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KENNETH A. KANFER is a partner concentrating in commercial litigation, real estate, commercial transactions, and matrimonial law. 

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mr. Kanfer was admitted to the New York and Pennsylvania Bars in 1988. Mr. Kanfer focuses his broadly-based practice on representing businesses and individuals in commercial and residential real estate lending transactions and representing buyers and sellers in the sale and leasing of property in the New York metro Area.  An integral portion of his practice includes representing commercial lenders.

In April 2006, Mr. Kanfer was appointed by the Hon. Jonathan Lippman, then Chief Administrative Judge of the State of New York, to serve as a member of the Advisory Council for the Housing Part of the Civil Court of the City of New York.  The Advisory Council is charged with evaluating and recommending candidates for appointment to the Housing Court.

In April 2004, Mr. Kanfer was appointed by the Hon. Judith S. Kaye, then Chief Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals, to serve on the Commission to Examine Solo and Small Firm Practice.  The Commission, comprised of twenty-eight attorneys, was charged with examining the difficulties facing solo and small firm practitioners, a contingent that totals approximately 80 percent of the attorneys in New York.  The Commission issued a comprehensive report to Chief Judge Kaye in January 2006 which is available on-line at www.courts.state.ny.us.

On February 14, 2012, Mr. Kanfer was named by New York State Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman to serve with other distinguished counsel on a new Task Force which has been established to focus on Commercial Litigation in the 21st Century. The Task Force will be chaired by former Chief Judith S. Kaye, who in 1995 started the Supreme Court commercial division, and Martin Lipton of the firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.

In addition to his real estate and corporate transactional practice, Mr. Kanfer is a highly skilled litigator practicing in the state and federal courts in commercial and real estate litigation as well as complex civil RICO litigations.  He also practices family law for the firm. Mr. Kanfer is admitted to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.  He is also a member of the New York State Bar Association.