Kenneth F. Jurist
"Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value." - Albert Einstein
Ken is a Partner at the firm predominantly engaged in its Real Estate practice. He joined Cuddy & Feder in 1982 after practicing five years in Albany, NY, where he worked first as a clerk to the Appellate Division–Third Department.
He continues to practice in the field of affordable housing, including representing owners and developers of projects allocated tax credits in accordance with Section 42 of the IRC and using various combinations of conventional, bond, Fannie Mae and “soft” subordinate financing made available under federal, state and local housing programs.
Ken has both organized and overseen the deregulation of numerous entities under New York’s Private Housing Finance Law, including Article 2 of the PHFL, governing Mitchell-Lama housing projects. He regularly represents developers of residential communities, including single-family subdivisions and those organized as condominiums or homeowners associations. He has also been engaged in a wide variety of commercial real property transactions, including one of the largest multi-building financings and restructurings in the history of Westchester County.
Education
- New York University, J.D.; 1977
- State University of New York at Buffalo, B.A, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa; 1973
Admissions/Courts
- New York
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York
Awards + Recognitions
- AV® Preeminent™ rating from Martindale-Hubbell
Professional Associations
- New York State Bar Association, Real Property Law Section
Presentations + Publications
“May a Lawyer Refer a Client to the Lawyer’s Own Title Agency?”
New York Real Property Law Journal
Fall 2010
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