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| | Address | | One Boland Drive | | West Orange, New Jersey 07052 | | (Essex Co.) | | | |
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| Wolff & Samson,
A Professional Corporation practices in the following areas of law:
Administrative, Banking, Bankruptcy, Bond, Casino Law, Commercial Litigation, Complex Personal Injury, Computer, Condemnation, Construction, Corporate, Corporate Finance, Corporate Travel, Criminal Defense, Debtor-Creditor, Employment, Environmental, ERISA and Employee Benefits, Estate Planning, Fidelity and Surety, Franchising, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Labor, Land Use/Zoning, Medical Malpractice, Mergers and Acquisitions, Municipal, OSHA, Patent, Probate, Product Liability, Public Finance, Real Estate, Redevelopment, Reorganization, Securities, Structured Finance, Taxation, Technology, Trademarks and Copyrights, Toxic Tort, Trial and Appellate Litigation in State and Federal Courts, Trust and Estates. | | Year Established: 1972 | | Firm Size: 111 |
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| | David Samson (Member) admitted to bar, 1965, New Jersey; 1969, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, New York; 1989, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1961); University of Pennsylvania (LL.B., 1965). Law Secretary to Hon. Nathan L. Jacobs, Associate Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court, 1965-1966. Legal Consultant, Advisory Committee to Attorney General on Governmental Immunity, 1967-1968. Member, New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Reporting of Court Decisions, 1973-1977. Member, New Jersey Supreme Court Ethics Committee, 1981-1985, 1990. General Counsel, New Jersey Turnpike Authority, 1982-1990. Chairman, Governor's Task Force on the Laws Governing the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 1987-1989; Appointed by Hon. Thomas H. Kean; Member, Governor's Commission on Health Care Costs, 1990-1991; Appointed by Hon. James J. Florio; Attorney General of New Jersey, 2002-2003. Member: Essex County (Trustee, 1984-1988), New Jersey State (Member, Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee, 1984-1989) and American (Co-Chairman, Section of Litigation, Committee on Pre-Trial Practice and Discovery, 1990-1992) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Litigation; Complex Litigation; Administrative Law; Regulatory Litigation. Email: David Samson | | Arthur S. Goldstein (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, March 13, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, New Jersey; 1982, New York. Education: Temple University (B.A., 1970); Rutgers University Law School (J.D., with high honors, 1973). Phi Alpha Theta. Recipient: Anthony Englebrecht Award for Outstanding Scholarship and Alumni Award for Outstanding Scholarship, 1973; Special Commendation from the Attorney General of the United States for Outstanding Performance as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1974 and Special Achievement Award for Outstanding Service as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, 1975. Law Secretary to Hon. Worrall F. Mountain, Associate Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court, 1973-1974. Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, 1974-1978. Special Assistant to the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1974. Adjunct Professor, Rutgers School of Law, 1981 and 1983. Vice-President, Association of the Federal Bar, 1988-1989. Member: Bergen County, Essex County (Trustee, 1988-1991; Chairman, Committee on Continuing Legal Education. 1985-1986), New Jersey State (Member, Committees on: Casino Law, 1980-1989; Interest on Trust Accounts, 1981—; Effective Dispute, 1982—) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Securities Law; Trade Secret Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Commercial Litigation; White Collar Criminal Law. Email: Arthur S. Goldstein | | Armen Shahinian (Member) born New York, N.Y., August 10, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, New Jersey; 1980, New York. Education: Brown University (A.B., 1971); New York University (J.D., 1974). Associate Editor, Annual Survey of American Law, 1973-1974. Member and Chairman, New Jersey Supreme Court District Ethics Committee, Appointed by Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1989-1993. Member: Essex County, New Jersey State (Member, Fidelity and Surety Law Committee; Chair, 1990-1992) and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Tort Trial and Insurance Practice; Public Contract Law and Forum on the Construction Industry, Fidelity and Surety Law Committee; Chair, 2000-2001) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Fidelity and Surety Law; Construction Litigation; Public Contracts Law. Email: Armen Shahinian | | Thomas R. O'Brien (Member) born Orange, New Jersey, December 8, 1938; admitted to bar, 1970, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court; 1985, New York; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Fairfield University (B.S., 1960); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1970). Municipal Prosecutor, Borough of Morris Plains, 1975-1979. Chairman, Morris County Aviation Commission, 1976-1982. Municipal Judge: Morris Township, 1979-1983; Harding Township, 1981-1983. Director, New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, 1983-1985. Member, Governor's Advisory Commission on Gambling, 1987-1988. Member: Morris County (Trustee, 1976-1978; First Vice President, 1978-1979; President, 1979-1980), New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; Trial Attorneys of New Jersey. Fellow, American Bar Association. [Major, USMCR, 1960-1972]. Email: Thomas R. O'Brien | | Gage Andretta (Member) born Washington, D.C., February 25, 1941; admitted to bar, 1974, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1976, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1963); Rutgers University (J.D., with honors, 1973). Co-Editor in Chief, Rutgers Law Review, 1972-1973. Law Secretary to Honorable Anthony T. Augelli, United States District Court, District of New Jersey, 1973-1974. Assistant Essex County Prosecutor, 1979-1981. Member and Chairman, New Jersey Supreme Court District Ethics Committee, Appointed by The Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1994-1996. Special Ethics Master, appointed by Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1998. Member: Essex County, New Jersey State and American (Member, Section on Litigation) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Land Use Litigation; Condemnation; Surety Law. Email: Gage Andretta | | Daniel A. Schwartz (Member) born Amityville, New York, August 9, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, New York; 1980, New Jersey. