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Law Practice Brian Michael Seltzer is a Member of the law firm Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C. and a Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice attorney. Mr. Seltzer joined the firm in 1981 and became a Member the following year. His practice includes all phases of civil litigations, including pleadings, motion practice, disclosure, trials, appeals and enforcement of judgments, arbitrations, and administrative proceedings. Mr. Seltzer has extensive trial and appellate experience, with a special concentration in real estate litigations, title and lease disputes, corporate and stockholder’s actions, construction contract actions, mortgage and lien foreclosures, commercial contract actions, zoning administration and judicial review, multiple landlord-tenant litigations, and securities litigation.Professional Profile Prior to joining Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C., Mr. Seltzer was a senior associate of the firm of Dreyer and Traub from 1976 until 1981. As the senior litigation associate of Fink, Weinberger, Fredman, Berman & Lowell, P.C. from 1974 until 1976, he rose to head of the department. Mr. Seltzer was previously a partner of the firm of Demov, Morris, Levin & Hammerling from 1971 until 1973, after serving as an associate attorney there from 1963 until his promotion.Presentations Mr. Seltzer has presented numerous lectures and seminars including:Preventing Grievances and Malpractice Claims: panel member, The Nassau Academy of Law Zoning Changes and Variances in New York: Practicing Law Institute Zoning Law in New York : New York University Effects of Rent Control on Dynamics of Tenant Organization: guest lecturer, Hunter College Selected Practice and Procedure Problems in Mortgage Foreclosure Actions : guest lecturer, New York University Professional Affiliations Mr. Seltzer is a member of the New York State Bar Association and a longtime, active member of the Nassau County Bar Association. He has served on the Association’s Grievance Committee since 1989, and was its Vice Chairman from 1992 until 1994, and Chairman from 1994 to 1995. He previously served on the Association’s Community Relations and Public Education Committee, which he chaired in the mid-1980s; the By-Laws Committee, which he chaired in the early 1990s; the Ethics Committee, for which he was Vice Chair and then the Chair, from 1986 to 1988; the Judicial Committee; and the Supreme Court Committee. Mr. Seltzer is a member of the Arbitration Panel of the Nassau County Bar Association and of the American Arbitration Association. He is also rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest level in professional excellence and ethics. Admissions Mr. Seltzer is admitted to practice law in New York State and before the United States Supreme Court, the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the United States Court of Claims. | 