Daniel A. Spitzer

Daniel A. Spitzer
Partner, Hodgson Russ LLP

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Dan is the Practice Leader for the firm's Green Building, Land Use & Economic Development, and Real Property Tax Assessment & Eminent Domain Practices, as well as the Cleantech and Renewable Energy Practices Co-Leader. He concentrates his practice on issues involving environmental law, renewable energy, sustainable development, land use law, municipal law, and real estate development. His practice involves numerous renewable energy projects, including representing municipalities, developers, land owners, and financing entities. His work, from project inception through successful litigation, includes some of the largest wind farms in the eastern United States; multiple utility and small-scale solar projects; and landfill, gas-to-energy, biomass, storage, transmission, and energy efficiency projects. He successfully litigated a case of first impression concerning a municipality's right to regulate power-generating facilities based on greenhouse gas emissions.