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Jeff Lefkowitz

Jeff Lefkowitz

Senior Counsel
Location:
Houston, Texas
Phone:
888-566-7853
713-581-8289
Fax:
713-850-4211

Jeff Lefkowitz has extensive experience with a wide range of business disputes, with emphasis in real estate, lease, construction, structured settlement, municipal and contract litigation. For a number of years, Jeff's practice included substantial transactional work, which gives him familiarity and experience with underlying documents not common to many litigators. He is also a mediator specializing in real estate and other business disputes.

Representative Experience:

  • Successfully handled numerous lease disputes with issues ranging from surrender by operation of law, enforceability of renewal provisions, esoteric subtenancy issues, covenants to operate, use provisions, and a wide variety of other complex landlord-tenant issues to more mundane collection issues.
  • Handled chemical plant construction litigation resulting in a multi-million-dollar settlement for the client-owner in one case and in a favorable settlement to a contractor-client in another large case.
  • Successfully handled, on appeal, the reversal of a judgment that had awarded damages and held unconstitutional certain of the client-city's ordinances. Defeated, at the trial court, an attack on the constitutionality of the client-city's enforcement practices.
  • Successfully handled litigation against a major real estate developer-client involving claims of ownership of a multi-million-dollar real estate portfolio.
  • Successfully obtained injunctive relief in restrictive convenant, real estate, bailment and unfair competition cases.
  • Successfully represented officers and stockholders in a protracted shareholder dispute.

Areas of Practice

  • Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Bar Admissions

  • Texas

Education

  • The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas
    • J.D. (Cum Laude) - 1981
    • Law Review: Texas Law Review
  • University of Texas, Austin, Texas
    • B.B.A. (Magna Cum Laude) - 1978
    • Honors: Phi Beta Kappa

Honors and Awards

  • "Houston's Top Lawyers", H Texas, 2006
  • "AV" Rated - Martindale Hubble Law Directory
  • Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • American Bar Association
  • Houston Bar Association