home purchase; real estate; contract

3 Mistakes Home Buyers Should Avoid

March 19, 2020 // by Susan Chana Lask

It’s a Seller’s market, but home Buyers can profit too by avoiding these three mistakes regarding sales prices, home inspection and title companies: 1. Failing to Research Comparable Sales Free real estate listing sites such as Zillow and Redfin are a huge help to value the property you’re considering buying. There you can …

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LASK’S CREDENTIALS

ADMISSIONS

1989 New York Supreme Court
2005 United States Supreme Court
2001 U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
2009 U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
1990 U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
1990 U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
2015-16 Florida 20th Judicial Circuit (phv)
2005-19 U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey (phv)
2008 New Jersey Appellate Division (phv)

ACHIEVEMENTS

United States Supreme Court litigator
Named “New York’s High Powered Attorney” and “High Profile Lawyer” by the media to date
Legal Commentator to News Channels, Print and Radio Media for 30 years
Arbitrator/Mediator/Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York hearing cases from legal malpractice to airline negligence, 2005-2009.
Law Clerk, State Bar of California Ethics Counsel, 1985-1986.
Recipient, Mayor’s Hero’s Award for saving the lives of two car crash victims in a car fire, 1995.
Quasi-Judicial Appointment by the State of New York to the Surrogate Decision Making Committee (SDMC) administered by the Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled, 1995.
Invited Judge for New York University and Yale Law School’s Moot Court nationwide competitions, 2006-present
Attended Temple University Law School and Tel Aviv University’s comparative constitutional and international law programs during Middle East War, and met with Knesset members 1983-1984
Hero Award from the Mayor of Edgewater, NJ for saving the lives of two people from a burning car, 1994
Won first Certified Strip Search Class Action against two New Jersey County Jails, 2008
Won first Summary Judgment decision against blanket strip searches against two New Jersey County Jails, 2009
First attorney to win United States Supreme Court grant to hear her Prison Strip Search Civil Rights case, 2011
Only attorney brave enough to file a Petition to the United States Supreme Court to hear her Civil Rights case when attorneys nationwide refused to file and SCOTUS granted her petition, 2010
Only attorney brave enough to file a Federal action against New York’s infamous Steven Baum Foreclosure Mill and shut it down, 2010
Only Attorney courageous enough to file Ambien Class Action resulting in an FDA order changing warnings exactly as Ms. Lask demanded, 2006-2007

LECTURER/AUTHOR

2012 Author of “Deposition Techniques in Civil Rights Cases” CLE (Continuing Legal Education)
2011 Lecturer at Stanford Law School Supreme Court Litigation Clinic
2010 Author of “Class Actions: A Primer with Tips”- CLE
2008-2009 Lecturer at New York University Undergraduate Law Society
2007-2008 Acting Judge for New York Law School Moot Court Trials

MEMBERSHIPS

New York State Accredited CLE lecturer/author
Association of Arbitrators of the Civil Court of the City of New York
Association of the Bar of the City of New York

CLIENTS

Entertainers, Surgeons, Judges, attorneys, Members of Congress, District Attorneys, Attorneys General, NY US Department of Justice, US Senator Cummings and NYS Attorney General support her cases as amici and seek her advice, testimony and used her as a witness in their prosecutions.
Represents Senators, Assemblymen, State and Town Representatives and drafts legislation against judicial corruption, child custody laws and for prison reform, court reform and animal protection.
Private counsel to legislators, including creating strategies for damage control.
Lloyd’s of London counsel and investigator of complex billion dollar maritime thefts worldwide
Firemen’s Fund Insurance- Major underwriter in national complex hazardous waste cases, including Agent Orange and New York’s Hudson River litigation. Case strategist/team leader.

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