Eric B. Freedman
Partner
Silverang, Rosenzweig & Haltzman, LLC
Woodlands Center, Suite 300
900 East Eighth Avenue
King of Prussia, PA 19406
Direct: (610) 263-0136
Main: (610) 263-0115
Fax: (215) 754-4934
efreedman@sanddlawyers.com |
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Biography:
Eric is a partner in the firm, where he serves clients in a wide range of practice areas as both a litigator handling complex commercial disputes and a transactional real estate attorney. Eric is sought after for his multifaceted problem solving abilities, allowing him to counsel clients through all stages of litigation and the development process and navigate through any obstacles that may arise.
In his current practice, Eric represents clients spanning from individuals to mid-market companies, situated both domestically and internationally, primarily in matters including:
- Commercial Litigation
- Business Litigation
- Construction Defect Litigation
- Land Development
- Acquisitions
- Sales
- Zoning
- Loan Default Litigation
- Commercial, Industrial, and Residential Leasing and Landlord/Tenant Disputes
- Advice on Condominium and Planned Community Associations Transactions and Litigation Disputes
- Estate and Orphans' Court Litigation
Eric regularly serves as lead counsel and has tried real estate and commercial disputes to successful resolution in trial-level courts and before arbitration and administrative panels. In addition, Eric has successfully argued cases on appeal before the Superior Court of Pennsylvania and the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.
Some of Eric's representative matters include:
- Defense of a major telecommunications provider in an action brought by a municipality involving the use of its borough-wide utility infrastructure under the terms of a century-old contract.
- Representing a National Hockey League (NHL) star winger in a contract dispute with his former agent.
- Securing a pre-litigation six-figure payout on behalf of a New York-based commercial real estate holding company from a national franchise tenant for several years of unpaid common area maintenance and property tax charges.
- Defending a regional restaurant franchise tenant in a confession of judgment action brought by a commercial landlord and prevailing and collecting on a countersuit to recover improperly assessed overpayments.
- Obtaining and collecting on a seven-figure judgment on behalf of national construction subcontractor from a regional general contracting company.
- On behalf of a Philadelphia-based property holding company with a national footprint, overturning on appeal a trial court's decision to recognize a tenant's forged military documents as a basis to withhold rent for a period of over a year.
- Obtaining and collecting on a six-figure judgment on behalf of a commercial real estate landlord against a large-name restaurateur tenant.
- Successfully defeating a neighborhood registered community organization's objections to a developer's construction project, which was approved by the Philadelphia Zoning Hearing Board, which was then appealed to the Court of Common Pleas and then to the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.
- Obtaining dismissal of claims brought against a national vending corporation and its employee for alleged violations of a covenant not to compete.
- Securing a favorable, confidential settlement on behalf of a general contractor in a failure to disclose and construction defect claim brought by third party purchaser of an investment property.
- Litigating and securing a confidential settlement on behalf of a religious corporation in an action against a roofing contractor for negligence and substandard workmanship.
- Successfully defending a New Jersey Real Estate Commission's action to revoke a real estate broker's license.
Prior to joining the firm Eric worked in the commercial litigation department at a large Mid-Atlantic firm. Eric holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English with a concentration in writing from the University of Vermont, and obtained his Juris Doctor from the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University. He is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as well as the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Eric has perennially received a Best Lawyers: Ones To Watch recognition for Commercial Litigation from 2021 through 2025 and for Real Estate Law in 2024 and 2025.
