Law Offices of Eric Seifert
Comprehensive legal services delivered with integrity, equity and zealous representation.
(T): 917-543-9464
(W) ericseifertlaw.com
Practice Areas
Arts & Entertainment Law
Advocacy and protection of artist rights(visual art, film, music, dance, performance) with all aspects of contract creation and protection pertaining to copyright, intellectual property, licensing, trademark, publicity. reproduction, distribution, performance, sales, commissions, conserving, loans, art handling (transporting, storing), etc.
Civil Rights
Litigation addressing discrimination, i.e., employment, voting, public accommodation, housing, police misconduct, Title IX, etc., with respect to intentional conduct, disparate treatment and impact, on account of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, class.
Appellate Practice
Full service appellate practice in state and federal jurisdictions including appeals and judicial review of administrative law decisions, summary judgment, injunctive and declaratory relief, trial determinations, in the areas of employment, discrimination, immigration, section 1983 , disability rights, SLAPP actions, etc.
Estate Planning
Crafting of thoughtful estate planning, i.e., wills, trusts, and legacy plans, for artists, art collectors, writers, academics, and visionaries with the aim of assuring prosperity for loved ones, communities, and future cultural and political life in alignment with values of equity, opportunity, and lasting social impact.
Non-Profit & Foundation Law
Advocacy, protection, creation, and consultancy for non-profit corporations, non-government organizations, foundations, and public charities to assist in assuring that the entities stated missions and purposes can ensue and thrive while complying and operating within the prescribed legal and regulatory frameworks.
Education Law
Advocacy and representation through the university and college tenure process, including appeals of denials in hiring, promotion, academic freedom. Representation of university and college students facing non-academic disciplinary charges, TItle IX discrimination, withholding of disability accommodation.
Criminal Appeals
Full service criminal federal and state appellate practice including direct appeals, post conviction relief, petitions, habeas corpus, commutation applications.
First Amendment
Litigation + cease/desist relating to right to assembly, political and social speech, rights of free press, whistleblowing, social media, defamation, libel.
Military/Veterans Rights
Litigation and advocacy for enlisted and veteran servicemembers, including military discharges, conscientious objector, AWOL, benefit claims before the VA.
Lawyer
For over twenty five years, Eric Seifert has consistently practiced law in the service of ensuring that the laws are enforced and adjudicated with fairness, equality, and without predisposition to wealth and power as a matter of course.After first cutting his teeth as a New York City public defender and as an associate with the zealous civil rights champion, Michael Hardy, Eric Seifert has subsequently developed the craft of persuasively communicating through negotiation, contracts, pleadings, the courtroom, and appeal, the imperatives of fairness, justice and civil virtue such that those who had been taken advantage of and otherwise wronged, are restored to both financial and relational wholeness.
In taking seriously the law's promise of being the 'great equalizer,' Eric Seifert wholeheartedly promises to represent your interests with dignity, respect and zealous perseverance. While monetary damages are most imperative in achieving redress for the harms and losses incurred, it is equally imperative that the experience of seeking justice and wholeness be one of restoring integrity, respect and empowerment.
Eric Seifert's holds a license to practice law from the State of New York but engages in a nationwide practice by seeking and obtaining the necessary pro hoc status in order to litigate righteous claims wherever they may occur.
Eric Seifert
B.A. University of California at Berkeley
J.D. CUNY Law
National Lawyers Guild
Mediator
Parallel to utilizing litigation as a means of bringing about a more just and equitable world, Eric Seifert has simultaneously looked to mediation as a means of resolving conflict wherein the parties speak for themselves without lawyers as intermediaries. As harms run deeper than any monetary compensation can reach, mediation provides for not only the resolution of the conflict, but allows for the kind of healing that can only arise after directly expressing the harms, losses, and emotional impact directly to the offending party. While extremely challenging, a face to face encounter with the offender in the same room truly provides a heightened degree of closure and a palpable expression of justice restored.
While in the best of all possible worlds, mediation would be a necessary and required component of any litigation, it is now an alternative to litigation. If that is a viable path to resolving your conflict, please contact Eric Seifert to serve as your mediator who will bring to the table ample experience as a community mediator, victim/offender facilitator, and group conflict mediator. While all legal issues are redressable by mediation, issues such as separation, divorce, landlord/tenant, family land and inheritance disputes, corporate and partnership dissension, accounts payable/receivable, contractor/homeowner disputes, property boundary disputes, etc., have proven to be more amendable to mediation than costly and protracted litigation.