Farming Law
Attorney Nicole L. Voigt represents farmers with zoning determinations versus Right to Farm, site-specific agricultural management practices, farming in the Highlands, farmland conservation, agricultural assessment, disputes, and general business counsel. She has provided representation in New Jersey’s agricultural mediation program. She has provided estate and succession planning to many area farming families. She has additionally guided specialty farmers moving to the region to acquire and develop sustainable and specialized farming to support nearby urban businesses.
Ms. Voigt represents commercial farmers and owners of agriculturally assessed properties with various matters, including:
- Right to Farm applications, including Site Specific Agricultural Management Practices;
- Zoning applications;
- Review, compliance, and requests under agricultural preservation easements;
- Easement negotiation;
- Agricultural assessments and appeals;
- Review of agricultural activity in Highlands;
- Buy/sell of agricultural properties including due diligence;
- Closure of contaminated sites and/or leaking storage tanks;
- Representation in agricultural mediation;
- Contract negotiations and disputes;
- Succession planning; and
- Farm leases or licenses.
Ms. Voigt is additionally a vocal opponent of the PennEast Pipeline proposal, in part because it undermines community preservation initiatives and tax investments, and additionally disregards the significant efforts of local famers to preserve in perpetuity the agricultural character of lands which have been in their families for generations, without adequate compensation or justification.
Attorney Nicole Voigt has a B.S. in Ecology & Systematic Biology with a minor in Statistics, and completed a year of graduate studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder focused on bio-geo-chemical cycling, prior to attending the Northeastern University School of Law. Ms. Voigt has worked with many local, county, state, and federal agencies. She has additionally represented clients with appeals, including representation before the Office of Administrative Law.