Zoning Disputes in Real Estate Development: Navigating Administrative Processes, Litigation Strategies, Risk Mitigation

Mr. Barshov focuses his practice in land use law, environmental law, local government law, and real estate, as well as related litigation. Having represented numerous developers, businesses, municipalities, and community organizations in more than 40 years of practice, Mr. Barshov has handled projects of all sizes. He has litigated in the U.S. Supreme Court in federal courts in the Second, Fifth and Tenth Circuits, at the New York Court of Appeal, Appellate Divisions, and trial courts in multiple counties. Mr. Barshov has been qualified as a land use law expert witness in Supreme Court, Nassau County. He brings to any project a wide range of skills, including drafting complex real estate transactional documents, obtaining land use and related project approvals, undertaking required environmental analysis, and culminating in litigation when necessary. Mr. Barshov first practiced law in Santa Fe, N.M., where in addition to being in private practice, for almost a decade he was GC to the New Mexico Municipal League. Upon returning to New York, he opened his practice, with substantial work for the City of Yonkers including rewriting much of the Yonkers City Code and representing the Yonkers Charter Revision Commission. Mr. Barshov has written and lectured extensively in his areas of expertise and was an adjunct professor of law at Brooklyn Law School, where he taught land use law, state and local government law, and real estate practice. 

Mr. Huntington represents his clients in the enforcement of their property rights. His clients include developers, landowners, contractors, builders, surety companies, condominium owners, landlords and tenants. Mr. Huntington represents landowners and contractors in litigation and negotiation adversarial to governmental subdivisions (counties, cities, townships, etc.) and government agencies, including matters involving eminent domain, inverse condemnation, zoning, administrative law and payment disputes. He litigates contract disputes and is passionate about obtaining justice when misrepresentations are made during a real estate transaction about the conditions of real property. Bryan is also a Rule 114 qualified neutral (mediator) in Minnesota.