Robert C. Schachter

Partner, Real Estate Department
Member, Distressed Real Estate Practice Group
Member, Green Building Practice Group
Member, Land Use Practice Group
Member, Real Estate Brokerage Practice Group

Practice Focus 

Mr. Schachter concentrates his practice in all aspects of real estate, with a particular emphasis on commercial leasing. He has extensive experience in the areas of commercial mortgage financing, real estate brokerage, acquisitions, land use planning and zoning. 

Professional Activities / Honors

• Member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers.
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the Real Estate Category. 
• Listed in Chambers USA - America’s Leading Business Lawyers in the Real Estate practice area.
• Member of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Section of the New Jersey Bar Association.
• Listed in The International Who’s Who of Real Estate Lawyers, 2004.
• Former instructor at the Real Estate Institute of Monmouth University.
• Former vice chair of the Literature and Publications Committee of the Real Property Division of the American Bar Association.
• Former adjunct professor at Rutgers University School of Law, Newark.

Publications / Articles / Presentations

• New Jersey Real Estate Forms: Practice
• Co-author of Commercial Real Estate Transactions in New Jersey, Leasing Chapter
• Author, "The Rising: New Jersey’s Realty Transfer Fee," Exhibt A, Fall 2003, Vol. 7 No. 3.
• Author, "New Jersey Statute of Frauds Undergoes Major Changes," The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, April 1996.
• Author, "New Jersey Statute of Frauds Undergoes Major Changes," TriState Real Estate Journal, March 25, 1996.
• Participated as a panelist in seminars sponsored by the Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Professional Education Systems, Inc., Community Associations Institute; and Graduate Realtor Institute.
• From 1968 to 1970, he served in Afghanistan as a Peace Corps volunteer, where he taught English as a foreign language.

Bar Admissions

• New Jersey, 1972
• U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1972