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Second Edition of The Commercial Lease Formbook Now Available

Published: September 6, 2010

The Commercial Lease Formbook: Expert Tools for Drafting and Negotiation, Second Edition has just been published by the American Bar Association (ABA). Ira Meislik, managing principal of the Montclair, New Jersey law firm of Meislik & Meislik, is the lead co-editor of this best seller from the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the ABA. Karen Abrams, a Senior Associate Attorney at the firm was a contributer to the book. Now completely updated and significantly expanded, The Commercial Lease Formbook is an authoritative resource for all aspects of negotiating and drafting effective commercial property leases.

This invaluable 750 page formbook and the accompanying CD-ROM provide a unique and comprehensive tool for evaluating the terms of a lease form and determining whether a transaction is within the norms. It offers an array of state-of-the-art lease forms that can be tailored for a particular transaction. This updated and expanded edition includes 27 complete commercial leases and lease-related forms with commentary on CD-ROM. Each of the forms includes informed commentary designed to save time and facilitate lease negotiations for the user. The practical, negotiation-focused commentary is included within the text of the lease, provision by provision. In many cases, these comments provide alternative terms to accommodate the opposite party to which the lease is oriented.

Ira Meislik has been frequently recognized for his professional achievements. In 2009, he was named as part of a select group of 176 attorneys — The BTI Client Service All-Star Team — for delivering the absolute best client service to Fortune 1000 clients. In 2009 and 2010, he was named by Real Estate New Jersey magazine as one of the Garden State’s top real estate attorneys. Ira Meislik has been included in the Real Estate category each year since the Super Lawyer’s designation first appeared in New Jersey. In addition, he has again been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers In America®. In the United States, Best Lawyers compiles lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.

Meislik & Meislik is a law firm focusing on business law and commercial real estate law. It represents national and local businesses (large and small), developers, investors, landlords, and single and multiple-location tenants in a full range of transaction, from basic to complex. More about Meislik & Meislik can be found on its website at www.meislik.com.

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Ira Meislik Leads Green Leasing Symposium

Published: June 9, 2010

On June 9, 2010, Ira Meislik moderated a Green Leasing program for the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education and presented his thoughts on crafting “green” (sustainable) leases even as this relatively new area is exploding with new concepts and challenges. The program, aimed at attorneys and others who are responsible for structuring transactions where the parties want to support sustainable building and developments, took place at the New Jersey Law Center in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

The program was titled: “Painting Commercial Leases ‘Green’: Negotiating & Drafting Leases That Make Both Financial & Environmental Sense.” It covered a range of important topics such as: Current Developments in Green Leasing; Green Leases: Operating Expense Considerations & Implications; Energy Efficiency Lease Guidance to Address the ‘Split Incentive’; Green Leasing Web Site Links; Green Insurance Questions & Answers to Paint Your Lease Green. In his presentation, Mr. Meislik focused on the “Split Incentive” and on current trends in leasing clauses for space in sustainable buildings.

In 2010 alone, Mr. Meislik has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers In America® and as a New Jersey Super Lawyer. In the United States, Best Lawyers compiles lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The 2010 selections were based on more than 2.8 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers. The Super Lawyer designation process employs a rigorous, multiphase process. Peer nominations and evaluations are combined with third party research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. In addition, in 2009 he was singled out by Real Estate New Jersey magazine as one of the Garden State’s top real estate attorneys. Also in 2009, Ira Meislik was named as part of a select group of 176 attorneys — The BTI Client Service All-Star Team — for delivering the absolute best client service to Fortune 1000 clients.

Ira Meislik’s practice is concentrated in two areas – Business Law and Commercial Real Estate Law. His business law practice covers general business, commercial, and transactional matters. In this area, he provides business counseling advice and handles business formations, acquisitions, mergers, and contracts. His commercial real estate practice focuses on the needs of landlords and tenants primarily within shopping centers and office properties. In addition, he has extensive experience in the acquisition, disposition, and financing of real property.

Meislik & Meislik is a law firm focusing on business law and commercial real estate law. It represents national and local businesses (large and small), developers, investors, landlords, and single and multiple-location tenants in a full range of transaction, from basic to complex. More about Meislik & Meislik can be found on its website at http://www.meislik.com.

