Attorney Profile
Stacy S. Cohen, Esq.
scohen@stacycohenlaw.com
856-528-2161
SERVICE AREAS
Real estate
Environmental compliance/litigation
Commercial litigation
NARRATIVE
Stacy S. Cohen, Esq. is principal of Voorhees, New Jersey-based Stacy Cohen Law where she provides a full spectrum of real estate legal services. With 25 years of experience, Ms. Cohen effectively addresses a full range of real estate, environmental, and commercial litigation matters for clients ranging from individual property owners to Fortune 500 companies and national and state professional associations.so as to proactively manage their risks and maximize their recoveries. A sampling of Ms. Cohen’s vast legal experience is outlined below:
Real Estate:
- Transactional support on properties with complex environmental issues including due diligence and ISRA compliance
- Land use applications and zoning appeals
- Title litigation
- Development approvals and permitting
- Property tax appeals
- Regulatory compliance and property management counseling
- Condemnation matters
- Residential and commercial leasing
- Fair Housing and RLUIPA litigation
- Special use permitting and approvals
- Property casualty claims workout and litigation
- Construction litigation
Environmental Compliance:
- Permitting and approvals under state and federal programs involving wetlands, flood hazard control, dam safety, safe drinking water/clean water, water supply, hazardous and solid waste.
- Compliance with legislative programs for protected areas such as Pinelands or CAFRA
- Underground storage tank closure and remediation oversight
Environmental Litigation
- Cost recovery actions for environmental contamination
- Defense of administrative enforcement actions and appeals of administrative determinations
- Adjacent property owner disputes
- Challenges to environmental ordinances and regulations
- Policy holder insurance coverage claims
- Right-to-Farm litigation
Commercial Litigation
- Landlord/Tenant claims
- Vendor/Purchaser disputes
- Insurance coverage workouts
- Performance clause disputes
- Collections
- Tortious interference claims
- Consumer fraud actions
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- “Land Use and Zoning from Start to Finish, National Business Institute, November 15-16, 2016”
- Property Tax Treatment of Campgrounds, New Jersey Campground Owners Association, March 2015
- Preparing for Later Life Farming, Rutgers University NJAES Cooperative Extension, February 2015
- Annie’s Project, Rutgers University Agricultural Extension, February 2013
- When Clean Energy Meets the Courtroom, New Jersey State Bar Association, January 2013
- Practical Guide to Zoning and Land Use Law, National Business Institute, November 2012
PUBLICATIONS
- New Jersey Tax Handbook, co-author, New Jersey Society of Professional CPAs and New Jersey Law Journal, 2003-2015
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- Camden County Bar Association
EDUCATION
- JD. degree, Seton Hall University School of Law, 1990
- BS. degree, Cornell University, 1985
ADMISSIONS
- New Jersey
- United States District Court for District of New Jersey
- Third Circuit Court of Appeals