Experience

Armstrong Teasdale

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Partner

  • Jan 2019 - Present

  I serve as co-leader of the firm’s Condominium and Cooperative Housing practice area. I counsel clients on contentious issues including apartment expansions; construction defects; alterations, admissions and leasing policies; unauthorized occupants; corporate and condominium elections; revisions to by-laws and proprietary leases; relations with sponsors and holders of unsold units and shares; and ownership of apartments by trusts and other entities. I also represent borrowers and lenders in construction and permanent, underlying mortgage financing transactions in both development and long-term ownership settings. My housing clients span all segments of the housing market. I have worked with all city, state and federal housing agencies in the subsidized and supervised housing sector and advise clients on compliance with government financing, supervision and rent regulation issues. I established many of the mechanisms necessary for the “reconstitution” of income and price-restricted, government-subsidized housing into unrestricted, private cooperatives, unlocking enormous value for the shareholders while keeping the monthly carrying charges affordable and spurring major investment in upgrading the physical condition of these properties. I am also a frequent author and lecturer for various legal and other industry organizations. Read more on my experience: https://www.armstrongteasdale.com/howard-schechter/experience Show less



Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Partner - Co-chair of Cooperative and Condominium Group

  • Aug 2016 - Jan 2019



Schechter & Brucker, P.C.

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founding Partner

  • Oct 1986 - Jul 2016

  Real estate boutique focusing on representation of cooperative and condominium housing, leasing, mortgaging and buy/sell and related litigation. General counsel to 200 co-ops and condos with 20,000 housing units and various commercial property. Real estate boutique focusing on representation of cooperative and condominium housing, leasing, mortgaging and buy/sell and related litigation. General counsel to 200 co-ops and condos with 20,000 housing units and various commercial property.



New York State Association of Renewal and Housing Officials, Inc.

• Member, Board of Directors, Parliamentarian

  • 1979 - 1988

  Statewide association of government housing officials and other housing professionals Statewide association of government housing officials and other housing professionals



New York City Tenants Association Against Unfair Cooperative Practices

• New York City

• Executive Director

  • 1969 - 1971

  Organization of tenants groups in buildings receiving cooperative conversion plans after the adoption of the Rent Stabilization Law of 1969 Organization of tenants groups in buildings receiving cooperative conversion plans after the adoption of the Rent Stabilization Law of 1969