MEMBERS
T.J. Herten
A. Burstein
P.F. Sheridan, Jr.
A.J. Cevasco
T.P. Bottinelli
A.D. Litt
S.B. Harz
P. Papalia
R.J. Contant
S.M. Marra
T.S. McGuire
A.T. Fede
G.A.Pietrafesa
S.D. Jacobson
M.I. Lubin
N.O. DeScherer
D.Y. Gielchinsky

ASSOCIATES
P. Ascolese
L.R. Bicocchi
C.P. Bossong
T.J. Fagan
C.B. Hand
L.J.C. Hardesty, Jr.
M.R. Olszak
D.C. Ritson
K.K. Ruggiero
E.S. Thompson

OF COUNSEL
J.T. Shafron
W.H. Schmidt, Jr.
D.S. Steinberg
L.C. Tomasella
C. Brooks
D.L. Mulligan

SPECIAL COUNSEL
G.C. Escala

DIRECTOR OF
OPERATIONS
D. Polizzotto

ATTORNEY MAIN PAGE

Nilufer O. DeScherer

Nilufer O. DeScherer practices in a broad range of areas including real estate, commercial lending, municipal law, land use and civil litigation. Her litigation experience in the trial and appellate courts includes matters involving injunctive relief, condemnation, affordable housing and commercial and land use disputes. She handles commercial real estate purchases and sales in New Jersey and New York for the firm’s individual and corporate clients. Ms. DeScherer also serves as borrower’s and lender’s counsel for New Jersey and multi-state financing transactions.

Along with the many other land use attorneys at Herten Burstein she has handled land use matters in both New Jersey and New York. She has also served as municipal and land use attorney for municipalities and sewerage authorities. Her expertise in New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection regulations, permitting and enforcement is an asset to both the firm’s municipal and commercial clients.

As a member of the Land Use Section of the Bergen County Bar Association, Ms. DeScherer participates in the Bar Association’s Annual Land Use Symposium. She is also a member of the Local Government Section of the New Jersey Bar Association.

Her volunteer activities include participating as a judge in the Vincent J. Appruzzese Mock Trial Competition for high school students and serving as an alumni interviewer for Vassar College.

Vassar College
(B.A. 1983)

University of Miami School of Law
(J.D. 1995)

New Jersey
New York
Florida

U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey