Ronald D. Cucchiaro

Partner

Red Bank, NJ

[email protected]

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About Ronald D. Cucchiaro

Ron concentrates his practice in the areas of land use, planning and zoning law, local government law, Mt. Laurel affordable housing, constitutional law and complex commercial real estate litigation. He represents both private and public clients, the latter including dozens of municipalities, planning boards, zoning boards of adjustment and authorities throughout New Jersey. He also has appeared before scores of local land use boards obtaining approvals for national and regional development and redevelopment projects. He regularly appears in both the trial and appellate courts as well as before state agencies.

In addition to his firm responsibilities, Ron is an adjunct faculty member at Rutgers University, where he teaches local government and land use law, and also serves as a New Jersey Department of Community Affairs certified instructor, providing the mandatory land use education training required by the Municipal Land Use Law to planning and zoning board members in multiple municipalities.

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Practice Areas

Government and Public Entity Litigation Land Use

Bar Admissions

New Jersey, 1998

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1998

Education

Rutgers School of Law – Newark, New Jersey
- J.D. – 1998
Rutgers University
- B.A. – 1995
- Honors: With Honors

Published Works

New Jersey Practice Volume — Land Use Law, Thomson Reuters, 2016
“Conditions of Land Use Approvals: How Many Strings May a Board Attach?,” Municipal Law Review, vol. 28, no. 5, March 2005, Cited in Cox, New Jersey Zoning and Land Use Administration, GANN, 2011
“Settling Land Use Litigation: Appellate Division Revisits Whispering Woods,” Municipal Law Review, vol. 27, no.2, June 2004. Cited in Cox, New Jersey Zoning and Land Use Administration, GANN, 2011
“Local Government Reform and the Local Government Attorney,” New Jersey League of Municipalities Magazine, October 2007
“Municipal Planning Under the 2004 NJDEP Stormwater Management Rules,” How The New Stormwater Management Rules Will Affect Developers, Municipalities and Public Entities: A Nuts and Bolts Guide, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2004
Editor for the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education 2003 Practice Before Land Use Boards seminar book
Associate Editor of the Local Government Law Review published by the Institute of Local Government Attorneys and the New Jersey League of Municipalities, 2003-present
Drafted sections for inclusion in The New Millennium Guide To Planning Boards and Zoning Boards of Adjustment, published by the New Jersey Planning Officials

Representative Cases

Fair Share Housing Center, Inc. v. Zoning Bd. of City of Hoboken, 441 N.J. Super. 483 (App. Div. 2015), certify den. 224 N.J. 226 (2016)
R. Neumann & Co. v. City of Hoboken, 437 N.J. Super 384 (App. Div. 2014)
New Jersey Builders Assoc. v. New Jersey Meadowlands Comm., 393 N.J. Super. 173 (App. Div. 2007)
Elon Associates v. Howell Tp., 370 N.J. Super. 475 (App. Div. 2004)

Presentations

“Current Issues Between Municipal Attorneys and Engineers,” sponsored by the Institute of Local Government Attorneys and the New Jersey Society of Municipal Engineers, League of Municipalities Convention, 2009 – 2011
“Case Law Update,” sponsored by the New Jersey Society of Municipal Engineers, Edison, NJ, October 2009
“Developers Agreements and Exactions,”, Institute of Local Government Attorneys and the New Jersey Society of Municipal Engineers, League of Municipalities Convention, 2008
“Current Issues Between Municipal Attorneys and Engineers,” sponsored by the Institute of Local Government Attorneys and the New Jersey Society of Municipal Engineers, League of Municipalities Convention, 2007 – Present
“Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act,”, League of Municipalities Convention, 2006
“Current Issues Between Municipal Attorneys and Engineers,” sponsored by the Institute of Local Government Attorneys and the New Jersey Society of Municipal Engineers, League of Municipalities Convention, 2006 – Present
“Avoiding Ethical Pitfalls in Local Government,”, League of Municipalities Convention, 2005
“Pay To Play at the Local Level,” League of Municipalities Convention, 2004
“Pay To Play,” League of Municipalities, Cherry Hill, NJ, 2004
“Rutgers University, Adjunct Faculty Member

Honors and Awards

Michael A. Pane Award, New Jersey League of Municipalities Convention, 2006 – Present
Listed in Super Lawyers Rising Stars edition*

Professional Associations and Memberships

New Jersey Society of Municipal Engineers, Associate Counsel
New Jersey Institute of Local Government Attorneys, Officer

Relevant Experience

New Jersey Planning Officials, Instructor on Land Use Law

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