Ep | 228 | Massimo D'Angelo | Partner at Blank Rome LLP, Shares His Journey From NYC Real Estate Battles to Global Cases
The Lawyer Stories Podcast
Benjamin Gold
5.0 • 541 Ratings
🗓️ 27 June 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
The Lawyer Stories Podcast Episode 227 welcomes back Massimo D'Angelo, Partner & Co-Chair of the Real Estate Industry Group at Black Rome LLP in NYC — and a longtime friend from UMass-Amherst. In this powerful return to the show (last featured in Episode 3), Massimo dives into his roots as the son of Southern Italian immigrants and traces his journey to becoming a legal force in high-stakes real estate litigation. He recounts his pivotal role in the Atelier Condo board raid, where his investigation led to a sweeping crackdown on short-term rentals in Manhattan. Massimo also shares how that case opened the door to representing none other than former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili. Don't miss this gripping conversation with a lawyer making headlines.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the Lawyer Stories podcast with host Benny Gold. Lawyer Stories was founded in July 2017 on Instagram and is an expanding global network of lawyers and law students sharing their personal journeys to the noble profession of the practice of law. |
| 0:17.2 | Join us on this podcast as we dig deeper into these stories and hear from lawyers and law students from around the world in all areas of the legal profession. |
| 0:26.4 | Here at lawyer stories, we believe that every lawyer has a story. What's yours? |
| 0:35.5 | Welcome to the lawyer stories podcast with Benny Gold. Today we welcome in Massimo DiAngelo, |
| 0:44.0 | partner and co-chair of the Real Estate Industry Group at Blank Rome, located in New York City. |
| 0:51.0 | Massimo is an internationally distinguished real estate attorney and commercial litigator |
| 0:57.0 | with extensive experience in high-stake cases. In his role as co-chair of Blank Rome's |
| 1:07.0 | real estate litigation practice, Massimo leads and manages a team of attorneys. |
| 1:13.3 | Attorney DeAngelo first appeared on Lawyer Stories Podcast episode three. |
| 1:20.0 | A little over five years ago, it should be noted we have now, we've now published |
| 1:26.6 | over 220 episodes. It should also be noted that Massimo |
| 1:32.2 | and I are personal friends from our time at UMass Amherst several years ago, and he has been a |
| 1:38.1 | great supporter of lawyer stories, which we appreciate. Welcome, my friend, back in to lawyer stories. Thank you for having me back, |
| 1:46.3 | Penny. Yeah, man, I don't even think we had a YouTube channel at that time, so it was all |
| 1:50.6 | audio, I believe, but it was a great, it was a great episode, uh, nonetheless, and it's been a |
| 1:56.4 | pleasure to see your career grow as it has. Thank you. And likewise, with lawyer stories. |
| 2:01.6 | Thanks, man. |
| 2:02.6 | Yeah, it was great coming out to New York City Connect May 1st. |
| 2:06.6 | We had a blast. |
| 2:08.6 | You know, we had a lot of fun, and I hope to see you back there in August. |
| 2:12.6 | I know you're doing big things. |
| 2:14.6 | So you've been in a lot of high stakes, high profile cases, |
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