Elizabeth Bennett

Elizabeth Bennett represents New York City developers, property owners, purchasers, architects and nonprofits in all aspects of land use and zoning. She handles matters before the New York City Board of Standards and Appeals, City Planning Commission, Landmarks Preservation Commission and Department of Buildings.

Elizabeth reviews and analyzes development potential and zoning requirements for commercial, community facility, industrial, residential and mixed-use developments. Additionally, she drafts and negotiates zoning lot development and easement agreements.

Prior to joining Fox, Elizabeth was an attorney at a national law firm. Before that, she worked on land use and zoning matters as an associate at two other New York-based law firms.

During law school, Elizabeth was a legal intern at the Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic and the Sierra Club, an environmental activism organization. She also served as a legal intern at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

EDUCATION :

• Pace University School of Law(J.D., cum laude, 2011)
• Fordham University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2007)

MEMBERSHIPS :

• New York City Environmental Law Leadership Institute (NYCELLI), Class of 2013
• American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, Comm. On Environmental, Energy & Resource Law
• New York State Bar Association, Environmental Law Section
• New York City Association, Animal Law Committee

BAR ADMISSIONS : New York, New Jersey