Partner, Co-Chair, Real Estate Department
Chair, Land Use Practice Group
Member, Green Building Practice Group
Founding Member, Women's Leadership Forum Practice Focus Ms. Gonchar's practice encompasses all aspects of land use and zoning and land use litigation. She has appeared before planning and zoning boards throughout the state on behalf of property owners and developer clients in connection with all types of residential, commercial, industrial and mixed use projects. She also represents clients in land use, condemnation and related litigation before the Superior Court of New Jersey. Her diversified experience enables her to assist clients throughout the various stages of a project's development, from acquisition through approvals and permitting, financing, leasing or sales, providing extensive knowledge and continuity throughout the often long and complicated process of land development. Professional Activities / Honors · Recipient of the 2011 Women's Initiatives Award from Garden State Woman in recognition of her outstanding work with the firm's Women's Leadership Forum. · Recipient of the 2010 Middlesex County Bar Association Transactional (Non-Litigation) Attorney Practice Award for excellence in the profession. · Recognized as one of Real Estate Forum magazines Women of Influence (2010). · Recognized as one of Real Estate New Jersey magazine's Women of Influence (2009). · Selected for NJBIZ magazine's Top 50 Women in Business (2008). · Listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the Real Estate, Land Use & Zoning Law, Litigation: Real Estate and Litigation: Land Use & Zoning categories (2007-2011). · Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in the Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use practice area (2006-2011). · Listed in Super Lawyers - New Jersey Edition in the Real Estate category (2008-2011) and as one of New Jersey's Top 50 Women Lawyers (2010, 2011). · Elected member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers. · Member of the Board of Trustees of NAIOP New Jersey Chapter. · Member of the Board of Directors of Executive Women of New Jersey. · Past Chair and member of the Board of Directors of the Land Use Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association. · Member of the Legislative Committee of the New Jersey Builders Association. · Member of the Monmouth University Kislak Real Estate Institute Leadership Excellence Award Dinner Planning Committee. · Member of the Legislative Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association. · Member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors and Co-President of Women's Philanthropy of the Jewish Federation of Greater Middlesex County. · Member of the Executive/Operations Committee of the New Jersey State Association of Jewish Federations. · Past President of Industrial Commercial Real Estate Women - New Jersey (ICREW-NJ) (1998) and former delegate to CREW Network (the national organization). · Former Member of the Board of Directors of George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick, NJ. Publications / Articles / Presentations · Co-Author, "The Financial Benefits of Green Building," July 2011. · Panelist and moderator, "Annual Land Use Update," New Jersey State Bar Association and the Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2000-2011. · Panelist, "Legal Trends I - Land Use Law," Atlantic Builders Convention, 2001-2011. · Presenter, "Impact and Opportunities: The New Jersey Economic Stimulus Act of 2009," Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP Webinar, June 2009. · Co-author, "Zoning and Land Use Litigation," New Jersey Land Use and Environmental Law. · Co-author, "Highlands Law Impacts Development," New Jersey REALTOR®, March 2005. · Co-author, "Highlands Act Update," Exhibit A, Winter 2005: Vol. 9, No. 1. · Co-author, "New Jersey's Highlands," Exhibit A, Spring 2004: Vol. 8, No. 2. · Author, "Court Dismisses Condemnation Actions Seeking to 'Preserve' Mt. Laurel Sites," Exhibit A, Spring 2002: Vol. 6, No. 2. · Author, "Key Land Use Cases in 1996," Exhibit A, 1997, Vol. 1 No. 4. |