Richard A. Klass: Books and News Articles
Books
Killing the “Zombies”
by Richard A. Klass, Esq.
Recent Changes to New York State’s Foreclosure Laws:
· Eliminating vacant and abandoned properties
· Streamlining foreclosure settlement conference part
· PreForeclosure Notices
· Getting Foreclosed Houses to Market Quicker
39 pages/3,028 KB. PDF format.
Includes illustrations and sample forms.
Quick Reference Guide to Attorney’s Liens and Legal Fee Enforcement: What to do if your client stops paying you
by Richard A. Klass, Esq.
Click here to download now (1.8 mb, PDF format)
Quick Reference Guide to Attorney’s Liens and Legal Fee Enforcement is intended to provide attorneys with information relating to the attachment and enforcement of retaining liens and charging liens; methods of enforcement of these attorney’s liens; steps to be taken to pursue legal action for the recovery of legal fees; and risk management and ethical issues relating to the enforcement of attorney’s liens and actions.
Successfully Defending Your Credit Card Lawsuit: What to Do If You Are Sued for a Credit Card Debt
by Richard A. Klass, Esq.
Available as a free book in two formats:
Free web-book on-line: click here to read
Free e-book in PDF format: click here to download
If you are faced with a credit card lawsuit, this book, Successfully Defending Your Credit Card Lawsuit by Richard A. Klass, may help you present a more robust defense. This book offers sample pleadings and motions, numerous free forms and instructions, and descriptions of the defenses and procedures in the “typical” case…. (read more)
Retention and Withdrawal of Counsel: a guide for attorneys
By Richard A. Klass, Esq.
This booklet is adapted from a continuing legal education (“CLE”) course of the same name taught by Richard A. Klass.
“There are many important considerations when a lawyer is being retained by a client and when the lawyer may be withdrawing from representation of the client.” (more)
Richard A. Klass in Print Publications
- Featured in “Meet the Bar Leaders,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Spring 2017
- “Client cannot sue his lawyer for nonpecuniary damages,”NYSBA One on One Journal, Summer 2012.
- “New York’s Adherence to Zubulake v. UBS Warburg,”NYSBA One on One Journal, Spring 2012.
- “Getting it Done: The Importance of Entering Timely Defaults,”Brooklyn Barrister, February 2008.
- “Insurance Needs for your Law Firm,” New York County Lawyer, January/February 2008.
- “Equitable Estoppel of a Mortgagee’s Claim,” New York State Bar Association – General Practice Section publication, Spring 2007.
- “Debt Counseling Requirement under the New Bankruptcy Act,” Brooklyn Papers, June 2005.
- “The Impact of the Presumption of Abuse on the Dismissal of a Chapter 7 Case,” The National List of Attorneys, Volume 16, Issue 19, June 2005.
- “The Impact of the Increase in Court Filing Fees upon Debt Collection in New York,” The National List of Attorneys, Volume 16, Issue 16, August 2004.
- Featured in “Fair Debt Collection: Show Me The Money,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, June 25, 2003.
- “Attorney’s Guide to the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act,” Brooklyn Barrister, June 2001.
- Legal contributor to The Brooklyn Papers on employment law issue, “Heights Chef canned,” April 9, 2001.
- “New York CPLR [Civil Practice Law and Rules] Update,”Brooklyn Barrister, April 1998.
- Columnist on “Court of Appeals Update,” Brooklyn Barrister.
