Biography
Mr. Plunkett is a member of the Commercial Litigation and Government Relations practice groups. Mr. Plunkett has a diverse practice that encompasses complex commercial/civil litigation, estate litigation, construction litigation and all aspects of land use, administrative and governmental law. He represents numerous government entities as Counsel and acts as Special Counsel to numerous public clients on major litigation cases as well as serving private and corporate clients on significant commercial and construction cases. He is a leading authority on RLUIPA (Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000).
From May 2000 to February 2008, Mr. Plunkett was a partner in the law firm of Thacher Proffitt & Wood in New York City and White Plains. From 1979-2000, Mr. Plunkett was a partner in the law firm of Plunkett & Jaffe, P.C. and concentrated on complex civil litigation and governmental law matters. Before that, he was an Assistant District Attorney in the Felony Trial Bureau of the Westchester District Attorney's Office. He currently serves as Village Attorney for the Village of Dobbs Ferry and is Corporation Counsel for the City of Rye.
Mr. Plunkett served in the U.S. Army National Guard from 1971-1977 and received an Honorable Discharge.
Education
- Stetson University College of Law (J.D., 1975)
- College of the Holy Cross (B.A., 1971)
Appointed Positions
- Member, Governor Spitzer's Second Department Judicial Screening Committee
- Chairman, Governor Pataki's Second Department Judicial Screening Committee (1997-2006)
- Member, Character and Fitness Committee, Second Judicial Department, Ninth Judicial District (1988-1997)
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- New York Bar Association
- Florida Bar Association
- Board Member, New York State Thruway Authority (2007-present)
- Board Member, Taconic State Park, Recreation and Historic Preservation Commission (2006-present)
- Board Member, Westchester ARC Foundation
- Board Member, Board of Visitors of Pace University School of Law (2000-present)
- Chairman, Greenway Conservancy for the Hudson River Valley (2000-present)
- Director, Tappan Zee Real Estate Investment Trust (1998-2007)
- Director, Union State Bank and its Holding Company (1998-2007)
- Director, Tarrytown and North Tarrytown Savings and Loan, Tappan Zee Financial (1989-1998)
- Trustee, Westchester Arts Council
- Trustee, Iona College (1995-present)
- Advisory Member, Teatown Lake Reservation
Seminars
- Lecturer, "Hot Topics in Land Use Law", NYSBA Municipal Law Section Fall Meeting,
West Point, New York (2007)
- Lecturer, "Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act", 19th Annual Rockland
municipal Planning Federation’s Dinner, Pomona, New York (2007)
- Judge, "Reargument of Palsgraf v. Long Island Rail Road", Historical Society of the
Courts of the State of New York, Pace Law School, White Plains, New York (2006)
- Panelist, "Reinventing Redevelopment Law", Pace Center for Continuing Legal
Education, New York, New York (2005)
- Panelist, Strategies for Resolving Land Use Disputes: When to Litigate and When to
Collaborate, Pace Law School, White Plains, New York (2003)
Admissions
- New York
- Florida
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals
- U.S. Districts Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
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