Undergraduate
New York University, 1961

Law School
New York University Law School, 1964

Bob Podvey heads up the corporate department of the firm and represents municipal governments, real estate developers, computer hardware and software companies, brokers, manufacturers, banks and educational institutions. Bob is a graduate of New York University Law School where he was a Root Tilden Scholar and a member of Phi Delta Fraternity. He clerked for the Hon. Sidney Goldman, Presiding Judge, Appellate Division, Superior Court of New Jersey, and received the Army Commendation Medal while serving as a Captain in the United States Army in the office of the Judge Advocate General. Bob was admitted to bar of New Jersey in 1965, and has also been admitted to the bars of the U.S. Court of Military Appeals, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the U.S. Claims Court, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Bob has a wide range of experience in real estate matters including zoning and land use, construction disputes, real estate financing, leasing (both from the landlord and the tenant side), environmental liability management and compliance, and permit matters. In addition to his corporate experience, Bob is a Certified Civil Trial Attorney, and he has the experience and expertise to litigate, when necessary, in order to protect his clients' interests. In 1994, he received the Robert B. McKay Award for outstanding achievements from New York University. Whether in negotiation, or in litigation over liability for a major environmental pollution problem, wrongful refusal to grant a variance, or breach of a real estate contract or lease, Bob has a proven track record of successfully advancing his clients' interests both in and out of court.