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Education
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Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D., 2002), Production Editor, Arts & Entertainment Law Journal
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Lehigh University (B.S. in Business and Economics, high honors, 1999)
Practice Groups
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Leasing (Co-Chair)
Risa Letowsky
Partner
Risa C. Letowsky is co-chair of the Leasing Practice Group at Adler & Stachenfeld LLP. Ms. Letowsky counsels and represents landlords and tenants in large-scale office, retail, restaurant, shopping center, co-working, industrial and ground lease transactions.
Among the notable matters Ms. Letowsky has handled in her career, she was an integral part of the team that represented Millennium Partners in the long-term lease by Millennium to Equinox of all of the Sports Club/LA and Reebok Sports Club/NY health and fitness clubs located in Boston, Miami, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. as part of the transaction in which Millennium sold its health and fitness club business and certain assets to Equinox.
Ms. Letowsky is currently handling the retail leasing for the Wynn hotels located in Las Vegas and Massachusetts, and is also handling the retail leasing for Area15, an immersive entertainment complex in Las Vegas, Nevada, which is being developed by Fisher Brothers. In addition, Ms. Letowsky is part of the team handling the leasing for Industry City, a 6,000,000 square foot development in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
Ms. Letowsky represents Knotel in connection with its leasing initiatives throughout the United States. In addition, Ms. Letowsky regularly represents several prominent New York City landlords, as well as a large insurance company.
Prior to joining Adler & Stachenfeld, Ms. Letowsky was Special Counsel at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP. Earlier in her career, Ms. Letowsky served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel for Rouse Properties, Inc., and as an associate in the real estate group of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP.
Committed to providing pro bono services, Ms. Letowsky has been honored by the Legal Aid Society and the Girl Scout Council of Greater New York for her work with these organizations, two of the numerous nonprofit and charitable organizations to which she has dedicated pro bono services. Ms. Letowsky previously sat on the board of the Lincoln Center Corporate Fund, Women’s Leadership Junior Council, and is actively involved in UJA-Federation of New York’s Young Real Estate Executives Division and Women’s Division.
Ms. Letowsky is admitted to practice only in New York.
Publications and Media:
Recognitions:
- Listed, Real Estate Weekly Leading Ladies in Real Estate 2019
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Super Lawyers: New York Metro Rising Star: 2015 - 2017
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Super Lawyers: New York Metro: 2020-2021
Bar Admissions:
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New York
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New Jersey
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District of Columbia
Associations:
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International Council of Shopping Centers