William D. McCracken

William D. McCracken is a recognized leader in the field of condominiums and cooperatives, commercial litigation, and professional ethics.

Mr. McCracken represents co-op and condo boards in all aspects of their operations, including corporate governance issues, construction contracts, license agreements, and litigations.  He strives to avoid or mitigate potential legal exposure, sets clear expectations, and directs clients toward the most effective, cost-efficient means to achieve their objectives.

Mr. McCracken’s litigation practice concentrates on commercial disputes and arbitrations involving contracts, partnership disputes and dissolutions, employment and discrimination matters, securities fraud, foreclosures, and real estate. He negotiates, drafts, and enforces settlements of complex commercial disputes.

Mr. McCracken is active in several professional organizations and speaks and writes frequently on issues of concern to real estate and commercial clients and practitioners, from governance, legal ethics, and litigation issues, to challenges posed by the carbon emissions requirements of New York City’s Climate Mobilization Act (Local Law 97, etc.). Mr. McCracken is frequently quoted on topical issues in publications including the New York Times, the New York Law Journal, the N.Y. Real Property Law Journal, Habitat Magazine, the Cooperator, the Mann Report, and Brick Underground.

Education

New York University School of Law, J.D.
Baylor University, B.A., with honors

Admissions

Mr. McCracken is admitted to practice in New York. He is also admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

Affiliations

Mr. McCracken is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the New York City Bar Association. He is the Secretary-Elect of the Real Property Section of the New York State Bar Association, a member of the Section’s Committee on Condominiums and Cooperatives and the Chair of its Subcommittee on Corporate Governance, Co-Chair of the Section’s Committee on Climate Change, and a member of its Publications Committee.  He is an adjunct member of the City Bar’s Committee on Cooperatives and Condominiums, a member of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers, and previously served as a member of the City Bar’s Professional and Judicial Ethics Committee.