Ira Meislik Named To Joint Editorial Board For Real Property Acts

Published: March 29, 2010

Ira Meislik, managing principal of the Montclair, New Jersey law firm of Meislik & Meislik, has been appointed to the Uniform Law Commission’s Joint Editorial Board (JEB) for Real Property Acts. The JEB is responsible for monitoring new real property developments which may have an impact on Uniform State Laws and for making recommendations to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL) for drafting new, proposed state laws. The JEB consists of twelve members drawn from the Uniform Laws Commission, the American Bar Association Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, the American College of Mortgage Attorneys, and the American College of Real Estate Lawyers.

Ira Meislik has been frequently recognized for his professional achievements. In 2009 alone, he was named as part of a select group of 176 attorneys — The BTI Client Service All-Star Team — for delivering the absolute best client service to Fortune 1000 clients. Also in 2009, Ira Meislik was named by Real Estate New Jersey magazine as one of the Garden State’s top real estate attorneys. He also was selected for inclusion within the New Jersey Super Lawyers listing published inside the April 2010 issue of New Jersey Monthly magazine. Ira Meislik has been included in the Real Estate category each year since the Super Lawyer’s designation first appeared in New Jersey. In addition, he has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers In America®. In the United States, Best Lawyers compiles lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.

The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL), now in its 117th year, provides states with non-partisan, well-conceived and well-drafted legislation that brings clarity and stability to critical areas of state statutory law. Conference members must be lawyers, qualified to practice law. They are practicing lawyers, judges, legislators and legislative staff and law professors, who have been appointed by state governments as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to research, draft and promote enactment of uniform state laws in areas of state law where uniformity is desirable and practical.

Super Lawyers Again!

Published: March 29, 2010

Karen Meislik, head of Meislik & Meislik’s Family Law Department, and Ira Meislik, the law firm’s managing principal, once again have been selected to be listed among the New Jersey Super Lawyers listing published inside the April 2010 issue of New Jersey Monthly magazine. Ira Meislik has been included in the Real Estate category each year since the Super Lawyer’s designation first appeared in New Jersey. Karen Meislik, first designated in 2007, is listed among her Family Law colleagues.

In 2009, Ira Meislik was named as part of a select group of 176 attorneys — The BTI Client Service All-Star Team — for delivering the absolute best client service to Fortune 1000 clients. In announcing this year’s All-Star Team, BTI reported: “Clients celebrate the uncanny ability of many of the 176 BTI Client Service All-Stars to instill a confidence and trust reserved only for the most valued and strategic business partners. This achievement is worthy of commemoration.” In addition, he has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers In America®. In the United States, Best Lawyers compiles lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers.

Karen Meislik, a principal of the law firm of Meislik & Meislik, is one of fewer than 140 attorneys certified by the Supreme Court as a matrimonial attorney. She has been practicing family law, exclusively, for more than 20 years, providing advice and support to clients, and guiding them through the custody, divorce, separation, support systems, and judicial process. In 2007, she received the prestigious 2007 Partner in Hope award from Partners for Women and Justice.

Meislik & Meislik’s 13th Annual Review of Recent Business and Real Property Law Developments

Published: March 29, 2010

For the thirteenth year in a row, Meislik & Meislik presented its Annual Business and Real Estate Developments program for the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (NJICLE). This extremely popular program reviewed important New Jersey court decisions made in 2009. Steven Gellerstein, Mark Morfopoulos, and Ira Meislik described approximately 50 of the most interesting cases of 2009 and the program materials included summaries of over 400 court opinions. Over the years, this program has been attended by thousands of attorneys from the Tri-State area. The case summary volumes furnished at these programs now cover more than 5,500 published and unpublished judicial decisions in the areas of business and real property law.

The program was presented in two locations this year – West Orange and Mount Laurel, New Jersey and was attended by over 125 attorneys from New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, many returning year after year. Meislik & Meislik’s annual review is one of the longest running and highest rated annual programs produced by the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education. Plans are already in place for the fourteenth Annual Program to take place in February, 2011.