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| Partner: | Admitted to bar: New Jersey, 1975; United States District Court, District of New Jersey, 1975 |
| Areas of Concentration: | Real Estate Development and Redevelopment; Zoning, Planning and Land Use Development; Environmental Regulatory Law; Construction Contracts, Public Entities, Public Finance, Corporate and Business Law and Finance and Commercial Transactions. |
| Representative Transactions: | Numerous land use development and redevelopment matters from minor subdivisions to major residential and commercial developments and re-developments, both urban and suburban, less than $100,000 to multi-million dollar capital projects including financing, regulatory approvals, environmental permits; General Counsel, Special Counsel and Bond Counsel to numerous public entities including States, Counties, Municipalities, School Districts, and Water, Sewer and Solid Waste Utilities; Underwriters Counsel to numerous international and regional investment banking firms, lease purchase financing, complex commercial leases, complex litigation, finance, construction, land use, and other governmental, commercial and regulatory matters, Legislative and Policy matters (N.Y. Utah, W. Va., N.J. & Wash. D.C.), Heath Law , Litigation and Policy. |
| Education: | University of Utah, College of Law (J.D., 1975) State University of New York at Binghamton (B.A., 1972) |
| Memberships (Current / Prior): | New Jersey State Bar Association; National Association of Bond Lawyers; Essex and Morris County Bar Associations; New Jersey Institute of Local Government Attorneys; New Jersey Conference of Mayors Mayor Emeritus, Board of Trustees; Trenton Psychiatric Hospital, 1981 1984; Finance Committee, American Cancer Society, Morris County Chapter, 1995-2000; Chairman, Morris County Democratic Party, 1991-1998; U.S. Selective Service System Board Member, Region I, 1995 Present; Commissioner, Morris County Board of Elections, 2003 Present, Mayor and Member of Governing Body, Member of Planning Board, East Hanover Township, 1980 1985; U.S. Army, 1965-1968; Morris County Head Start Board of Trustees, Feb. 2003 Present. |
| Publications: | "P.S.R.O.s and Nurse Practitioners," University of Utah, Journal of Contemporary Law, Spring, 1973; Chief Draftsman, West Virginia Health Code - Reorganization 1977; Numerous publications in Municipal Law Periodicals (Land Use, Capital Finance, General Municipal and Tax Appeals); White Paper: Drought Emergency presented to Commissioner Bradley Campbell, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection 2002; Commentator and/or Draftsman of numerous legislative efforts in New Jersey, West Virginia, New York, Utah and the United States Congress, 1972 Present; An Overview of New Jersey Water Supply Policy, Powerpoint Presentation, February, 2003. |
| Lecturer: | Health Law and Policy, W. Va., N.Y. and University of Utah; Lease Purchase Financing, N.J. School Boards Assoc. and throughout N.J.; Environmental and Utility Law; AANJ Conferences, N.J., and various other symposia and trade associations; numerous radio and television appearances relating to public policy domestic and foreign. |
| Honors: | Justice Sutherland Memorial Scholarship, University of Utah, College of Law, 1972; New York State Regents Scholarship, 1963 |
| Military Service: | United States Army, 1965-1968, Awarded Bronze Star for Meritorious Service, Republic of Vietnam, 1965-1967. Honorable Discharge, 1968. |