Stephen B. Pearlman
Founding Partner
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Biography
Stephen B. Pearlman is a founding partner of Pearlman & Miranda and concentrates in all areas of firm practice, except trusts and estates law. Mr. Pearlman has continually been recognized as one of the leading Project and Public Finance Law attorneys in the State, leveraging his finance skills to disciplines such as Redevelopment Law (New Jersey’s form of tax increment financing through RABs, ERGGs, and the like), Renewable Energy Law (creating the Morris Model, and its various offshoots, as well as offshore wind and energy resiliency models), and his latest foray into social investment law (where he currently is developing a first of its kind hedge fund—more to come).
Mr. Pearlman is known for Innovation. Once the model has been constructed, and then perfected, he is able to move on to the next challenge with the help of his exceptionally talented support team. His financing structures have won several awards and great notoriety, and his drafted legislation has been enacted to expand or clarify statutes to improve government programs.
Many of Mr. Pearlman's client relationships go back years, if not decades. At some point the needs and concerns of one's clients become one's own. Before becoming a founding member of Pearlman & Miranda, Mr. Pearlman was a founding partner of the Parsippany, NJ based firm Inglesino, Pearlman, Wyciskala & Taylor since 2010. From 2002–2010, Mr. Pearlman was a partner at Teaneck, NJ based DeCotiis, FitzPatrick & Cole, eventually becoming a member of the firm's executive committee. During the prior decade, he was a partner with the State’s oldest and largest law firm, McCarter & English serving as Chair of Accounts Receivable and Vice Chair of the Finance Committee. He started his legal career at the Wall Street Law Firm of Lord, Day & Lord, at the time, the oldest firm in New York City bearing its original name.
He and his wife Lorraine love living year-round in Asbury Park, NJ, and work to assist that community in its return to its once prominent status as a landmark destination. Lorraine was Vice President at Staten Island University Hospital for over two decades, responsible for operations in eight departments. They have three grown children, Georgetown University graduates Dan and Ben, and Carrie.
Bar Admissions
New Jersey
Education
| NYU School of Law, J.D. | 1982-1984 |
| Georgetown University, B.S. in Financecum laude | 1976-1980 |
Professional Memberships
The Best Lawyers in New Jersey© 2017 | Selected*
2016-now
The Best Lawyers in America© 2016 | Selected*
2015–now
Martindale–Hubbell AV Peer Rating | 5.0 of 5.0 (AV Preeminent®)*
2014–now
Thomson Reuters New Jersey Super Lawyers | Selected*
2012–2018
Thomson Reuters New Jersey Super Lawyers | Selected*
2008–2010
Thomson Reuters New Jersey Super Lawyers | Selected*
2005–2006
National Association of Bond Lawyers "Blue Book" | Member
1987–now
Bond Buyer's Municipal Marketplace "Red Book" | Bond Counsel
1987–now
American Bar Association | Member
1987–now
New Jersey Bar Association | Member
1987–now
Legislation: Drafted or Contributed
P.L. 2013, c. 161 | Economic Opportunity Act of 2013
P.L. 2012, c. 024 | Solar Act of 2012
P.L. 2010, c. 057 | Offshore Wind Economic Development Act
P.L. 2009, c. 289 | Solar Energy Advancement and Fair Competition Act
P.L. 2009, c. 090 | New Jersey Economic Stimulus Act of 2009
P.L. 2001, c. 223 | Environmental Infrastructure Trust (amendments)
P.L. 2000, c. 126 | Local Bond Law (amendments)
P.L. 1997, c. 224 | Environmental Infrastructure Trust (amendments)
P.L. 1996, c. 088 | Environmental Infrastructure Trust (amendments)
P.L. 1995, c. 220 | Environmental Infrastructure Trust (amendments)
P.L. 1994, c. 107 | Environmental Infrastructure Trust (amendments)
P.L. 1994, c. 076 | County Improvement Authorities Law (amendments)
P.L. 1994, c. 110 | County Improvement Authorities Law (amendments)
Publications
New Jersey Law Journal. 29 March 2014; Volume 215; Issue 12; Index 845.
It's Time for Urban Redevelopment Through Benefit Corporations.
Stephen B. Pearlman, Adam L. Peterson, Annie M. Collart
New Jersey Law Journal. 29 August 2012; Volume 209; Issue 10; Index 823.
Solar Financing for Nonprofits: the BCCAP Model.
Stephen B. Pearlman
New Jersey Law Journal. 22 February 2012; Volume 207; Issue 9; Index 555.
