With a passion for utilizing the legal system to enact change in the community, Associate Alena Hyatt focuses her practice in our Municipal and Government, Land Use, Affordable Housing, Environmental, Cannabis, and Redevelopment Practice Areas. Alena understands the complexity of local and state law, and represents multiple municipalities and government entities in a wide breadth of matters, including transactional, litigation, and regulatory compliance. Additionally, she takes pride in working with private clients to prepare land use applications, counsel them through the approval process from inception to completion, and handle any issues along the way.

Alena is a South Jersey native and obtained her law degree from Rutgers Law in Camden.  During law school, she founded the Business Law Association, served as the technology editor of the Rutgers Business Law Review, and volunteered in the Dominican Republic in between classes on non-profit law. She received the Dean’s Pro Bono Publico Award for Exceptional Service for her volunteer work in children’s justice, estate planning, entrepreneurship, bankruptcy, and wrongful convictions.

Alena enjoys reading, travelling, and spending time with her family and friends.

Professional Activities

Interim Trustee, Young Lawyer Division, Camden County Bar Foundation- 2024

Camden County Representative, New Jersey State Bar Association- 2024

New Jersey Institute of Local Government Attorneys

Gloucester County Chamber of Commerce

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