Attorney Profile
Peter A. Mahler represents clients in the resolution of complex business disputes as a partner in our commercial litigation department. He has extensive trial and appellate experience in the state and federal courts and before arbitration tribunals involving diverse commercial, real estate, construction, intellectual property, municipal law, employment and contract litigation.
Mr. Mahler is a recognized authority on dissolution and valuation proceedings involving closely held business entities. He has authored numerous articles for legal publications, and has lectured and testified as an expert witness on "business divorce" of corporate shareholders, partners and limited liability company members.
Mr. Mahler graduated summa cum laude from U.C. Santa Barbara and earned his law degree at The New York University School of Law, where he was an editor of the Law Review. He served as Law Clerk to United States District Judge John R. Bartels in the Eastern District of New York. Following his clerkship Mr. Mahler was associated with Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler and later joined Solin & Breindel, P.C., where he became a partner. Before joining Farrell Fritz in 2004 Mr. Mahler was a partner at Derfner & Mahler LLP, which he co-founded in 1992.
Mr. Mahler is a member of the New York bar and also is admitted in the federal courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. He belongs to the New York State and Westchester County Bar Associations. Mr. Mahler has an AV Preeminent Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating.
Mr. Mahler publishes a blog entitled, "New York Business Divorce". Topics discussed include buyouts, dissolution basics, dissolution procedure, grounds for dissolution, LLCs, partnerships, restrictive covenants, valuation and valuation discounts. Please click on the link to view the New York Business Divorce blog.
Articles and Advisories
| Feb 14, 2013 |
Outside Counsel: Annual Review Of Business Divorce Cases In 2012 |
| Feb 15, 2012 |
Business Divorce Cases Of 2011 |
| Jan 19, 2011 |
Review Of Business Divorce Cases In 2010 |
| Feb 3, 2010 |
Business Divorce Cases Of 2009 |
| Mar 30, 2009 |
Outside Counsel: The Beat Of Business Divorce Litigation Continued In 2008 |
| Aug 1, 2008 |
Court's Fair Value Award In Shareholder Oppression Case Deducts Present Value Of Built In Gains Tax |
| Feb 26, 2008 |
Outside Counsel: Business Divorce Cases In 2007 |
| Apr 1, 2007 |
Section Sponsors "Meet And Greet" Luncheon For Queens County Commercial Division Judges |
| Jan 25, 2007 |
Outside Counsel: Business Divorce Cases Of 2006 |
| Jul 21, 2006 |
Dissolution Petition Can Unwittingly Trigger Stock Buyback |
| Jan 17, 2006 |
A Review Of 2005 Business Divorce Cases |
| Mar 30, 2005 |
A Review Of 2004 Business Divorce Cases |
| Oct 1, 2004 |
Shareholder Wars: Internal Disputes In Close Corporations Do Not Always Lead To Judicial Dissolutio |
| Mar 5, 2004 |
A Review Of 2003 Shareholder "Freeze-Out" Cases |
| Jan 2, 2003 |
Reviewing Shareholder 'Freeze-Out' Cases Of 2002 |
| Jun 1, 2002 |
When Limited Liability Companies Seek Judicial Dissolution, Will The Statute Be Up To The Task? |
| Mar 13, 2002 |
'Acquista' Expands Remedies For Breach By Insurer |
| Feb 8, 2002 |
Reviewing Shareholder 'Freeze-Out' Cases Of 2001 |
| Jul 1, 2001 |
Courts Apply Investment-Contract Test To Determine When LLC Membership Interests Are Securities |
| Jan 3, 2001 |
Reviewing Shareholder 'Freeze-Out' Cases Of 2000 |
| Feb 25, 2000 |
Annual Review Of Shareholder 'Freeze-Out' Cases |
| Oct 22, 1999 |
Limited Liability Companies As Litigants |
| Jul 1, 1999 |
Decisions Have Set Parameters For Establishing 'Fair Value' Of Frozen-Out Shareholder Interests |
| May 1, 1999 |
Twenty Years Of Court Decisions Have Clarified Shareholder Rights Under BCL 1104-a And 1118 |
| Sep 9, 1994 |
Commencing Special Proceedings And CPLR 3213 Actions |
Press Releases
In The News
Events
| Sep 19, 2012 |
Mastering Corporations, Partnerships, & Business Associations CLE - Live Telephonic Seminar |
| Apr 25, 2012 |
Presentation To 1st And 2d Department Judges |
| Jan 19, 2012 |
CPE Technical Session: Case Law Update On New York Shareholder Proceedings |
| Nov 15, 2011 |
NYSBA CLE: Preparing & Drafting Organizational Documents For New York LLCs |
| Jun 17, 2010 |
CPE Seminar: Tax, Shareholder Agreements & Estate Planning For The Closely-Held Business |
| May 17, 2010 |
FAE/BVR Business Valuation Conference |
| Apr 6, 2010 |
Peter Mahler To Speak At New York County Lawyers' Association Corporations Committee Meeting |
| Dec 1, 2009 |
NYSBA CLE: Dealing With LLC Formation And Operating Issues |
| May 21, 2009 |
CLE Seminar: All You Might Want To Know About LLCs |
| Feb 18, 2009 |
S-Corps Vs. LLCS |
| Jan 11, 2009 |
CLE Super Sunday |
| Oct 14, 2008 |
Piercing The Veil And Secondary Liability In New York |
| Jul 24, 2008 |
CLE Seminar: Judicial Dissolution Of LLCs |
| Jun 10, 2008 |
CLE Seminar: Corporate Dissolution Proceedings: Basics & Current Issues |
| May 15, 2008 |
WCBA Corporate & Commercial CLE - Getting To The Buyout: How To Litigate Corporate Dissolution And Valuation Proceedings |
| Jan 24, 2008 |
Fair Value Appraisals In Corporate Cases: Basics And Current Issues |
| Apr 24, 2007 |
Suffolk Academy Of Law CLE Program, "Shareholder Dissolutions: Advising Clients Before And After" |
| Nov 16, 2006 |
Meet And Greet Luncheon With Justices Of The New York State Supreme Court Commercial Division, Queens County |
| Jun 6, 2006 |
Judicial Institute Program For Commercial Division Judges |
| Feb 16, 2005 |
Queens County Bar Association CLE Seminar: Corporate & LLC Dissolutions, Buyouts, Draft Agreements & Valuations |
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