Michael B. Lavery
Partner

Michael B. Lavery is a member in the Local Government Department. Mr. Lavery concentrates his practice in local government law, zoning, land use and litigation. Mr. Lavery presently represents a number of governmental entities serving as Special Counsel to the County of Warren for Open Space & Farmland Preservation, Township Attorney for Hardwick, Lopatcong, Oxford and Washington Townships, as well as attorney for the Frelinghuysen Township Planning Board and the Warren County Soil Conservation District.

Mr. Lavery earned his law degree from Rutgers University, where he served as a member of the Stratton Moot Court Board and President of the Student Bar Association. He received his B.A. from the University of New Haven where he received the Dean's Award for Outstanding Contribution to the University. Mr. Lavery is admitted to practice in the State and Federal Courts of New Jersey and Pennsylsvania, and before the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Mr. Lavery is also a member of the Election Law Committee for the New Jersey State Bar Association and a member of the Local Government Law Section of the State Bar Association.

Mr. Lavery presently serves as the Mayor of Hackettstown. He has also served as Republican State Committeeman for Warren County and Legislative Aide to Senator Leonard Lance (R-23). Mr. Lavery serves the community as a member of the Hackettstown Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees and former President of the Hackettstown Regional Medical Center Foundation Board. Mr. Lavery is a past President of the Hackettstown Area Chamber of Commerce as well as a founding member of the Warren County Regional Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Lavery also formerly served as Chairman of the District 13 Fee Arbitration Committee.

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