Continental Who’s Who Premiere Press Release

KARL S. ESSLER - PRINCIPAL

Karl Essler is recognized by Continental Who’s Who among Legal Professionals. Karl is a Principal with Fix Spindelman Brovitz & Goldman.

As Principal, Karl’s practice focuses on the areas of land use and zoning, litigation-primarily real property litigation, and real property transactions. He has appeared before municipal boards for all aspects of land use and zoning approvals, such as rezoning, site plan and subdivision approval, and special use permits and variances. In addition, he handles legal challenges to these approvals, including Article 78 proceedings. He also handles real property litigation such as title, boundary and easement disputes, lease litigation, condemnation, tax certiorari, and environmental matters.

Additionally, Karl has represented several telecommunication providers seeking municipal approvals for telecommunication towers, resulting in obtaining approvals for approximately 100 sites. He also has represented a national telecommunication provider in development of initial cell tower network for all of Western NY,  including site identification, lease negotiation, title review and obtaining all zoning approvals, which in some instances involved successfully bringing litigation against municipalities.

In addition to his role with Fix Spindelman Brovitz & Goldman, Karl has maintained strong ties to his community and is a long-time affiliation with the YMCA, including approximately 20 years of service on its branch Board of Managers and two terms as Board Chair. He served as coordinator of the firm's United Way campaign for 15 years and has given more than 20 years of service in a variety of officer positions with a local non-profit musical organization.

On a Professional level, Karl is a member and past Co-Chair of the Executive Committee on Land Use and Planning of the New York State Bar Association. He is also the recipient of the 2005 Special Achievement award from his non-profit client, Housing Opportunities, Inc., for work that included successful litigation in obtaining approvals for affordable housing project in Livonia, NY as well.

He is a Martindale Hubbell, AV Peer Review Rated attorney (highest rating) and is also listed in the Upstate New York edition of Super Lawyers.

Karl earned his J.D. magna cum laude from Cornell Law School, as well as his B.S. summa cum laude from Allegheny College.