Real Estate Staff

HOWARD S. KREBS

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•Cell Phone: 516-***-**** • E-mail: ***********@*****.***

SEASONED ATTORNEY WITH BROAD LITIGATION EXPERIENCE

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

• Experienced trial counsel with over twenty years of extensive litigation experience in law firm and in-house settings.

• Admitted to all state and federal courts of New York, and the United States Supreme Court.

• Significant first chair trial experience, and a demonstrated history of success at arbitrations and mediations.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Howard S. Krebs, Attorney at Law Attorney

Lake Success, N.Y. 2011 - Present

• Representation of small and medium sized commercial clients in litigation in all New York state and federal courts.

• Serve as trial counsel for local firms on an “of counsel” and retained trial counsel basis.

• Contested probate and accounting proceedings before the Surrogate’s court.

• Commercial and residential real estate transactions.

• Representation at worker’s compensation, unemployment and motor vehicle administrative hearings and proceedings.

• Pro bono counsel for Nassau County Bar Association mortgage foreclosure clinics, and local community groups.

Wu and Kao, PLLC, Of Counsel

New York and Tianjin, China 2013 - 2014

• Senior litigation and trial counsel for this Asian American owned firm.

• Complex commercial litigation, primarily in the United States District Court, Southern District.

• Supervision, training, and mentoring of junior attorneys and paralegals and support staff in China.

AFPD, Inc. (Administrators for the Professions of Delaware, Inc.) Claims Counsel

Lake Success, N.Y. (Company acquired and dissolved) 2007-2011

• Full complex claim handling responsibilities for this managing general agent.

• Claims counsel for attorney legal malpractice cases for attorney professional liability insurance programs.

• High case load count, with the emphasis on the rapid analysis and disposition of all claims within policy guidelines.

• Drafting and review of coverage opinion letters with extensive experience with reservation of rights letters.

• Responsible for initial coverage analysis, setting of reserves, and selection and trial strategy of outside counsel.

• On-line reporting to carriers, and tracking of defense expenses and budgets.

• Periodic travel to attend mediations and trials.

Andrew Greene & Associates, P.C. (formerly Greene & Zinner, P.C.) Senior Associate

White Plains, N.Y. 2006 - 2007

• White collar criminal defense, corporate accountings and dissolutions, and DWI defense.

• Negotiation and drafting of commercial contracts, commercial real estate leases, equipment leases, and licensing

agreements.

• Complex civil and commercial litigation experience, including Article 78 proceedings and appeals.

Howard S. Krebs, P.C. Managing Attorney

Great Neck, N.Y. 1995 - 2006

• Areas of practice include complex commercial litigation, construction litigation, bond and lien litigation, collection

litigation, matrimonial and family law litigation, and creditor representation in Federal Bankruptcy Court.

• Extensive deposition, conference and motion experience, culminating in jury and bench trials, and arbitrations

before the American Arbitration Association.

• Article 78 proceedings and appellate work.

• Representative clients include Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Denon Electronics Corporation, Prompt Trucking and The

Queens Tribune.

• Recruitment, training and mentoring of associate attorneys, paralegals and support staff.

Synergy Gas Corporation Senior Counsel, In-house Counsel

Farmingdale, New York (Company acquired and relocated) 1993 – 1995

• Management of nationwide litigation caseload of personal injury, property, motor vehicle, hazardous materials,

environmental and employment cases.

• Served as trial counsel for matters in the courts of New York and New Jersey.

• Selected and monitored outside counsel for cases outside of the New York area, and set and audited budgets.

• Active engagement with the company's excess carrier and Board of Directors.

• Provide counsel on a full range of contract, employment and real estate matters for the company's operations in

twenty five states.

Weinberg, Kaley & Pergament Associate

Garden City, N.Y. 1991 - 1993

• White collar criminal defense, bankruptcy and litigation, with an emphasis on commercial civil litigation.

• Representation of creditors before the United States Bankruptcy Court of the Eastern and Southern Districts of

New York for Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 cases, and for debtors for Chapter 11 reorganization cases.

• Research and various assignments by the appointed United States Chapter 7 Trustee for case administration and

litigation of adversary proceedings in Bankruptcy Court.

Corporation Counsel, City of New York Law Clerk

N.Y., N.Y. 1990 - 1991

• Full time internship program while attending law school in the evenings at St. John's University School of Law.

• Assist in the criminal prosecution of building and fire code violations, including work with the Mayor's Social

Club Task Force. Extensive motion practice and trial preparation responsibilities.

EDUCATION

• St. John's University School of Law J.D.

• Queens College, City University of New York B.A.

APPOINTMENTS

• Acting Village Justice, Village of Port Washington North 2005 - Present

• Chairman, Board of Zoning and Appeals, Village of Port Washington North 2005-2010

• Vice Chairman, Nassau County Bar Association Committee on the Unauthorized Practice of Law 2000 - 2001

• Arbitrator, Nassau County District Court Arbitration Panel 1998 - 2003

• Chairman, Nassau County Bar Association Committee on the Unauthorized Practice of Law 1997 - 1999

• Participating Plan Attorney. American Association of Retired Persons, (AARP), and

Legal Club of America 1999-2000

BAR ADMISSIONS

• United States Supreme Court 1997

• United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 1997

• United States Court of Federal Claims 1997

• United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces 1997

• New York State Bar, Appellate Division, Second Department 1992

• New Jersey State Bar 1992

• United States District Court, District of New Jersey 1992

• United States District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York 1992

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