New Jersey's SREC Market: A Call to Action.
Stephen B. Pearlman, Steven Gabel, Cadence Bowden
Public Utilities Fortnightly. March 2010; pp. 12–14.
Local Renewables: An Emerging Model for Green Power.
Stephen B. Pearlman, Ryan J. Scerbo
New Jersey Law Journal. 24 February 2010; Volume 199; Issue 10; Index 529.
Public–Private Partnership for Renewable Energy: A Case Study.
Stephen B. Pearlman, Ryan J. Scerbo
Law 360. 3 February 2010.
A Renewable Approach to State-Imposed RPS.
Stephen B. Pearlman, Ryan J. Scerbo
Bloomberg Law Reports. 2009; Volume 2; Issue 12.
Renewable Portfolio Standards: The Key to Advancing Renewable Energy.
Stephen B. Pearlman, Ryan J. Scerbo
Bloomberg Law Reports. 2009; Volume 2; Issue 11.
Local Government Financing Options for Solar Projects
Stephen B. Pearlman, Ryan J. Scerbo
New Jersey Municipalities. November 2009; Volume 86; Issue 8.
Regional Renewable Energy: A County Shares the Light with Local Governments.
William J. Chegwidden, Stephen B. Pearlman, Ryan J. Scerbo
New Jersey Law Journal. 20 April 2009; Volume 196; Issue 3; Index 140.
Renewable Energy: Local Government Alternatives.
Stephen B. Pearlman, Jason P. Capizzi
New Jersey Law Journal. 18 April 2008; Volume 192; Issue 16; Index 163.
State Tax Credit Program Might Be an Engine for Economic Development.
Stephen B. Pearlman
New Jersey Law Journal. 4 May 2007; Volume 188; Issue 6; Index 472.
RAB Bonds: Proving the Standard.
Stephen B. Pearlman, Thomas A. Banker
New Jersey Law Journal. 29 May 2006; Volume 184; Issue 9; Index 672.
Acquiring a Brownfield Site.
Stephen B. Pearlman, Wendy Rubinstein
New Jersey Law Journal. 18 Apr 2005. Volume 180; Issue 3; Index 193.
Can Revenue Allocation Districts Succeed?
Stephen B. Pearlman
New Jersey Law Journal. 19 Apr 2004.
Making the Case for Derivatives in the Public Sector.
Stephen B. Pearlman
Morris Model awards, publications and articles
Geoforum. 2015; 59: 1–11.
The Financial Entanglements of Local Energy Projects.
Yvonne Rydin, Simon Guy, Chris Goodier, Ksenia Chmutina, et al.
Climate Wire. 16 Apr 2014.
FINANCE: Gaps linger between clean energy and bond market support - report.
Elisabeth Harball
Law 360. 9 Apr 2014
NJ Offshore Wind Farm Co. Appeals BPU's Denial of Project.
Kelly Knaub
Brookings Institution Report. 1 Apr 2014.
Clean Energy Finance Through the Bond Market: A New Option for Progress.
Lewis Milford, Devashree Saha, Mark Muro, Robert Sanders, Toby Rittner.
Local Environment. 2013: 1–18.
Success in International Decentralised Urban Energy Initiatives:
a Matter of Understanding.
Chris Goodier, G Sherriff, and Ksenia Chmutina
Climate-Smart Technologies. 2013: pp. 307–323.
Case Study Analysis of Urban Decentralised Energy Systems.
Chris Goodier and Ksenia Chmutina
Climate-Smart Technologies. 2013: pp. 245–257.
Past and Present Green Economy Initiatives and Capacity Building and Financial Mechanisms for the Future Development of the Barbados Energy Sector.
Tom Rogers and Ksenia Chmutina
International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment for Now & the Future.
27 Mar 2013. Hanoi, Vietnam. pp. 143–152.
Non-Technical Barriers for Challenging Lock-in to Urban Energy Systems: Learning from International Case Studies.
Chris Goodier and Ksenia Chmutina
State Local Energy Report. 7 Nov 2012.
Power Purchase Agreements Expand Solar Development.
Cameron Walker
New Jersey Herald. 24 Sep 2012
Sussex County Solar Projects Move Ahead.
Bruce A. Scruton
Governing.com. 16 Aug 2012.
Bonds: A New Way to Fund Clean Energy. A new initiative hopes to pair the science of alternative energies with the power of bond financing
Penelope Lemov
Alliance for Sustainable Energy. 13 Dec 2011.
