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Deborah has extensive experience representing clients in a myriad of areas, with particular emphasis on commercial real estate, banking, finance, elder law, corporate law, municipal and zoning and land use law, commercial litigation and condominium and co-op law. She serves as counsel to several Planning Boards and Boards of Adjustment. She is a frequent lecturer for the New Jersey Planning Officials in its accreditation programs for Planning and Zoning Board Members and has lectured at the annual New Jersey State League of Municipalities Conference. She also serves as a New Jersey Planning Official and participates in the Community Associations Institute, New Jersey Institute of Municipal Attorneys, and New Jersey League of Municipalities. She graduated with a Juris Doctorate from New York University School of Law and Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude with Bachelor of Arts (History and Ancient Greek) from Lehigh University, where she was a Marshall Scholarship finalist.

Areas of Practice

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • Community Associations

Bar Admissions

  • New Jersey, 1980
  • U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1980

Education

  • New York University School of Law, New York, New York, 1979
    • Juris Doctorate
  • Lehigh University, 1976
    • Bachelor of Arts
    • Honors: Summa Cum Laude
    • Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
    • Honors: Marshall Scholarship Finalist
    • Major: History and Ancient Greek

Professional Association Memberships

  • Bergen County Bar Association
  • New Jersey State Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Community Associations Institute
  • New Jersey Institute of Municipal Attorneys
  • New Jersey League of Municipalities

Published Works

  • "Condominiums and Collections", New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1993

Classes Taught

  • Lecturer, New Jersey Planning Officials, Accreditation Programs for Planning and Zoning Board Members
  • Lecturer, Role of Zoning Boards of Adjustment, Annual New Jersey State League of Municipalities Conference, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Birth Info

  • 1954