Our Practice

"Storzer & Greene -- a high-profile, Washington law firm that specializes in religious land-use cases throughout the United States"  The Star-Ledger

Storzer & Greene, P.L.L.C. is principally engaged in representing religious organizations of all traditions in wide variety of matters. We have a principled commitment to defending the right to practice one's faith without undue governmental interference. These matters of concern include:

• Zoning, Land Use and Eminent Domain
• Church Landmarking and Historic Preservation
• Tax Exemptions
• Non-Profit Incorporation
• Bylaws and governance disputes
• Employment Issues
• General Non-profit corporate matters

The firm was formed in 2006 to join our talents and long experience in representing religious organizations. We often work in conjunction with an institution's local or general counsel. For information on some of the cases Mr. Storzer and Mr. Greene have handled see About the Attorneys, Representative Clients , Important Cases, and Press Room sections of this website. To contact us please click here.

The following is a partial list of clients represented by Messrs. Storzer and Greene:

• Albanian Associated Fund, N.J.
• Al Madany Islamic Center of Norwalk, Conn.
• Archdiocese of Denver, Colo.
• Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs
• Bethel World Outreach Ministries, Md.
• Bethlehem Healing Temple, Ill.
• Bikur Cholim Shabbos House, N.Y.
• Buddhist Education Center of America, Va.
• Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions
• Calvary Chapel O'Hare, Ill.
• Castle Hills First Baptist Church, Tex.
• Church of Christ in Hollywood, Cal.
• Church of the Hills, N.J.
• Congregation Kol Ami, Penn.
• Congregation Rabbinical College of Tartikov, N.Y.
• Cottonwood Christian Center, Cal.
• Dayalbagh Radhasoami Satsang Association of North America, N.J.
• Dharma Communications, N.Y.
• Eagle Cove Camp & Conference Center, Wisc.
• East Ramapo Teachers Association, N.Y.
• Elsinore Christian Center, Cal.
• Faith Temple Church, N.Y.
• First Pentecostal United Holy Church, Va.
• Fraternal Order of Police, Newark Lodge No. 12, N.J.
• Freedom Baptist Church, Penn.
• Frederick Presbyterian Church, Md.
• Friends Committee on National Legislation
• General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
• Governing Body Commission of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
• Great Lakes Society, Mich.
• Greenwich Reform Synagogue, Conn.
• Greenwood Community Church, Colo.
• Greyston Foundation, N.Y.
• Hale O Kaula Church, Haw.
• Haven Shores Community Church, Mich.
• Hindu Temple & Cultural Center, N.J.
• Hindu Temple Society of North America , N.Y.
• Holy Innocents Anglican Church, N.Y.
• Jewish Center of Forest Hills West, N.Y.
• King of Kings Lutheran Church, N.J.
• Leadership Conference of Women Religious
• Lighthouse Institute for Evangelism, N.J.
• Living Faith Ministries, N.J.
• Living Waters Bible Church, N.H.
• Ursuline Academy, Del.
• Maha Lakshmi Mandir, N.Y.
• Malankara Jacobite Center of North America, N.Y.
• Missionaries of Charity, Cal.
• Mountain and Rivers Order, N.Y.
• National Committee for Amish Religious Freedom
• Native American religious practitioner, NY, Oklahoma, New Mexico.
• New Beginnings Christian Fellowship, N.J.
• Pine Hill Zendo, N.Y.
• Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
• Radha Soami Society Beas-America
• Redwood Christian Schools, Cal.
• Refuge Temple Ministries, Ga.
• Riverdale Baptist Church, Md.
• Sikh Cultural Society of Washington, D.C.
• Soto-shu Zen Buddhist Organization, CA
• Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
• St. John's Episcopal Church, N.Y.
• St. John's United Church of Christ, Ill.
• St. John's United Church of Christ, Ind.
• St. Mary's Malankara Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, N.Y.
• Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
• Temple B'Nai Sholom, Ala.
• Third Church of Christ, Scientist, D.C.
• Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America
• Unitarian Universalist Church of Akron, Ohio
• Victory Outreach Church, Cal.
• Vietnamese Buddhist Meditation Congregation, Cal.
• Wisdom Foundation, VA
• Zen Community of New York, N.Y.
• Zen Mountain Monastery, N.Y.
• Zen Studies Society, N.Y.