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Robert S. Goldsmith

Robert S. Goldsmith

Chair, Redevelopment Practice Group
 
Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP
Metro Corporate Campus I, P.O. Box 5600
Woodbridge, New Jersey  07095-0988
(Middlesex Co.)

Mailing Address: 99 Wood Avenue South, 4th Floor, Iselin, NJ, 08830-2712

Telephone: 732-549-5600
Fax: 732-549-1881
http://www.greenbaumlaw.com



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Practice AreasRedevelopment Law; Environmental Law; Complex Litigation; Appellate Practice; Real Estate
 
EducationRutgers University, J.D., 1977, New York University, B.A., with honors, 1973
 
Admitted1977, New Jersey; 1989, New York; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court
 
MembershipsMorris County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations.
 
BornPerth Amboy, New Jersey, May 6, 1953
 
BiographyRecipient, President's Award for Distinguished Leadership in Planning from the New Jersey Chapter of the American Planning Association (NJ-APA), Association's Annual Awards Luncheon, November 2007. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate category since 2007; Chambers USA - America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use practice area since 2006. Law Secretary, Hon. Milton B. Conford, Presiding Judge, Appellate Division of the Superior Court, Acting Justice, temporarily assigned to Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1977-1978. . Adjunct Faculty, Rutgers Law School-Newark, 2005-2008. Lecturer, Rutgers Law School, Newark, 1982, 1983. Member, Board of Trustees, New Jersey Future; Member, Board of Directors, Downtown New Jersey. Member, Committee on Civil Practice and Procedure, New Jersey Supreme Court, 1981-1985. Member, New Jersey Committee, Regional Plan Association, 1998—. Member, Editorial Board, New Jersey Lawyer, 1992-1995. President, Downtown New Jersey, Inc., 2002-2007. President, Rutgers-Newark Law School Alumni Association, 2008-2009. Moderator: "Using New Jersey's Redevelopment Law," Downtown New Jersey Annual Conference, Newark, June 2001; "Smart Growth, Downtown Panel," Downtown New Jersey Conference, June 2003; "Smart Thinking on Smart Growth from Trenton," League of Municipalities, 2003; "What is the Greater Good?" Downtown New Jersey Annual Conference Seminar, 2005. Chair and Moderator, McGraw-Hill/GRSD 2nd Annual Real Estate Conference, March 2008. Panelist/Presenter: Atlantic Builders Convention, 2002-2008; New Jersey State League of Municipalities Annual Conference, 2001-2003, 2005, 2007; New Jersey Future Redevelopment Forum, 2007-2008; Land Use Institute, 2007-2008; International Council of Shopping Centers New Jersey Alliance Program, 2005, 2007; Land Use In New Jersey, June 2008; "Redevelopment: What Does it Really Take to Redevelop in New Jersey? How to Get on The Redevelopment Bandwagon," New Jersey Bar Association, May 2008; "Form-Based Zoning and Land Use Regulatory Reform: Coming to New Jersey?" NJ-APA's Annual New Jersey Planning Conference, November 2007; "Land and Power: The Impact of Eminent Domain in Urban Communities", University of Pennsylvania Institute for Urban Research and the Policy Research Institute for the Region at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, November 2007; Eminent Domain Seminar, Institute for Continuing Education, September 2007; "Planning Today for a Successful Tomorrow," Downtown New Jersey 2007 Conference, June 2007; Leadership New Jersey and Leadership Newark on the Role of the State and Economic Development, May 2007; 2007 Annual Historic Preservation Conference, May 2007; "Land Use Institute Panel: Transit-Oriented Redevelopment," May 2007; Eminent Domain, League of Women Voters, April 2007; "Parking Symposium," NJIT, May 2006; "Highlands Legislation Symposium," Rutgers Law School, Newark, 2005; "Urban Development: Piecing Together the Urban Redevelopment Puzzle, Parts 1 and 2," 2005; "Downtown Managers and Their Role in Redevelopment," Downtown New Jersey Seminar, 2005; "Economic Development Tools and Techniques," 2005; "What You Need to Know About Redevelopment Issues in New Jersey Downtowns," Downtown New Jersey, December 2001; "Housing and Community Development," Upstairs/Downtown Main Street and SIDs 6th Annual Governor's Conference, October 2001; "Special Improvement Districts: Opportunity or Threat," New Jersey Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives, June 2001
 
Reported CasesGallenthin Realty Development, Inc. v. Borough of Paulsboro, 191 N.J. 344 (2007); 2nd Roc-Jersey Assoc. v. Town of Morristown , 158 N.J. 581 (1999); Byrne v. Weichert Realtors, 290 N.J. Super. 126 (App. Div. 1996); Zoneraich v. Overlook Hospital, 212 N.J. Super. 83 (App. Div. 1986); Passaic Twp. Bd. of Educ. v. Passaic Twp. Educ. Ass'n, 222 N.J. Super. 298 (App. Div. 1987); Lake End Corp. v. Rockaway Twp., 185 N.J. Super. 248 (App. Div. 1982); Gottdiener v. Luciano, 185 N.J. Super. 91 (App. Div. 1982); Jamison v. Bd. of Educ. of Rockaway Twp., 171 N.J. Super. 549 (App. Div. 1979); Henderson v. Sea-Land Serv., Inc., 192 N.J. Super. 1 (App. Div. 1983).
 
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