Biography

Joe DeMarco is an attorney who specializes in land use issues, representing both municipal governments as redevelopment counsel and private clients in negotiations with public entities. Currently Joe serves as County Counsel for Somerset County. He has extensive experience in the field of land use, redevelopment, and zoning, having served for four years as the Business Administrator to the City of Bayonne and three years as Business Administrator and Assistant Town Attorney of West New York. In these roles, he was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the cities, including negotiating and drafting redevelopment and financial agreements, supervising updates to master plans, directing zoning and planning departments, and developing long-term redevelopment strategies. Furthermore, Joe has experience in Dispute Resolution as a Professional for Forthright Solutions, where he resolved personal injury protection (PIP) claims filed on behalf of medical providers and individuals. He also practiced insurance coverage and defense litigation with Cleary Giacobbe Alfieri Jacobs as an associate from 1994 to 2001.