Madeline H. Kibrick Kauffman, Partner
Born:
New York, New York

Admitted:
1986, Pennsylvania; 1987, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of New York; and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Law School:
Albany Law School of Union University (J.D., 1986)

College:
Union College of Union University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1983)
Madeline H. Kibrick Kauffman, Partner
Email Address: mkauffman@nolanandheller.com

Madeline's practice is concentrated in the areas of creditor's rights, commercial loan workouts, commercial real estate and complex commercial litigation. She has extensive experience representing banks in commercial loan workouts and large-scale collections, and representing lenders and borrowers in commercial real estate and other financing transactions. Her diverse litigation experience includes commercial real estate, telecommunications and other contract disputes, the defense of lender liability actions, and the representation of secured creditors, debtors and other parties in State Courts, U.S. District Courts and U.S. Bankruptcy Courts in New York.

Madeline also has substantial experience counseling and representing employers on employment law matters, including those arising in litigation and other contexts under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act and the New York Human Rights Law, disputes concerning employment agreements and wrongful discharge claims, the drafting of employee handbooks and separation agreements, and the enforcement of non-disclosure and non-compete agreements.

Madeline's recent legal projects include:
  • Counsel to a Bank Group in the negotiation and documentation of a $68,000,000 loan workout respecting a mixed-use project consisting of more than 326 apartments, 190,000 square feet of retail space and hotel pad sites in New Jersey
  • Counsel to a secured lender in the negotiation and documentation of multiple loan workouts totaling involving numerous regional shopping centers and shopping malls located throughout New York
  • Counsel to a secured lender in the negotiation and documentation of multiple loan workouts totaling in the aggregate more than $100,000,000, involving five assisted living facilities in Connecticut, and four nursing homes and an assisted living facility in Massachusetts
  • Defense of a secured lender in lender liability litigation
  • Counsel to a secured lender in the negotiation and documentation of an IRC 1031 exchange and a $55,000,000 loan workout respecting seven assisted living facilities located throughout New York State and Connecticut

Practice Areas:
Banking Transactions
Commercial Litigation and Arbitration
Commercial Real Estate
Creditor's Rights
Employment Law and Litigation Telecommunications Law

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