Bernis E. Nelson

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

New York

Since 1982

U.S. District Court (Southern District)

Since 1997

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.

New York Law School

J.D.

1980

Barnard College, Columbia University

B.A.

1973

Honors: Foreign Area Studies Concentrating in East Asian Politics and Language

New York State Bar Association

Municipal Law Section Executive Committee

Current

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.