Atty. Cory Mitchell Gray
Cory Mitchell Gray is a commercial litigator representing clients nationally in all aspects of commercial real estate, commercial lending, litigation and counseling, including complex multi-party commercial actions, title and lien priority issues, commercial tenancy disputes, loan workouts and foreclosures, business fraud and land use. Mr.
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Cory Mitchell Gray is a Shareholder based in Florham Park, New Jersey, practicing at Greenberg Traurig, LLP. They have 17+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 2009. Their practice focuses on business, real estate, and litigation. Admitted to practice in Hawaii (2009). Educated at Rutgers College - New Brunswick (B.A., 1980) and Rutgers School of Law - Newark J.D. 1987 Moot Court Honors (—). Recognitions include AV Preeminent. Active member of Professional & Community Involvement •Trustee, The Newark Museum. Serands clients in Florham Park, NJ and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Cory Mitchell Gray is a commercial litigator representing clients nationally in all aspects of commercial real estate, commercial lending, litigation and counseling, including complex multi-party commercial actions, title and lien priority issues, commercial tenancy disputes, loan workouts and foreclosures, business fraud and land use
- Mr. Gray is a former special assistant district attorney in Manhattan and a former public defender in New Jersey
- He has litigated in numerous states and foreign countries, and has handled cases from inception to trial (having tried numerous cases to verdict) to ultimate disposition in the U.S. and New Jersey Supreme Courts
- Mr. Gray is co-author of the New Jersey chapter of the ABA treatise Commercial Lending Law and a contributing author of New Jersey Law and Practice, USA Regional Real Estate 2019, Chambers and Partners, and he has been an instructor at the Rutgers University Center for Government Services, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning & Public Policy
- Mr. Gray has been lead counsel in two of the largest real estate foreclosures in New Jersey involving scores of assets and debt in excess of $650 million
- Among numerous other reported and unreported cases in which Mr. Gray has represented lenders, developers and title insurers are: United Jersey Bank v
- Kensey, 306 N.J
- Super. 540 (App
- Div. 1997)(a widely cited case outlining a lender’s lack of duty to borrowers in most lending situations)
- Kane Mitigation LLC v
- Earthmark NJ Kane Mitigation Barrier, LLC, 2016 WL 4546302 (Ch. 2017)(a matter of first impression involving lien priority among mortgagee, holder of title through foreclosure sale and ground lessee)
- Argonaut Development Group, Inc. v
- SWH Funding Corp, 150 F.Supp.2d 1357 (D.Fla. 2001)(obtained summary judgment for lender on multiple counts of fraud and breach of joint venture agreement)
- In re Jersey Tractor Trailer Training, Inc., 580 F.3d 147 (3rd Cir. 2009)(obtained reversal of bankruptcy and district courts’ rulings re: waiver of UCC rights under loan documents)
- Citibank v
- The Singer Company, 684 F.Supp. 382 (S.D.N.Y. 1988)(obtaining preliminary injunction for lender as to collateral)
- Concentrations •Complex commercial litigation •Real estate litigation and litigation avoidance counseling •Lending and factoring litigation, transactions and workouts •Land use and planning •Appellate advocacy The attorney is providing legal services through and affiliated with Greenberg Traurig, LLP, a New York Limited Liability Partnership
- Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome
- Recognition & Leadership Awards & Accolades •Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Litigation - Real Estate, 2023-2026 •Member, Winning Team, New Jersey Law Journal’s ' General Litigation Department of the Year, ' 2024 •Team Member, a Law360 'Real Estate Practice Group of the Year,' 2023 •Team Member, U.S
- News - Best Lawyers, Best Law Firms Edition, 'Law Firm of the Year,' Real Estate - Litigation, 2017 and 2022 •Team Member, Benchmark Litigation’s “New Jersey Law Firm of the Year,” Shortlisted, 2022, 2024 •Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, New Jersey Super Lawyers, 2010-2012 and 2014-2022 •Team Member, a Law360 “Hospitality Practice Group of the Year,” 2021 •Team Member, Chambers & Partners USA Real Estate Law Firm of the Year, 2017 and 2022 •Team Member, U.S
- News - Best Lawyers , Best Law Firms Edition, 'Law Firm of the Year,' Banking & Finance - Litigation, 2017 •Team Member, The American Lawyer’s “Regional Litigation Department of the Year - New Jersey,” Finalist, 2019 •Member, Winning Team, New Jersey Law Journal’s ' General Litigation Department of the Year ' award, 2013 •Team Member, Lexology’s Client Choice Award USA & Canada, United States: New Jersey, 2013 •Rated, AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5.0 (15 Consecutive Years)
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Practicing law in New Jersey. Legal matters in New Jersey are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Florham Park are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate New Jersey state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in New Jersey brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in New Jersey courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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