Robert M. Washburn is Professor Emeritus of Law at Rutgers School of Law–Camden and Of Counsel to Flaster Greenberg. He teaches Regulation of Land Use, Real Estate Transactions and Conveyancing, Housing and Urban Development, Property, and related seminars. Mr. Washburn's practice includes general real estate and development matters, including utility law, land use, real estate contracts and financing, syndications, homeowners association and condominium law, land use litigation, legislation and ordinance drafting and review, Planned Real Estate Development Full Disclosure Act registrations, and appearances before municipal bodies and administrative agencies. Among his clients are builders, developers, and construction industry trade associations.
Mr. Washburn has been a frequent lecturer at programs sponsored by the National Association of Home Builders, the New Jersey Builders Association.
He has served on many committees of the National Association of Home Builders, including the NAHB Smart Growth Working Group, Nationwide Permit Working Group, FRT Plywood Task Force, Legal Action Committee and Litigation Subcommittee. As a member of the New Jersey Builders Association (NJBA), he also has served on its Permit Reform Task Force. Mr. Washburn served on the Planning Committee of the National Judicial College, where he moderated and spoke at seminars, including "Trying and Settling Land Use Cases." He is a life member of the NJBA Board of Directors. He serves as General Counsel to the NJBA as well as to the Builders League of South Jersey (BLSJ). In 2006, the BLSJ inducted him as an associate into their “Hall of Fame.” Mr. Washburn is also a member of the Steering Committee of the Legal Action Network for Development Strategies (LANDS).
Honors & Awards
- Top Attorney List - Zoning & Land Use, SJ Magazine, 2017-2019
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Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- Member, State and Local Government Section
- Camden County Bar Association
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- Member, Land Use Law Section, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section
Community Activities
- National Association of Home Builders
- Member, Legal Action Committee
- Member, Litigation Oversight Group
- National Judicial College
- Member, Planning Committee
- New Jersey Builders Association
- Life member, Board of Director
- General Counsel
- Member, Legislative Affairs Committee, Affirmative Housing Task Force, Performance Bond Working Group, Associate Members Hall of Fame, Associate of the Year
- Builders League of South Jersey
- General Counsel
- President, BLSJ Scholarship Foundation
- Lifetime Achievement Award
- Inductee, Hall of Fame
- Legal Action Network for Development Strategies
- Member, Steering Committee
News
- Press Release(February 27, 2020)
- Press Release(August 6, 2018)
- Press Release(March 22, 2018)
- Press Release(August 3, 2017)
- Press Release(March 11, 2016)
- Press Release(March 21, 2014)
- Press Release(March 8, 2013)
- Press Release(March 1, 2013)
- Press Release(March 23, 2012)
- Press Release(March 22, 2011)
- Press Release(February 2, 2011)
- Press Release(March 11, 2010)
- Press Release(March 20, 2008)
Events
- New Jersey Builders Association(April 22, 2020)
- New Jersey Builders Association(Spring 2020)
- New Jersey Builders Association(September 25, 2019)
- New Jersey Builders Association(April 2, 2019)
- New Jersey Builders Association(September 21, 2018)
- New Jersey Builders Association(February 23, 2018)
- New Jersey Builders Association(April 5, 2017)
- NJBA Atlantic Builders Convention 2016(March 31, 2016)
- NJBA Atlantic Builders Convention 2016(March 30, 2016)
- NJBA Atlantic Builders Convention 2016(March 30, 2016)
- Builders League of South Jersey(October 21, 2015)
- New Jersy Builders Association(March 25, 2015)
- New Jersey Builders Association(March 26, 2014)
- New Jersey Builders Association(November 15, 2013)
- New Jersey Builders Association(April 10, 2013)
- National Association of Home Builders(April 5, 2013)
- Legislative and Regulatory Update: 2012 Permit Extension Act SeminarNew Jersey Builders Association(November 30, 2012)
- Legal Trends in Land Use Law; Legal Trends in Environmental Law2012 Atlantic Builders Convention(March 29, 2012)
- Legal Trends in Land Use Law; Legal Trends in Environmental Law2011 Atlantic Builders Convention(April 7, 2011)
- Legal Trends in Land Use Law; Legal Trends in Environmental Law2010 Atlantic Builders Convention(April 15, 2010)
- Legal Trends in Land Use Law; Legal Trends in Environmental Law2009 Atlantic Builders Convention(April 22, 2009)
Articles & Alerts
- Legal Alert(January 7, 2015)
- Legal Alert(August 11, 2014)
- (July 10, 2014)
- Housing and Community Development, Cases and MaterialsCarolina Academic Press, Fourth Edition(2011)
- Legal Alert(May 4, 2011)
- Legal Alert(May 5, 2010)
- Whitepaper, Legislative Initiatives to Control the Government's Use of Eminent DomainNational Association of Home Builders(2006)
- Water Wars East of the Mississippi: A Case Study in Southeastern New JerseyNational Ground Water Association(2004)
- Reasonable Investment-Backed Expectations' as a Factor in Defining Property InterestJournal of Urban and Contemporary Law, vol. 49, page 63(1996)
- An Overview of New Jersey Land Use LawNational Judicial College(1996)
- Residential Real Estate Condition Disclosure LegislationDePaul Law Review, vol. 44, page 381(1995)
- Land Use Control, The Individual, and Society: Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal CouncilMaryland Law Review, vol. 52, page 162(1993)
Practice Areas
Industry Groups
Admissions
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Education
- Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, J.D.
- Editor-in-Chief, Washington University Law Quarterly
- Member, Order of the Coif
- University of Pennsylvania School of Law, L.L.M., Housing and Real Estate Development and Finance
- Rutgers University, A.B.