Michael Paleudis is a partner at Korngut Paleudis LLC, where his practice centers on alcoholic beverage law, commercial contracts, and real estate matters. He advises clients in the hospitality and alcohol beverage industries, drawing on extensive firsthand experience gained through years of work in hotels, restaurants, and bars. Prior to becoming an attorney, Mr. Paleudis spent more than fifteen years working throughout the hospitality sector, performing both front of house and back of house roles.
In his legal practice, Mr. Paleudis represents a wide range of businesses, including bars, restaurants, hotels, wine and liquor retail establishments, package stores, delis, grocery stores, microbreweries, wineries, cideries, distilleries, as well as alcohol importers and wholesalers.
Mr. Paleudis offers comprehensive legal guidance on alcoholic beverage regulatory matters, including trade practice compliance and the preparation and filing of license applications with the New York State Liquor Authority (SLA), the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC), the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP), and the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB). He also defends clients in liquor license violation proceedings and handles the negotiation of commercial leases and contracts, along with the drafting of partnership agreements and purchase and sale agreements.