Firm Partner Brian D. Nugent is an experienced municipal and public labor relations attorney representing and guiding many municipalities in the Hudson Valley. Attorney Nugent and the municipal team at Feerick Nugent MacCartney handle all aspects of municipal government and public labor relations from the day-to-day guidance to clients to representing municipal clients in litigation matter. In the labor relations field, Attorney Nugent represents municipalities in various matters, including Collective Bargaining Negotiations, Mediation, Compulsory Interest Arbitration, Grievance Arbitration, Improper Practice Charges before the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB), Disciplinary matters, Article 78 proceedings, Article 75 proceedings and appellate proceedings in New York’s Appellate Courts.
Attorney Nugent has had significant success in labor relations matters on behalf of the firm’s municipal clients, including numerous Towns and Villages in the lower Hudson Valley. Our firm has a reputation for providing candid legal advice and keeping in mind the interests of the taxpayers and the fiscal concerns of local governments.
Practice Areas: Litigation; Municipal Law; Labor Relations; Law Enforcement Legal Issues Law Enforcement Liability; Land Use Law; Property Rights
Admitted: 2005, New York State; 2008, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 2010, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; 2021, Second Circuit Court of Appeals; 2022, United States Supreme Court; 2025, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York;
Law School: Pace University of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2004
College: Mercy College, B.S. 2000
Biography: Police Officer, New York City Transit Police 1988-1991 Police Officer, Sergeant, Lieutenant, Suffern Police Department, 1991-2008 Trustee, Village of Sloatsburg, 2005-2009 Legal Counsel, New York Tactical Officers Association; 2008-Present
Born: New York, New York