Bob is co-managing partner of our Buffalo office and an experienced economic development attorney specializing in real estate development, municipal law, industrial development, tax incentive programs and corporate compliance. He provides strategic legal counsel to industrial development agencies, public benefit corporations, local development corporations and municipalities on commercial real estate projects, redevelopment of contaminated properties, infrastructure development and PILOT increment financing programs.  He is highly sought after for his creative and entrepreneurial approach, ensuring his clients’ real estate and business needs are met.

Businesses and municipalities rely on Bob’s experience in negotiating tax incentives and securing economic development benefits from state and local agencies. He helps clients navigate challenges involving contaminated land remediation and has extensive experience with the New York State Brownfield Cleanup Program, including securing benefits for complex cleanup projects.  Bob’s practice also encompasses urban renewal planning, with an emphasis on remediation and redevelopment of blighted structures and properties.

Bob advises clients on land use and zoning issues under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), ensuring compliance for real estate and adaptive reuse development projects. Additionally, Bob has experience in the broadband technology area, with fiber-optic installation construction agreements and related transactional matters critical to today’s expanding infrastructure needs.

Prior to practicing law, Bob gained valuable experience as a federal environmental specialist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, managing projects related to wetland permitting, beach erosion, dredge spoil contamination assessment and endangered species compliance.