{"id":2049,"date":"2015-03-11T13:08:04","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T18:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/firmgrounding.com\/?page_id=2049"},"modified":"2020-01-27T12:48:04","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T17:48:04","slug":"practice-areas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/slevinlawfirm.com\/practice-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Practice Areas"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2049\" class=\"elementor elementor-2049\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5fe1346 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5fe1346\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-808a531\" data-id=\"808a531\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-053edda elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"053edda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Practice Areas<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dda2d13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dda2d13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Environmental Law<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c3a0a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9c3a0a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Firm\u2019s attorneys represent clients at the local, state, and federal levels in environmental litigation, administrative proceedings, site remediation, brownfields redevelopment, environmental aspects of corporate and real estate transactions, and counseling on environmental laws and regulations.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0ddf09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a0ddf09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Land Use and Zoning<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60b7607 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60b7607\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Firm practices extensively in the areas of zoning and land use and regularly advises clients with respect to the full range of the applicable laws and regulations. The Firm is frequently retained for complex cases in which clients have significant financial, personal or other interests at risk. The Firm\u2019s attorneys have counseled clients on numerous wireless communications siting and litigation issues on a national basis, and have successfully litigated several challenges to a variety of wrongful project denials. A significant portion of the Firm\u2019s practice is focused on guiding clients through New York State\u2019s notoriously complex regulatory maze. This includes compliance with New York State\u2019s Environmental Quality Review Act (\u201dSEQRA\u201d), an environmental review statute which applies to virtually all development projects in the state. Our land use litigation practice also encompasses proceedings challenging and defending governmental decision under Article 78 of the New York Civil Practice Law and Rules.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3c0930 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b3c0930\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Real Estate<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-875b9e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"875b9e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Firm maintains an active commercial real estate practice. The Firm\u2019s attorneys have represented lenders and borrowers in complex commercial real estate transactions, including loan syndications and participations, and have negotiated complex documentation accompanying the acquisition, financing, development, and sale and leasing of real property interests. In addition, the Firm has represented clients in the acquisition of real property for some of the most significant utility projects in the State of New York, including acquisition of real property rights through the eminent domain process of Rule 71.1 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7032b63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7032b63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Corporate<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5329146 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5329146\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Firm provides a broad range of corporate legal services, including the organization of all types of business entities, mergers, acquisitions, restructuring, dissolutions, contract negotiation, executive compensation, protection of ownership interests, succession planning, and employment and labor issues. The Firm\u2019s attorneys also provide general corporate counseling to business clients in connection with their strategic planning and day-to-day business operations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25c5f4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"25c5f4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Litigation<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-756020f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"756020f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Firm is frequently retained for complex cases in which clients have significant financial, personal or other interests at risk. 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