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The David L. Snyder Memorial Stipend awarded to Jeff Shaw honors David L. Snyder, the founding partner of Snyder & Snyder, LLP. David’s colleagues recognized him as a fearless leader who was always “mobile.” Jeff Shaw is a rising 2L at the University of Maryland School of Law. He is a member of the Student Law and Media Association and a student member of the FCBA. Jeff graduated from Lehigh University, in Bethlehem, PA, in 2007 with a BA in...Read More

Zoning Immunity: The firm’s litigation team, including Robert D. Gaudioso and Douglas W. Warden, recently achieved a landmark victory which benefitted the firm’s client, a wireless telecommunications tower owner, and a large local municipality. The resulting decision involved previously unsettled issues in the arenas of wireless telecommunications facility siting and municipal immunity from zoning regulations. Petitioners in the matter commenced a hybrid Article 78 Proceeding / Declaratory Judgment Action to annul municipal resolutions authorizing the use of municipal property for...Read More

Leslie Snyder and Robert Gaudioso were pleased to attend and sponsor the Windward School’s Benefit at Cipriani’s in New York City on April 5, 2014.Read More

Partner Leslie J. Snyder moderated a panel at the Northeast DAS & Small Cell Association HetNet’s Race to Connect Seminar in New York City. The panel entitled “The Race to Connect Picks Up Speed: 5G and Beyond” included panelists Joe Mullin, Chief Technology Officer – DAS, Insite Wireless LLC, Doug Wiest, Executive Vice President – Wireless, EdgeConneX, and James Zik, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Pctel RF Solutions.Read More

Partner Robert D. Gaudioso moderated two panels regarding FirstNet at the International Wireless Communications Expo 2014 in Las Vegas Nevada: “Backhaul for FirstNet” and “Getting What You Asked For, Getting What You Need from FirstNet.”Read More

The firm achieved a victory when the Appellate Division, NYS Supreme Court (1st Dep’t) affirmed the dismissal of an action brought against a major wireless carrier by plaintiffs/appellants seeking monetary damages allegedly stemming from the construction of a nearby cell tower. Litigation team members Leslie Snyder, Doug Warden, and Adam Moss argued that appellants had failed to state a cause of action by neglecting to specify the nature, extent or amount of the alleged damages. In affirming the dismissal of...Read More

The firm’s litigation team obtained a key tactical victory on behalf of a major wireless telecommunications provider in a taxpayer action brought to invalidate a Village’s lease of municipal property for the construction of a wireless telecommunications tower. Town Law Section 51 authorizes taxpayers to bring court proceedings challenging certain municipal actions but does not provide a specific limitations period within which such a proceeding must be brought. Snyder & Snyder, LLP successfully argued that, in the absence of an...Read More

Robert D. Gaudioso was named to the New York Metro Super Lawyers list for 2013. Super Lawyers, a Thompson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement from more than 70 practice areas. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. The attorneys selected to Super Lawyers are limited to 5% of the practicing attorneys in the New York Metro area.Read More

The firm secured a precedent setting victory in obtaining the dismissal of a permissive referendum petition (“Referendum Petition”) brought by adjoining landowners who objected to a lease of municipal property for the construction of a wireless telecommunications tower. Taxpayer permissive referendum petitions are authorized under New York State Town Law Section 91 to challenge certain municipal actions such as the lease of municipal property. The firm’s litigation team commenced an Article 78 proceeding challenging the Referendum Petition, arguing that the...Read More

Partner Robert D. Gaudioso moderated a star studded educational panel regarding FirstNet at the New York State Wireless Association 2013 Tradeshow and Conference in New York City in June. The panel arranged by Mr. Gaudioso included Morgan O’Brien, Chairman of Cyren Call Communications and Founder of Nextel, and FirstNet Board Member Chief Chuck Dowd. The panel also included speakers Tom Afferton, Director of Public Safety Systems and Solutions at Northrop Grumman Information Services, Brett Killbourne, Vice President and Deputy General...Read More