Lucia Chiocchio Email & Phone Number

I am a Partner and co-chair of Cuddy + Feder’s Telecommunications Group. I concentrate my practice in zoning and telecommunications. I appear before municipal and state boards, commissions and agencies. My background in environmental engineering allows me to integrate technical experience into my representation of landowners, developers, and the telecommunications industry. I use my multi-disciplinary experience and knowledge to manage consultants and formulate approaches to successfully advance projects through complex and sometimes controversial approval processes. I have a proven record of developing strategies to achieve client goals and avert litigation. When litigation is inevitable, my strategies result in a sound record. I frequently lecture at CLE programs on zoning and telecommunications. I am Immediate Past President of the Westchester Women’s Bar Association and currently serve on its executive board and as co-chair of the Environmental & Land Use Committee. I am a board member of the White Plains Bar Association and serve as counsel to the White Plains Beautification Foundation. I am the New York Representative of Women in Wireless Leadership Forum (WWLF). I am a sponsor of the Westchester/Putnam Chapter of the NYSSPE and a member of the New York State Bar Association.Prior to becoming an attorney, I had a successful engineering career where I served as project manager for several utility clients. The various projects I administered included energy efficiency rebates programs, water/wastewater treatment facility O&M and telecommunications design. When people learn that I am also an engineer, they often ask if I am a “glutton for punishment” since both are very demanding. I respond that I appreciate the challenge. My past experience adds value to my law practice as I have the technical expertise and project management skills I need to understand a matter so that I can effectively apply my legal skills to achieve my clients’ goals.

Valhalla, Ny

• Negotiated with landowners, developers and local municipalities to obtain rights-of-way and easements for telecommunications equipment. • Managed re-design of telecommunications network resulting from a settlement agreement regarding property issues and trespass disputes with the Village of Tuxedo Park, including technical support, presentations to the Village Trustees and communications with Village residents on all aspects of the project. • Developed solutions for design issues including high-speed data transmission for remote locations, application of new technology upgrades for renovated sites, compliance with local building codes and implementation of regulatory policy pertaining to provisioning service with competitors. • Managed construction aspects of all field designs.

White Plains, Ny

• Interviewed disputants, including developers, local government officials and community leaders. • Facilitated meetings with key stakeholders of a land use conflict. • Prepared reports with possible common ground solutions to aid in future mediations/facilitations. • Prepared case studies for inclusion in the Land Use Symposium and land use conflict assessment teaching materials.

White Plains, Ny

Assisted in start-up operations and maintenance of two new wastewater treatment plants for New York City as part of the Watershed Protection Agreement.• Conducted in-field troubleshooting and data collection and supervised permit compliance procedures. • Drafted treatment plant Operations and Maintenance Manuals for processes and operation requirements. • Procured and implemented maintenance management software. • Reviewed contractor documents for sufficiency and compliance with specifications and prepared contract change orders.

Silver Spring, Md

Consultant: Wrote technical section of proposal for EPA Green Lights Program based on energy-efficiency principles.Project Manager:Managed operations of three utility Demand Side Management Programs. • Supervised and trained six engineers, five clerks and several field staff. • Responsible for financial and project status reporting including presentations. • Contributed to design, implementation and evaluation of residential and commercial energy-efficiency and demand side management programs for utilities. • Developed, implemented and evaluated marketing programs to obtain new contracts. • Served as chairperson of Charitable Contributions Committee.Deputy Project Manager, 1992 – 1994; Analyst, 1990-1992; Aspen Systems Corporation, Silver Spring, MDSupervised operations of energy efficiency programs for several utility clients. • Developed and implemented utility incentive programs for installation of energy efficient equipment. • Evaluated new technologies for design of incentive programs and performed building simulation analysis for energy audited facilities. • Designed and implemented customer surveys for marketing and evaluation of incentive programs.• Managed utility customer service hotlines and correspondence with clients, utility customers and trade allies.

Juris Doctrate And Certificate Of Environmental Law

Activities and Societies: Volunteered at the Land Use Law Center

Master Of Environmental Engineering

Bachelor Of Science Mechanical Engineeringq, Mechanical Engineering