Born in New York City, Mr. Hirson joined the firm in 1987 and became a partner in 1996. He practices with a diverse clientele of individuals and closely-held businesses that invest primarily in commercial real estate in the New York Metropolitan area and other areas of the United States. Mr. Hirson represents clients in the acquisition, financing, leasing, and licensing of such properties and also advises clients concerning the ongoing legal issues affecting the business. Many clients represented by him are in the hospitality field, including hotels, restaurant, nightclubs, and catering establishments. Mr. Hirson’s retail leasing practice has developed many longstanding retail store clients with numerous locations in New York City and the Northeast.

Mr. Hirson works closely with many other practice groups of the firm, particularly with the immigration, litigation, and trusts and estates groups, in the course of providing a wide array of legal services to the firm’s commercial and real estate related clients.