Levin Law Group, PLLC

Where the practice concentrates

The firm covers several branches of civil law, and it serves clients in New York and New Jersey. Real estate, business matters and estate planning sit at the center of the work it lists.

Its published practice areas include real estate law, business law, elder law, probate and estate administration, wills, trusts and estate planning, civil litigation and construction law. The firm also prepares prenuptial agreements and handles asset protection.

In my opinion, that mix reads like a practice built for the routine legal needs of individuals and small businesses. Buying property and planning an estate are among the reasons people first sit down with a lawyer.

Real estate work

Property matters make up the most detailed part of the firm's site. The firm handles closings, deed transfers, and the representation of lenders and borrowers. It also works on 1031 exchanges, lease drafting and review, easement creation and termination, and cooperative and condominium representation.

What a closing involves

A closing is the point where ownership passes and money changes hands. It usually involves title review, mortgage papers and a signed deed. In New York, attorneys commonly run the closing for each side, so this is everyday work for a firm with this focus.

A 1031 exchange lets an investor defer capital gains tax by rolling the proceeds of one property into another. The tax rules set strict deadlines for naming and buying the replacement, so timing matters. Easement work covers the right to use someone else's land, such as a shared driveway or a utility line, and the firm handles both creating easements and ending them.

Cooperative and condominium deals add another layer. A co-op buyer purchases shares in a corporation and a proprietary lease for the unit, so a board review often stands between an accepted offer and a closing. The firm's listing of co-op and condo representation points to comfort with that extra step.

Business services

On the business side, the firm helps people buy and sell companies and set up corporations and limited liability companies. It prepares and reviews contracts, drafts partnership agreements, and assists owners who are closing a business.

Setting up a corporation or an LLC involves filing formation papers with the state and drafting an operating or shareholder agreement that sets out how owners share control and profit. A partnership agreement does similar work for two or more people going into business together. Contract review, another item on the firm's list, is the quiet groundwork that heads off a dispute later.

Estate planning and probate

Estate work covers will drafting, trust preparation, living wills, healthcare proxies and powers of attorney. The firm also handles guardianship, estate administration and the probate of wills.

A power of attorney lets someone act on another person's financial affairs, and a healthcare proxy names who can make medical decisions if a person cannot. Both are core tools when planning for age or illness. Elder law joins these with planning for care and the passing of assets, which is why powers of attorney and healthcare proxies sit next to trusts on the firm's list.

Probate is the court process that confirms a will and gives the executor authority to settle an estate. In New York it runs through the Surrogate's Court in the county where the person lived. Estate administration covers similar ground when there is no will, and the court appoints an administrator to step in.

Prenuptial agreements and asset protection

A prenuptial agreement sets how a couple will handle property and finances if a marriage ends, and both parties sign it before the wedding. The firm prepares these, along with asset protection work. Asset protection covers the legal steps people take to shield savings and property from future claims, which ties back to the firm's estate and elder law services.

Litigation and construction matters

Two of the firm's listed areas point to disputes as much as deals. Civil litigation is the broad term for matters settled in court between private parties, and it can reach contracts, property and money owed.

Construction law connects to the firm's real estate and business work. It deals with the agreements and disputes that come with building projects. That includes contracts between owners and contractors, and claims over payment or defective work.

These two areas can meet in practice. A quarrel over a building project may become civil litigation once the parties give up on a settlement, and the same lawyer who drafted the contract may then argue the claim. That link between drafting and dispute runs through much of what the firm offers.

How the firm is set up and where it works

Levin Law Group is organized as a professional limited liability company, the PLLC form New York uses for law practices. That is the standard structure for a firm of this type. It does not state a founding year on its site.

The firm lists offices across New York City, Long Island, the Lower Hudson Valley and New Jersey, with its principal office in Brooklyn. As a reviewer, I read a wide office network as a convenience for clients, since real estate closings and estate signings often need people in the same room.

The plainest signal across these pages is scope. One firm that can handle a home purchase and later the will that follows keeps a client's legal matters under a single roof. Across real estate, business and estate work, that range is what Levin Law Group puts on the record.