Glenn D. Wright
Principal
Tel: (212) 619-1500
Email
Practice
Retail and Office Commercial Leasing; Purchase/Sale of Commercial Real Estate; Americans with Disabilities Law (ADA) Litigation; Billboard Leases; Defense of bars accused of stealing cable or pay-per-view content.
Bar Admissions
New York State; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.
About Glenn D. Wright
Glenn is an experienced corporate lawyer who routinely represents clients in purchasing and selling businesses and commercial real estate. Glenn Wright has handled and lectured on many retail, office, industrial, and billboard leases. He has experience defending companies accused of Americans with Disabilities Law (ADA) violations and Restaurants and entertainment venues accused of Cable T.V. Piracy.
Glenn resides on Manhattan’s Upper West Side with his wife, Kristina, and enjoys running marathons and traveling.
Press
Author; Evolution of the Pop-Up” published in the American Bar Association Probate & Property Journal, Spring 2023
Author: “Does New York City Need Electronic Surveillance of its Clubs & Bars?” hospitalitynet.org
Author: “Breaking the Grand Jury Seal” in the New York Law Journal,
Recent speaking engagements:
Seminar for real estate brokers on “Is this location suitable for a liquor license?”
Panelist at a Restaurant Compliance Seminar for Greenwich Village-Chelsea Chamber of Commerce.
“Liquor Licensing for Accountants”- Continuing Education Seminar for New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants
Panelist at “Hospitality & Restaurant Committee Breakfast Technical Session “2015 and 2016 Sessions- Continuing Education Seminar for New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants
Panelist at “Pop-Up Leases: Innovative Ways to Showcase Your Art” – 2017 New York Foundation for the Arts
Speaker- Seminar on Purchase & Sale of Businesses -April 2018 NYC Business Solutions at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Lecturer for Strafford Publications national continuing legal education seminar-Billboard Leasing Agreements-2018
Lecturer for Strafford Publications national continuing legal education seminar – Pop-Up Leases- 2020
Lecturer for Strafford Publications national continuing legal education seminar – Leases v. Licenses 2022
Lecturer for Strafford Publications national continuing legal education seminar – Pop-Up Leasing: Drafting Delivery, Insurance, and Maintenance Provisions, Mitigating Risks in Short-Term Agreements, Sept. 2022
Lecturer for Strafford Publications national continuing legal education seminar – “Lease vs. License: Short-Term Property Use, Access, and Exclusive Control, Termination Remedies, May 2023
Billboard Lease Agreements for Landlords & Tenants, May 2023
Former Mentor for Columbia University Graduate Business School’s Lang Fund, advising aspiring entrepreneurs
Television, Press: Court TV, Fox News, and Law View, quoted in many newspapers and online articles, including the premier New York real estate magazine, The Real Deal, on multiple occasions
Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York, member of Real Property Committee, Commercial Leasing Committee; Association of the Bar of the City of New York Legal Referral Service; University Club; Past President- New York Lawyer’s Network, Martindale-Hubbell- Peer-Reviewed
Member of Nextlaw Referral Network – Nextlaw Referral Network has been named the 2019 Leading Global Legal Referral Network by Chambers & Partners.
Trustee – Elisha Kent Kane Historical Society
Education
J.D., Boston University Law School
A.B., University of California at Berkeley
Of Counsel to the Firm
Jason Lowe
Admitted to the New York, New Jersey, and California Bars
J.D., Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
B.S., University of California, Los Angeles
Wright Law Firm has strong relationships with niche, boutique law firms and, for complex matters, will work with them on an “of counsel” basis.