Ninteretse Jean Pierre (JP) is a zealous advocate for his clients as he guides them through the process of acquiring and selling real property. With experience helping clients of all sizes, including Fortune 500 companies, JP counsels real estate developers, borrowers, lenders, and property owners with commercial real estate transactions and leases. He advises on and assists clients with finance strategies, acquisition documents, AIA construction and design documents, commercial lease negotiations, title work, due diligence review, and property dispositions. JP evaluates transactions or lease negotiations from a variety of perspectives to identify solutions that will improve his client’s outcome.
Before joining Harter Secrest & Emery, JP was an associate in the affordable housing and real estate practice group at Nixon Peabody LLP.
JP was also judicial intern at the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York where he conducted legal research and drafted legal documents related to social security litigation and he observed court proceedings in civil and criminal matters.
Professional & Civic Affiliations
- Member, Monroe County Bar Association
- Member and Former Vice President of Programs, Rochester Black Bar Association
Honors & Awards
- University at Buffalo School of Law
- Publication Editor, Buffalo Law Review
- Recipient, Max Koren Award
- Recipient, Phillips Lytle Diversity Scholarship
- Recipient, Mary Nesbitt Promise Prize for Academic Excellence & Leadership
- Recipient, Rochester Black Bar Association’s Clyde E. Bailey Sr. Scholarship
Publications
- Author, "Why Developers Shouldn’t Put Construction Contract on the Back Burner," The Daily Record, December 30, 2020
News
Press Releases
- Harter Secrest & Emery Welcomes Ninteretse Jean Pierre to its Real Estate Practice, September 10, 2020
Admissions
- New York
Education
- University at Buffalo School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude
- Buffalo State College, B.S., summa cum laude
Languages
- Kirundi
- French
- Swahili
- Kinyarwanda