WHITE PLAINS, NY—Locally-based law firm McCarthy Fingar LLP has formed a new Municipal Law and Land Use practice group that will focus on serving the legal needs of clients or municipal entities engaged in developing a comprehensive strategy for real estate projects.
The practice will work on cases where there is an interplay of zoning and other land use, eminent domain or development issues, the law firm states. The group will also engage in administrative and litigated proceedings both before and on behalf of governmental units, including tax certiorari proceedings.
The newly formed group is led by Clinton B. Smith, with attorneys Lester D. Steinman and Daniel Pozin serving as partners and Anna Georgiou, who will be of counsel. All four attorneys recently joined McCarthy Fingar after working for White Plains-based law firm Wormser Kiely Galef and Jacobs, LLP.
Smith served as New Castle Town Supervisor from 1996 to 1999. He has served on the Westchester County Planning Board and the Teatown Lake Reservation Board of Trustees since 2000 and is a member of the New York City Watershed Protection and Partnership Council, East of Hudson Advisory Committee. Smith earned his Juris Doctor degree from Columbia Law School in 1977.
"We're excited to have this talented group join the firm," says McCarthy Fingar co-administrative partner Lisa Newfield. "All of them are outstanding attorneys and their wealth of experience in planning, zoning and environmental law processes—as well as the political arena in which land use approvals are processed and approved—will greatly enhance the services we offer to our clients."
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