Advanced Topics in Zoning XV

Date: Apr 2, 2025 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Location: Online

Member Price: $143.00

Non-Member Price: $179.00

Section Price: $134.00

Event Code: I021825

Areas of Law: Land Use

Earn up to 2.4 credits! (More Information)

Faculty

Keynote

Moderator

Richard S. Schkolnick, Esq.
Law Offices of Richard Schkolnick, Millburn
Law Offices of Richard Schkolnick in Millburn, New Jersey, has extensive experience providing solutions to property owners in complex land use and zoning matters, and has served as counsel to local government agencies with respect to land use and zoning issues. He focuses his practice in applications to construct wireless communications facilities and has represented national wireless carriers in hundreds of zoning applications.

Admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York, Mr. Schkolnick is Past Chair of the Board of Directors of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Land Use Law Section. He secured a unanimous decision from the New Jersey Supreme Court on behalf of the Township of West Orange in the State’s seminal eminent domain case, Township of West Orange v. 769 Associates, LLC, 172 N.J. 564 (2002), and also served as Co-General counsel to the New Jersey State Democratic Party.

Mr. Schkolnick is a graduate of Haverford College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and received his Masters of Government Administration from the University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Center of Government, where he was a Fels Scholar. He received his J.D. from the U.C.L.A. School of Law.
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Presenters

Michael J. Ash, Esq.
Chair, Westfield Planning Board
Carlin, Ward, Ash & Heiart LLC, Florham Park
Roosevelt J. Donat, Esq.
Murphy Schiller Wilkes LLP, Newark
Jeanmarie Genirs
Chair, Bernards Township Zoning Board
Frank Magaletta, Esq.
Chair, Hoboken Planning Board, Hoboken
Philip D. Neuer, Esq.
Chair, West Orange Zoning Board
Neuer Law, LLC, Newark
Steven J. Tripp, Esq.
Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer P.A., Woodbridge

Join us for the 15th edition of our Advanced Topics in Zoning series, bringing together an esteemed panel of land use experts to delve into critical zoning issues with a touch of practical insights and practice pointers.

This program will feature three panels on key topics impacting current land use practice:

Moderator: Richard S. Schkolnick, Esq.

  • Panel One | The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: A Roundtable Discussion of Land Use Hearings from the Board Chair’s Perspective
    - Speakers: Michael J. Ash, Esq.; Philip D. Neuer, Esq.; Jeanmarie Genirs; Frank Magaletta, Esq.
  • Panel Two | Who Says Land Use Lawyers are ‘Old School’? A Real-Time Demonstration of Artificial Intelligence Tools that Can Help Your Land Use Practice
    - Speaker: Roosevelt J. Donat, Esq.
  • Panel Three | What the Experienced Zoning Lawyer Brings to the Purchase and Sale Agreement: Perspectives on Zoning Due Diligence and the Zoning Contingency Clause
    - Speakers: Steven J. Tripp, Esq. and Richard S. Schkolnick, Esq.

CLE Credits
NJ CLE:NJ CLE information: This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 2.4 hours of total CLE credit (Full Credits Available: NJ General: 2.4).
NY CLE (t&nt):NY Professional Practice Non-Transitional: 2.0
PA CLE:PA Substantive Credit: 2.0
New: No PACLE fee is required for this program. To earn PA CLE credits, a valid PA Bar ID number must be entered into the CLE form provided after attending the program.

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