Christina Simanca-Proctor opened Proctor Real Estate Law, PLLC in 2021, after gaining 15 years of experience in the New York City real estate industry. 

 

The firm specializes in representing condominium and cooperative boards in a wide range of cooperative governance issues, including elections, special meetings, and amendments to bylaws and declarations. Boards seeking a nuanced approach to the recovery of arrears rely on Proctor Real Estate Law to avert litigation and create practical and cost-effective and solutions. When litigation cannot be avoided, Proctor Real Estate Law prosecutes actions to foreclose on common charge liens and commences summary proceedings relating to maintenance and "additional rent" arrears.

Proctor Real Estate Law also has extensive experience seeking emergency court orders for access based on nuisance conditions and orders for temporary and permanent injunctive relief. As part of its ability to provide clients with complete representation, Proctor Real Estate Law additionally negotiates and prepares commercial and residential leases on a flat-fee basis with short turn-around times.

 

Prior to opening Proctor Real Estate Law, Christina was a partner at Belkin Burden Goldman, LLP and also served as General Counsel to the National Women's Hockey League Players’ Association (now the Premier Hockey League), where she negotiated the Association’s first revenue share with the League, resulting in a 40% increase in players’ annual compensation.

 

In 2021, Christina was named a Crain’s New York Business Notable Woman in Law, and in 2020, she was a panelist at New York University School of Law on the topic of equal pay for professional female athletes. 

 

Christina is a member in good standing of both the Hispanic National Bar Association and the New York City Bar Association. Further, Christina is a member of the New York City Bar Association’s Cooperative and Condominium Law and Sports Law committees.