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., B.S.E., 1974); Columbia University School of Law (J.D., 1977); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1980). Phi Beta Kappa. Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Writing and Research Editor, Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems, 1975-1977. Author, "A Reappraisal of New York's Child Abuse Law: How Far Have We Come?" 13 Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems 91, 1977. Member: New Jersey State, New York State and American (Member, Health and Hospital Law Section) Bar Associations; National Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Corporate Law; Health Care Law. Email: Daniel A. Schwartz | | Karen L. Gilman (Member) born Suffern, New York, October 21, 1949; admitted to bar, 1979, Massachusetts; 1980, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1985, U.S. Supreme Court; 1987, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2005, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York. Education: Simmons College (B.A., 1971); Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Suffolk University (J.D., cum laude, 1979). Phi Delta Phi. Lecturer and Author: "Code Review Commission's Proposals Spark Controversy," The Bankruptcy Strategist, August, 1997 and September 1997; "Sales of Assets in Chapter 11 Proceedings," ABA, 1986; Contributing Author, New Jersey Law Journal; "An Overview: The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978," Chapter 4, Bankruptcy Forms, West Publishing Co.; 1979. Law Clerk to Honorable James N. Gabriel, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Massachusetts, 1979-1981. Chair, New Jersey Bankruptcy Court, Lawyers Advisory Committee, 1997-1999; Past-President, Bankruptcy Section, Essex County Bar Association; Founding Master, Bankruptcy Inn of Court; Co-Editor, New Jersey State Bar Association Bankruptcy Newsletter. Member: New Jersey State, Massachusetts and American Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute; Women in Federal Practice; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Commercial Law League of America. Practice Areas: Financial Restructuring; Creditors Rights; Bankruptcy. Email: Karen L. Gilman | | Kenneth N. Laptook (Member) born New York, N.Y., March 23, 1945; admitted to bar, 1974, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 1982, New York. Education: Columbia University; University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1973). Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; White Collar Criminal Litigation. Email: Kenneth N. Laptook | | Fredric P. Lavinthal (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 19, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, New Jersey. Education: Rutgers College (B.A., 1969); Rutgers University, School of Law (J.D., with highest honors, 1972). Pi Sigma Alpha. Special Assistant to the Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly (1969-1970). Member: Essex County and New Jersey State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate Transactions; Commercial Leasing. Email: Fredric P. Lavinthal | | David M. Hyman (Member) born Englewood, New Jersey, May 7, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, New Jersey; 1981, New York. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., with distinction, 1970; J.D., 1973). Member: Essex County, New Jersey State (Vice-Chairman, Committee on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar, 1974-1979) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Health Law; Business and Securities Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial; Litigation. Email: David M. Hyman | | David L. Schlossberg (Member) born White Plains, New York, May 5, 1952; admitted to bar, 1979, New Jersey; 1982, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1974; M.B.A., 1975); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1979); New York University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1983). Certified Public Accountant, New Jersey, 1980. Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Taxation (Federal, Local and State) Law; ERISA; Estate Planning Law. Email: David L. Schlossberg | | Roger J. Breene (Member) born Plainfield, New Jersey, August 31, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, New Jersey. Education: Colby College (B.A., 1976); Seton Hall University (J.D., cum laude, 1979). Winner, Moot Court Competition, 1979. Law Secretary to the Hon. Kenneth MacKenzie, Superior Court, Law Division, 1979-1980. Member: Essex County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Advising Closely-Held Businesses Law. Email: Roger J. Breene | | David N. Ravin (Member) born May 22, 1926; admitted to bar, 1951, New Jersey; 1982, New York. Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.S., 1949); Rutgers University (J.D., 1951). Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Bankruptcy & Creditor-Debtor Rights Law. Author, "Defining 'Good Faith' - Whether Filing of Initial Petition is Abuse of System or Proper Survival Strategy is Often a Matter of Opinion," New York Law Journal, March 7, 2005. Member, Chapter 11 Subcommittee, Lawyers Advisory Committee, U.S. Bankruptcy Court of New Jersey, 1990-1991. Certified Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association. Member: Essex County (Chairman, Equity Jurisprudence Committee, 1979-1980), New Jersey State (Chairman, Committee on Specialization in Law, 1983-1984; Member: Corporation Law Committee, 1983-1985; Bankruptcy Court Rules Committee, 1992; Creditors Rights Committee, 1983—), New York State, Federal, American (Member, Sections on: International Law and Practice; Business Law, Subcommittee on Chapter 11 and Alternative Dispute Resolution) and International (Member, Committee "J", Insolvency and Creditors Rights Committee) Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Judicature Society; Commercial Law League of America; Association of Commercial Finance Attorneys; American