David J. Schnakenberg

David Schnakenberg is an associate with Rosenberg & Estis, P.C., which he joined in 2011. His practice areas include commercial and real estate litigation, land use, condemnation and appellate law.

Before joining R&E, David was the Ralph C. Menapace Legal Fellow at the Municipal Art Society of New York, where his work focused on the legal issues surrounding land use and planning, historic preservation and New York City governance.

David is a member of the New York City Bar Association's committee on Land Use, Planning & Zoning, and is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Historic Preservation Law at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.

David received two bachelor's degrees from the University of Massachusetts, at Amherst; a degree in English cum laude (2001) and a degree in History cum laude (2002). David received his juris doctorate from Brooklyn Law School where he was a member of the Journal of Law and Policy, the recipient of the Max M. Lome Memorial Prize for Urban Law and a Richardson Merit Scholar. He is licensed to practice law in New York.