Overview
Jason Hyndman practices in the areas of real estate development, land use, eminent domain, and civil litigation, representing both private clients and government entities.
Jason has substantial experience in land use issues arising out of the Municipal Land Use Law, the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, and affordable housing under New Jersey’s Fair Housing Act, representing municipalities, land use boards, developers, and property owners in the land use application process, actions in lieu of prerogative writs, as well as contract claims stemming from redevelopment agreements and commercial leases. In this capacity, he currently serves as the board attorney for the Wayne Township Board of Adjustment and has also represented numerous property owners and developers in obtaining land use approvals for projects ranging from retail/commercial improvements to midrise, multi-family residential developments, and low density affordable and supportive housing. Additionally, Jason has represented municipalities in their efforts to satisfy their affordable housing obligations as well as assisted developers in obtaining development approvals for affordable housing projects.
Throughout his career, Jason has also litigated a diverse set of disputes, representing clients from case inception at the trial level, through arguments before the New Jersey Appellate Division. Jason has extensive experience in the field of eminent domain, counseling condemning authorities in all phases of the acquisition process; from project design through litigation of property value. Notably, Jason has served as special counsel to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection in connection with various flood control projects in Bergen, Hudson, and Ocean Counties. In Ocean County, Jason assisted the DEP in acquiring hundreds of easements along the Atlantic coastline in connection with two separate shore protection projects. In this role, Jason achieved a successful jury verdict in a case of first impression; arguing that the DEP’s offer of substitute property rights fully mitigated the substantial loss of value attributed to the acquired easement and resulting construction of an engineered dune over the property. In reaching its verdict for no monetary compensation, the jury rejected the property owner’s competing 3.5-million-dollar claim. Upon appeal, Jason successfully defended the verdict, which was affirmed by the New Jersey Appellate Division and denied certification by the New Jersey Supreme Court. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the New Jersey Supreme Court.
A native New Jerseyan and life-long resident, Jason received his B.A. from Rutgers University in 2006. He obtained his Juris Doctor in 2011 from Rutgers Law School. While in law school, Jason interned in the office of the Jersey City Corporation Counsel and served as Judicial Intern to Hon. William J. Martini, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Jason was also a member of the Rutgers Moot Court Board and was selected as an Eagleton Institute of Politics Graduate Fellow.
