Daniel F Leary

Dan is a Partner in the firm and Vice Chairman of the Land Use Department, and co-manages the firm's Hudson Valley Office.

He has over 20 years of experience getting projects approved and built for clients, with a focus on commercial, residential, mixed use, adaptive reuse, telecommunications, energy, zoning and related environmental law. Dan represents a diverse clientele, including real estate developers, corporations, wireless carriers, power producers, schools, non-profit organizations, municipalities and industrial development agencies. He achieves results for clients on a number of levels, including local land use review/approvals, State and Federal permitting and project compliance with the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act, or “SEQRA”. Over the course of his career, Dan has secured permits and approvals for a wide variety of projects, including wireless facilities, professional offices, small to large retail, hotels, banks, restaurants, single family, multi-family, townhomes, condominiums, conventional and cluster subdivisions, laboratories and other scientific/research facilities, manufacturing, warehouses, educational, industrial, institutional, mixed use, traditional neighborhood development (TND”), resort communities, golf courses, energy projects, affordable housing and senior housing.   The geographic area of Dan’s practice is expansive.  It currently covers the greater Hudson Valley region, including the counties of Dutchess, Putnam, Orange, Ulster, Sullivan, Rockland and Westchester, as well as areas north of Albany.  Dan has also practiced throughout the State of Connecticut.

Admissions/Courts

·         State of New York

·         State of Connecticut

·         United States District Court for the Southern District of
New York

·         U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Professional Associations

·         New York State Bar Association (Environmental Law Section, Committee on the Catskills and Adirondacks)

·         Dutchess County Bar Association

Selected Publications/Presentations

·         Speaker/Panelist:  “Economic Development in Your Community and How it Relates to Land Use and Zoning”, Dutchess County Planning Federation, 2014;

·         "Special Use Permits", Municipal Lawyer, Vol. 12, No. 3;
Co-Author

·         Orange County Planning Federation Training Program, Lecturer, 2008

Community Service

·         Member, Economic and Community Affairs Committee of the Dutchess County Economic Development Corporation, 2012-Present

·         Kennedy Catholic High School, Somers, NY Board of Trustees 2010 - Present

·         Great Hollow Wilderness School, Regional Y of Western Connecticut and Eastern Putnam, Board of Directors; 2004-2008

·         Naromi Land Trust, Board of Directors; 2006-2012

·         Sherman Historical Society, Board of Directors; 2000-2006

·         Sherman Library, Building Committee; 2001-2004

Education

·         Pace University School of Law, J.D.; 1984

·         Boston College, A.B, cum laude; 1981