Forest City Ratner is four to six weeks away from signing a lease for 100,000 s/f of factory space in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, according to executive vice president MaryAnne Gilmartin.

A news brief announcing the promotion of Bill Chimos, James Rowland, Eric Morgenweck and Jeffrey Yick was published in the February 17, 2010 issue of Real Estate Weekly

Michael De Chiara, Michael Zetlin, Ray Mellon and Carol Patterson were named leading construction litigators in the January 26 – February 8, 2010 issue of New York Real Estate Journal.

Michael De Chiara, Michael Zetlin, Ray Mellon and Carol Patterson were named leading construction litigators in the January/February 2010 issue of Super Lawyers.

Zetlin & De Chiara is featured in the December 28th issue of Forbes Magazine profiling prominent lawyers and law firms in New York.

Michael Zetlin and Michael De Chiara were recognized as two of New York’s Best Lawyers 2010 in the December 21 - 28, 2009 issue of New York Magazine.

An article titled “How We Will Build New York: Hospitals and Healthcare” was published in the August 2009 issue of New York Construction with commentary by Michael S. Zetlin.

An article titled “Energy to Build New York” was published in the July 2009 issue of New York Construction with commentary by Michael K. De Chiara.

An article titled “Sustainability: Changing Values Create New Business Opportunities for Green Construction” was published in the July 2009 issue of New York Construction with commentary by Carol J. Patterson.

An article titled “Building With BIM” was published in the July 2009 issue of New York Construction with commentary by Michael J. Vardaro.

Carol J. Patterson co-authored Construction Law, the definitive construction law text book to be used by universities throughout the United States and published by the American Bar Association, Spring 2009.

The promotion of Jim Terry to partner were profiled in the March 2009 issue of Building Long Island.

In the December 22nd issue of New York Magazine, Michael De Chiara and Michael Zetlin were recognized as New York’s Best Lawyers in the area of construction law.

A news brief about a forum presented by Zetlin & De Chiara, McGraw-Hill and New York Construction titled “The Current Economic Crisis Affecting the Tri-State Region” was published in the December 10th issue of Real Estate Weekly.

Michael K. De Chiara & Michael S. Zetlin provided an interesting perspective on the topic of BIM (Building Information Modeling) which was featured in the July 21, 2008 issue of ENR magazine.

An article written by Raymond T. Mellon titled “Finish Your Office Move: Notify the State Education Department” was published in the August 27 - June 2, 2008 issue of New York Real Estate Journal.

In the January 14th, 21st and 28th issue of Crain’s New York Business, the recent partner promotions of Lori Samet Schwarz and Michael Vardaro were announced.

An announcement regarding the arrival of James Terry appeared in the December 17-23, 2007 issue of Crain’s New York Business.

In The December 17, 2007 issue of New York Magazine, Michael Zetlin was named as one of the Best Lawyers in New York in the field of Construction Law.

Carol Patterson was quoted in the November 2007 supplement of  New York Construction News titled "Women First." "Young women shouldn't be intimidated into thinking that this field is a man's world", says Patterson. "When you go to professional functions, women are still a minority but it's a growing minority. There are a growing number of senior women who have been successful, and we're interested in helping young women succeed."

Michael S. Zetlin was quoted in the October 2007 supplement of New York Construction News titled "Who Will Build New York?"

Four New York Partners, Michael S. Zetlin, Michael K. De Chiara, Raymond T. Mellon and Carol J. Patterson, were recognized in the September 23, 2007 issue of New York Magazine as Super Lawyers in the field of construction law. Click here for details.