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Dean A. Gaver is a partner of the firm in its Real Estate Department and is a member of the Land Use Practice Group and Redevelopment Practice Group. His litigation practice focuses on issues associated with land use, zoning, real estate development and management. Mr. Gaver has served as counsel in several New Jersey landmark cases involving exclusionary zoning and related land use matters. He is experienced in handling a variety of contested matters, including zoning applications, eminent domain and regulatory proceedings, as well as project planning for real estate ventures. His clients include several of the country's largest commercial, industrial and residential developers, mall owners and corporate owners of real estate. He has been involved in numerous complex and innovative development and redevelopment projects in the state. He has represented the sponsors of the state's largest waterfront development project in land assembly and planning through the permitting, construction and operational phases of the project. He currently is handling the proposed development of a major hydroelectric facility. Mr. Gaver has extensive experience in working with state, county and local planning boards, boards of adjustment, governing bodies and utility and environmental authorities, and counsels clients on an ongoing basis about the regulatory and public policy issues which affect their interests and options. He represents owners and landlords in connection with contracts and leases and litigates related disputes on their behalf. He is also involved in structuring and restructuring the relationships and interests of equity owners, lenders and partners in related litigation. Mr. Gaver is a graduate, cum laude, of Yale University (1966), with a degree in industrial administration. He received his law degree from Harvard University Law School (1969). A member of the American, New Jersey State and Essex County Bar Associations, Mr. Gaver serves on the Land Use Section of the State Bar and the Land Use, Planning and Zoning Committee of the ABA. He is a director of the Yale Alumni Association of Bergen County and a member of the Harvard Alumni Association of New Jersey. Mr. Gaver is admitted to practice in New Jersey. | 