Biography
Mr. Clifford is a member of the Commercial Litigation and Tax Certiorari practice groups. He specializes in complex commercial
and real estate litigation, appeals, eminent domain and tax certiorari
proceedings. Mr. Clifford represents corporations in connection
with complex business disputes as well as municipalities and
property owners in connection with eminent domain and tax
certiorari issues.
Prior to joining our firm, Mr. Clifford was a trial attorney in the Land Acquisition Section of the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the United States Department of Justice. He represented the United States in condemnation proceedings before U.S. District Courts, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Mr. Clifford also served as law clerk for the Honorable Bohdan A. Futey on the U. S. Court of Federal Claims.
Education
- Pace University School of Law (J.D., 1998) (Cum Laude)
- Muhlenberg College (B.S., 1995)
Memberships
- New York State Bar Association
- Bar of the United States Court of Federal Claims
Cases of Note
- Didden v. Village of Port Chester, 127 S.Ct. 1127 (2007) (denying petition for certiorari)
- Detroit Intern. Bridge Co. v. United States, 110 Fed.Appx. 121 (Fed. Cir. 2004)
- United States . v. 6.45 Acres of Land, 2006 WL 839375 (M.D. Pa 2006)
- United States v. Certain Land Situated in the City of Detroit, 286 F.Supp.2d 865 (E.D. Mich. 2003), aff'd, 450 F.3d 205 (6th Cir. 2006), cert. denied, 127 S.Ct. 1813 (2007)
- United States v. Certain Land Situated in the City of Detroit, 195 F.Supp.2d 908 (E.D. Mich. 2002)
- United States v. Certain Land Situated in the City of Detroit, 188 F.Supp.2d 747 (E.D. Mich. 2002)
- United States v. Certain Land Situated in the City of Detroit, 178 F.Supp.2d 792 (E.D. Mich. 2001)
- McCready v. Assessor of Town of Ossining, 41 A.D.3d 851, 837 N.Y.S.2d 591 (2d Dept. 2007), leave to appeal denied, N.E.2d (2007) (TABLE, NO. 2-10, 1009)
- Garcia v. United States, 2003 WL 25706954 (S.D.Fla. Feb. 24, 2003)
- Garcia v. United States, 2002 WL 34395260 (S.D.Fla. Jul. 8, 2002)
Seminars
- Lecturer, "Partial Takings" Eminent Domain &
Fifth Amendment Takings Seminar, Department of Justice,
Office of Legal Education (2002)
- Lecturer, "Calculation of Interest in Direct
Condemnation Cases" Eminent Domain & Fifth Amendment
Takings Seminar, Department of Justice, Office of Legal
Education (2002)
- Lecturer, Settlement Authority of U.S.
Attorneys/ENRD Attorneys in Condemnation Cases Eminent
Domain & Fifth Amendment Takings Seminar, Department
of Justice, Office of Legal Education (2001)
Admissions
- New York
- New Jersey
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
- U.S. District Courts, Eastern and Southern Districts of
New York
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
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