Real Estate Partner, Dean A. Gaver, Named “Woodbridge Best Lawyers Litigation- Land Use & Zoning Lawyer of the Year 2012”

WOODBRIDGE, N.J. (November 8, 2011) - Dean A. Gaver, Partner in the Real Estate Department at Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP, has been selected Woodbridge Best Lawyers Land Use & Zoning Lawyer of the Year for 2012. This honor bespeaks particularly high ratings in surveys by Best Lawyers taken from thousands of professional peers. Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is honored.

Mr. Gaver's practice focuses on issues associated with land use, zoning, real estate development and management. He is experienced in handling a variety of contested matters, including zoning applications, eminent domain and regulatory proceedings, as well as project planning for real estate ventures. He has extensive experience in working with state, county and local planning boards, boards of adjustment, governing bodies, utility and environmental authorities, and counsels clients on an ongoing basis about the regulatory and public policy issues which affect their interests and options. Mr. Gaver represents owners and landlords in connection with contracts and leases and litigates disputes on their behalf. Mr. Gaver is involved in structuring and restructuring the relationships and interests of equity owners, lenders and partners in related litigation.

Mr. Gaver has served as counsel in several New Jersey landmark cases involving exclusionary zoning and land use matters. He has represented the sponsors of the state's largest waterfront development project in land assembly and planning through the permitting, construction and operational phases of the project. He currently is handling the proposed development of a major hydroelectric facility.

Mr. Gaver is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the Real Estate Law, Land Use & Zoning Law, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law, Litigation: Real Estate and Litigation: Land Use & Zoning categories. He is a member of the Land Use, Planning and Zoning Committee of the American Bar Association.

He received his B.S. from Yale University and his J.D. from Harvard University Law School.

Mr. Gaver resides in Roseland, NJ.

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP has over 100 attorneys in four main practice departments, Litigation, Real Estate, Corporate, and Tax, Trusts and Estates, and 19 practice areas offering comprehensive legal services. The firm has offices located in Woodbridge and Roseland, New Jersey. For more information, call Erin P. Faltin at 732-549-5600 or visit the firm's web site at www.greenbaumlaw.com

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