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James L. Lott, Jr.

Partner

James L. Lott, Jr. is a partner in the firm's government affairs group. His practice encompasses all aspect of land development regulation and transportation law including eminent domain, highway access regulation, municipal and redevelopment law. Mr. Lott has assisted national and regional developers in obtaining land development and transportation approvals from a variety of federal, state, county, and local government agencies. He has significant experience in handling complex and controversial development projects and has appeared before more than 50 municipal, county, and regional land use and transportation agencies. He has litigated development approval rights in the Superior Court of New Jersey and represented clients in contested administrative agency actions and permitting matters before the New Jersey Departments of Transportation, Community Affairs, Environmental Protection, and Agriculture and the Board of Public Utilities as well as before Occupational Safety and Health Administration and National Transportation Safety Board. Mr. Lott has considerable experience and expertise in obtaining transportation approvals under State Highway Access Management Act and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Mr. Lott has also counseled public and private clients in matters involving compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act, Open Public Records Act, Municipal Land Use Law and the Local Government Ethics Law; the drafting and enactment of local government legislation; public bidding and contracting procedures; the sale and lease of public property under the Local Lands and Buildings Law as well as provided advise in connection with local finance, taxation and budget matters.

Mr. Lott is legal counsel to the Township of West Caldwell Zoning Board of Adjustment and previously served as an alternate member to the board. Prior to joining the firm, he served as a Special Assistant to the Regional Administrator in the New York/New Jersey Regional Office of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. In addition, he served at the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs as the Commissioner’s Executive Assistant for housing, development and urban policy initiatives.

Mr. Lott is a member of the New Jersey State and American Bar Associations and is on the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Alliance for Action, an economic improvement group.

Related Case Decisions

• Township of South Brunswick v. State Agriculture Development Committee, 352, N.J. Super. 361
  JUne 27, 2002
• Township of South Brunswick v. State Agriculture Development Committee, State Of New Jersey And Middlesex County Agriculture Development Board
  June 27, 2002

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