Q&A with Elaine Colavito and John Farrell – A Focus on the Firm’s Suffolk County Office

Recently, Michael Sahn had a conversation with partners Elaine Colavito and John Farrell about the Firm’s Suffolk County Office in Hauppauge, and their focus on expanding the Firm’s practice in Suffolk County and eastern Long Island.  Elaine and John share their insights, including how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected them and our clients. Here are the highlights of the conversation.

Tom McKevitt Successfully Defeats Town’s Effort to Halt a Challenge to a Building Moratorium in Mattituck, So Town Turns to Eminent Domain to Condemn Client’s Property

Tom McKevitt achieved a Court determination for Brinkmann’s Hardware in Mattituck to continue to challenge a moratorium that the Town of Southold enacted in response to Brinkmann’s project to build a new hardware and paint store.  The Town had sought to delay the project through the moratorium, and attempted to have the lawsuit challenging it dismissed.  The Court recognized that the firm had stated a valid cause of action on behalf of the Brinkmann’s.  Faced with the prospect of losing the lawsuit, the Town has since commenced eminent domain proceedings to condemn Brinkmann’s land.  However, the case continues, and so does the Firm’s efforts for Brinkmann’s to fight for its development rights.

As Featured on Innovate Long Island, Michael Sahn discusses How Governments Can Use Eminent Domain Powers To Combat The Impacts Of Climate Change

We need to get serious, now, about protecting the world from the catastrophic impacts of global climate change.

The COVID-19 pandemic will seem uneventful compared to the long-term and irreversible consequences of the world’s rapidly changing environment. In time, we’ll have a COVID vaccine; there is no vaccine for global warming.

SWC Sponsors Vision Long Island 2020 Smart Growth Awards

SWC recently sponsored Vision Long Island's 2020 Smart Growth Awards which took place virtually on September 3, 2020. This program recognizes  local leadership projects of over 850 community, business and government leaders.

Elaine Colavito's "Bench Briefs" Appears in The Suffolk Lawyer

Elaine Colavito's "Bench Briefs" column was published in the September 2020 edition of The Suffolk Lawyer. "Bench Briefs" is a roundup of recent decisions from Suffolk County trial courts.