Best Lawyers in New Jersey, United States for Real Estate Law
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Mr. Policastro is a transactional, business attorney, who focuses his practice in development, redevelopment, environmental compliance cases, corporate transactional matters, land use, zoning and business counseling. Admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York, he has represented numerous national developers, manufacturers, cogeneration facilities and utilities, automobile dealerships, lenders, borrowers and municipal boards in myriad land use contexts, including commercial and residentia...
Robert R. Hempstead is Chair of the Sills Cummis & Gross Real Estate Finance Practice Group. He focuses on the area of commercial real estate finance, including loan workouts and distressed loan purchases, with a strong background in the origination of commercial mortgage loans which are to be securitized in the capital markets. His practice covers a broad spectrum of deal structures and features, such as multi-asset portfolios, multiple classes of debt, mezzanine and other subordinate de...
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...
Gary L. Green is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. Gary L., who practices law in Voorhees, New Jersey, has been recognized since 2012. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Gary L. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Gemma Giantomasi represents purchasers, sellers, developers and lenders in real estate transactions. She focuses her practice on real estate acquisitions, sales, finance, condominium development and creation. Her practice also includes alcoholic beverage control law. She has experience with alcoholic beverage control licensing and has successfully handled many applications for person-to-person and place-to-place liquor license transfers before various alcoholic beverage control boards and mun...
Roy H. Tanzman is a shareholder on the Real Estate team at Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A., concentrating his practice on government relations and real estate law. Mr. Tanzman represents individuals, developers and property owners throughout the state of New Jersey in a variety of issues that impact their businesses.
Matthew J. Schiller is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. Matthew J., who practices law in Newark, New Jersey, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Matthew J. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Monica J. Ceres is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. Monica J., who practices law in Red Bank, New Jersey, has been recognized since 2011. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Monica J. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Jennifer Porter is Practice Group Leader of the firm’s Redevelopment, Land Use & Zoning Group. Her ability to practice zoning and land use development law in four states (New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Connecticut) establishes her as a key player in helping clients expand into the regional real estate market. Jennifer represents clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to developers, owners and lessees of commercial, retail, industrial and residential properties in all asp...
Lindsay Cambron’s primary area of practice is environmental law. She advises clients on regulatory matters and compliance at local, state, and federal levels and has extensive litigation experience, representing clients in cost recovery actions, toxic tort claims, and appeals of agency decisions. In particular, Lindsay counsels environmental and real estate clients on the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Industrial Site Recovery Act (IS...
Thomas J. Trautner Jr. is an experienced real estate development lawyer, with a diverse practice serving as counselor, strategic architect and (when the situation calls) litigator. He excels in helping clients navigate the entitlements process through his breath of knowledge regarding subjects, which include redevelopment, eminent domain and affordable housing (allowing him to cost-effectively provide guidance on a broad range of issues). Early in his career, Tom’s practice often focuse...
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.
Mark S. Levenson is Chair of the Real Estate Department, Chair of the Real Estate Transactions Practice Group, and Co-Chair of the Loan Workouts and Restructuring Practice Group at Sills Cummis & Gross. He handles a broad range of transactions for domestic and international clients, including traditional lending and finance, loan workouts and restructuring, acquisitions, development projects, joint venture and partnership work, office and retail leasing, corporate real estate advisory wor...
Tom practices in the area of commercial real estate with a focus on commercial leasing. He has extensive experience representing owners, managers and tenants in all aspects of their office, retail, medical, warehouse, industrial, research and development and other specialized leasing transactions, including the resolution of lease disputes and creating solutions to problems arising from the day-to-day operation of their real estate. He has served as outside real estate counsel to several well...
As a leader of the firm’s real estate practice, Jack’s work reflects his extensive experience as a commercial real estate and general business lawyer, which has enabled him to develop a highly analytical perspective on transactions by pinpointing the significant business and legal issues that are critical to a client’s success. His legal services emphasize industrial, commercial and retail real estate activities, with a particular concentration on the acquisition, dispositio...
Ken is a commercial real estate attorney who focuses on sophisticated commercial transactions. He provides support to commercial property owners, developers, redevelopers, builders, landlords, tenants, real estate investment trusts (REITS), municipal entities and financial institutions in the sale, acquisition, leasing, financing and redevelopment of real property in New Jersey. Ken counsels clients on transactions involving both developed properties and land for future development. He advise...
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