Practice Areas - Environmental Law
- Litigation
- Real Estate
| - Trusts and Estates
- Business Law
- Conservation Easements
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| University | Middlebury College, B.A., cum laude, 1980 |
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| Law School | University of Pennsylvania, J.D., 1984 |
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| Admitted | 1985, New York and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit |
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| Memberships | Warren County (Director, 2001-2008 and President, 2004-2005) and New York State (Member, House of Delegates, 2006-2008; Member, Sections on: Municipal Law; Environmental Law - Executive Committee, Committees on Mining Law and Adirondacks, Catskills, Forest Preserve and Natural Resource Management; Co-Chair) Bar Associations. |
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| Born | Glens Falls, New York, September 17, 1958 |
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| Biography | Co-Author, "Public Trust Doctrine in New York: Recreational Travel and the Right to Portage," The New York Environmental Lawyer, Summer 1999, Vol. 19, No. 3. Author: "The Substantive Reach of SEQRA: Aesthetics, Findings and Non-Enforcement of SEQRA's Substantive Mandate," Albany Law Review, Winter 2002, Vol. 65. No.2; "Municipal Control Over Mining in New York," The New York Environmental Lawyer, Summer 2001, Vol. 21, No.3. Outside Counsel, Lake George Park Commission, 1987-1990. Village Attorney, Village of Argyle, 1988-1999. Recipient: Distinguished Service Award, Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, 1996; Distinguished Volunteer Award (1995), David L. Newhouse ADK Conservation Award (2007), Adirondack Mountain Club. Director, Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, 2008—, Protect the Adirondacks, Inc., 2009-.
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| Reported Cases | SPARC v. Slater, 352 F.3d 545 (2d Cir. 2003); Hunt Brothers v. Glennon, 81 N.Y. 2d 906 (1993) (Amicus); Adirondack League Club v. Sierra Club, 95 N.Y.2d 591 (1998); State v. Sour Mountain Realty, 276 A.D. 2d 8 (2d Dept. 2000) (Amicus); Scenic Hudson, Inc. v. Town of Fishkill Town Board, 258 A.D.2d 654 (2d Dept. 1999); Lugo v. Scenic Hudson, Inc. 258 A.D.2d 626 (2d Dept. 1999); Balsam Lake Anglers Club v. Department of Environmental Conservation, 199 A.D.2d 852 (3d Dept. 1993) (Amicus). |
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| ISLN | 901648691 |
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