Tyler J. Kandel

• Representation of national and regional banks in federal and state court litigations concerning forged checks and unauthorized banking transactions, implicating Articles 3 and 4 of the Uniform Commercial Code.

• Representation of national and regional banks in litigations concerning alleged losses relating to safe deposit box accounts.

• Representation of credit card issuers in connection with litigations concerning alleged violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and Fair Credit Reporting Act.

• Representation of national and regional banks in federal and state court litigations involving allegations of employment discrimination on the basis of gender, race, age and religion.

• Representation of a lender in action against commercial real estate appraisal company for malpractice and breach of contract which caused the lender to suffer multi­million dollar losses.

• Representation of a corporate trustee in connection with dispute over multi-million dollar distributions made to holders that were the subject of a payment recall.

• Representation of a financial institution in federal action and bankruptcy proceedings against mortgage bank and its principal for breach of warehousing loan agreement causing damages exceeding $8 million.

• Representation of a financial institution in New Jersey foreclosure proceeding of a residential mortgage in excess of $20 million, believed to be the largest residential mortgage foreclosure proceeding in the history of New Jersey.

• Representation of a financial institution in action commenced by its former clients for alleged breach of custodial agreements seeking damages in excess of $1.5 million, which resulted in a de minimus settlement after a substantial majority of the plaintiffs’ claims were dismissed.

• Obtained summary judgment against defaulting borrower on a $20 million line of credit and was able to recover nearly $10 million by successfully prosecuting and/or settling turnover proceedings and fraudulent conveyance actions.

• Obtained summary judgment in favor of a large apparel manufacturer dismissing multi-million dollar RICO action commenced by rival.

• Obtained dismissal of claim asserted by a developer against lender for alleged breach of contractual obligations and also obtained sanctions against the developer awarding the lender judgment on the lender’s counterclaims.

• Representation of a financial institution in Surrogate’s Court action involving maintenance of guardianship account and in which fiduciary alleged damages in excess of $1 million, and obtained dismissal of a majority of the claims asserted.

• Representation of commercial landlords and tenants in summary dispossession proceedings and lease disputes in New York and New Jersey state courts.

U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1999
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1996
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 2000
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, 2003

• Heyman v. CitiMortgage, Inc., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 128238 (D.N.J. June 27, 2019)

  6/27/2019

• Matheson v. Deutsche Bank Nat’l Trust Co., 706 Fed. Appx. 24 (2d Cir. 2017)

  12/13/2017

• Szuszkiewicz v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 257 F. Supp.3d 319 (E.D.N.Y. 2017)

  6/22/2017

• Alarmex Holdings, LLC v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 147 A.D. 3d 451 (1st Dep’t 2017)

  2/7/2017

• Armenian Missionary Ass’n of Am., Inc. v. TD Bank, N.A. et al, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 121177 (September 11, 2015, D.N.J.)

  9/11/2015

• Amalgamated Bank v. Helmsley-Spear, Inc., 25 N.Y.3d 1098 (2015)

  6/25/2015

• Commissioner of the Dept. of Social Servs. of the City of N.Y. v. New York Presbyt. Hosp et al., 47 Misc. 3d 1204(A), (Sup. Ct. N.Y. Co., 2015)

  3/27/2015

• Turner v. JPMorgan Chase & Co., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 185621 (January 22, 2015, D.N.J.)

  1/22/2015

• Amalgamated Bank v. Helmsley-Spear, Inc.,109 A.D.3d 418 (1st Dep’t 2013)

  8/13/2013

• Ally Bank v. 1st Republic Mortg. Bankers, Inc., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 157144, (December 7, 2011, E.D.N.Y.)

  12/7/2011

• In re Estate of Link, 2011 N.J. Super Unpub. LEXIS 1906 (App. Div. 2011)

  7/15/2011

• Ally Bank v. Reimer, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7887 (January 29, 2010, E.D.N.Y.)

  1/29/2010

• USA Certified Merchs., LLC v. Koebel, 273 F. Supp.2d 501 (S.D.N.Y. 2003)

  7/24/2003