Kenneth A. Kanfer

KENNETH A. KANFER, born and raised in Philadelphia, is admitted to the New York and Pennsylvania Bars.

Kenny has a broad commercial and transactional practice that spans three decades. He represents domestic and foreign clients in matters involving:

• real estate acquisitions, sales, leasing and financing of commercial and residential (condominium and cooperative units) real property;

• corporate transactions, counseling individuals, for-profit and non-profit entities on the panoply of corporate concerns, corporate governance and best practices;

• commercial litigation, representing litigants in business disputes; and

• matrimonial law, representing high net-worth individuals on issues impacting separate property interests in commercial entities and real estate investments.

Kenny's practice extends beyond traditional attorney-client relationships. In 2024, he was appointed by a New York County Supreme Court Judge to serve as Temporary Receiver of a midtown office building. In 2024, he was also appointed by the Chair of the New York State Board of Law Examiners to serve as a grader of the New York State Bar Exam.

Since 2017, Kenny has been a member of the Judiciary Committee of the New York City Bar Association. In that role, he joins a select group of attorneys charged with reviewing applications and interviewing every nominee for state court judicial positions and candidates for District Attorney in the five boroughs.

Kenny has made numerous contributions to the judicial system. He was appointed by the Hon. Jonathan Lippman, then Chief Judge of New York State, to serve on the Task Force on Commercial Litigation in the 21st Century. The Task Force issued a Report and Recommendation on how the judiciary can position itself to ensure that New York retains its role as the global epicenter of commerce and finance. In 2006, he was appointed by Judge Lippman, then Chief Administrative Judge of New York, to serve as a member of the Advisory Council for the Housing Part of the Civil Court of the City of New York. And, in 2004, he was appointed by the Hon. Judith S. Kaye, then Chief Judge of New York State, to serve on the Commission to Examine Solo and Small Firm Practice. The Commission issued a Report which examined the challenges facing solo and small firm practitioners in New York and made recommendations intended to streamline court practices.

Kenny devotes substantial time to pro bono assignments. For more than a decade, he served as an officer, member of the executive committee and member of the board of trustees of Temple Israel Center in White Plains, New York. He has also provided pro bono legal services to the Pro Bono Partnership to assist not-for-profit organizations on transactional and commercial matters.

Education

Syracuse University, JD, 1987

Syracuse University, BS, 1984

 

Contact Kenny

To discuss your matter with Kenny, please call 917-993-7402 or email him at kkanfer@khllp.law.