Nick Hockens > Greenberg Traurig, LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Greenberg Traurig, LLP Offices
One Vanderbilt Avenue
NEW YORK
NEW YORK
NY 10017
United States
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Nick Hockens
Work Department
Real Estate
Position
Shareholder
Career
Nick Hockens concentrates his practice on the representation of developers, institutions and non-profit organizations before the New York City Planning Commission, Board of Standards and Appeals, and Landmarks Preservation Commission. He represents clients in a variety of New York land use and zoning matters, including re-zonings, special permits, variances, designations and alterations of landmarked buildings, and air rights transactions.
Concentrations
Land use and zoning
Capabilities
Land Development
Real Estate
Land Use
Admission to Practice
New York
Languages
English
Education
- J.D., Harvard Law School, 2002
- Editorial Board, Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review
- Ph.D., Political Science, Northwestern University, 1993
- Outstanding Dissertation Student Award
- M.A., Political Science, Northwestern University, 1987
- B.A., Oklahoma State University, 1986
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Real estate > Land use/zoning
Greenberg Traurig LLP fields land use experts at several of its East Coast offices, with Miami-based Iris Escarra and Jay Segal in New York sharing leadership duties of the department. The firm has a strong history in the practice area and was one of the first to establish it as a separate department. Recent trends have included complex reassessments for developments with an office component, as well as a rise in condominium builds as people desire more space for home working. Clients include national and international developers on sites that vary from housing and offices to stadiums and transport infrastructure. Nick Hockens and Deirdre Carson in New York are further contacts to note.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Industry focus > Healthcare: health insurers
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Industry focus > Energy regulation: electric power
- Industry focus > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Industry focus > Environment: litigation
- Industry focus > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Industry focus > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Industry focus > Energy: renewable/alternative power
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Fintech
- Industry focus > Healthcare: service providers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Industry focus > Healthcare: life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Industry focus > Transport: rail and road - litigation and regulation
- Industry focus > Environment: transactional
- Industry focus > Transport: aviation and air travel - litigation and regulation