John Ritter, Jr. is a member of the firm, born in New York, New York, on April 12, 1949. He received a B.A. from Columbia University in 1980 and a J.D. from New York Law School in 1983. In 1984, he was admitted to the New York State Bar, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, and the Second Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals. He served as a Nassau County Assistant District Attorney from 1983 to 1985, and a Nassau County Planning Commissioner from 1995 to 1998. During his term on the Planning Commission the first Master Plan for the future growth and development of Nassau County was written and adopted. He is currently a member of the Nassau County Bar Association serving on the the Committees for Municipal Law and Environmental Law, and a member of the New York State Bar Association serving in the Municipal Law Section. His practice areas include Local Government and Land Use Law; Real Estate and Environmental Law; and related litigation.