Attorneys

Glenn F. Scotland
Partner

Phone:	(973) 622-5094
Fax:	(973) 622-7333/3744
Email:	gscotland@mandslaw.com
Education:	Brown University , B.A. Georgetown University Law Center, J.D.
Bar Admission:	New Jersey New York
Professional Affiliations:	New Jersey State Bar Association Garden State Bar Association
Practice Areas:	Public Finance Law Redevelopment and Economic Development General and Special Counsel Services

Mr. Scotland joined the firm in l980. Mr. Scotland has extensive experience in advising local governments throughout the State in connection with development implementation and financing of complex redevelopment projects. Certain of the local governments, among others to whom Mr. Scotland has provided legal advice, include the City of Asbury Park , the Township of Montclair , the City of Newark and the Township of West Orange .

The legal services have included assisting the client with designation of areas in need of redevelopment and rehabilitation, the adoption of redevelopment plans, the selection of redevelopers and the negotiation of redeveloper agreements and the development and implementation of financing strategies. In connection with the above, further, Mr. Scotland has provided legal advice with respect to a variety of land use, environmental and real estate matters.

In addition to the above, Mr. Scotland works in the area of public and project finance including general obligation and revenue bond financings with an expertise in water, sewer and solid waste management and resource recovery financings as well as in the financing of other special waste handling facilities. In addition, Mr. Scotland has served as bond counsel to numerous authorities and housing finance corporations in connection with the financing of low and moderate income housing projects as well as special counsel in connection with tax-exempt or capital lease financings for New Jersey School Districts. Furthermore, Mr. Scotland has been involved in the representation of underwriters in connection with their purchase of tax-exempt obligations issued by political subdivisions of the State of New Jersey . Mr. Scotland also works extensively in the development and project financing of alternative energy projects including cogeneration and energy conservation and in the privatization of publicly-owned water, wastewater and solid waste facilities.

Mr. Scotland received his B.A. degree in economics from Brown University in l977 and received his Juris Doctorate degree from Georgetown University in l980. He was admitted to the practice of law in New Jersey in l980 and to the practice of law in the State of New York in 1989.

Mr. Scotland is presently a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association, the Garden State Bar Association and a former member of the New Jersey Supreme Court Ethics Committee, District V-A. Mr. Scotland previously has served as a member of the New Jersey Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency and as a member of the Board of Trustees at Essex County College .