Katherine Helen Zalantis Esq.

Work Experience

• Partner
• Silverberg Zalantis LLP
• 2005 - Present

• Partner; Associate
• Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker
• 1995 - 2005

Education

• Pace University School of Law
• JD, cum laude, Pace Law Review
• 1995

Legal Cases

• Shattemuc Yacht Club v. Village of Ossining (Index No. 69917/2017)
• Court dismissed hybrid Article 78 and declaratory judgment action seeking to assert rights over private marina

• Matter of Lake Grove Partners LLC v. Middleton, 29 A.D.3d 794, 814 N.Y.S.2d 741 (2d Dep't 2006)
• Appellate court upheld lower court's decision

• •Lucas v. Board of Appeals of the Village of Mamaroneck, 109 A.D.3d 925 (2d Dep't 2013)
• Court upheld the zoning board's determination

Associations

• Westchester Women's Bar Association
• Co-Chair of the Environmental/Land Use Committee
• 2007 - Present

• White Plains Bar Association
• Member
• 2000 - Present

• Westchester Bar Association
• Member
• 1996 - Present

Languages Spoken

• English

Honors and Awards

• Peer Review Rated
• Martindale-Hubbell
• 2019

• Am Jur, Ranking Scholar, Dean's List
• Pace University School of Law
• N/A

Publications

• Law Journal Newsletter (LJN)
• Appellate Division Complicates the Rules for Municipalities Charging Consultants' Fees
• 2018

• New York Law Journal
• Religion and Land Use in New York
• 2010

• New York Law Journal
• The Ultimate Challenge to SEQRA
• 2008

Speaking Engagements

• WWBA Environmental & Land Use Committee and Westchester Municipal Planning Federation
• State Environmental Quality Review Act; Case Law Update and When to Litigate (Ripeness)
• 2014

• Pace Law School, Land Use Center
• Trends in Sustainable Community Development and Real Estate -- Greenhouse Gas Inquiries and SEQRA
• 2009

• Planning and Zoning Summer School
• The Substance and Procedure of Interpreting Zoning Ordinances
• 2008