Joseph P. Baumann, Jr. is a member and Chairman of the law firm of McManimon & Scotland, L.L.C. He specializes in all aspects of public sector law including public finance and redevelopment law as well as the representation of some private clients in redevelopment projects. He has represented the State, its agencies and numerous municipalities, counties, boards of education and authorities. Such representation has involved a broad range of transactions, including negotiated and competitive, special obligations and general obligations, current and advance refundings.

Mr. Baumann also has substantial expertise in all aspects of redevelopment law, serving as lead redevelopment counsel in projects as large as the redevelopment of a 652 acre former military ocean terminal in Bayonne and as small as a one-acre mixed use project in Cranford. Mr. Baumann provides advice to the firm’s public sector clients in connection with the designation of redevelopment areas, preparation and adoption of redevelopment plans, selection of redevelopers, negotiation of redevelopment agreements, financial agreements and funding agreements and the management of redevelopment projects. Mr. Baumann also speaks regularly on various redevelopment topics.

Mr. Baumann has devoted a substantial amount of his practice to the privatization of public water, wastewater and solid waste system, the securitization of municipal tax liens in many urban cities throughout the Northeastern United States and the representation of certain public bodies as general counsel.

Mr. Baumann received his Bachelor of Arts degree in government, with a second major in business administration, from the University of Notre Dame in l984. He received his Juris Doctoris degree from Rutgers University Law School , cum laude, in l987, where he served on the staff of the Rutgers Camden Law Journal.

Mr. Baumann is an active member in the New Jersey Bar Association, the Association of Environmental Authorities and the National Association of Bond Lawyers.

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