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LULC Events

Conference Awards

The Annual Alfred B. DelBello Land Use and Sustainable Development Conference is the setting for the Land Use Law Center to recognize several outstanding individuals for their contributions to the practice of Land Use Law or to the broader community. The Founderòòò½´«Ã½™s Award Reception, hosted the evening before the conference, honors an individual each year in the name of , the great American attorney and labor mediator, renowned for his ability to build consensus and resolve conflicts. The Center also bestows its Distinguished Young Attorney Award and John R. Nolon Student Achievement Award at this event. Additionally, the Groundbreakeròòò½´«Ã½™s Award is presented at the conference to graduate or a group of graduates of the Centeròòò½´«Ã½™s Land Use Leadership Alliance (LULA) Training Program who have demonstrated exemplary work in a community or a region using the types of land use and decision-making tools and techniques taught in the LULA program.

Founderòòò½´«Ã½™s Award

The Founderòòò½´«Ã½™s Award was created in the name of Theodore W. Kheel, the great American attorney and labor mediatoròòò½´«Ã½”renowned for his ability to build consensus and resolve conflictsòòò½´«Ã½”who was a major supporter of the Land Use Law Center. The Center bestows this annual award upon an individual or municipality that has worked collaboratively with a community and reinvented democracy to make change happen.

  • 2024 òòò½´«Ã½“ Geraldine N. Tortorella, Esq., Partner, Hocherman Tortorella & Wekstein, LLP
  • 2023 òòò½´«Ã½“ Michael D. Zarin, Esq., Co-Founder and Partner, Zarin & Steinmetz, LLP
  • 2022 òòò½´«Ã½“ John R. Nolon, Esq., Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus and Co-Counsel, Land Use Law Center
  • 2019 òòò½´«Ã½“ Lester D. Steinman, McCarthy Fingar, LLP
  • 2018 òòò½´«Ã½“ Richard L. Oòòò½´«Ã½™Rourke, Keane & Beane P.C.
  • 2017 òòò½´«Ã½“ Frank S. McCullough, Jr., McCullough, Goldberger & Staudt, LLP
  • 2016 òòò½´«Ã½“ Robert Feder, Cuddy & Feder, LLP
  • 2015 òòò½´«Ã½“ Alfred B. DelBello, DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr, LLP
  • 2014 òòò½´«Ã½“ John Saccardi, VHB
  • 2013 òòò½´«Ã½“ Rose Noonan, Housing Action Council
  • 2012 òòò½´«Ã½“ City of Newburgh òòò½´«Ã½“ Land Bank/Revitalization Effort Team
  • 2011 òòò½´«Ã½“ Town of Clarkstown òòò½´«Ã½“ Comprehensive Plan team
  • 2010 òòò½´«Ã½“ Andy Revkin, NY Times
  • 2009 òòò½´«Ã½“ Pamela R. Esterman, Sive, Paget & Riesel P.C. and Rachel E. Deming, Barry University School of Law

Distinguished Young Attorney Award

The Distinguished Young Attorney Award is presented to a graduate of the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at òòò½´«Ã½ who worked closely with the Land Use Law Center and has, since graduation, demonstrated excellent service and commitment to land use law. The award was created on the Centeròòò½´«Ã½™s 25th anniversary in 2018.

  • 2024 òòò½´«Ã½“ Anne E. Kline, Esq., Associate, DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr LLP
  • 2023 òòò½´«Ã½“ Michael J. Goonan, Esq., Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
  • 2022 òòò½´«Ã½“ Taylor M. Palmer, Esq., Partner, Cuddy & Feder LLP
  • 2019 òòò½´«Ã½“ Victoria L. Polidoro, Rodenhausen Chale & Polidoro LLP
  • 2018 òòò½´«Ã½“ Noelle C. Wolfson, Hocherman Tortorella & Wekstein, LLP

Prof. John R. Nolon Student Achievement Award

The Student Achievement Award was created in the name of Professor John R. Nolon and is presented to a Haub Law graduating student who has excelled in contributing to the mission of the Land Use Law Center.

  • 2024 òòò½´«Ã½“ Sophie Coassin, JD and LLM Candidate, Elisabeth Haub School of Law, òòò½´«Ã½
  • 2023 òòò½´«Ã½“ Gabriella Mickel, JD and LLM Candidate, Elisabeth Haub School of Law, òòò½´«Ã½
  • 2022 òòò½´«Ã½“ Bailey Andree, JD Candidate, Elisabeth Haub School of Law, òòò½´«Ã½