About Us 

Tesser & Cohen is a law firm with practices focusing on the construction industry. With conveniently located offices in New York City, Hackensack and Chester, New Jersey, we are distinguished by the depth and scope of our legal advisory services. Emphasizing client priorities, we strive to stay on top of the frequent changes that affect their businesses and lives with the utlimate goal of bringing them success and stability.  

Today, Tesser & Cohen is a leader in the fields of construction law and related real estate practices.  With partners leading statewide bar association construction industry sections and with attorneys consistently named as Superlawyers in construction litigation and surety law, Tesser & Cohen continues to burnish its legal reputation throughout New York and New Jersey.

Whether a client is a large corporation or an individual, Tesser & Cohen offers personal, quality service, for cost effective fees. We bring to matters the practical perspective of experienced attorneys that bring with them knowledge and familiarity of national as well as local laws and regulations.  With interrelated concentrations of construction law, environmental practice, labor and employment law, professional liability litigation and commercial transactions, we have gained an unmatched fluency in the construction and real estate fields.  All of our clients have access to the capabilities of our lawyers, wherever they are based.

Our clients are as diverse as the services we offer, representing contractors, design professionals and owners with real estate and construction related concerns. On a daily basis, our clients engage in work that is governed by numerous laws and regulations.  We provide knowledge of those laws to help navigate our clients through the difficult paths that their deals and transactions may lead them so that they can focus on success.