Gilberti Stinziano Heintz & Smith

Paul Sharlow, Esq. Presents Regulatory Update on Wetlands Issues

mvolcko — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:18:24 +0000

Paul T. Sharlow, Esq. will be presenting a regulatory update on wetlands issues at the 2012 Engineers Week Seminar sponsored by the New York State Society of Professional Engineers on February 24, 2012 at the Hearthstone Manor in Depew, New York.
Mr. Sharlow will cover the latest issues in Federal wetlands, including jurisdiction and permitting.

GSH&S Announces Barbara A. Murphy, President of Business and Administration

LDeFuria — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:08:37 +0000

Gilberti Stinziano Heintz & Smith, P.C. is excited to announce that Ms. Barbara A. Murphy, CPA has joined the Firm as President of Business and Administration. Established more than 45 years ago, GSH&S has grown into one of the largest environmental and land use law and litigation practices in the Northeast with offices in Syracuse, Albany, and New York City. The addition of Ms. Murphy, who comes to the Firm with nearly twenty years of senior-level executive experience, will help to propel the Firm through its next stage of growth.

Ms. Murphy joins GSH&S from Fust, Charles & Chambers, LLP, where she was a senior manager focusing on all phases of audit engagements, developing and managing client relationships, internal controls, policies, procedures and accounting systems, and corporate governance compliance. She was also responsible for the management of various human resources and administrative activities.

“We are thrilled to be building such a mature leadership team with Barb,” said William J. Gilberti, Jr., managing partner and CEO of GSH&S. “The depth of her expertise and experience in both financial and workforce management will be invaluable as our firm continues to be a leader in our practice areas and, more importantly, as we position our firm for future growth.”

Donnelly

LDeFuria — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:47:15 +0000

Stevens, Christopher J. Esq.

LDeFuria — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:10:25 +0000

In the Matter of Stateway Plaza Shopping Center, Petitioner-Respondent, v. Assessor of City of Watertown and City of Watertown, Respondents-Appellants

LDeFuria — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:25:38 +0000

Martin A. Lynn, Esq. recently obtained a favorable decision for commercial real estate property owners challenging tax assessments. The issue, which had never been determined by an appellate court, involved a question of statutory interpretation relating to whether RPTL § 727 allowed for a property owner to bring subsequent property tax challenges in the years immediately following a court order upholding an assessment. The Appellate Division, Fourth Department, unanimously affirmed a Supreme Court decision by Hon. Hugh A. Gilbert which interpreted RPTL § 727 to allow property owners to challenge a tax assessment as long as a court order did not find that the assessment was, “unlawful, unequal, excessive or misclassified.”

Click to read the Fourth Department decision.

Firm Successfully Appeals Challenge to DEC Implementation of DERA Regulations

LDeFuria — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:24:13 +0000

New York Construction Materials Association, Inc., v. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

See the Memorandum and Order of the Third Department.

Francis D. Stinziano, Sr. awarded Real Estate Lawyer of the Year

LDeFuria — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:23:26 +0000

Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named our own Francis D. Stinziano, Sr. as the

“Syracuse Best Lawyers Real Estate Law Lawyer of the Year” for 2012.

Steven Naifeh, President of Best Lawyers, says, “We continue to believe – as we have believed for more than 25 years – that recognition by one’s peers is the most meaningful form of praise in the legal profession. We would like to congratulate Francis D. Stinziano on being selected as the ‘Syracuse Best Lawyers Real Estate Law Lawyer of the Year’ for 2012.”

Mr. Stinziano, a founding partner with more than fifty years of experience, has served as both Chief Executive Officer of the Firm and Chairman of the Firm’s Real Estate practice.

Lower Court Ruling Upholding Town Local Law Successfully Challenged in Appellate Court

LDeFuria — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:22:25 +0000

The Firm commenced an Article 78 proceeding and Declaratory Judgment Action challenging a Town’s enactment of a Local Law which targeted the client’s use of a local road during nighttime hours. The law was challenged as unconstitutional, violative of equal protection and due process, and as inconsistent and preempted by the New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law. The lower court found in favor of the Town and appeal was brought in the Second Department.

The Second Department found that the lower court erred when it declared, at this stage of the proceedings, that the Local Law does not violate the Equal Protection Clauses and Due Process Clauses of the United States and New York Constitutions, and also does not violate the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, and is not inconsistent with or superseded by certain provisions of the Vehicle and Traffic Law. The matter was remitted back to the lower court.

Read the Opinion of the Second Department

Firm Senior Counsel Member of NYSBA Oil Spill Committee

LDeFuria — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:13:24 +0000

In October 2011, Timothy Lambrecht, Esq., senior counsel, attended the Environmental Law Section of the New York State Bar Association’s conference in Saratoga Springs, where as a member of the Oil Spill Committee he participated in the committee’s review of recently proposed revisions to the New York‘s Oil Spill Act. Since then, he and other committee members have been actively involved with recommending legislative changes to the Oil Spill Act. The proposed revisions would be the first substantive legislative changes to the Act in almost twenty years. The proposed changes to the Act are anticipated in 2012.

Hydro-geologist Joins Environmental Law Practice 1/12/2009

admin — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:08:29 +0000

Hydro-geologist Joins Environmental Law Practice 1/12/2009