Ira J. Adler, retired, was the Partner in our Condominium and Cooperative Practice Group. Over the course of his distinguished career in community association law, he has represented builders, developers and converters of condominium, cooperative and homeowner association developments throughout the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. His group is one of the most active condominium and cooperative law practice groups. 

Through his involvement with a myriad of real estate trade and philanthropic organizations, Mr. Adler has also contributed to the betterment of Long Island.  

Mr. Adler served as a Director of the Real Estate Institute at Stony Brook University and was a member of the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts Council of Overseers. He is a Life Director of the Long Island Builders Institute, its former four-term Vice President, and formerly Director of the New York State Builders Association and of the Queens County Builders and Contractors Association.  

For his charitable endeavors he was honored as the Humanitarian of the Year by the Rehabilitation Institute; as Man of the Year by the American Cancer Society, Long Island Chapter; and with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Tilles Center. The American Jewish Committee honored him with the Franklin H. Ornstein Humanitarian Award and Networking Magazine with the David Award.  

A frequent lecturer and the author of numerous articles on community association law, Mr. Adler co-authored the Chapter on “Condominium, Cooperative and Homeowner Associations in Real Estate Titles,” published by the New York State Bar Association.  

Mr. Adler graduated from New York University School of Law after earning his Bachelor of Arts from New York University. Admitted to practice in the state of New York, he has achieved the highest professional rating by Martindale Hubbell.   

Education
New York University School of Law, J.D., 1966
New York University, B.A., 1963 

Bar Admission
New York 

Recognitions
Humanitarian of the Year, Rehabilitation Institute
Man of the Year, American Cancer Society, Long Island Chapter
Lifetime Achievement Award, Tilles Center
Franklin H. Ornstein Humanitarian Award, American Jewish Committee
David Award, Networking Magazine 
Highest Professional Rating by Martindale Hubbell 

Appointments
Real Estate Institute at Stony Brook, Director
Long Island Builders Institute, Life Director, former four-term Vice President
New York State Builders Association, Former Director
Queens County Builders and Contractors Association, Former Director 

Community Involvement
Council of Overseers, Tilles Center for the Performing Arts
Long Island Builders Institute
New York State Builders Association 
Queens County Builders and Contractors Association