Financing Solar PV at Government Sites with PPAs and Public Debt.
Claire Kreycik
CNET. 24 Feb 2011.
'Morris Model' Solar Financing Shines.
Cadance Lombardi
Interstate Renewable Energy Council. 12 Oct 2010.
IREC Spotlights Innovative Projects in Renewable Energy.
Jane Polaski
Clean Energy and Bond Finance Initiative.
Clean Energy Bond Finance Model: Morris Model.
Jason Rittenberg
Cap Community Economic Development. 2012.
CAP Community Economic Development Entrepreneurship and Innovation Award, recognized in the category of Energy and Sustainability.
Recipient of 2010 IREC's Financial Incentive Program award.
Invited Talks
Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA). 6 Nov 2017.
Bonds + Financing Sustainability. Webinar.
Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA). 28 Sep 2017.
Latest Trends in Energy & Waste Infrastructure Finance. Webinar.
New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (ICLE). 10 Feb 2017.
2017 Annual Redevelopment Law Institute Conference.
Renaissance Hotel. Woodbridge, NJ. Seminar. Speaker.
Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA). 29 Sep 2016.
Intro to Public-Private Partnership Finance. Webinar.
Renewable Energy in an Election Year. 18 May 2016.
Borgata Hotel, Atlantic City, NJ.
Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA). 26 Apr 2016.
Energy Investment Partnerships: Access to Capital Leveraging Existing Financing Tools
Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA). Aug 2015.
Intro Public-Private Partnership (P3) Finance Course.
Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA). 28 May 2015.
Intro Energy Finance WebCourse.
Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA). 21 Nov 2014.
National Summit: Innovations in Financing Clean Energy.
NJ Energy Resilience Bank Financing Symposium. 12 Nov 2014.
Central New York Solar Summit. 14 October 2014.
Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA). 18 Sep 2014.
Intro Public-Private Partnership (P3) Finance Course.
U.S. Department of Energy Better Buildings Summit. 8 May 2014
Amanda Simpson, Executive Director for the Army's Energy Initiative Task Force.
2 May 2014. Bloomfield, NJ.
Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA). 12 Dec 2013.
Introduction Energy Finance Webcourse.
Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA). 4 Dec 2013.
New York / New Jersey Financing Roundtable Conference. BNY Mellon Building,101 Barclay Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY
Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA). 20 Aug 2013.
Clean Energy Renewable Energy Finance. Webinar.
Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA). 6 Aug 2013.
Introduction P-3 Finance Course.Washington, DC.
American Solar Energy Society, Annual Meeting. 18 Apr 2013.
Solar Schools Panel Member. Baltimore, MD.
Clean Energy and Bond Finance. 13 Mar 2013.
Private Sector Symposium. Washington, DC.
Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA)-CEG. 8 Mar 2013
Clean Energy and Bond Finance Symposium. Web enabled teleconference.
Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA). 13 Dec 2012.
Introduction P-3 Finance Course.
CAP Solar Conference. 23 Oct 2012.
Speaker. St. Petersburg, FL.
RICS America. 11 Sep 2012
COBRA Panel Discussion. Monte Carlo Hotel, Las Vegas, NV.
Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA). 3 Aug 2012.
National Development Finance Summit. Washington, DC.
Surdina Foundation. 18 Apr 2012.
Clean Energy Finance Meeting. New York, NY.
ICLE Conference. 15 Mar 2012.
Saving with Solar: Understanding Retail Solar PPAs. Webinar.
EUCI Conference. 18 Jan 2012.
Partnering for Clean Energy Development On-Site in the Mid-Atlantic NW US.
Philadelphia, PA.
University of Loughborough. United Kingdom. 2 Dec 2011.
New Ways of Financing Photovoltaics. Skype seminar.
New Jersey State League of Municipalities. 15 Nov 2011.
Atlantic City, NJ.
Energy & Community Economic Development Partnership. 23 Oct 2011.
National Community Action Foundation. Tampa, FL.
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. 6 Oct 2011.
Solar Photovoltaic Workshop. Washington, DC.
The Bond Buyer. 4 May 2011
Symposium on Public Financing of Sustainable Energy. W Chicago City Center.
Solar America Cities. 25 Apr 2011.
Philadelphia, PA.
Public Section Financing Options for Solar Power. 25 Feb 2011.
Webinar.
Morris County Chamber of Commerce. 3 Dec 2010.
Evolving Energy Markets.
National Community Action Foundation. 27 Oct 2010.
Solar Power Purchase Agreements for Non-Profits