John Lamb is a Member at Beattie Padovano and Co-Chair of the firm's Land Use, Development, Redevelopment & Affordable Housing practice. He has extensive expertise in real estate matters, including in particular the intricate and complex area of zoning. Over the course of his career, he has represented private developers, prominent national and regional developers, contractors and commercial property owners, among others.
John previously served as counsel to the Maywood Planning Board-Zoning Board of Adjustment (1984-2011) and the Oradell Board of Adjustment (1993-2012).
As a specialist in the area of community association law, John has represented numerous community associations. He has authored the chapter of a national real estate treatise entitled "The Administration of Condominium Associations," published by Matthew Bender and Associates. In addition, he has been a frequent lecturer for the New Jersey State Bar Association in Community Association Law, the Community Associations Institute and the Institute for Continuing Legal Education.
Among his professional affiliations, John is a member of the Bergen County Bar Association and the New Jersey State Bar Association. For the latter, he has previously served on their Program Committee for the Real Property, Probate and Trust Section.
John has argued numerous zoning and land use cases in the New Jersey Superior Court Law Division and Appellate Division, and before the New Jersey Supreme Court.
- Zoning and Planning
- Villanova University School of Law, J.D. (1977)
- Villanova University, B.S. (1974)
summa cum laude
- New Jersey, 1977
- United States District Court, District of New Jersey, 1977
- Honorable Arthur J. Simpson, Jr., Acting Administrative Director of the Courts and Judge of the Appellate Division, 1977-1978
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- Bergen County Bar Association
