Christopher Priore
Partner at Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker, LLP
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Bar Admissions:-New York-United States Supreme Court-United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit-United States District Court for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of New York.Christopher Priore is a commercial and appellate litigator with broad experience across multiple industries and areas of the law who routinely practices before state and federal appellate courts. Chris’s appellate practice includes successfully litigating complex commercial cases and cases involving novel constitutional issues. Chris has represented construction firms and owners in construction defect and lien law disputes as well as creditors and lenders in various creditors’ rights, loan workouts and bankruptcy matters. Chris also has experience with shareholder disputes, litigation related to mergers and acquisitions, as well as noncompetition matters. Additionally, Chris represents large hospitality groups in various matters, including liquor licensing. Chris served as a law clerk at the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Trustee while in law school. He is the author of “Lending Intermediaries: The Implications of Fraud on Unsuspecting Debtors & Lessons from In Re Montano,” American Bar Association, Consumer Bankruptcy Newsletter (2014). REPRESENTATIVE MATTERSSuccessfully defended a condemnation claim by a major railroad pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 24311 and closed the transaction on the targeted land acquisition.Represented clients in litigation disputes with local governmental entities involving takings, vested rights, and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Person’s Act (RLUIPA). Reported Decisions:Hodge v. Development at Heldeberg Meadows,114 A.D.3d 1122, 981 N.Y.S.2d 463, 2014 N.Y. Slip Op. 01368 (3d Dept. 2014).Levine v. Trumbull, 2018 WL 5842944 (N.D.N.Y. 2018) aff’d In re Timothy Stallmer, 2019 WL 5588855, 792 Fed. Appx. 856 (2nd Cir. 2019).Baskin v. Mabco Transit, Inc., 2019 N.Y. Slip. Op. 07827, 176 AD3d 1539 (3d Dept. 2019).Andrew Gissendanner v. Enhanced Recovery Company, LLC, 793 Fed. Appx. 5 2019 WL 5688214 (2nd Cir. 2019).Durham Commercial Capital v. Bank of America, N.A., 181 A.D. 1348 (4th Dept. 2020). Cobleskill Stone Products, Inc. v. Merchants Natl. Bonding, Inc., 223 A.D.3d 1021 (3d Dept. 2024) Zollo v. Adirondack Lodges Homeowners Assn, Inc., 225 A.D. 3d 973 (3d Dept. 2024). Matter of Karam v. Utica City Sch. Dist., 2023 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2120, 187 N.Y.S. 3d 577 (Sup. Ct. 2023).
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