Experience

Village of Nyack

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Village Attorney

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  Municipal Law - Land use/zoning/planning; drafting local laws and resolutions; advising and counseling Mayor/Board of Trustees, Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals, Architectural Review Board, Village Planner, Village Engineer, Village Fire Inspector, and Village Building Inspector/Code Enforcement Officer; legal research, writing and counseling in areas of NYS Village Law, State Environmental Quality Review Act, NYS General Municipal Law, NYS Municipal Home Rule Law, NYS Freedom of Information Law, and Village of Nyack Code; prosecuting Local Law, Building, Zoning, Fire and Property Maintenance Code violations and NYS Vehicle & Traffic Law violations. Show less



Town Of Orangetown

• United States
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Deputy Town Attorney

  • Sep 1996 - Present

  Municipal Law - Land use/zoning/planning; drafting local laws and resolutions; advising and counseling various land use/zoning boards and Town departments, and the Town Board; trials; depositions; legal research, writing and counseling in areas of NYS Town Law, State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), NYS General Municipal Law, NYS Municipal Home Rule Law, NYS Civil Service Law, NYS Freedom of Information Law (FOIL), NYS Public Officers Law, and Orangetown Code; defending the Town against various civil actions, RPAPL Article 7 tax certiorari and CPLR Article 78 proceedings; reviewing municipal contracts; acting as Town FOIL Records Appeals Officer; prosecuting Local Law, Building, Zoning, Fire and Property Maintenance Code violations. Show less



Village of Haverstraw

• United States
• Law Enforcement
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Village Attorney

  • Feb 2013 - Present

  Municipal Law - Land use/zoning/planning; drafting local laws and resolutions; advising and counseling Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals, and Building Department; legal research, writing and counseling in areas of NYS Village Law, State Environmental Quality Review Act, NYS General Municipal Law, NYS Freedom of Information Law, and Village of Haverstraw Code; prosecuting Local Law, Building, Zoning, Fire and Property Maintenance Code violations and NYS Vehicle & Traffic Law violations. Municipal Law - Land use/zoning/planning; drafting local laws and resolutions; advising and counseling Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals, and Building Department; legal research, writing and counseling in areas of NYS Village Law, State Environmental Quality Review Act, NYS General Municipal Law, NYS Freedom of Information Law, and Village of Haverstraw Code; prosecuting Local Law, Building, Zoning, Fire and Property Maintenance Code violations and NYS Vehicle & Traffic Law violations.



Dennis D. Michaels, Esq.

• Solo Practitioner

  • Feb 1993 - Present

  General civil practice of law - Civil and commercial litigation; land use/zoning/planning; speaker/instructor at Rockland Municipal Planning Federation’s Certification Courses (2005-2017); municipal law; residential and commercial real estate closings; business closings; commercial and consumer collections; legal research, and drafting of briefs, memoranda, pleadings and discovery; trials; depositions; appellate practice; motion practice; oral arguments before Appellate Division; residential and commercial landlord/tenant eviction proceedings. Show less



Village of Spring Valley

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Village Attorney

  • Dec 2017 - Dec 2022

  Municipal Law - Land use/zoning/planning; advising and counseling Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals, and Building Department; legal research, writing and counseling in areas of NYS Village Law, State Environmental Quality Review Act, NYS General Municipal Law, NYS Freedom of Information Law, and Village of Spring Valley Code; prosecuting Local Law, Building, Zoning, Fire and Property Maintenance Code violations and NYS Vehicle & Traffic Law violations. Municipal Law - Land use/zoning/planning; advising and counseling Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals, and Building Department; legal research, writing and counseling in areas of NYS Village Law, State Environmental Quality Review Act, NYS General Municipal Law, NYS Freedom of Information Law, and Village of Spring Valley Code; prosecuting Local Law, Building, Zoning, Fire and Property Maintenance Code violations and NYS Vehicle & Traffic Law violations.



Village of Piermont

• Assistant Village Attorney

  • Apr 1997 - Dec 2017

  Municipal Law - Land use/zoning/planning; advising and counseling Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals, Building Department, and Zoning & Land Use Code Clean-up Committee; drafting local laws and resolutions; defending the Village against CPLR Article 78 proceedings; trials; legal research, writing and counseling in areas of NYS Village Law, State Environmental Quality Review Act, NYS General Municipal Law, NYS Municipal Home Rule Law, NYS Freedom of Information Law, and Piermont Code; prosecuting Local Law, Building, Zoning, Fire and Property Maintenance Code violations. Show less



Village Of New Hempstead

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Village Attorney

  • Jun 2016 - Jun 2017

  Municipal Law - Land use/zoning/planning; advising and counseling the Mayor/Village Board of Trustees, Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals, Village Clerk-Treasurer, Village Planner, Village Engineer, Village Fire Inspector, and Village Code Enforcement Officer; drafting local laws and resolutions; legal research, writing and counseling in areas of NYS Village Law, State Environmental Quality Review Act, NYS General Municipal Law, NYS Municipal Home Rule Law, NYS Freedom of Information Law, and Village of New Hempstead Local Laws. Show less