Attorney Embarks on Multistate Hunt for Boom-Time Investor’s Assets

Abbey Kaplan, who represented Downtown Associates in a suit against investor Eli Weinstein and his related companies, is about to hit the road in search of more than $16 million awarded his client over lost profits in a failed land deal. Getting paid is the next step in a five-year-old journey likely to take Kaplan from Florida to the Northeast. As investors, sellers and lenders head to court since the implosion of the commercial real estate market, more lawyers could be joining the hunt for money over soured deals.