THOMAS McKEVITT, Special Counsel to the Firm, concentrates his practice in zoning and land use planning, litigation, appeals and municipal law. Mr. McKevitt is a member of the New York State Assembly representing the 17th Assembly District which covers parts of the Towns of Hempstead and North Hempstead. He serves as the ranking minority member on the Committee on Mental Health, and also serves on the Judiciary, Small Business, and Social Services Committees.

Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. McKevitt served as a Deputy Town Attorney for the Town of Hempstead, where he represented the Town in zoning and land use proceedings and litigation, and provided counsel in a variety of areas including federal civil rights cases, building code enforcement and economic development. In his position with the Town, he argued and won cases in the New York Court of Appeals and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. 

Mr. McKevitt is the Vice-Chair of the Professional Ethics Committee, immediate past Chair of the Municipal Law Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association and Editor-in-Chief of the
Nassau Lawyer, the Association’s monthly newspaper.

He is a member of the American, New York State and Nassau County Bar Associations and is a past officer of the East Meadow Kiwanis Club and a member of the East Meadow Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. McKevitt was admitted to practice law in the State of New York in 1997, the State of New Jersey in 1998 and in the District of Columbia in 1999. He was admitted to practice before the United States District Courts in the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York in 1998, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1999, and the United States Supreme Court in 2000. He was Phi Beta Kappa at Hofstra University (B.A., 1993, Summa Cum Laude) and received his law degree from Hofstra University School of Law (J.D., 1996), where he was the articles editor of the Law Review.

E-Mail: tmckevitt@sahnwardbaker.com