J. Benjamin Gailey

A partner in Jacobowitz & Gubits, LLP, Mr. Gailey is the Team Leader of the firm's Municipal team, representing local governments and municipal officials in Orange, Ulster and Sullivan counties since 1988. He has been the Attorney for the Town of Blooming Grove since 1991, the Village of Washingtonville since 1992, the Village of Highland since 1992, and the Town of Crawford since January 2000.

Mr. Gailey is also a member of the firm's Environmental/Land Use team, representing private clients in zoning, land use and environmental permitting and litigation. This area of his practice includes all local, state and federal government permits and approvals, environmental compliance and due diligence, condemnation law, defense of government enforcement actions, and state and federal court litigation.

Mr. Gailey is a member of the Orange County, New York State and American Bar Associations.

A graduate of Haverford College, Ben received his Juris Doctor degree in 1983 from New York University. He was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1984, and is admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of New York.