Best Lawyers Near You in Nutley, New Jersey for Real Estate Law
Ann is a responsive and deeply experienced transactional lawyer whose practice encompasses the purchase, sale, leasing and financing of commercial and industrial real estate and business assets. She is recognized for her expertise related to environmental issues in the transactional setting, including leases and sale agreements, and the use of environmental insurance policies as a risk management tool. She handles the oversight and negotiation of environmental insurance claims in connection w...
Marc concentrates his practice in real estate litigation, professional liability counseling and litigation, commercial and business litigation. He has handled numerous matters in both the state and federal trial and appellate courts, as well as before arbitrators and mediators. Marc has successfully represented and counseled lawyers, accountants, real estate brokers and other professionals in large exposure professional liability actions involving complex liability, damages and apportionment ...
Morris Yamner is a transactional lawyer concentrating on lending, real estate and related corporate matters. As counsel to banks and other lenders, regional shopping centers, industrial parks, developers, landlords and tenants, Mr. Yamner is regularly involved in matters relating to real estate financing, land assembly, conveyancing, leasing, mortgaging, zoning and land use.
Frank J. Vitolo, a Member of the Sills Cummis & Gross Real Estate Department and Co-Chair of the Firm’s Land Use Law Practice Group, is a recognized leader in planning, zoning and redevelopment law. His practice is state-wide and he has served as lead development counsel for many of the region’s major real estate projects, including the planning and redevelopment of M-Station Morristown – Sanofi and Deloitte’s new headquarters in New Jersey, Valley Bank’s new...
Todd E. Lehder is co-chair of the Real Estate team at Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A. Mr. Lehder is ranked by Chambers USA for Real Estate in New Jersey and is a fellow with the American College of Real Estate Lawyers. Mr. Lehder represents professional developers, real estate investors, lenders, and property management companies, as well as borrowers, landlords, and tenants in a variety of office, industrial, retail, and residential projects in New Jersey. He handles complex commercial ...
John Lloyd has 30 years of experience in all aspects of real property taxation including counseling, litigation and legislation. John represents taxpayers, municipalities, and related interest groups on real property taxation matters. He has thirty-two reported decisions, three of which were argued before the New Jersey Supreme Court. John has handled matters for all types of real property including regional shopping malls, four-star hotels, corporate headquarters, office buildings, multi-fam...
Adam J. Faiella is a Member of the Sills Cummis & Gross Real Estate Department. Mr. Faiella focuses his practice on land use, redevelopment, zoning, affordable housing, and related litigation. He represents property owners and developers with obtaining site plan, subdivision, and variance approvals from municipal and county land use boards throughout the State of New Jersey across all asset classes.
Jeffrey Hugh Newman is a Member of the Firm, a member of the Firm’s Management and Executive Committees and Chair of the Real Estate Department. Mr. Newman has been practicing in the area of real estate, real estate litigation, litigation strategy and positioning and real estate finance for over forty years bringing to his practice a background in corporate and business law, coupled with a Master’s Degree in Taxation. Prior to practicing law, Mr. Newman worked as a financial analy...
Area of Emphasis: Redevelopment: Redevelopment plans, zoning ordinances and designation of renewal areas; Property acquisition including development of appraisals in anticipation of condemnation, negotiation of acquisitions, and condemnation; Contracts between public entity responsible for implementation of redevelopment and private redevelopers (including responses to requests for proposal); Loan and grant applications and agreements in connection with governmental assistance for redevelopme...
Bob’s practice is devoted to providing support in the redevelopment and revitalization of communities throughout New Jersey. As co-Chair of the firm’s redevelopment practice, he brings decades of hands-on experience to the representation of private and public sector clients in countless redevelopment projects, including those related to downtown and urban revitalization efforts, transit-oriented development, sustainable building initiatives, special improvement districts (SIDs), a...
Steven J. Tripp is chair of the Land Use team at Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A., concentrating his practice on land use and redevelopment. Mr. Tripp regularly appears before planning boards, zoning boards of adjustment and municipal governing bodies, as well as county and state agencies handling all aspects of the land development process. His practice encompasses all types of development projects in various industry sectors including commercial, office, industrial, warehouse, healthcar...
Joshua M. Greenfield is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. Joshua M., who practices law in Madison, New Jersey, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Joshua M. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Jason L. Sobel is a Member of the Sills Cummis & Gross Real Estate Department and chairs the Firm’s F.O.R.E. (Family-Owned Real Estate) Law Practice Group. He primarily counsels retail, industrial, office and residential real estate owners and developers regarding acquisitions, sales, financing, and leasing with respect to their projects. He also represents several lending institutions in commercial and construction financings as well as a number of clients with respect to retail li...
Vincent P. Maltese is Of Counsel in the Real Estate group at Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A. Focusing his practice in all areas of commercial real estate transactions, Mr. Maltese primarily counsels commercial and residential lenders and real estate developers in the many different facets of real estate acquisition, sale, financing, leasing, development and conversions. Adding to the depth of his practice, he served as contributing author of Commercial Real Estate Transactions in New Jer...
Lydia is a business lawyer with a practice focused on commercial lending and real estate finance. She provides representation in commercial real estate financing transactions, serves as an expert witness related to transactional issues, and provides third-party closing opinions as local counsel in financing transactions. Having served as counsel to both lenders and borrowers in real estate acquisition, construction, permanent mortgage (including CMBS) and mezzanine financings, she also has si...
Ted Zangari is a Member of Sills Cummis & Gross, a commercial law firm with offices in New Jersey. Mr. Zangari’s law practice is multipronged. He chairs the Firm’s Real Estate Department as well as its Redevelopment Law, Outside General Counsel, and Public Policy/Governmental Affairs Practice Groups. As chair of the Firm’s cross-disciplinary Redevelopment Law Practice Group, he captains a team of the Firm’s attorneys on brownfield, transit-oriented, central busines...
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