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Stephen M. Eisdorfer
is a partner of Hill Wallack LLP.
He is a member of the Land Use
Division, including the Land
Use Litigation and Land Use &
Environmental Applications Practice
Groups. His practice
concentrates on litigation in the
state and federal courts and
applications and proceedings before
public agencies involving land
use—including residential,
commercial, industrial, and
health-care-related projects—civil
rights and consumer fraud.
Since 1980, Mr. Eisdorfer has
handled exclusionary zoning cases
before the courts and the New Jersey
Council on Affordable Housing
involving more than 75
municipalities. A leading expert on
the siting of health-care-related
facilities, Mr. Eisdorfer represents
both public entities and property
owners. In addition, he represents
builders, property owners and other
parties in a wide variety of other
land use, redevelopment, fair
housing, and condemnation matters.
Prior to joining Hill Wallack LLP,
Mr. Eisdorfer was a senior attorney
with the New Jersey Department of
the Public Advocate, where he
handled complex litigation
concerning land use, housing, civil
rights, environmental issues,
governmental decision making and
public education.
An honors graduate of Haverford
College and Harvard Law School, Mr.
Eisdorfer is admitted to practice
before the state and federal courts
in New Jersey and the United States
Supreme Court. He has argued
numerous significant cases before
the appellate courts, including the
New Jersey Supreme Court and U.S.
Court of Appeals. Mr. Eisdorfer has served as a
member of the Board of Directors of
the Land Use Law Section of the New
Jersey State Bar Association. He is
a member and former President of the
Board of Directors of the Housing
Coalition of Central New Jersey, and
a member of the Land and National
Development Strategies (LANDS)
committee of the National
Association of Home Builders.
In 1994, Mr. Eisdorfer received
the annual Community Development
Award from the New Jersey Non-Profit
Affordable Housing Network for his
contributions to the provision of
affordable housing in New Jersey. In
2004, he received the Chairman’s
Award from the New Jersey Builders
Association for service to housing
in New Jersey.
He has written and lectured
extensively on land use, real
property, housing and civil rights
issues. He has conducted training
programs for lawyers on litigation
under the federal Fair Housing Act
and other land use and real
property-related topics under the
auspices of the New Jersey Institute
for Continuing Legal Education, the
National Association of Home
Builders, the New Jersey Builders
Association, the New Jersey
Apartment Association and Legal
Services of New Jersey. Under a
grant from the Ford Foundation he
co-directed research on the
consequences of New Jersey’s
anti-exclusionary initiatives, which
was the subject of a symposium issue
of the Seton Hall Law Journal and a
two-day national conference. He has
also served as adjunct faculty at
the University of Pennsylvania Law
School, teaching courses in land use
regulation.
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