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James S. Grossman: Lawyer with Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

James S. Grossman

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Mr. Grossman is Managing Director of the Rochester Office. He has concentrated his practice in Real Estate and Real Estate Litigation matters since 1975, together with a history of representing not-for-profit organizations, especially those working with individuals with developmental disabilities, mental retardation and mental health issues. Mr. Grossman has provided a full panoply of services to these agencies, including corporate compliance and employment issues, and also has an impressive history of volunteering and leadership, having chaired the Al Sigl Center and Mary Cariola Children’s Center Board’s among many others. He has been involved in significant tax assessment administrative matters both at the local level and at the State Office of Real Property Services level and litigation involving every aspect of commercial and industrial real property tax valuation. Mr. Grossman has also been prominent in the field of Real Property Tax Exemption. In the 1980’s he was lead counsel in a matter which established the 3 year statute of limitations in Civil Rights Actions in New York State. He has chaired the Tax Certiorari and Land Use & Planning Committees of the New York State Bar Association, as well as serving as Chair of the 5000-member Real Property Section. He is former President of the Monroe County Bar Association.
Managing Director, Rochester Office
Rochester,  NY  U.S.A.
Phone585-295-4416

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Practice Areas

  • Real Estate
  • Real Estate Litigation
  • Real Property
  • Corporate Law
  • Business Law
  • Real Estate Taxation
 
University Hobart College, B.A., 1970
 
Law SchoolBrooklyn Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1973
 
Admitted1974, New York; 1975, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York; 1982, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court
 
Memberships Monroe County (President, 2006) and New York State (Chair: Tax Certiorari and Land Use and Planning Committees; Real Property Section) Bar Associations; American Bar Association; American College of Real Estate Lawyers.
 
Born1948
 
Biography

Listed, Best Lawyers in America, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law. Recipient: Super Lawyer 2007-2010 for Real Estate; President's Award for Professionalism, Monroe County Bar Association, 2003; Nathaniel Award for professional accomplishments and community service in furtherance of justice, 2001; Naming Honor, "James S. Grossman Human Resource Room," Lifetime Assistance, Inc., 2000; Lifetime Assistance Foundation Plaque, 1999; Mary Cariola Children's Center Plaque, 1988. Recognition of Distinguished Services, Advocacy for Developmentally Disabled, Inc., 1991. Speaker: "Compliance Update," NYSARC, Inc. Executive Director's Association Annual Meeting, June 2007; "Zoning Board of Appeals," Lecture for Lorman Education Services, May 7, 2004; "Everything an Assessor Would Want to Ask a Lawyer but was Afraid to Ask," Monroe County Assessor's Association, May 7, 2003; "Zoning and Land Use," Lecture for Lorman Education Services, May 6, 2003; "The Valuation of Contaminated Property," Monroe County Bar Association Seminar, March, 2003; "Religious Land Use Institutionalized Persons Act," local government workshop, Fall, 2002. Pro Bono Participant, Volunteer Legal Services Project, 1990—. Founding Member, Board of Directors, Foodlink Foundation, Inc., 1998—. Honorary Board of Directors, Epilepsy Foundation of Rochester, Syracuse & Binghamton, 2000—. Board of Directors: Volunteer Legal Service Providers, 2004-2005; Mary Cariola Children's Center, Inc., 1977-2001. Founding Member and Board of Directors, People Rebuilding and Living in Dignity, Inc., 1992-2005. Board of Directors and Executive Committee, Al Sigl Center for Rehabilitative Services, Inc., 1985-2001. Formerly with: Law Offices of James S. Grossman, 2004-2005; Mousaw, Vidgdor, Reeves, Heilbronner & Kroll, 1975-1990. Founding Partner: Beebe, Grossman & Bergins, LLP, 1997-2004; Burke, Grossman, Valenti, Albright, Harter, Rzepka & Beebe, LLP, 1994-1996. Partner, Smallwood-Cook, Stout & Grossman, 1990-1993.

 
Reported CasesClients include municipalities, school districts, developers, major industrial and commercial property owners, large regional not-for-profit corporations, and small technology corporations; Valuation of major commercial and industrial facilities cases, including some of the largest and most specialized in the United States; Real property exemptions of educational, assisted living and charitable organizations; Land use and planning discrimination defense; Real estate acquisition, valuation, financing and title defense; Preventative and regulatory corporate compliance investigation review for not-for-profits with Medicaid funding sources.
 
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James S. Grossman
Hiscock & Barclay, LLP
2000 HSBC Plaza, 100 Chestnut Street
Rochester, NY 14604-2404




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