3 CSG Law Attorneys Named to COMMERCE Magazine’s 2024 Enterprising Women List
Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC (“CSG Law”) is pleased to announce that Jennifer M. Porter, Lindsay A. Dischley, and Amy Howlett were recently named to COMMERCE Magazine’s Enterprising Women in Commerce list for 2024. Jennifer was listed for Real Estate and Development, Lindsay for Law, and Amy was included on the “Ones to Watch” list.
Jennifer Porter is Practice Group Leader of the firm’s Redevelopment, Land Use & Zoning Group. She practices zoning and land use development law in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut, establishing her as a key player in helping clients expand into the regional real estate market.
She has successfully led a team of attorneys through extensive, multi-state development and sustainability projects for a national financial services firm for over 100 projects in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Jennifer was also one of the lead attorneys for a major bi-state governmental authority in connection with several major interstate bridge projects and handled the preparation, negotiation, and execution of over 20 master utility agreements, as well as multiple design and construction coordination agreements with various state agencies.
Lindsay Dischley, Practice Group Leader of the Employment Group, represents employers in all aspects of employment litigation, including wrongful discharge, discrimination, harassment, whistleblower, retaliation, and wage and hour claims in the state and federal courts of New Jersey and New York and before federal, state, and local administrative agencies, including the EEOC, New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development and the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights.
Lindsay provides counsel in all aspects of employment law, including leaves of absence, accommodations, cannabis, wage and hour law requirements, prevailing wage, employment and separation agreements, restrictive covenants, implementation of employment policies, employee training programs, and other employment issues. She also conducts internal workplace investigations for employers on employment-related issues such as claims of harassment and discrimination and provides trainings to employees, such as sensitivity and anti-harassment training.
Amy, an associate with the firm’s Real Estate Group and its Renewable Energy & Sustainability Team, joined CSG Law in 2022 and has quickly made a name for herself in the field of renewable energy law. At CSG Law, she has assisted in negotiating dozens of solar energy deals, including rooftop solar leases, dual use farmland solar projects, and landfill solar projects, with clients ranging from large institutional landlords to small nonprofits. She has also assisted in advising clients in connection with renewable energy credits and the Inflation Reduction Act.
Before joining CSG Law, Amy served in a variety of positions including co-founder of an incubator space focused on sustainable businesses, staff attorney at the Center for Appellate Litigation in New York, associate at a New York-based law firm, and adjunct professor at Fordham University School of Law.
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