Charles Moerdler’s broad-based litigation practice includes concentrations in real estate and land use, health care, international law, labor law, and administrative law. He also has extensive experience in state and federal appellate practice.

Mr. Moerdler has represented many of New York’s leading real estate developers and owners, as well as real estate trade organizations, in a variety of contexts including antitrust, land use and zoning, and brokerage and contract disputes. He has served as outside general counsel to one of the largest hospitals in the country, one of the nation’s largest health maintenance organizations, and a major New York City daily newspaper, for which he has also served as a director. He regularly counsels Austria’s largest bank in international litigation and served as board chairman of its U.S. subsidiary. He acts for Austria’s largest electricity and power enterprise and one of its largest realtors, and has represented other major European companies.

Mr. Moerdler also represents the American Federation of Teachers and has served as lead negotiator for municipal labor unions, including the United Federation of Teachers and the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association. He has been appointed by federal courts to serve as a special master to resolve complex disputes, including ERISA, securities, and antitrust matters, and has served as a private arbitrator and mediator in a variety of contexts.

Mr. Moerdler has extensive public sector experience. He served as a board member of New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority and served on the board of the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York. He was also a Commissioner of Housing and Buildings of the City of New York; a real estate and development consultant to New York City Mayor John Lindsay; a member of the city’s Air Pollution Control Board; and chairman and commissioner of the New York State Insurance Fund. Mr. Moerdler currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the New York City Housing Development Corp.

Mr. Moerdler has been recognized by The Legal 500 as a leader in dispute resolution. 

Bar Admissions

• New York
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; Fifth Circuit; Seventh Circuit; Eighth Circuit; Eleventh Circuit
• U.S. Court of Claims
• U.S. Supreme Court

Education

• Fordham University School of Law (J.D.)
• Long Island University (B.A.)

Honors: Bronx Power 100, City & State New York, Best Lawyers, The Legal 500

Memberships:

• Vice Chair, Committee on Character and Fitness, New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division, First Department
• Member and Gubernatorial Appointee, New York City Housing Development Corp.
• Member and Labor Representative, New York City Board of Collective Bargaining
• Member, New York City Residential Mortgage Insurance Corporation
• Trustee, St. Barnabas Hospital
• Member, American Jewish Congress and Former Co-Chairman of the Governing Council
• Member, Editorial Board, New York Law Journal (emeritus)
• Member, New York State Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association
• Former Member, Dormitory Authority of the State of New York
• Former Commissioner and Chair, New York State Insurance Fund
• Former Member, Attorney Grievance Committee, New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division, First Department
• Former Board Member, Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Former Chair of the MTA’s Bridges and Tunnels Committee and Procurement Reform Task Force