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Jacqueline
Phillips Murray - Ms. Murray, a Member of the Firm,
focuses her practice in the areas of land use and zoning,
real estate, corporate transactions, trusts and estates. Ms.
Murray is recognized on a State and national basis for her
accomplishments in land use, zoning and utility siting practice
and has extensive experience in commercial development and
public utility leasing, siting and litigation. Ms. Murray’s
experience includes securing environmental permits across
New York State for high-profile development projects. Ms.
Murray’s practice includes successful representation
of clients in the State’s highly regulated environmental
areas, including the State’s Adirondack Park where Ms.
Murray procured all permits for the first commercial telecommunications
tower to be approved under the Adirondack Park Agency’s
new towers policy. Ms. Murray received her law degree from
Albany Law School of Union University in 1997, from which
she graduated cum laude, and received her undergraduate degree
from Boston College, from which she graduated magna cum laude.
She is also the author of “Real Property Taxation of
Utility Generation Facilities,” which was published
in the Institute of Assessing Officers Journal, Vol.
41, No. 2, 1999, and also is the assistant author of “Zoning
and Land Use,” NYS Bar Association’s Lawyer’s
Deskbook, 2000. Reported Cases: Crown Communication New York,
Inc. v. Department of Transportation, 309 AD2d 863 (2d Dep’t
2003), affirmed 4 NY3d 159, cert denied 126 S.Ct. 340 (2005);
Nextel Partners, Inc. v. Town of Fort Ann, 1 AD3d 89 (3d Dep’t
2003), lv denied 1 NY3d 507 (2004); Independent Wireless One
Corp. v. City of Syracuse, 309 AD2d 1291 (4th Dep’t
2004); Independent Wireless One Corp. v. City of Syracuse,
2 AD3d 1412 (4th Dep’t 2005). E-mail: jpm@themurraylawfirm.com
Ms.
Murray has devoted her practice to securing federal, State
and municipal permits for major projects throughout the State
of New York, including projects in designated environmentally
sensitive areas such as the Long Island Pine Barrens Preserve
and the Adirondack Park. Ms. Murray has experience across
a wide spectrum of land use and environmental matters, from
assisting private local developers in obtaining project permits,
addressing code violations and resolving land use disputes,
to assisting publicly-held companies in obtaining all necessary
federal, State and local environmental and land use permits
for State-wide phased development. Ms. Murray has shepherded
projects from inception through the State Environmental Quality
Review Act (“SEQRA”) process, and has prepared
and reviewed materials required for all aspects of environmental
assessment, including environmental impact statements, stormwater
management plans, traffic impact studies, visual impact analysis,
and geotechnical and Phase I environmental reports. Ms. Murray
has also engaged in extensive litigation involving land use,
zoning and environmental compliance. She has successfully
challenged and defended SEQRA determinations, and municipal
land use and zoning permits. She has also successfully defended
alleged violations of the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation (“DEC”) regulations pertaining to
hazardous substances, and has represented clients in complex
trial-like adjudicatory hearings before the DEC.
Since
1998, Ms. Murray has served as lead counsel for the developer
and manager of State-owned public utility infrastructure,
actively assisting the State in meeting the requirements of
SEQRA, the National Environmental Policy Act, the National
Historic Preservation Act, and other federal, State and local
environmental regulations. On behalf of the State’s
developer and in tandem with various State Agencies, Ms. Murray
has personally conducted numerous community outreach hearings
to present projects to host municipalities and to educate
the public about legal requirements for compliance with federal,
State and local environmental and land use laws. Ms. Murray
also regularly assists State and local public safety and regulatory
agencies in understanding the technological requirements and
siting limitations of public utility infrastructure in furtherance
of striking a balance between industry objectives and reasonable
regulation.
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