Jack Hornickel

Jack Hornickel joined the Pace Law School community in 2021 as the first Staff Attorney serving in the Food and Farm Business Law Clinic, which provides transactional legal services to small farms, food and beverage entrepreneurs, and nonprofit organizations seeking to improve the food system. He focuses his services on intergenerational farm succession, land use, conservation, and land access. Previously Jack represented small farmers and provided business planning services through the GrowNYC Farmer Assistance Program; these services supported farmers selling in the Greenmarket, the largest network of urban farmers markets in the country and a vital food resource for New Yorkers.

Jack takes great pride in working with regional farmers, whom he regards as environmental stewards, bold entrepreneurs, and pillars of rural community.

• BA, New York University
• JD + Master of Environmental Law and Policy, Vermont Law School

• Legislative and Regulatory Process

• Bearing the Torch: A Green New Deal for New York State Agriculture, 40 Pace Envtl. L. Rev. 131 (2023)
• Preparing the Ground for an Innovative Farm Community—Orange County, New York, Communities Magazine #182: “Community Land” (Spring 2019) (with Jim Oldham and Johanna Rosen)

Agriculture, Farm Business