Attorneys
FOUNDER
Joshua C. Price
Joshua Clinton Price, founder of The Price Law Firm LLC, specializes in complex civil litigation. For two decades Price has been litigating on behalf of grateful clients in the courts of the State of New York. Price has represented clients in disputes arising out of leasing transactions, complicated disputes over net leases, in actions to quiet title, commercial holdover proceedings, non payment proceedings, lucrative property damage actions, owner use proceedings, non-primary residence proceedings and illegal alteration proceedings.
CONTACT INFORMATION
- Location: New York, NY
- Phone: 646-698-8657
- Fax: (212) 202-4697
BACKGROUND
Josh Price is the rare attorney who is not just a forceful advocate in a courtroom but is as well known for his power of persuasion in the briefs, motions and legal memoranda that he submits to the many judges before whom he appears. Price regularly appears in the trial and appellate courts in New York. In addition to being admitted before the trial and appellate courts in New York he is also admitted to the United States District Court and the Supreme Court of the United States.
Price has also been invited to teach continuing legal education cases to other attorneys at the New York County Lawyers Association. Attorneys are required to take continuing legal education classes as a condition of maintaining their license to practice law. Several times Price has been on the faculty of seminars at the New York County Lawyers Association attended by attorneys who received continuing legal education credits as a result of listening to Josh’s lectures.
Josh Price was a partner in two well-known law firms that specialize in real estate litigation, leaving to form Lipsig & Price, PLLC in 2008. In January 2011, Price founded the The Price Law Firm LLC. Josh Price is a lawyer who is sought by clients with complicated cases because of his extensive knowledge of the law and his ability to help the law evolve.
Education
Hofstra University School of Law, Hempstead, New York
Bar Admissions
- State of New York (1997)
- U.S. District Court
- U.S. Supreme Court
Areas of Practice
- Residential & Commercial Real Estate Litigation
- Landlord/Tenant Law
- Rent Regulation Law
PARTNER
Heather Ticotin
Heather Ticotin practices all aspects of commercial litigation, including drafting and arguing motions, conducting discovery, negotiating settlements, and appearing in court.
Ticotin also represents clients in a variety of landlord-tenant matters, including holdover and non-payment proceedings, rent overcharge cases, and lease agreements.
CONTACT INFORMATION
- Location: New York, NY
- Phone: 646-698-8657
- Fax: (212) 202-4697
BACKGROUND
Heather Ticotin started working at The Price Law Firm LLC in May 2012 as a law clerk and officially joined the firm as an associate in May 2013.
Heather Ticotin became a partner at The Price Law Firm LLC in early 2020.
Education
Heather Ticotin earned her Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School and her bachelor’s degree with honors from the University of Albany.
Areas of Practice
- Commercial Litigation
- Landlord/Tenant Law
Bar Admissions
- State of New York (2013)
PARTNER
John M. Churneftsky
John Churneftsky is a partner in the The Price Law Firm LLC. John serves clients throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Westchester, and Long Island. His years of experience has enabled him to form hundreds of connections with other real estate professionals, including real estate brokers, mortgage professionals, home inspectors/engineers, architects, tax specialists and 1031 intermediaries to offer you all comprehensive services for your residential and commercial transactions.
CONTACT INFORMATION
- Location: New York, NY
- Phone: 646-698-8657
- Fax: (212) 202-4697
BACKGROUND
John Churneftsky handles all residential co-op, condominium and home closings, along with all forms of commercial transactions involving the purchase, sale and financing of properties and developments. He has extensive experience in negotiating and drafting residential, store, office, retail, triple net, and loft leases on behalf of both owners/developers and tenants. John serves as closing agent for co-ops throughout Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn and also serves as institutional lending counsel for a number of lenders. He has years of experience representing lenders in all types of transactions, including residential and commercial closings, document preparation to ensure that the client’s rights are fully protected and in all aspects of lending transactions.
John also represents and assists his clients in all aspects of business formation, management and development, ranging from the creation of a new entity to the sale or purchase of an ongoing business enterprise. John has assisted his clients with contract review and negotiation, employment agreements, shareholder and buy-sell agreements, leases, property acquisitions and compliance with legal and business formalities. John is also well-versed in representing clients in all forms of business transactions, small and large.
John has many years of experience representing owners of laundromats in the Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Westchester and all of Long Island. John has handled countless purchases and sales of existing laundromats, negotiation of leases with landlords for use and occupancy of new laundromats, assisted with the obtaining of financing and the formation of business entities for the operation of laundromat businesses. John’s years of experience in this area has enabled him to form hundreds of connections with laundromat appraisers, financial analysts, specialty lenders and equipment suppliers enabling John to better serve his clients in this niche area of representation.
John also has extensive experience litigating civil, commercial and real estate matters in the New York Supreme Court and Civil Court. He has prosecuted and is well-versed in all landlord-tenant matters including non-primary residence, sublet and assignment, succession, illusory tenancy and Yellowstone injunctions. He has substantial knowledge and training in other areas, including second-hand smoke nuisance litigation, defamation, libel, Surrogate’s Court proceedings, and enforcement of by-laws and restrictive covenants in homeowners’ and property owners’ associations.
John also has knowledge, understanding and familiarity with rent control law, rent stabilization and rent regulation and has handled rent overcharge, service complaints, luxury deregulation and Major Capital Improvement (MCI) rent increase applications before the Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR).
His practice areas also include estate planning, trusts and estate administration.
He is a contributor to real estate law publications such as Landlord v. Tenant and Apartment Law Insider and has been published in the New York Journal.
Education
Hofstra University School of Law, Hempstead, New York
Bar Admissions
- State of New York (1997)
- U.S. District Court
- U.S. Supreme Court
Areas of Practice
- Commercial Real Estate Law
- Landlord/Tenant Law
- Business Law