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Biography
As a founding partner of Gahagan, Lando & Wagner, LLP, Brett has over a decade of experience working on Real Estate transactions focusing primarily on Purchaser and Seller representation in the purchase and sale of homes, condominiums and cooperative apartments in Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, New York City and throughout the State of Connecticut. Brett has also represented multiple major mortgage lenders in residential closings. She has extensive experience in the drafting and negotiation of residential contracts of sale, leases and financing agreements. Brett is extremely attentive to her clients and prides herself in her streamlined communication, prompt response time, access and dedicated consultation throughout the process for each client. She understands that in this market quick turn times and responsiveness to all parties in a transaction is key to obtaining and keeping a real estate deal alive.
In addition, Brett is committed to using her experience to help educate others and regularly speaks about Real Estate law trends, Contracts and first-time homebuyer education, as well as other real estate law matters to residential real estate brokerage offices and clients. She was a featured panel presenter for the New York State Bar Association live CLE seminar on the Purchase and Sale of Homes.
Brett works closely with many of the major residential real estate brokerage firms throughout New York and Connecticut having successfully closed over 600+ transactions for clients of Redfin Real Estate alone as well as many other major real estate firms such as Houlihan Lawrence, Coldwell Banker, Keller Williams, Howard Hanna Rand Realty and Compass.
Prior to opening her practice, starting in 2001 Brett worked as a full-time real estate paralegal in Scarsdale, New York handling closings during the day, while attending Pace Law School in the evenings to secure her Juris Doctor degree in Law. She worked as a full-time associate at the firm in the banking, real estate, probate and litigation departments before leaving to open her own practice in 2007.
Brett further explains, “I enjoy working with and helping my clients. As a lawyer you can fight for their interests and be rewarded for your victories with a happy client. I began to envision how law could enable me to help people while being my own boss, compassionately serving clients, while having flexibility between the work life balance. Understanding the background operations as a paralegal helped groom me to be a better lawyer.”