Donald G. Nichol
Mr. Nichol is a partner on the Municipal Law Team and has been the Attorney for the Town of Crawford since 1985, the Village of Kiryas Joel since 1990, the Village of Maybrook since 1982, and the Town of Warwick since January 2000. His primary practice has been devoted to municipal law and environmental/land use issues since 1982 in various types of local government, public works, construction and development matters.
Don is a member of the Ninth Judicial District Compulsory Arbitration Panel, 1983-present; State and Local Government Program, 1980-1981; Deputy Village Attorney, Montgomery 1985-1990; Orange County and New York State Bar Associations and the Water Environmental Federation.
Don is a graduate of Dartmouth College and received his Juris Doctor degree in 1981 from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1982, and is admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of New York.
Areas of Practice
- RLUIPA
- Wastewater and Water Supply
- Municipal Law
- Environmental Land Use
Litigation Percentage
- 5% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1982
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1982
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1982
- U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 1985
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 2006
Education
- University at Buffalo Law School, Buffalo, New York
- J.D.
- Dartmouth College, Hanover , New Hampshire
- B.A. - 1972
Representative Clients
- Village of Kiryas Joel
- Town of Tuxedo
- Special Counsel to Town of Warwick
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Orange County Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- American Bar Association
