Horwitz & Zim Law Group, P.C.

Eric M. Zim is the founding partner of Horwitz & Zim Law Group, P.C. (“HZ Law”) and has served as the firm’s managing partner since January 1, 2000. He is widely regarded as one of New York’s most successful and prominent real estate attorneys. For three consecutive years, Development Magazine has ranked Mr. Zim among the “Top 100 Real Estate Lawyers” in the City of New York.

Mr. Zim earned his undergraduate degree from New York University and his Juris Doctor from Hofstra University School of Law. He is a member of the New York State Bar and is admitted to practice in the Eastern and Southern District Courts of New York.

As the firm’s principal trial attorney, Mr. Zim has practiced law for more than two decades and has litigated matters involving commercial and transactional real estate disputes, mortgage foreclosures, legal malpractice, brokerage commissions, rent strikes, and lease disputes. He also serves as counsel to cooperatives and condominiums, advising on day-to-day affairs including shareholder disputes, mortgage refinancing, and vendor contracts.

In addition to representing corporate clients, individual building owners, real estate developers, and real estate management firms, Mr. Zim brings significant experience in landlord-tenant disputes, having previously served as a Court Attorney for the Civil Court of the City of New York. His trial work spans numerous cases in New York Civil and Supreme Courts, including complex non-primary residence and owner-occupancy proceedings, as well as commercial holdover and non-payment proceedings. He also represents several non-profit institutions.

Mr. Zim has drafted and negotiated store, office, retail, triple-net, ground, telecommunications, and loft leases on behalf of both owners/developers and tenants, covering hundreds of thousands of square feet in office buildings, strip centers, and residential and commercial properties. He also handles commercial and residential transactions involving the purchase, sale, and financing of properties and developments.

Mr. Zim manages the firm’s real estate-related bankruptcy matters, including lease defaults, lift-stay applications, and the assignment or sale of leases in bankruptcy. He has lectured at the Real Estate Board of New York on cooperative and condominium sales contracts and for the Rent Stabilization Association at the New York County Lawyers Association on residential non-payment proceedings.

He has been appointed Receiver and Referee more than 100 times in foreclosure actions. The New York City Bar Association frequently refers clients to Mr. Zim based on his extensive experience and qualifications, and the Rent Stabilization Association recommends him as an attorney of choice to represent its members in landlord-tenant real estate litigation.