Posted on February 12, 2016 by Andrew Denney in New York Law Journal New York Law Journal, By Andrew Denney On a recent Thursday morning in Bronx Housing Court, Chidera Atuegbu, an attorney for tenants, scanned a packed, noisy hallway. She could not find her client, nor could she locate opposing counsel in her client’s case. “Rappaport! Rappaport!” Atuegbu called out repeatedly, referring to Rappaport, Hertz, Cherson & Rosenthal, the firm representing her client’s landlord. The client hadn’t paid her rent for a year and was $15,000 in arrears.
