Choosing an Offering Plan Attorney: Who Will Push the AG for You?

Updated Nov 5, 2026 · 5 min read

Short answer: Pick the attorney who will keep your filing moving. The Attorney General (AG) takes 7.6 months on average to accept an NYC condo plan (see the data), and every extra month is a month you can't sign contracts. Speed can be measured: since 2017, 10 of Rosenberg & Estis's 12 timed AG filings were accepted faster than other firms' same-year median, about 22 days sooner on average.

Everyone Can File. Not Everyone Has Your Back.

The legal work in an offering plan is standardized. The AG's regulations spell out what a plan must disclose, and most firms work from forms that have been refined over decades. So two plans from two firms can look almost the same on paper. The difference shows up after you submit:

Turnaround on comments. The AG's reviewers send back questions and requested changes. A plan sits idle until counsel responds, so the speed of each round depends on your attorney, not the AG.
Getting it right the first time. Every answer that raises a new question adds another round. Counsel who has seen what the AG asks about can head those questions off in the first draft.
Following up. A filing can stall quietly in a queue. An attorney who keeps calling and keeps it moving is worth more than one who waits to hear back.
Who actually does the work. At a large firm, ask who will draft the plan and handle the AG, and whether that person will still be on it for the amendments that come after.

None of that shows up in a ranking by volume. The offering plan attorneys list counts the plans that name each firm, which tells you who is busy, not who is fast. So we looked at speed directly.

Featured: Rosenberg & Estis and Brett M. Stack

Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. is a New York real estate firm founded in 1975, at 11 Grand Central East. Its name is on AG filings from 1978 to 2026, from Upper West Side co-op conversions in the 1980s to new condos like 220 East 9th Street and 517 West 29th Street.

Brett M. Stack is Counsel in the firm's Transactions group. His listed work includes drafting the offering plan and amendments for a NoHo condominium and an Upper East Side mixed-use condominium, and running the unit sales and every plan amendment for new developments with more than 100 units in NoMad and more than 35 on the Upper East Side. He writes on co-op and condo law for the New York Law Journal and has been named a New York Metro Super Lawyers Rising Star every year since 2023.

Are Rosenberg & Estis's Filings Accepted Faster?

On the filings we can time, yes. Since 2017, 10 of the firm's 12 timed AG filings were accepted faster than the median for every other firm's filings that year. They averaged 44 days from submission to acceptance, against 66 days for the typical filing of the same kind accepted the same year: about 22 days sooner.

Over the firm's whole timed record since 2011 the edge is smaller: 12 of 21 filings beat the same-year median, averaging 44 days against 47 days. Its earlier filings were mostly slower than the median; since 2017 the firm pulls ahead.

Accepted	Filing	Kind	Rosenberg & Estis	Same-year median, other firms
Sep 9, 2024	230 Classon Avenue Condominium (The) NA240104	Residential	75 days	98 days
May 23, 2024	Northside Center Leasehold Condominium At 302-206 East 111th St NA240045	Commercial	59 days	50 days
Aug 17, 2023	188-11 Hillside Condominium NA230092	Residential	65 days	94 days
Jul 13, 2023	3893 Waldo Avenue Condominium NA230091	Residential	30 days	94 days
Jun 23, 2023	18 Sixth Avenue Condominium (The) NA230083	Residential	58 days	94 days
Jun 1, 2023	36-10 31st Street Condominium NA230050	Residential	59 days	94 days
May 20, 2022	662 Pacific Condominium (The) NA220017	Commercial	106 days	75 days
Nov 10, 2021	1620 Fulton Street Condominium NA210155	Residential	26 days	46 days
Mar 2, 2021	34-46 Vernon Blvd Condominium (The) NA210030	Residential	8 days	46 days
Dec 18, 2020	Williamsburg Ths Condominium NA200170	Commercial	16 days	35 days
Sep 24, 2020	Washington Condominium (The) NA200130	Commercial	3 days	35 days
Mar 23, 2017	Morris Ii Condominium NA170035	Residential	27 days	35 days
Dec 20, 2016	Hlp1 Condominium NA160165	Residential	83 days	34 days
Nov 21, 2016	491 Myrtle Avenue Condominium NA160137	Residential	25 days	34 days
Jun 9, 2016	162 Fifth Avenue Leasehold Condominium NA160063	Residential	44 days	34 days
Sep 30, 2014	2350 Lafayette Avenue Condominium NA140118	Commercial	20 days	15 days
May 16, 2014	236 East 85th Street Leasehold Condominium NA140065	Commercial	14 days	15 days
Mar 17, 2014	855 Sixth Avenue Condominium NA140017	Residential	41 days	30 days
Feb 8, 2013	413 East 69th Street Medical Research Building Condominium NA120151	Commercial	120 days	8 days
Dec 23, 2011	Bowery Leasehold Condominium NA110208	Commercial	37 days	11 days
Oct 28, 2011	300 Central Park West Apt (18d1) NA110185	Residential	14 days	11 days

How This Is Counted

The time is the days from the date a filing was submitted to the date the AG accepted it, from the AG's own records. The AG overwrites a plan's submitted date each time an amendment is filed, so only filings that have never been amended can be timed, the same rule as our approval times page.

That rule matters here. All 14 of the firm's full offering plans accepted since 2011 have amendments (0 can be timed), so this comparison uses its no-action filings: requests for an AG letter confirming a project doesn't need a full offering plan, usually for a one-unit or commercial condominium. They go through the same office and the same back-and-forth with counsel, which makes them a fair test of how quickly a firm's filings move.

Each filing is compared only with other firms' no-action filings accepted the same year and of the same kind (residential or commercial), 1,669 in all, so a year when the AG was slow for everyone doesn't count for or against the firm. A filing's time also depends on the project and the sponsor, so this measures the record, not a promise about your plan.

FAQ

Does the attorney really affect how long the AG takes?

The AG sets its own review pace, but a plan only moves forward when counsel answers the AG's comments. How fast and how completely your attorney responds decides how many rounds there are and how long each one sits.

What should I ask an offering plan attorney before hiring them?

Ask who will personally draft the plan and handle the AG's comments, how many plans that person has taken through the AG recently, how quickly they answer comment letters, and whether they will also handle the amendments and closings after acceptance.

How can I see which firm filed a building's plan?

The sponsor's counsel is on the AG's record for every plan. Each building page here lists it under the building's team, and the offering plan attorneys list shows every plan a firm has filed.

Is Rosenberg & Estis ranked first for volume?

No. The attorney rankings count plans, not speed or quality, and several firms have filed far more. This post looks at something the count doesn't: how quickly a firm's filings are accepted.