About Bruce Bergman

Widely recognized as New York’s leading authority on mortgage foreclosures, Bruce J. Bergman practices also in the areas of condominium lien foreclosure, real estate, title and commercial litigation.

Author of New York’s definitive text on the subject, the four-volume Bergman on New York Mortgage Foreclosures (Lexis Nexis Matthew Bender, rev. 2020) he is also known for his regular real estate update column on mortgage foreclosure for the New York Law Journal, as well as regular columns in the New York Real Property Law Journal, Servicing Management, the MBA’s Mortgage Banking Magazine and as a contributing author to the New York Lawyer’s Deskbook as well as Real Estate Titles (New York State Bar Association). Mr. Bergman is an advisor to the New York Times on matters relating to mortgage foreclosure and wrote the chapter on New York foreclosure law for the multi-volume The Law of Distressed Real Estate.

In all, he has written more than 450 articles in his field which have appeared in scholarly journals and professional publications throughout the country – click on the left for a complete list. He has also lectured widely for legal, judicial and professional groups – click on the left for a list of most recent presentations. He is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell since 1981, his biography appears in Who’s Who In American Law and he has been for years listed in Best Lawyers In America (40th Edition New York Real Estate Litigation Lawyer of the Year) and New York Super Lawyers.