Prior, Christopher J.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

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

Representative Clients

• Manhasset-Lakeville Fire District
• Manhasset-Lakeville Water District

West Practice Categories

Mergers & Acquisitions, Banking & Finance Law, Commercial Banks, Lending & Secured Transactions, Loan Workouts, Business & Commercial Law, Commercial Leasing, Contracts, Joint Ventures, Secured Transactions, Transactions, Uniform Commercial Code, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Limited Liability Companies, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Internet, Employment Contracts -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Contracts -- Employer, Employment Law -- Employer, Municipal Employment -- Employer, Technology Licensing, Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Conveyancing, Land Use & Zoning, Real Estate Law, Computer Law, Electronic Commerce, Private Placements, Public Offerings, Securities Law, Securities Regulation, Municipal Corporations, Municipal Employment, State, Local & Municipal Law

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1987

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.

Pro Bono Activities

• Baxter's Pond Foundation (Pt Washington), 2003 - Present
• Friends of the Park Foundation (Great Neck), 2003 - Present

Past Employment Positions

• Wood Dawson Smith & Hellman, Associate Attorney, 1986 - 1988

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

Address

1010 Northern Blvd., Suite 400
Great Neck, NY 11021

Phones

(516) 829-6900

Faxes

516-829-6966

Emails

cprior@alcllp.com

Websites

http://www.ackermanlevine.com