Bankruptcy Institute. Fellow, American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Bankruptcy Reorganization; Commercial Litigation; Workouts; Secured Transactions; Chancery Practice. Email: David N. Ravin | | Bernard S. Davis (Member) born Long Branch, New Jersey, August 23, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, New Jersey. Education: Fairfield University (B.A., 1967); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1970). Practice Areas: Public Finance. Email: Bernard S. Davis | | Howard J. Schwartz (Member) born 1946; admitted to bar, 1973, New York; 1984, New Jersey. Education: Muhlenberg College (B.A., 1968); New York University (J.D., 1972). Selected Publications: "Advance Royalty Payment Guarantees: What Every IP Lawyer Should Know," The Intellectual Property Strategist, August 2002; "As Long as You Tried Your Best," New Jersey Law Journal, July 22, 2002; "New Jersey Federal Civil Procedures," New Jersey Law Journal Books, 1999; "The Role of Intent in Trademark Infringement," Intellectual Property Supplement of New Jersey Law Journal, July 20, 1998. Member, New Jersey Shakespeare Festival. Member: New Jersey State, New York State and American Bar Associations; John J. Gibbons Intellectual Property Inn of Court; International Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Trademarks; Copyrights; Unfair Competition; Sports and Entertainment Law; Business Law; Litigation. Email: Howard J. Schwartz | | Paul M. Colwell (Member) born Newark, New Jersey, July 29, 1949; admitted to bar, 1978, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2002, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. Education: Villanova University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1971); Columbia University (J.D., 1978). Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: Essex County (Member, President's Council), New Jersey State (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) and American (Member: Labor and Employment Law Section; Litigation Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Civil and Commercial Litigation. Email: Paul M. Colwell | | Robert E. Nies (Member) born Glen Ridge, New Jersey, January 24, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, New Jersey; 1980, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2002, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: University of Delaware and Rutgers University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1976); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1979). Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to Honorable Thomas R. Rumana, J.S.C., 1979-1980. Lecturer and Author: "What Does Bankruptcy Mediation Portend For Practitioners?," New Jersey Lawyer, Volume 4, Number 30 (July 24, 1995); "The Liability of Mediators Is Unsettled," The National Law Journal, Vol. 17, No. 41 (June 12, 1995); "ADR Fosters Kinder, Gentler Bankruptcies," N.J.L.J. (Jan. 1995); "Strip Downs Barred for Residential Liens," 135 N.J.L.J. 838 (Oct. 1993); "Section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code Should Be Amended To Allow An Exception For An Administrative Freeze," The Essex County Bar Association Chronicle (August, 1992); "Bankruptcy Needn't Become A Haven For Frauds," American Banker., Vol. CLVI No. 174 (Sept. 1991). Member: Essex County, New Jersey State (Member, Bankruptcy Law and Dispute Resolutions Sections) and American (Member, Business Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: State and Federal Insolvency Practice; Creditors' Rights Law; Work-Outs; Reorganizations; Bankruptcy; Complex Commercial Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution. Email: Robert E. Nies | | Morris Bienenfeld (Member) born Monticello, New York, April 20, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, New York; 1985, New Jersey. Education: Yeshiva University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1978); New York University (J.D., 1981). Member: Essex County (Chairman, Corporate Law Committee, 1990-1991) and American (Member, Business Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities Regulation Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Banking Law; Corporate Finance Law. Email: Morris Bienenfeld | | Dennis M. Toft (Member) born Trenton, New Jersey, February 17, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (S.B., in Physics, 1979); Columbia University (J.D., 1982). Sigma Xi. Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Staff Member, 1980-1981 and Administrative Editor, 1981-1982, Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems. Associate of the Environmental Law Institute, 1984—. Member: Essex County, New Jersey State (Member, Environmental Law Section) and American (Member, Section on Litigation and Environmental Litigation Committee) Bar Associations; National Association of Industrial and Office Parks (Associate Member, New Jersey Chapter); New Jersey Chemical Industry Council (Associate Member). Practice Areas: Environmental Law. Email: Dennis M. Toft | | George A. Spadoro, Jr. (Partner) born Jersey City, New Jersey, March 27, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, New York and California; 1975, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1977, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York and U.S. Tax Court; 1989, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: University of Connecticut (B.A., 1970); University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 1973). Member, Law Journal, Hastings College of the Law, 1972-1973. Associate, Sullivan & Cromwell, 1973-1976. Member, New Jersey State Legislature, 1988-1991. Mayor, Edison, N.J., 1994—. Member: Middlesex County, New Jersey State, New York State and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Litigation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Government Affairs; Real Estate Development; Asset Sales; Corporate Law. Email: George A. Spadoro, Jr. | | Jeffrey M. Gussoff (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, May 5, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, New York; 1986, New Jersey. Education: The Johns Hopkins University (B.A., 1979); New York University School of Law (J.D., 1982). Former Partner, Gordon Altman Butowsty Weitzen Shalov & Wein, New York. