Attorney Jeffrey Baker, Young Sommer Ward Ritzenberg Baker & Moore, Albany, New York

Jeffrey S. Baker
Albany, New York

Partner
phone	(518) 438-9907 (Ext. 227)
fax	(518) 438-9914
email	jbaker@youngsommer.com

Jeffrey S. Baker has extensive experience in environmental, zoning and land use law. He has represented both the public and private sector, including major environmental organizations in the permitting and opposition to major commercial and industrial projects. Mr. Baker is a member of the Executive Committee of the Environmental Law Section of the NYS Bar Association and is currently co-chair of its Committee on Historic Preservation, Parks, and Recreation.

He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Areas of Practice:: Energy law; Alternative Energy; Environmental Law; Land Use and Zoning; State, Local and Municipal Law

Bar Admissions:: New York, 1988; U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 1992; U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 2000

Education:: University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 1987
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude; University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1981
B.A.
Major: History

Representative Cases:: City of New York v. Village of Tannersville, 263 A.D.2d 877, 694 N.Y.S. 2d 801 (N.Y.A.D. 1999); Jung v. Planning Bd. of Town of Middletown, 258 A.D.2d 865, 686 N.Y.S. 2d 147 (N.Y.A.D. 1999); Moncure v. New York State Dept. of Environmental Conxervation, 218 A.D. 2d 262, 630 N.Y.S. 2d 859 (N.Y.A.D. 1996); Citizens Accord, Inc. v. Town Bd. of Town of Rochester, 192 A.D. 2d 985, 596 N.Y.S. 2d 921 (N.Y.A.D. 1993); Jorling v. Freshwater Wetlands Appeals Bd., 556 N.Y.S.2d 1017 (N.Y.Sup. 1990)

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Powers of Zoning Boards of Appeals, The Rhodes Review, 1999; Land Uses Zoning Cannot Regulate, New York State Association of Towns, 1999

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Historic Albany Foundation, 1998 - 2000; President; Historic Albany Foundation, 1992 - 2001; Board Member; Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, 2000 - Present; Vice-President; Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, 1998 - Present; Board Member

Past Employment Positions:: Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, Partner, Associate, 1990 - 1999; Sive Paget & Riesel, P.C., Associate, 1987 - 1990; U.S. Peace Corps, Tanzania, Volunteer, 1981 - 1983

Languages:: Swahili