Mottolese, Maura C.

Robert F. Moraco, a dedicated and experienced trial lawyer, is the firm's commercial law attorney. He has a reputation of having taken on the biggest white collar law firms in the City and winning judgment after judgment for his clients. Mr. Moraco has negotiated and drafted virtually every type of contract that a lay person might imagine, from selling a business to renovating a home. Some of the kinds of contracts Mr. Moraco has drafted will be found under the links for Commercial Matters and Real Estate Matters.

He has spent his life in the New York City area and knows the ins and outs of dealing with city agencies. He maintains a State and Federal litigation practice dealing with business disputes. His experience includes arbitrations and trials at the Supreme Court and United States District Court level.

He is also a lawyer's lawyer and is frequently contacted by attorneys who have not obtained a satisfactory result at the trial court level or are in need of defending their success on appeal. As a result, he has a substantial appellate practice in many diverse areas before the Appellate Term, Appellate Division, New York Court of Appeals and United States Court of Appeals. His areas of expertise include:

Corporate and Commercial Law
Contract Law
Real Estate
Wills & Estates
Construction
Finance
Business Litigation
Employment & Severance
Landlord and Tenant

In addition to his law degree, Mr. Moraco obtained the degree of Master of Laws in Taxation from the New York University Graduate School of Law.