Attorney Profiles

SHELDON LOBEL
Phone Extension: 18
Email Address: slobel@sheldonlobelpc.com

For over thirty-five years, Mr. Lobel has represented a broad range of clients, real estate professionals, owners, developers, managers, architects and engineers, in securing zoning, land use, tax and other regulatory relief.

Since 1996, Mr. Lobel has been President of the New York City Zoning Advisory Council, comprised of architects, engineers, planners, developers and other attorneys.

He is the co-author, with Scott S. Markowitz: of 'Penn Central': Was It Really a 'Euclid' for Landmarks?, New York Law Journal, July 16, 1990, at 1, and the co-author with Charles Matos of City Needs to Update Zoning and Land Use Laws; Business and Property Owners are Discouraged, New York Law Journal, September 26, 1994, at S5. Reported Cases: Ellentuck v. Klein, 570 F.2d 414 (1978, CA 2 NY); 51 A.D.2d 964 (1978).

In the fall of 2003, Mr. Lobel was honored by the New York Society of Architects with its Distinguished Service Award.

Bar Admission: 1961, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
Law School: Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 1960
Undergraduate School: Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, B.A., 1958

MARCI LOBEL-ESRIG
Phone Extension: n/a
Email Address: mlesrig@sheldonlobelpc.com

Ms. Lobel-Esrig joined the firm after spending nearly four years as an associate at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. She works in the areas of zoning, land use and general real estate law. In addition, she focuses on various types of real estate transactions, including representing purchasers and sellers of real property.

Bar Admission: 1993, New York
Law School: New York University School of Law, J.D., 1992
Undergraduate School: Columbia College, Columbia University, B.A., with honors, 1989

RICHARD S. LOBEL
Phone Extension: 39
Email Address: rlobel@sheldonlobelpc.com

Mr. Lobel represents clients in matters before the Board of Standards and Appeals, the City Planning Commission, and other regulatory agencies. Mr. Lobel also represents clients in criminal and civil court on real estate related matters including Article 78 actions and ECB and DOB cases. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Lobel was a Senior Associate at Fulbright & Jaworski, where his practice focused on transactional matters. Mr. Lobel is a contributing author to the book Law School Survival (Peterson's, 1998).

Bar Admission: 1999, New York
Law School: New York University, J.D., 1998
Undergraduate School: Stanford University, B.A., with honors, 1992

IRVING E. MINKIN
Phone Extension: 19
Email Address: n/a

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Minkin was associated with Stroock & Stroock & Lavan for 15 years. He is involved in zoning and land use variances and special permits, administrative appeals regarding the Building Code, Zoning Resolution and Fire Prevention Code, as well as landmark certifications. Mr. Minkin also handles litigation matters and appearances before the Criminal Court, Supreme Court, Environmental Control Board. From 1960 to 1985 he was employed by the New York City Department of Buildings as Deputy Commissioner, Director of Operations, Executive Engineer, Chief Plan Examiner and Plan Examiner, where he was involved with the enforcement of the Building Code, Zoning Resolutions, Multiple Dwelling Law, Housing Maintenance Code, Labor Law, and other laws, rules and regulations governing the construction, maintenance, use and occupancy of buildings and structures.

Bar Admission: 1985, New York; 1988, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1990, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
Law School: Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 1984
Undergraduate School: Cooper Union, B.C.E., 1952
Member: American Society of Civil Engineers

JORDAN F. MOST
Phone Extension: 13
Email Address: jmost@sheldonlobelpc.com

Mr. Most has been practicing in the areas of land use law and general transactional real estate law since 1996. He also has a master's degree in urban planning. His primary focus is filing variance and special permit cases at the Board of Standards and Appeals, and as a former urban planner, he is also involved in filing applications at the City Planning Commission. He handles a variety of land use matters before other regulatory agencies, as well as a wide range of transactional matters including the purchase and sale of residential and commercial property, and the purchase and sale of development rights. Mr. Most worked as an urban planning consultant for local Community Boards in Manhattan and various private sector clients.

Bar Admission: 1997, Massachusetts and New York
Law School: Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, J.D., 1996
Graduate School: Columbia University, M.S., Urban Planning, 1991
Undergraduate School: Union College, B.A., 1986

JOSHUA J. RINESMITH
Phone Extension: 16
Email Address: jrinesmith@sheldonlobelpc.com

Mr. Rinesmith practices zoning, land use and general real property law with a primary focus in filing variance and special permit applications at the Board of Standards and Appeals. He also handles various zoning matters with the Department of Buildings and other regulatory agencies. Mr. Rinesmith was an assistant editor and contributing author of the report Breaking Ground: Building in Priority Growth Districts (Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, 2005) and a contributing author to Reinventing Redevelopment Law (Land Use Law Center, Pace University School of Law, 2005).

Bar Admission: 2006, New York
Law School: Pace University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2005
Undergraduate School: Bucknell University, B.S., 2001
Member: New York County Lawyers' Association