Olga Berde Mahl
Areas of Practice
- Real Estate: Commercial, Residential, Industrial Sales and Leasing
- Real Estate Development, Zoning, Finance, Land Use and Planning
- Condominium/Cooperative Development and Conversions
- Elder Law, Estate Planning, Wills, Asset Transfers, Medicare-Medicaid
- Commercial Law Purchase & Sale of Businesses, Corp.Creation, Transactional Buss.
- International Law and Investment and Trade
Litigation Percentage
- 10% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1971
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1977
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1977
Education
- St. John's University School of Law, Jamaica, New York
- J.D.
- Honors: First in Class Moot Court 1969-1970
- Law Review: St. John's University Law Review, 1968 - 1969
- City College of the City of New York, CUNY, New York, New York
- B.A.
- Honors: Dean's List
- Honors: With Honors
- Major: Political Science
Published Works
- %FOR Art, 2004
Classes/Seminars
- Commercial Condominiums-Market&Creation, Association of Real Estate Women (AREW), 2007
- Foreclosures and How to Make them Work for You, Association of Real Estate Women (AREW), 2007
Honors and Awards
- Numerous Awards from Ed Koch, Mayor of the City of New York and from David Dinkins, Mayor of the City of New York
- Created Legislation that legalized Artists Housing
- Authored legislation that created SoHo, zoning changes and changes to the Multiple Dwelling Law
- Wrote Legislation for % for Art of public buildings in New York City, legislation that requires 1% of the Capital Budget of any public access building in New York City to include art in its budget
- Converted 100+ Loft Buildings to Residential Mixed
- Numerous other innovations in Real Estate and the ARTS
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association, Member, Various Committees, 1978 - 2008
- Member, American Bar Association Fellows of New York
- New York State Bar Association, Member, Coop & Condo Committee and Numerous Other Sections, 1972 - 2007
Past Employment Positions
- Willkie Farr & Gallagher, Real Estate Associate, 1969 - 1972
- Fried Frank Schriver & Jacobson, Real Estate Associate, 1972 - 1974
Pro Bono Activities
- On Board of Bronx Jewish Community Council; Executive Board Temple Beth El of City Island (Your Shul by the Sea), 2007
- UJA-Federation of New York, Management Assistance Board, 1985 - 2000
- Board of Trustees of Theater Company Boards
Languages
- English
- Hungarian
- French


