Attorneys

Christopher J. Prior 
Great Neck, New York
Partner
phone (516) 829-6900
fax (516) 829-6966
email cprior@alcllp.com

Christopher J. Prior focuses on municipal, zoning and land use matters, and corporate and securities law.    

He serves as Village Attorney for the Village of Baxter Estates and for the Village of Plandome Heights , advises several other municipal zoning and planning boards, and serves as counsel to the Great Neck Park District, the Manhasset-Lakeville Water and Fire Districts, and the Belgrave Water Pollution Control District.   Mr. Prior also represents property owners and developers in connection with applications to governmental entities for land use variances, permits and approvals.  

Mr. Prior also represents corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies, and their owners, advising in areas such as business planning, strategy and structure, mergers and acquisitions, resolution of disputes among owners, debt and equity financing, secured lending transactions, and general corporate and commercial contracts.  

Mr. Prior received his law degree from St. John's University School of Law as a Dean's List Scholar in 1986, and his undergraduate degree from the State University of New York at Albany , cum laude.   After obtaining his law degree, Mr. Prior was associated with Wood Dawson Smith & Hellman, in New York City, from 1986 to 1988, concentrating in municipal finance law.

Areas of Practice:
Banking and Finance
Business and Commercial
Business Organizations
Employment Law
Real Estate Law
Science and Technology
Securities
Municipal Law and Land Use
Bar Admissions:
New York, 1987
Education:
St. John's University School of Law, Jamaica, New York, 1986
Honors: Dean's List Scholar


State University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York, 1980
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude
Major:  English/Rhetoric and Communications


Representative Clients:
Manhasset-Lakeville Fire District
Manhasset-Lakeville Water District
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Park District Counsel, Great Neck Park District, 1999 - Present


Village Attorney, Village of Baxter Estates, 1999 - Present


Village of Plandome Heights, 2006 - Present
Village Attorney


Member, New York State Bar Association


Member, American Bar Association


Member, Board of Directors, Rockville Centre Little League, Inc.


Past Employment Positions:
Wood Dawson Smith & Hellman, Associate Attorney, 1986 - 1988


Pro Bono Activities:
Baxter's Pond Foundation (Pt Washington), 2003 - Present
Friends of the Park Foundation (Great Neck), 2003 - Present

Ackerman, Levine, Cullen, Brickman & Limmer, LLP
1010 Northern Boulevard, Suite 400
Great Neck, NY 11021

Phone: 516-829-6900 (Ext. 407)
Fax: 516-829-6966

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