Florio Perrucci Steinhardt & Fader

New Partner Joins the Firm

Mr. Morin is a partner with Florio Perrucci Steinhardt & Fader, working in several practice groups including Environmental, Construction and Public Contracting, Litigation Defense, Real Estate/Land Use, and Redevelopment. Phil was named one of New Jersey’s “Forty Under 40” Lawyers, New Jersey Law Journal, 2007. According to the Law Journal’s publisher, the lawyers on the list are people who are “worth watching not only for what they have achieved so far in their careers but more so for the potential they show to be among the leaders of the New Jersey bar in the next decade.”

He has performed environmental and zoning due diligence in support of corporate and real estate transactions, and has assisted clients in the investigation, remediation and development of brownfields properties. Mr. Morin has appeared before land use boards and redevelopment agencies on a variety of residential, retail, commercial and industrial development and redevelopment projects.

Mr. Morin represents clients in transactions involving industrial and commercial properties and negotiates leases on behalf of commercial landlords and tenants. In addition to advising clients on traditional real estate matters, Mr. Morin has also assisted industry and property managers on matters relating to climate change and renewable energy facilities as well as compliance obligations under various programs governing asbestos, lead, mold and other indoor air and worker safety issues. Mr. Morin has substantial experience in real estate and land use litigation matters, including litigation involving the designation of redevelopment areas, tax appeals, eminent domain proceedings and disputes over master deed and bylaw provisions of condominiums.

He counsels clients in transactional, permitting, licensing, compliance and enforcement matters under federal and state health and safety, air and water pollution, hazardous and solid waste, site development and property transfer laws, such as the New Jersey Industrial Site Recovery Act ("ISRA"). Additionally, he has litigated cost-recovery, contribution and natural resource damages claims under CERCLA and the New Jersey Spill Compensation and Control Act in federal and state court and has represented commercial, industrial and utility clients in various administrative proceedings involving permitting and licensing matters.

Mr. Morin is a Senate Appointee to the NJDEP Small Business Compliance Advisory Panel. He is a member of the Legislative Committee & COAH Task Force, NJ Apartment Association; the LEED Homes Committee, United States Green Building Council of New Jersey; the New Jersey Wireless Association; the Gateway Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Land Use Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association; and the Union County Bar Association. Additionally, he is a Leadership New Jersey Graduate Fellow and the editor of New Jersey Zoning Watch Law Blog (www.njzoningwatch.com). He frequently acts as a panelist or moderator at seminars and other public speaking engagements. He has also authored several articles and legal newsletters on a range of topics including the real estate development and redevelopment processes, affordable housing and New Jersey’s climate change mitigation efforts.

Prior to joining Florio, Perrucci, Steinhardt & Fader, LLC, Mr. Morin practiced law at Saul Ewing. Previously, he practiced at LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP before becoming a solo practitioner.

He has served as a member of the Township Committee in Cranford, NJ, including a term as Mayor and currently serves as the Chairman of the Republican Committee of Union County.

Mr. Morin graduated cum laude from Drew University with a B.A. and earned his J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law, serving as articles editor of the Rutgers Law Review. He is admitted to practice law in New Jersey and New York.