Neil Diskin

/My focus

Construction and Real Estate Litigation

I represent owners, tenants, lenders, brokers, and others with interests in real estate resolve disputes arising from commercial leases, purchase and sale agreements, financing agreements, and statutory and common-law rights. This includes representing clients in breach of contract actions, commercial landlord tenant proceedings, mechanics liens proceedings, construction access proceedings, dissolution actions and other commercial litigations involving real estate.

Commercial Litigation

My commercial litigation practice includes helping clients resolve a broad range of commercial disputes, including shareholder disputes, breaches of contract, class actions, fraud claims, trade secret claims, false claims act actions, and other business disputes. By developing a deep understanding of client industries, I am able to ensure cases run smoothly and efficiently in order to maximize value for my clients.

Labor & Employment

I also counsel and defend clients across a variety of industries in labor and employment issues, including wage and hour claims, harassment and discrimination claims, and non-compete and restrictive covenant claims.

Internal Investigations

I assist clients with various internal investigations, including interviewing witnesses, finalizing fact finding, and presenting options based on applicable laws and employer policies.

/Representative experience

Prior to joining Nixon Peabody, Neil was an associate in another business law firm in the New York region. He was also a public defender with the Legal Aid Society of Suffolk County.

/Looking ahead

With interest rates remaining high, significant zoning changes, tightening environmental regulations, the potential of tariffs affecting construction and development costs, and work from home/return to the office policies evolving, the New York real estate industry will continually change, looking different each year. However, with change comes uncertainty and risk.