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
Areas of Law: Land Use
Earn up to 2.4 credits! (More Information)
Keynote
Moderator
- Richard S. Schkolnick, Esq.
- Law Offices of Richard Schkolnick, MillburnLaw 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.
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