Vincent Pizzulli, Jr., a partner in the Real Estate Practice Group at Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP, was appointed to the Board of Vision Long Island. For two decades, he has represented real estate developers, international and domestic corporations, and municipal clients in all aspects of complex real estate and land use matters. He also represents clients in Article 78 proceedings. Pizzuli has been appointed as special counsel to both the Smithtown and Huntington Planning Boards. He has also served as Smithtown assistant town attorney where he was counsel to the Building and Code Enforcement Bureau, and he has served as a Huntington assistant town attorney where he was counsel to the Zoning Board of Appeals and the Planning Board on all zoning and land use matters. He graduated from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1979, and earned his Juris Doctor from St. John's University School of Law in 1982. Vision joins with others to promote more livable, economically sustainable, and environmentally responsible growth on Long Island through Smart Growth. Smart growth focuses on infill, re-development, and open space preservation. It supports mixed-use, mixed income communities that are convenient, attractive, pedestrian-friendly, and that make affordable housing and public transportation desirable and realistic. A key objective is to strengthen communities from the start by actively involving local stakeholders in planning. Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP has grown into Long Island's second largest full-service law firm with more than 80 attorneys. With offices in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, its 13 practice areas include: real estate, real property tax certiorari and condemnation, cooperative and condominium, land use and environmental law, corporate/securities, litigation, commercial lending, labor relations/employment law, bankruptcy and debtor/creditor rights, trusts and estates, elder law, municipal law/government relations, and criminal law.