Attorneys | Maria Beltrani | Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP

New York
270 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10016

Phone:	212-545-4674
Fax:	212-545-4794
Email:	beltrani@whafh.com

Maria I. Beltrani, a partner in the firm, is a skilled civil litigator who handles a wide range of disputes involving issues of breach of contract, fraud, forgery, tortious interference with contractual relations, breach of fiduciary duty, misappropriation of corporate assets, and slander and libel.

She represents the firm’s many cooperative and condominium clients in landlord and tenant disputes as well as Chapter 13 bankruptcy proceedings initiated by shareholders and owners of condominium units. She has litigated cases from noise disputes among neighbors, as well as those involving commercial establishments, to illegal subletting, unauthorized alterations, violations of “No Pet” policies, nuisance actions and HP proceedings. She regularly handles cases arising from the failure to pay maintenance and common charges, including common charge lien foreclosure actions and non-judicial U.C.C. foreclosure proceedings.

Ms. Beltrani’s practice encompasses rent regulation, including substantial rehabilitation and harassment proceedings before the New York State Division of Housing Community and Renewal. She has represented both landlords and tenants in actions based upon non-primary residence, non-payment of rent, illegal use and other lease defaults.

Ms. Beltrani has defended housing discrimination cases where the complainants have asserted housing discrimination based on a physical disability, marital status, sexual orientation and ethnicity.

Her cases include 360 Riverside Owners Corp., (1st Dep’t 2000), where the Appellate Division affirmed the dismissal of a shareholder’s fraud claims against his cooperative. In London Terrace Towers, Inc. v. Davis, the 2004 New York City Civil Court ruling upheld the right of the cooperative's board of directors to terminate a shareholder's proprietary lease for objectionable conduct.

Outside the firm, Ms. Beltrani serves as an arbitrator for the Civil Court of the City of New York.

A graduate of Queens College of the City University of New York and Brooklyn Law School, Ms. Beltrani was admitted to practice in the State of New York in 1989 and in the State of Florida in 1991.