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Stephen Z. Kaufman is a Senior Partner of the firm. His principal areas of practice concentration include: municipal law, land use and eminent domain. Mr. Kaufman represents many private and publicly owned development, financial and retail companies throughout the Baltimore/Washington region. He lectures and writes extensively and has authored legislation in the areas of adequate public facilities, infrastructure finance, and zoning and land use classifications (including: planned development zones, transfer of development rights, Development Finance Districts, and moderate cost housing). Mr. Kaufman was an adjunct professor of law at the George Washington Law Center for Land Use and Planning (1980-87); he also recently served on the Subcommittee on the Revision of Planning and Zoning Legislation for the State of Maryland, the Real Estate Advisor Group of the Maryland Department of Transportation, currently he serves on the ULI Private Public Partnership Policy Council as Assistant Chair, the Montgomery College Board of Trustees and Foundation Board, the University of Baltimore Law School Advisory Board, and the Board of Directors of the Olney Theatre Center for the Arts. Bar Memberships District of Columbia Maryland Professional Background Linowes and Blocher LLP, 1973-Present Montgomery County, Maryland, Assistant County Attorney, 1971-1973 Significant Projects Discovery Communication World Headquarters Complex, Silver Spring, Maryland Avenel PUD and PGA Tournament Players Club, Potomac, Maryland The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ("NOAA") Consolidation and national headquarters, Silver Spring, Maryland The Olney and Clarksburg New Town Center Mixed Use PUDs Giant Food Company's Montrose Crossing, Burtonsville and Germantown retail and residential PUDs, Montgomery County, Maryland The Greens highrise residential complex at Leisure World for IDI Maryland, Inc., Montgomery County, Maryland West Germantown and Clarksburg Town Center Infrastructure Development Districts, Germantown and Clarksburg, Maryland Municipal/Land Use Legislative Initiatives Drafted first moderate priced dwelling unit legislation in the U.S. while Assistant County Attorney for Montgomery County, Maryland. Helped develop several zoning regulatory tools in cooperation with the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission and the Montgomery County Government, including: - Montgomery County's Agricultural Preservation and Transfer Development Rights (TDR) enabling legislation, as well as zoning categories to be applied to both sending and receiving areas. Assisted Montgomery County Government (from time-to-time) to develop strategies and tools to implement growth management techniques in connection with the County's Annual Growth Policy (AGP)and Adequate Park Facilities Ordinance (APFO). Business and Professional Affiliations Montgomery County Bar Association, Member, Real Estate Committee, 1972-1973; Chairman, Legal Ethics Committee, 1977-1979; Member, Fee Arbitration Committee, 1980-1983; Chairman, Administrative Law Committee, 1985-1986 American Planning Association, Member, Panel on Agricultural Preservation International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), Member Maryland Chamber of Commerce Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce, Member; President 1983-1984 Urban Land Institute (full member), Instructor, seminars dealing with land use regulation and inverse condemnation; Public/Private Development Council Awards and Distinctions Greater Washington Legal Elite, Washington SmartCEO, August 2005 Maryland Super Lawyer, Law & Politics, 2007 Professional Lectures and Publications Adjunct Professor of Law, George Washington University Law Center, Land Use and Planning (1980-1987) Occasional Guest Lecturer at George Washington University, American University, and Catholic University of America
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