Richard L. Rudin
rrudin@weinerlesniak.com

Partner: Admitted to bar: New Jersey, 1969; United States District Court, District of New Jersey, 1969; United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1973.
Areas of Concentration: Co-Chair of Litigation Department
Head of the Commercial Litigation Division
Condemnation; Real Estate Development; Transportation Law; Environmental Law; Land Use; Civil Rights; Public Contract; Municipal Law. Represented various municipalities, boards of education, sewerage authorities, redevelopment agencies, corporations and individuals in condemnation, real estate, land use and environmental matters.
Education: Seton Hall University (J.D., 1969)
Rutgers University (B.A., 1966)
Memberships (Current / Prior): Member, Group Council on Legal Resources, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, 1981-1988. Chairman, Committee on Transportation Law, Transportation Research Board, 1985-1988. Essex County and New Jersey State (Member, Public Contract Section, 1973-1978) Bar Associations.
Publications: "Condemnation Gets Tougher for Condemning Agencies," New Jersey Law Journal, 1988; "Special Problems from the Condemnor's Perspective," Condemnation: Trial Techniques and Recent Developments, The New Jersey Institute of Legal Education, 1987.
Lecturer: Condemnation Law, Institute of Continuing Legal Education.
Reported Cases: PBA Local No. 38 v. Woodbridge Police Dept., 832 F.Supp. 808 (D.N.J. 1993); State v. Tp. of So. Hackensack, 65 N.J. 377 (1974); Washington Market Enterprises v. City of Trenton, 68 N.J. 107 (1975); Trap Rock Industries, Inc. v. Sagner, 69 N.J. 599 (1976); Paterson Redevelopment Agency v. Schulman, 78 N.J. 378 (1978); Tp. of West Windsor v. Nierenberg, 150 N.J. 111 (1997); Casino Reinvestment Dev. Auth. v. Hauck, 162 N.J. 576 (2000); State v. Mehlman, 118 N.J.Super. 587 (App. Div. 1972); State v. Interpace Corp., 130 N.J.Super 322 (App. Div. 1974); State v. Stulman, 136 N.J.Super. 148 (App. Div. 1975); State v. Cooper Alloy Corp., 136 N.J.Super. 560 (App. Div. 1975); Borough of Kenilworth v. Dept. of Transp., 151 N.J.Super. 322 (App. Div. 1977); Tosco Corp. v. Dept. of Transp., 337 N.J.Super. 199 (App. Div. 2001); City of Newark v. Law Department City of New York, 305 A.D.2d 28, 760 N.Y.S.2d 431 (1st Dept. 2003); Merck and Co., Inc. v. Linden Roselle Sewerage Authority, 2001 WL 243788 (N.J.Adm. 2001).