Bernis E. Nelson

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Primary practice fields are municipal, land use, real estate law. estate planning, and probate.

Practice Areas

Real Estate Law: Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law

Estate Planning: Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

Professional Experience

: Cities of Peekskill, Newburgh, and New Rochelle; and Private Practice; 1980 - Current; Private Practice: July 2012 to Present. Corporation Counsel, City of Peekskill: April 2011 - June 2012. Corporation Counsel, City of Newburgh: February 2010 - April 2011. Of Counsel, Silverberg & Zalantis: July 2009 - January 2010. Corporation Counsel, City of New Rochelle: February 1997 - June 2009. Private Practice, Peekskill, New York: August 1987 - February 1997. Planner, Assistant Corporation Counsel, and First Deputy Corporation Counsel, City of Peekskill: December 1980 - August 1987.

Education

Barnard College, Columbia University: B.A.; 1973; Honors: Foreign Area Studies Concentrating in East Asian Politics and Language

Professional Associations

New York State Bar Association: Municipal Law Section Executive Committee; Current

Speaking Engagements

Nimham Land Trials of 1765 - 1767, Fort Montgomery, New York: November 1, 2014; Fort Montgomery State Historical Site; Nimham Land Trials of 1765 - 1767: History of Lenape Land Tenure in New York in the 1600s and 1700s.

Land Tenure: from the Lenape to the Lords of the Manor, Cortlandt Manor, New York: October 1, 2013; VanCortlandtville Historical Society; History of Lenape Land Tenure in New York in the 1600s and 1700s.

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