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Meryl A.G. Gonchar

Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
  • Recognized Since:
    2007
  • Recognized in:
    Land Use and Zoning Law
    Litigation - Land Use and Zoning...
  • Law School:
    Rutgers University School of Law, Newark
  • Website:
    http://www.sillscummis.com
  • Location:
    The Legal Center
    One Riverfront Plaza
    Newark, NJ 07102

Meryl A.G. Gonchar is Co-Chair of the Sills Cummis & Gross Land Use Practice Group. Her practice encompasses all aspects of land use, redevelopment, zoning and related litigation. She represents property owners and developers in appearances before planning and zoning boards throughout the state, in connection with obtaining land use approvals and permits for residential, retail, office, industrial and mixed-use projects.  She represents clients in the negotiation of redevelopment agreements and drafting redevelopment plans. She also represents clients in land use and related litigation before the Superior Court of New Jersey.  Ms. Gonchar’s diversified experience enables her to provide clients with continuity throughout the often long and complicated land development or redevelopment process.

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Meryl A.G. Gonchar is Co-Chair of the Sills Cummis & Gross Land Use Practice Group. Her practice encompasses all aspects of land use, redevelopment, zoning and related litigation. She represents property owners and developers in appearances before planning and zoning boards throughout the state, in connection with obtaining land use approvals and permits for residential, retail, office, industrial and mixed-use projects.  She represents clients in the negotiation of redevelopment agreements and drafting redevelopment plans. She also represents clients in land use and related litigation before the Superior Court of New Jersey.  Ms. Gonchar’s diversified experience enables her to provide clients with continuity throughout the often long and complicated land development or redevelopment process.

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Education:

  • Rutgers University, B.A.
  • Rutgers University School of Law, Newark, J.D.

Bar Admissions:

  • New Jersey, NJ - 1981

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Land Use and Zoning Law, Princeton (2020)
  • Real Estate Law, Princeton (2019)
  • Land Use and Zoning Law, Princeton (2018)
  • Litigation - Land Use and Zoning, Woodbridge (2017)
  • Land Use and Zoning Law, Woodbridge (2016)
  • Litigation - Land Use and Zoning, Newark (2015)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Land Use and Zoning Law
  • Litigation - Land Use and Zoning
  • Litigation - Real Estate
  • Real Estate Law

Special Focus:

  • Land Use
  • Zoning
 

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Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
http://www.sillscummis.com
 
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Newark, NJ 07102
(973) 643.7000
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