Patrick J. McNamara

Patrick J. McNamara

Partner

Lyndhurst Office

Phone: 201-896-4100 l Fax: 201-896-8660

Patrick McNamara has extensive experience in environmental, redevelopment and land use law and related litigation. His activities include the representation of developers and public entities in preparation of and presentations before land use boards, redevelopment agencies, as well as county, regional and state agencies.

Mr. McNamara provides advice regarding compliance for both state and federal environmental programs, as well as local land use ordinances. Mr. McNamara has assisted numerous municipal clients and private sector developers with Brownfield Redevelopment issues and land use approvals and related permitting and transactional issues.

Mr. McNamara has represented numerous commercial and residential real estate developers; he has also represented over 20 planning and zoning boards throughout the State. Since 1999, he has served as Lead Counsel to the City of Elizabeth Planning Board. As counsel to the Elizabeth Planning Board, Mr. McNamara is involved in the review of a myriad of brownfield redevelopment projects; the recent approval of the City’s Master Plan Re-examination Report; and applications to develop numerous extended stay hotels and warehouse projects in the redevelopment area that includes the Jersey Gardens Mall.

Mr. McNamara serves as General Counsel to the National Association of Flavor & Food-Ingredient Systems (NAFFS), a national trade association of manufacturers, processors and suppliers of fruits, flavors, syrups, colors, sweeteners and related food and flavor ingredients, to the Chemical Sources Association, a trade association of food and flavor ingredient companies; to the Society of Flavor Chemists; and the Flavor Heritage Society. Mr. McNamara served as an Associate Editor of Food Executive Magazine, and as a contributing editor of Food Product Design magazine, where he authored or collaborated on numerous articles on legal developments of interest to the food industry.

RELATED PRACTICES

Environmental and Land Use Law
Public Law

EDUCATION

Rutgers School of Law, Camden (JD, 1987)
Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University (MA, 1985)
Rutgers College (BA, 1981)

BAR ADMISSIONS

New Jersey
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
Pennsylvania

AFFILIATIONS

New Jersey State Bar Association (Land Use Law Section; Environmental Law Section - Board of Directors, 2002-; Treasurer, 2004-2005; Secretary 2005-2006; Vice Chair, 2006-2007; Chair, 2007-2008)
Environmental Law Institute, Washington, D.C.
Rutgers Alumni Association (Board of Directors, 1990-2000)

PUBLICATIONS

Economic Espionage and Maintaining Trade Secrets (Perfumer &Flavorist), August 2010

Navigating the Redevelopment Process - Development New Jersey, May 2006

Injunction Stopping Issuance of Air Permit Thrown Out on Title VI Grounds - Environmental Compliance & Litigation Strategy, January 2002

Assessing the New Jersey Redevelopment Law - Commerce (The Magazine of the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey), January 2002

New Jersey’s Environmental Agenda: Suggestions for the Next Governor - New Jersey Law Journal, July 9, 2001

High Court Affirms EPA Authority Over National Ambient Air Quality Standards - Environmental Compliance & Litigation Strategy, April 2001

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Environmental Issues in New Jersey - Panelist/Moderator, 2008 NJ ICLE Land Use Institute

Smart Growth and the Environment - Panel Moderator, NJSBA Environmental Law Section Forum, June 21, 2003

Managing Water - Panel Moderator, NJSBA Environmental Law Section Forum, June 21, 2002

Presentation for the January 2002 Joint Meeting of NAFFS, the Chemical Sources Association and the Society of Flavor Chemists

Brownfields Redevelopment - After the Cleanup - NJSBA Environmental Law Section Forum, June 22, 2001 (Chair and Panelist)

Presentation on the New Organic Food Regulations - February 2001 Joint Meeting of NAFFS and the Chemical Sources Association

NAFFS Annual Convention (1995-2010)