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; Essex County, New Jersey State and American (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Closely Held Business Law. Email: Jeffrey M. Gussoff | | John F. Casey (Member) born Jersey City, New Jersey, July 25, 1956; admitted to bar, 1984, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: William Paterson College of New Jersey (B.A., English Literature, 1979); New England School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1984). Coordinating Editor, New England Law Review, 1983-1984. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Torts. Author: "Plyler v. Doe, The Quasi Fundamental Right Emerges in Equal Protection Analysis," 18 New England Law Review 153, 1984. Law Clerk to Hon. Melvin P. Antell, N.J. Appellate Division, 1984-1985. Member, Forum on Construction. Member: Essex County, Sussex County, New Jersey State (Member, Sections on: Public Contract and Construction Law; Taxation) and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations. Email: John F. Casey | | James D. Ferrucci (Member) born Montclair, New Jersey, June 11, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2002, U.S. District Court Southern District of New York; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2007, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third and Eighth Circuits. Education: Williams College (B.A., cum laude, highest honors in Political Science, Phi Beta Kappa, 1969); Harvard University (J.D., 1972). Author, with Bogda M.B. Clarke and Armen Shahinian, "Fraud in the Inducement as a Defense to Fidelity and Surety Claims," 42 Tort, Trial and Insurance Law Journal 181 (2006). Contributing Author: The Law of Performance Bonds (Ch.11, "Effect of an Arbitration Provision in the Principal's Contract with the Obligee") (Lawrence R. Moelmann and John T. Harris, eds. 1999); The Law of Payment Bonds (Ch. 8, "Effect of an Arbitration Provision in the Principal's Contract With a Claimant," and Ch. 9, "Preclusive Effect Upon the Surety of Prior Judgment or Arbitration Award Against the Principal") (Kevin L. Lybeck and H. Bruce Shreves, eds. 1998); Contributing Author: Salvage By The Surety (Ch. 5, "The Surety's Claims Against Third Parties," with Scott D. Baron) (George J. Bachrach, ed. 1998). Trustee, Harvard Law School Association of New Jersey, 1984-1989. Member: Essex County, New Jersey State (Vice Chair, 1996-1997, Chair, 1998-2000, Fidelity and Surety Law Section; Member, Special Committee on State Legislation, 1975-1978) and American (Vice Chair, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, Fidelity and Surety Law Committee, 2000-2005; Member, Fidelity and Surety Digest Subcommittee) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Surety and Fidelity Law; Commercial and Construction Litigation. Email: James D. Ferrucci | | John M. Simon (Member) born Newark, New Jersey, July 31, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, New Jersey; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and Southern and Northern Districts of New York. Education: Colby College (B.A., with distinction in Mathematics, 1982); Seton Hall University (J.D., cum laude, 1985). Nominee, Who's Who in the World, 12th Edition. Who's Who in American Law, 6th Ed., 8th Ed. and 9th Edition. Member, 1983-1984 and Subscriptions Editor, 1984-1985 Seton Hall Law Review. Author: Survey, "Constitutional Law, New Jersey State Board v. Board of Directors," 14 Seton Hall Law Review 2; Comment, "Status Offenders and the New Jersey Code of Juvenile Justice," 15 Seton Hall Law Review 2, 1985; Article, "Suburban Nightmare: A Leaky Heating Oil Tank," 137 N.J.L.J. 560 (June 6, 1994). Faculty Coordinator, Cook College, Rutgers University, School of Continuing Professional Education. Lecturer: Cook College, Rutgers University, School of Continuing Professional Education on Environmental Audits and Site Assessments; New Jersey Department of Health Lead Training Course for Inspectors/Risk Assessors, 1996. Chief of Staff, Assemblyman Richard A. Merkt, 25th District. Appointed by Governor Whitman, New Jersey Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility Siting Advisory Committee. Executive Committee, Board of Trustees, Henry H. Kessler Foundation Vanguard Lawyers Division, United Jewish Federation of Metrowest New Jersey. Member: Essex County (Chair, Environmental Law Section, 1996), New Jersey State (Co-Chair, Insurance Committee of Product Liability and Toxic Tort Section, 1994-1995) and American Bar Associations; The Environmental Law Institute; Defense Research Institute; New Jersey Defense Association. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Products Liability; Toxic Torts. Email: John M. Simon | | John A. McKinney, Jr. (Member) born 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, New Jersey. Education: Principia College (B.A., 1970); College of William and Mary (J.D., 1973). Co-Editor, CERCLA Enforcement (ABA, 1996). Advisory Committee, Information Network for Superfund Settlements. Member: New Jersey State (Chair, Section of Environmental Law, 1996-1997) and American (Member, Environmental, Energy and Resources Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Litigation; Occupational Safety and Health. Email: John A. McKinney, Jr. | | Stephen L. Ferszt (Member) born New York, N.Y., September 9, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, New York, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1989, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Boston University (B.A., 1982); Psi Chi; Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University (J.D., 1985). Psi Chi. Member, IRS North East Pension Liason Group. Member: New Jersey State (Member; Tax Section, Past Chair; Employee Benefits Committee, Past Chair), New York State (Member, Tax Section) and American (Member, Tax Section) Bar Associations. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; Estate Planning; Taxation. Email: Stephen L. Ferszt | | Laurence M. Smith (Member) born Newark, New Jersey, March 27, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Yale University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1983); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1986). Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Herman D. Michels, Presiding Judge Appellate Division, 1986-1987. Member: Essex County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; Computer Law Association. Practice Areas: Computer Law; Banking Law; Corporate Travel Law; Corporate Law. Email: Laurence M. Smith | | William E. Goydan (Member) born Orange, New Jersey, May 25, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1989, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: University of Richmond (B.S., cum laude, 1984); Rutgers University (J.D., with honors, 1988). Arbitrator, New York Stock Exchange and National Association of Securities Dealers. Trustee, Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey. Member, Committee on Federal Courts, New York County Lawyers' Association. Member, Commercial and Federal Litigation Section Committee on ADR and Arbitration, New York State Bar Association. Member: Essex County, New York County, New Jersey State and New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Securities; Employment; Commercial Litigation. Email: William E. Goydan | | Darryl Weissman (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, September 25, 1949; admitted to bar, 1976, New York; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1991, New Jersey; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Adelphi University (B.A., 1970); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1975). Member: Essex County, New Jersey State, New York State and American (Member, Sections on Litigation, Tort and Insurance Practice) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Fidelity and Surety Law. Email: Darryl Weissman | | Peter E. Nussbaum (Member) born Manhasset, New York, September 20, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, New Jersey. Education: University of Buffalo (B.A., 1990; J.S., 1993). Member: Bergen County Bar Association; International Trademark Association Practice Areas: Trademarks; Copyrights; Computer; Internet. Email: Peter E. Nussbaum | | Lori Grifa (Member) born Summit, New Jersey, August 13, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1991, District of Columbia; 1998, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., cum laude, 1985); Boston College Law School (J.D., 1988). Phi Beta Kappa. Henry Rutgers Scholar. Law Clerk to Hon. Elbert Tuttle, Superior Court of Massachusetts, 1988-1989. Chief of Staff to Attorney General David Samson, 2002-2003. Special Assistant District Attorney, New York County District Attorney's Office, 1993-1995. Senior Assistant District Attorney, Office of the Kings County District Attorney, 1989-1997. Chairperson, Advisory Council, New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission, 2005—. Member: New Jersey Supreme Court Committee for Women in the Courts, 2002-2005; State Domestic Violence Working Group, 2007—. Trustee, Trial Attorneys of New Jersey, 2003-2005. Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; New Jersey Supreme Court (Member, Committees on: State Domestic Violence Working Group, 2007—; Women and the Courts, 2002-2006). Reported Cases: IMO The Adoption of N.J.A.C. 5:94 & 5:95 by the Council on Affordable Housing, 390 N.J.Super. 1 (App.Div. 2007); Concepcion v. Morton, 306 F. 3d. 1347 (3rd.Cir.2002); Troise v. Extel Communications, Inc. et al., 174 N.J. 375 (2002). Practice Areas: Administrative and Regulatory Law; Government Affairs; Employment Law; Litigation. Email: Lori Grifa | | Michelle A. Schaap (Member) born Newark, New Jersey, August 17, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, New Jersey. Education: Cornell University (B.A., cum laude, History, 1984); Rutgers School of Law (J.D., 1987). Member: Essex County (Secretary, Young Lawyers Division, 1989; Liaison to the New Jersey Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, 1989) and New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Software Licensing; Trademark. Email: Michelle A. Schaap | | Adam K. Derman (Member) born Bronx, New York, October 17, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Maryland, District of Columbia and U.S. District Court, District of Columbia; 1994, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; 1995, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Duke University (A.B., 1989); George Washington University (J.D., with honors, 1992). Notes Editor, George Washington University Law Review. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: Adam K. Derman | | Adam P. Friedman (Member) born Forest Hills, New York, January 1, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, New York and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; 1993, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1994, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York; 1996, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 1998, U.S. Court of Federal Claims; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 2000, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Cornell University (B.S., Meteorology, 1988); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D., 1991). Administrative Editor, Cardozo Law Review. Law Clerk to Hon. Arthur D. Spatt, U.S. District Judge, Eastern District of New York, 1992. Author: "Ensuring that Crime Doesn't Pay: How the Fidelity Insurer Can Use restriction to Defeat Internal Revenue Service Claims to a Criminal Defendant's Assets," IV Fidelity L. Assoc. J. 77 (1998). Member: New York State and American Bar Associations. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Litigation; Surety and Fidelity Law. Email: Adam P. Friedman | | Mitchell S. Berkey (Member) born New York, N.Y., February 19, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, New York; 2001, New Jersey. Education: State University of New York at Binghamton (B.S., 1979); Fordham University (J.D., 1983). Editor-in-Chief, Fordham Urban Law Journal, 1982-1983. Counsel, Young Mortgage Bankers Association. Member, Real Estate Board of New York. