Andrew S. Filipazzi
Counsel
Andrew S. Filipazzi serves as counsel in the Firm’s Land Use and Zoning Practice Group. Mr. Filipazzi represents clients on land use and zoning matters across Long Island, ranging from large-scale real estate developers to single-family residences.
Mr. Filipazzi’s practice includes commercial and residential real estate transactions, including the sale and mortgage of real property owned by religious corporations, as well as business asset transactions. Mr. Filipazzi has also represented numerous religious and not-for-profit corporations on mergers, dissolutions, corporate governance, and related matters concerning the Religious Corporations Law (RCL) and Not-For-Profit Corporations Law (NPC).
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Filipazzi worked as a litigation associate with a focus primarily in commercial litigation motion practice and discovery. Mr. Filipazzi authored the article titled “The Sale of Federal Lands in New York: What Might the Future Hold for Plum Island and Local Land Uses” which was published in the New York Zoning Law and Practice Report. Mr. Filipazzi received his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center and his Bachelor of Science, from State University of New York, College at Oneonta.
Bar Admissions
- New York
Education
- Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, cum laude
J.D. – 2017 - State University of New York, College at Oneonta
B.S. – 2013
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Suffolk County Bar Association
- Nassau County Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- Long Island Real Estate Group (LIREG)
- Commercial Industrial Real Estate Brokers Society (CIBS)
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