lemon Law
- Environmental Law
- Foreclosure Defense
- Landlord Tenant
- Evictions, Housing Discrimination, Landlord Rights, Rent Control, Tenants' Rights
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
- Civil Litigation
- New York
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Assistant Attorney General
- NYS Office of the Attorney General
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- Assigned to Oil Spill Unit of Civil Recoveries Bureau
- Assistant Counsel
- NYS Office of Mental Health
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- Broad range of responsibilities including tax exempt bond financing.
- Buffalo
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- State University of New York - Buffalo
- J.D. (1982)
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- New York State Bar # 1846112
- Member
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