Sander A. Rikleen
Recognized since 2010
Boston, Massachusetts
Commercial Litigation
Real Estate Law
Sander A. Rikleen is a partner in the firm’s Litigation Department. Sander’s practice includes a wide variety of commercial trial work, with considerable experience in real estate litigation, securities arbitrations, and appellate work. He has more than 40 years of trial experience in the state and federal courts and in the FINRA (formerly NASD and NYSE) and AAA arbitration forums.
Sander is frequently called upon to solve business problems through the development of strategies to avoid litigation as well as the use of litigation as part of a broader strategy to obtain business objectives. He has experience handling such sensitive matters as the investigation of suspected employee dishonesty and is particularly skilled in matters involving substantial mathematical detail. Sander has been included in the New England Super Lawyers listing, a Thomson Reuters publication since 2004 and is listed in the Commercial Litigation and Real Estate sections of The Best Lawyers in America.
Prior to joining the firm, Sander was a Partner in the Boston office of Edwards Wildman. He was a member of the Adjunct Faculty at the New England School of Law from 1977 to 1985.
- E-mail: srikleen@sherin.com
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- 101 Federal Street
Boston, MA 02110
- Clark University, BA, graduated 1973
- Massachusetts, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
- District of Columbia, The District of Columbia Bar
- United States, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- United States, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- United States, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Massachusetts, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
- District of Columbia, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
- United States, U.S. Supreme Court
- United States, U.S. Tax Court
- Jewish Cemetery Association of Massachusetts, Inc. and affiliates - Clerk, Past President
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Residential Security Deposits Provide Protection for a Landlord, but There can be Unexpected Pitfalls
by Sander A. Rikleen
On tenant’s counterclaims, the court found that landlord had violated the security deposit statute by failing to provide tenant with a receipt acknowledging acceptance of the deposit, and failing to pay interest earned on the deposit over the multi-year tenancy.
Residential Security Deposits Provide Protection for a Landlord, but There can be Unexpected Pitfalls
On tenant’s counterclaims, the court found that landlord had violated the security deposit statute by failing to provide tenant with a receipt acknowledging acceptance of the deposit, and failing to pay interest earned on the deposit over the multi-year tenancy.
Sander A.
Rikleen
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