Meryl A.G. Gonchar
Recognized since 2007
Newark, New Jersey
Practice Areas
Land Use and Zoning Law
Litigation - Land Use and Zoning
Litigation - Real Estate
Real Estate Law
Meryl A.G. Gonchar is Co-Chair of the Sills Cummis & Gross Land Use Practice Group. Her practice encompasses all aspects of land use, redevelopment, zoning and related litigation. She represents property owners and developers in appearances before planning and zoning boards throughout the state, in connection with obtaining land use approvals for residential, retail, office, industrial, hospitality and mixed-use projects. She represents clients in the negotiation of redevelopment agreements and drafting redevelopment plans. She also represents clients in land use and related litigation before the Superior Court of New Jersey. Ms. Gonchar’s diversified experience enables her to provide clients with continuity throughout the often long and complicated land development or redevelopment process.
Contact & Links
Location
- The Legal Center
One Riverfront Plaza
Newark, NJ 07102
Education
- Rutgers University–Newark, J.D., graduated 1981
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, B.A.
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey, New Jersey
Headquarters:
Newark, New Jersey
53 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
11 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
- Litigation - Land Use and Zoning, Newark (2025)
- Land Use and Zoning Law, Newark (2024)
- Litigation - Land Use and Zoning, Newark (2023)
- Land Use and Zoning Law, Newark (2022)
- Land Use and Zoning Law, Princeton (2020)
- Real Estate Law, Princeton (2019)
- Land Use and Zoning Law, Princeton (2018)
- Litigation - Land Use and Zoning, Woodbridge (2017)
- Land Use and Zoning Law, Woodbridge (2016)
- Litigation - Land Use and Zoning, Newark (2015)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Litigation - Land Use and Zoning
- Litigation - Real Estate
- Real Estate Law
Special Focus:
- Land Use
- Zoning
Publications
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