Vincas (Vince) M. Vyzas

Attorney Profile

Brooklyn Law School
Brooklyn, New York
J. D.

Rutgers College
New Brunswick, New Jersey
B. A.
Member: Psi Chi (Psychology National Honor Society)
Rutgers Crew Team
A V Rated-Martindale Hubbell

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Vyzas & Associates, P.C.
54 Washburn Street
Jersey City, New Jersey 07306
Founding Member

General practice of law with primary concentration in banking, foreclosures, troubled debt restructuring, loan workouts, real estate, complex commercial finance transactions, corporate, condominium, cooperative, homeowners association, timeshare law, litigation, estate administration and estate litigation. Representation of lenders in New York as bank counsel preparing Consolidation, Extension & Modification Agreements and assignments of collateral. Representation of clients before local Planning and Zoning Boards of Adjustment. Representation of developers before the New York State Attorney General's Office on issues of, advertising, consumer complaints and prepare offerings under New York's Blue Sky laws. Representation of developers before the New Jersey Real Estate Commission. New York escrow agent for out of state developers. Representation of property owners in landlord/tenant court, and before the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Representation of commercial, property owners/tenants in commercial lease transactions. Representation of clients including affordable housing developers before the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, United States Department of Housing & Urban Development, New Jersey Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency and other public housing entities.

General Counsel to Schuyler Savings Bank located in Kearny, New Jersey (1995 to 2007). Duties include: attendance at Board meetings; day to day interaction with Bank executives and staff involving daily operations of Bank; handle all litigation involving Bank fraud, consumer fraud, bankruptcy fraud, fraudulent transfers, general bankruptcy, foreclosures, loan collections and commercial litigation. Representation before Regulatory Authorities (FDIC and New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance). Successfully overturned unsatisfactory Community Reinvestment Act rating. Representation in sale of Real Estate Owned property, foreclosures, Sheriff's Sales, acquisition of property, appearances before zoning boards.

Hein, Smith, Berezin, Maloof & Rogers
Hackensack, New Jersey
Associate

Represented lenders in financing transactions and commercial foreclosure actions. Representation of individuals and corporate clients in real estate financing and developers involved in timeshare and condominium developments.

Schiller, Vyzas, Squeo & Hartnett, P.A.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Associate

Represented individuals and real estate developers in various development projects, general litigation. General real estate practice concentrating in commercial and residential real estate and resort development.

Law Offices of Allen I. Gross
Brooklyn, New York
Associate

Head of Cooperative and Condominium Department of this boutique ten (10) lawyer firm. Negotiated contracts for residential and commercial properties; drafted cooperative and condominium offering plans; represented cooperative apartment corporations. Represented purchasers of shopping and strip malls and performed due diligence prior to acquisition including lease review. Represented national lenders as Bank Counsel in real estate closings. Represented Gelt Funding, now known as GFI Capital, one of the largest privately owned finance companies in New York and New Jersey.

New York State Department of Law
New York Attorney General's Office
Real Estate Financing Bureau
New York, New York
Senior Legal Aide

Reviewed cooperative, condominium and timeshare offering plans from red herring to black book; wrote memoranda in support of the Bureau's position on particular issues and maintained extensive contact with the public and attorneys practicing before the Bureau. Reviewed advertising literature for compliance with New York's Blue Sky Laws.

PROFESSIONAL STATUS

Bar Admissions: New Jersey, 1988
U. S. District Court (New Jersey), 1988
New York, 1989
Pro Hoc Vice - U.S. District Court - Eastern District of Pennsylvania

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

New York Bar Association
New Jersey Bar Association
West Hudson Bar Association
Hudson County Bar Association
National Land Council

PROFESSIONAL LICENSES

New York Real Estate Broker
New Jersey Real Estate Salesperson

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Councilman - Borough of New Providence (2008 to Present)
Member - Borough of New Providence Planning Board (2008 to Present)
Member - Borough of New Providence Zoning Board of Adjustment (2006 to 2008)
Board Member - Hudson Catholic High School, Jersey City New Jersey

REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS

Schuyler Savings Bank
Bank of America (New York and New Jersey Closing Attorney)
Somerset Hills Bank/Sullivan Financial Services (New York and New Jersey Closing Attorney)
Bushkill Group, Inc. f/k/a Resorts USA, Inc. (Subsidiary of the Rank Group PLC of London, England) Special New York Counsel
Urban League Affordable Housing & Community Development Corporation
Urban League of Hudson County, Inc.
Wells Fargo & Company (New York Closing Attorney)
BCB Community Bank f/k/a Pamrapo Savings Bank, SLA
Culinary Academy of New York
Bayonne Community Action Project