John Dolgetta is a shareholder (“partner”) in the law firm (a professional corporation organized under the laws of State of New York).  John received his Juris Doctor degree from Pace University School of Law and also received the School’s Certificate of Concentration in International Law.  His areas of concentration include real estate, commercial leasing, representation of commercial and residential lenders, and corporate and commercial transactional law.  Among other corporate clients, the firm acts as outside general corporate and leasing counsel to Planet Fitness® NY, LLC (one of the largest Planet Fitness® franchisees in the

U.S.). John has handled the lease negotiations and corporate work for the company. He has drafted, negotiated and closed multi-million dollar, significant and complex, “big box” lease transactions on behalf of this client, as well as other clients of the firm.

   Prior to joining the firm, John served as General Counsel at Rebound International, Inc., a business-to-business e-commerce company specializing in international trade via the establishment of an international e-commerce trading and exchange platform for businesses worldwide. As General Counsel, John negotiated and drafted a wide range of agreements, including marketing alliance agreements, strategic alliance agreements, leases, trade agreements, employment agreements, and buy-sell agreement. Prior to joining Rebound, John also worked as an attorney for National Economic Research Associates, Inc. (a subsidiary of the Marsh & McLennan Company), where he was engaged in legal research and consulting for senior economists in the company. While attending Pace Law School, John served as a Managing Editor for the Pace Environmental Law Review and authored a case note entitled Friends of the Earth v. Crown Central Petroleum: The Surrogate Enforcer Must be Allowed to “Stand Up” for the Environment, which was published in the Law Review. John is also the author of numerous articles on real estate law and real estate agency law which have been published in the legal column of Real Estate In-Depth (a monthly periodical of the Westchester Putnam Association of Realtors®, Inc., one the firm’s other major corporate clients and one of the largest trade organizations in New York State). The firm also represents the Empire Access Multiple Listing Service, Inc., one of the fifty largest MLS’s in the U.S.

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Current Employment Position(s):

Partner in charge of Commercial Leasing and Real Estate

Areas Of Practice:

Commercial and Residential Real Estate Law

Corporate and Business Transactional Law

International Trade Law

Leasing

Finance/Representation of Residential and Commercial Lenders

Education:

Pace University School of Law (White Plains, New York)

Juris Doctor

Certificate of Concentration in International Law

Managing Editor, Pace Environmental Law Review

Fordham University (Bronx, NY)

Bachelor of Arts/Political Science

Published Works:

Errors and Omissions Coverage: An Essential Element of Being an Agent, published in Legalines, Third Quarter 2009 (a quarterly periodical published by the New York State Association of Realtors®)

Numerous articles published in the legal column of Real Estate In-Depth, (a monthly periodical published by the Westchester Putnam Association of Realtors®, Inc.)

Friends of the Earth v. Crown Central Petroleum: The Surrogate Enforcer Must Be Allowed to "Stand Up" for the Environment, Pace Environmental Law Review, Summer, 1998

Teaching:

Instructor for Real Estate Law and Leasing at the School of Real Estate of the Westchester Putnam Association of Realtors, Inc.