New York State Bar Association
Suffolk County Bar Association
Nassau County Bar Association
New York
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
United States Supreme Court
St. John’s University, B.S. Business Management
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, J.D.
Firm Partners, Joseph R. Bjarnson and Ralph Branciforte, successfully defended the County of Suffolk in a lawsuit commenced by residents seeking to annul approvals associated with the construction of a cell tower on County property, asserting claims under, among other things, the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), local zoning regulations and the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Joseph and Ralph were able to obtain a complete dismissal of the case from Justice Alison J. Napolitano in the New York State Supreme Court, County of Suffolk, establishing that the petitioners’ claims were moot and lacked merit.