Dan M. Blumenthal, Litigation Partner, has concentrated his practice in real estate litigation since 1993, with particular emphasis on the aftermath of foreclosures, including issues of holdover occupancies and building maintenance. His clients include mortgage lenders and servicers, landlords, income-based housing and real estate developers.

He has argued real property issues before the First and Second Departments of the Appellate Division in New York State, the United States Bankruptcy Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and trial courts throughout the State.

Mr. Blumenthal currently serves as counsel to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regional management and marketing contractor, National Home Management Solutions, advising them on the legal issues relating to foreclosed one to four unit homes covered by FHA loan guarantees. He also represents Wells Fargo Home Mortgage on tax and title issues.

Mr. Blumenthal frequently lectures on eviction after foreclosure, general landlord-tenant issues and mortgage default servicing. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association (Real Property Section) committee on landlord-tenant practice and the Nassau County Bar Association (District Court committee, Vice Chairman).

He received his J.D. from Yeshiva University's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and served as an intern for Hon. Peter K. Leisure, U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York.