Harold Lubell was the assistant attorney general in charge of the Bureau of Real Estate Financing in the Department of Law of the State of New York, a position he held after several years as assistant general counsel in charge of real estate at New York Life Insurance Company. Mr. Lubell is an adjunct associate professor of law at Fordham University School of Law, a position he has held since 1982. The former chair of the Real Property Section of the New York State Bar Association, he also is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and the American Land Title Association. He also has served as a member of the New York City Rent Guidelines Board since 1985. Mr. Lubell has written or co-authored more than 20 articles, many of them as a contributing editor of Real Estate Review.

Professional Affiliations

• New York City Rent Guidelines Board, 1985-present

• American Bar Association

• American College of Real Estate Lawyers

• American Land Title Association

• First American Title Insurance Company – Board of Advisors

• New York State Bar Association – Chairman, Real Property Law Section, 1993-1994; Co-chair, Real Property Section CLE, 1998-present

Civic Involvement and Distinctions

• New York State Bar Association, Real Property Law Section – Lifetime Professionalism Award, 2005

• Real Estate Review – Contributing Editor, 1975-1980

• New York University – Adjunct Associate Professor, 1974-1982

• Fordham University School of Law – Adjunct Associate Professor, 1982-

• New York City Rent Guidelines Board – Member

• National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD) – Director

• Jewish National Fund of Great New York – President, 1991; Director, 1985-1998

• New York State Bar Association, ALI-ABA, American Land Title Association, Local Bar Associations and Practising Law Institute – Frequent Lecturer