Kathleen Deegan Dickson, Esq.
kdickson@forchellilaw.com

Kathleen Deegan Dickson, (St. John’s Law School, 1991) concentrates her practice in the areas of real estate transactional matters, and, in particular, land use and zoning law. Kathleen has an extensive track record of success with and before municipal boards and agencies on significant projects throughout Long Island. Perhaps more importantly, she has a reputation for effectiveness and integrity in the pre-hearing meetings and outreach to municipal planning staffs and civic groups that are now a must in Long Island's current development climate. She is former counsel to the City of Glen Cove Planning and Zoning Boards, and currently represents many developers, property owners, corporations and private individuals in all types of matters involving real property transactions, zoning and land use.

Ms. Deegan Dickson has been awarded an "AV" legal ability and ethics rating by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory – the very highest rating this nationally recognized publication has established. This rating is based upon extensive confidential peer review surveys.

She is admitted to practice before the Courts of the States of New York and Connecticut. She is a member of the American and the New York State Bar Associations, as well as the Nassau County Women’s Bar Association, WEDLI (Women Economic Developers of Long Island), the Nassau County Catholic Lawyer’s Guild, and the New York Democratic Lawyers Council where she acts as the Glen Cove Elections Coordinator. Ms. Deegan Dickson also serves on the Advisory Council of the North Shore University Hospital at Glen Cove and the Board of Tomorrow’s Hope Foundation.

Ms. Deegan Dickson has published articles on land subdivision in the New York Real Estate Journal. While at St. John's Law School, Ms. Deegan Dickson was on the staff of and had an article published in St. John's Journal of Legal Commentary.

Practice Areas: Real Estate, Land Use and Zoning, Municipal
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Related Information

July 2010
Kathleen Dickson in The Suffolk Lawyer for LIBN Top Influential Woman on Long Island Honor

May 25, 2010
Kathleen Dickson Spotlighted in the New York Real Estate Journal for Top Influential Woman on Long Island Honor

April 23, 2010
Partner Kathleen Deegan Dickson Honored as a Top Influential Woman on Long Island

March 2010
Partner Kathleen Deegan Dickson Profiled as St. John’s Law School Alumni of the Month 

January 2010
Partner Kathleen Deegan Dickson Invited to Join The Energeia Partnership

November 2009
Women in Real Estate 2009, New York Real Estate Journal

August 2009
LIBN Who’s Who in Women in Professional Services

July 2009
NYREJ Article: In this economy, it’s time to “buy and apply” by Kathleen Deegan Dickson

March 2009
NYREJ Article: Long Island subdivision by Kathleen Deegan Dickson

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