A law professor working for the municipality found no conflict of interest in the case of a former Cranford Township attorney now in private practice who continues to represent the township, said a published report.
Phil Morin, now with Phillipsburg law firm Florio Perrucci Steinhardt & Fader, represented the township in two cases involving affordable housing, according to the Cranford Chronicle. He now represents the town in a legal dispute over a proposed development on Birchwood Avenue.
The opinion of Seton Hall Law School Professor Michael Ambrosio was announced by Morin's firm.
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From Florio Perrucci Steinhardt & Fader's statement:
The “law firm and former Township Attorney Phil Morin did not have a conflict of interest in its representation of Cranford with respect to the Lehigh Acquisition site plan hearings relating to the 555 South Avenue property or the Birchwood Avenue/Cranford Development Associates affordable housing litigation. ...
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"[T]he Florio firm and Morin could continue to represent Cranford on the Birchwood/Cranford Development Associates litigation as well as other unrelated matters before the township.”
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