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; New York New Media Association. Reported Cases: Biniek v. Exxon Mobil Corp., 358 N.J. Super 587 (Law Division, 2002) Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Real Estate Acquisitions; Real Estate Sales; Real Estate Development; Real Estate Financing; Commercial Leasing. Email: Mitchell S. Berkey | | Catherine P. Wells (Member) born Smithtown, New York, November 13, 1964; admitted to bar, 1991, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Seton Hall University (B.A., cum laude, 1987); Seton Hall Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1990). Member, Seton Hall University School of Law Constitutional Law Journal, 1989-1990. Member: Essex County, New Jersey State (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Labor and Employment. Email: Catherine P. Wells | | Jonathan Bondy (Member) born New York, N.Y., February 14, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, New York, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1996, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1997, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.S., 1988); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D., 1991). Moot Court Board. ILSA Journal of International Law. Member: New York State, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Fidelity and Surety; Construction Litigation. Email: Jonathan Bondy | | Sean M. Aylward (Partner) born Elizabeth, New Jersey, May 6, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: The College of New Jersey (B.S., 1989); University of Dayton (J.D., summa cum laude, 1992); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 1998). Managing Editor, University of Dayton Law Review, 1991-1992. Author, "Copyright Law: The Fourth Circuit's Extension of the Misuse Doctrine to the Area of Copyright: A Misuse of the Misuse Doctrine?" 17 U.D. Law Review 661, 1992. Co-Author, "Tax Court Rebuffs IRS Attack on Annual Exclusion Gifts," 148 N.J.L.J. 794, 1997. Member: Bergen County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Taxation; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Banking Law. Email: Sean M. Aylward | | Daniel M. Murphy (Member) born New York, N.Y., June 7, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, New Jersey; 1988, New York. Education: Bucknell University (B.S.C.E., 1984); St. John's University (J.D., 1987). Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Daniel M. Murphy | | Robert H. Crespi (Partner) born New York, N.Y., July 30, 1958; admitted to bar, 1994, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1995, New York. Education: State University of New York at Binghamton (B.A., 1980); Pace University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Recipient, Pace University, School of Law Environmental Law Certificate. Author, "Playing Hide and SEQRA with the Elusive Comprehensive Plan," Pace Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 12.2. Guest Lecturer, "Environmental Regulation," SUNY/Purchase, 1995-1997. Lecturer on environmental audits, site assessments and spill reporting, Rutgers University Cook College, Office of Continuing Professional Education. Member: New York County, New York State (Member, Environmental Law Section), New Jersey State (Member, Environmental Law Section) and American (Member, Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law Section) Bar Associations; Education Committee of New Jersey Chapter of National Association of Industrial and Office Properties. Practice Areas: Environmental Law. Email: Robert H. Crespi | | Junie Hahn (Partner) born Seoul, South Korea, July 5, 1969; admitted to bar, 1998, New Jersey; 2001, New York. Education: Rutgers College (B.A., 1992); Rutgers Law School (J.D., 1997). Law Clerk to Honorable C. Judson Hamlin, Presiding Judge, Chancery Division, General Equity, Middlesex County, 1997-1998. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Commercial Finance; General Corporate. Email: Junie Hahn | | Joseph Tripodi (Partner) born Reggio Calabria, Italy, December 17, 1970; admitted to bar, 1997, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1998, New York. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1993); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1997). Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: Joseph Tripodi | | Jill D. Rosenberg (Partner) born New York, N.Y., August 2, 1962; admitted to bar, 1991, New Jersey; 1992, New York. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1984); University of Bridgeport (J.D., 1989); Boston University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1990). Law Clerk to Judge David E. Crabtree of the Tax Court of New Jersey. Member: American Bar Association. Reported Cases: ARP Realty Associates v. Washington Borough, 16 N.J.Tax 281 (1997); Harrison Realty Corp. v.Town of Harrison,17 N.J.Tax 174(N.J.Super.A.D.1997); Harrison Realty Corp. v. Town of Harrison, 16 N.J.Tax 375 (N.J.Tax 1997); Lenal Properties v. Jersey City, 18 N.J.Tax 655 (2000); Continental Apartment Associates v. City of East Orange and Beechwood Gardens v. City of East Orange, 14 N.J.Tax 519 (1995). Practice Areas: Tax Appeal Litigation; Real Estate Law. Email: Jill D. Rosenberg | | John O. Lukanski (Partner) born Rahway, New Jersey, March 18, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1999, New York; 2000, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 2003, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second and Third Circuits. Education: Seton Hall University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1995); Vanderbilt Law School (J.D., 1998). Legal Aide, Office of the Special Counsel to the President of the United States, the White House, Washington, D.C., 1996. Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Restrictive Covenants; NASD Arbitration; Federal and State Court Litigation; Real Estate, Partnership and Estate disputes; Arbitration involving securities industry disputes. Email: John O. Lukanski | | Roxanna Epling Hammett (Member) born Franklin, New Jersey, July 5, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Drew University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1984); Cornell Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1987). Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Sigma Alpha. Member: Essex County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Administration. Email: Roxanna Epling Hammett | | Barbara B. Manahan (Member) admitted to bar, 1985, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Douglass College (B.A., 1976); Rutgers University (M.S., 1978); Rutgers University Law School (J.D., 1985). Member: Summit and New Jersey State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Residential Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Loans; Zoning Law. Email: Barbara B. Manahan | | Ronald L. Israel (Member) born Livingston, New Jersey, October 13, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, New Jersey, New York, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Rutgers College (B.A., high honors, 1993); Columbia University (J.D., 1996). Email: Ronald L. Israel | | COUNSEL | | Aaron D. Bassan (Counsel) born Kingston, Ontario, Canada, October 14, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1987, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Yeshiva University (B.A., 1981); Boston University (J.D., 1984). Member: Essex County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities Law. Email: Aaron D. Bassan | | Lauren M. O'Sullivan (Counsel) born Brooklyn, New York, March 22, 1949; admitted to bar, 1987, New Jersey. Education: Kalamazoo College (B.A., French, 1971); San Diego State University (M.A., 1981); Rutgers University (J.D., with highest honors, 1987). Editor, Rutgers Law Review, 1987. Author: "Citizen Suits Under the Clean Water Act," Rutgers Law Review, Vol. 38, No. 4, 1986. Member: New Jersey State Bar Association. Languages: French. Practice Areas: General Corporate Law; Tax Law. Email: Lauren M. O'Sullivan | | Joseph Zawila (Counsel) born Elizabeth, New Jersey, June 30, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Princeton University (B.A., 1986); Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William & Mary; Rutgers Law School (J.D., 1989). Member: Essex County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Corporate Law; Real Estate Law. Email: Joseph Zawila | | Howard K. Uniman (Counsel) born New Brunswick, New Jersey, January 14, 1955; admitted to bar, 1986, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: University of Pennsylvania-Wharton School of Finance (B.S. Economics, 1976); Seton Hall Law School (J.D., 1985). Associate Editor, Seton Hall Law Review, 1984-1985. Author: Note, "The Soap Box Exception to the Miranda Rule: Fifth Amendment Protections Slip Down the Drain," 15 Seton Hall Law Review 685, 1985; Survey-Civil Procedure "Statute of Limitations Not A Bar to Parties' Reinstatement of Their Complaint," 15 Seton Hall Law Review 991, 1985. Director, Juvenile Justice Clinic, Public Defender's Unit, 1985. Law Clerk to the Honorable Herman L. Breitkopf, Superior Court, Middlesex County, New Jersey, 1985-1986. Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Fidelity and Surety Law. Email: Howard K. Uniman | | Steven S. Katz (Counsel) born Yonkers, New York, February 2, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1988, New York; 1990, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Brandeis University (B.A., 1983); State University of New York, Buffalo School of Law (J.D., 1987). Associate, 1985-1986 and Systems Editor, 1986-1987, Buffalo Law Review. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Manzi v. BMW of North America, Inc. 92 NJAR 2d (CMA) 195 Email: Steven S. Katz | | June S. Meller (Counsel) born New York, N.Y., November 14, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, New York and New Jersey. Education: American University (B.S., 1982); Hofstra University (J.D., 1984). Member, International Property Journal. Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Leasing; Shopping Center Law. Email: June S. Meller | | Andrew S. Kent (Counsel) born Staten Island, New York, May 17, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, New Jersey; 1993, New York. Education: Rutgers College (B.A., 1988); Rutgers University (J.D., 1992). Phi Beta Kappa. Law Clerk to Hon. Leo Yanoff, Superior Court, New Jersey, 1992-1993. Practice Areas: Surety Law; Litigation; Public Contracts. Email: Andrew S. Kent | | Eric J. Levine (Counsel) born North Plainfield, New Jersey, July 21, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, New York and New Jersey; U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2003, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1989); Hofstra University School of Law (J.D., 1992). Member, Hofstra Law Review, 1990-1992. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Surety and Fidelity Law. Email: Eric J. Levine | | Dorit F. Kressel (Counsel) born Haifa, Israel, September 12, 1962; admitted to bar, 1994, New Jersey; 1998, New York. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1984); Fordham University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Order of the Coif. Recipient, West Publishing Corporation Award for Outstanding Scholastic Achievement; Walter B. Kennedy Award. Editor-in-Chief, Fordham Law Review, 1993-1994. Author: "Successor Liability in Products Liability Litigation: Modern Judicial Response to Traditional Corporate Rules," 4 Prod. Liab. L.J. 211 (1993). Co-Author, "Stack and Sway: The New Science of Jury Consulting," Westview Press, 2001. Adjunct Professor, Department of Accounting and Law, William Paterson University, 1994-1995. Law Clerk to Hon. Gary S. Stein, New Jersey Supreme Court, 1995-1996. Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Public Finance; Real Estate. Email: Dorit F. Kressel | | Joseph Monaghan (Counsel) born Montclair, New Jersey, June 3, 1961; admitted to bar, 1988, New Jersey. Education: Georgetown University (B.A., 1983); Rutgers University, Newark (J.D., 1988). Editor, Rutgers Law Review, 1987-1988. Member: Essex County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Surety Law; Construction Law. Email: Joseph Monaghan | | Stephen G. Cordaro (Counsel) born New York, New York, November 11, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, New Jersey; 1997, New York. Education: Fordham University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1990; J.D., 1993). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Practice Areas: Corporate; Securities. Email: Stephen G. Cordaro | | Warren Barrows (Counsel) born Hartford, Connecticut, March 25, 1963; admitted to bar, 1991, New York. (Not admitted in New Jersey). Education: Haverford College (B.A., 1985); Columbia University Law School (J.D., 1990). Member: New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Warren Barrows | | Laurie J. Sands (Counsel) born Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1961; admitted to bar, 1996, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2000, New York. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., Biology, 1983); University of Rhode Island (M.A., 1991); Rutgers University, Newark (J.D., 1996). Member, Rutgers Computer and Technology Journal, 1994-1995. Principal Environmental Specialist, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, 1988-1994. Barrister for the Justice Stewart G. Pollock Environmental American Inn of Court. Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental Litigation; Environmental Insurance; Insurance Coverage; Complex Commercial Litigation. Email: Laurie J. Sands | | Donna M. Erem (Counsel) born Hackensack, New Jersey, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, New Jersey; 2000, Colorado. Education: Boston University (B.A., cum laude, 1978); California Western School of Law (J.D., 1982). Member: Bergen County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Land Use and Development; Municipal Law; Real Estate Tax Appeals. Email: Donna M. Erem | | Lee Henig-Elona (Counsel) born Paterson, New Jersey, October 9, 1958; admitted to bar, 1985, New Jersey; 1986, New York. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., Economics, cum laude, 1982); New York Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1985). Co-Editor, 1990-1992 and Editor-in-Chief, 1992-1997, New Jersey State Bar Association Environmental Law Section Newsletter. Formerly with: Trout Sanders; Hannoch Weisman; Clapp & Eisenberg. Member: New Jersey State and New York State Bar Associations; Society for Chemical Hazard Communication. Reported Cases: Mehalick v. Schwartz, 223 NJ Super 259 (L. 1987); Canty v. Ever-Last Supply Co., 296 NJ Super 68 (L. 1996); 853 Seventh Ave. Owners v. W & HM Realty, 18 A.D.3d 241 (1st Dept. 2005); Whaling Willies Roadhouse Grill v. Sea gulls Partners, 17 A.D.3d 453 (2nd Dept. 2005); W & HM Realty v. 853 Seventh Ave., 15 A.D.3d 186 (1st Dept. 2005); Felix v. Akzo Nobel Coatings, Inc., 262 A.D.2d 447 (2nd Dept. 1999); USA v. Atlas Minerals & Chemicals, 1995 WL 510304, 41 ERC 1417 (E.D.P.A. 1995). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation(50%); Environmental Law(50%). Email: Lee Henig-Elona | | John P. Maloney (Counsel) born Ridgewood, New Jersey, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, New Jersey; 1991, New York. Education: Fairfield University (B.S., 1985); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1990). Member, Constitutional Law Journal. Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: John P. Maloney | | Marc R. Lepelstat (Counsel) born December 14, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, New York and New Jersey; 1987, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1989, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Tufts University (B.A., cum laude, 1981); Washington University School of Law (J.D., 1984). Member: New York County Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Fidelity and Surety. Email: Marc R. Lepelstat | | OF COUNSEL | | Carl B. Levy (Of Counsel) born Trenton, New Jersey, May 14, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, New Jersey; 1981, Florida; 1997, District of Columbia. Education: Rutgers College (B.A., with honors, 1971) Phi Beta Kappa; Rutgers Law School-Camden (J.D., with honors, 1974); New York University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1978). Lecturer, Continuing Tax Education. Member: Middlesex County (Secretary, 1987-1988; Chairman, 1989-1991, Probate and Trust Committee) and New Jersey State Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; The District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Estate Planning and Administration; Corporate Law; Taxation. Email: Carl B. Levy | | Rhonda Carniol (Of Counsel) born 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1989, New Jersey. Education: Cornell University (B.S., 1979); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 1982). Order of the Coif. Writing Editor, Emory Law Journal, 1981-1982. Member: American Bar Association; Computer Law Association. Practice Areas: Computer and Technology Law; New Media; Internet Law; Corporate; Securities. Email: Rhonda Carniol | | Barbara S. Hutcheon (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1980, New Jersey. Education: Douglass College, Rutgers University (B.A., 1976); Widener University (J.D., 1980). Member, Moot Court Honor Society. Nominated Who's Who of American Women; Judiciary Team Member, New Jersey Office of Legislative Services, 1984-1987. Deputy Governor's Counsel, New Jersey, 1988-1990. Chief Counsel, New Jersey General Assembly, 1992-1998. New Jersey Assistant Attorney General, Director of Legislative Affairs, 2002-2003. Counsel to the Attorney General, New Jersey, 2003. Practice Areas: State Constitutional Law; State Administrative Law; Government Finance; Government Relations. Email: Barbara S. Hutcheon | | Andrew D. Ellis (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1978, District of Columbia; 1992, New Jersey. Education: Columbia University (A.B., 1975; J.D., 1978). Legislative Assistant to Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr., 1979-1980 and Counsel to Budget Committee, 1981-1982, U.S. Senate. Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association, New York, 1991-1997. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; New Jersey State, New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate Acquisition and Finance; Commercial Leasing; Corporate. Email: Andrew D. Ellis | | Klaus P. Stoffel (Of Counsel) born Evergreen Park, Illinois; admitted to bar, 1985, New York, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Bradley University (B.S.M.E., 1980); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1984). Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Patents; Trademarks. Email: Klaus P. Stoffel | | Stephen A. Kisker (Of Counsel) born 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. Education: Purdue University (B.A., 1991); Rutgers University (J.D., 1994). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Commercial Litigation. Email: Stephen A. Kisker | | David E. Wolff (Of Counsel) born New York, N.Y., April 5, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1981, District of Columbia, North Carolina, U.S. Court of Federal Claims and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. (Not admitted in New Jersey). Education: Columbia College (A.B., cum laude, 1974); New York University (J.D., 1977). Research Editor, Annual Survey, American Law, 1976-1977. Law Clerk to Hon. Irving Ben Cooper, U.S. District Court, 1979. Author: "Standing to Challenge Exclusionary Zoning Practices," 1974 Annual Survey, American Law, 711. Co-Author: with Henry L. Goldberg, "Navigating The Environmental Regulatory Maze," Journal of Construction Accounting and Taxation, Fall 1995; "Federal Environmental Law: Recent Developments in Lender and Surety Liability," Journal of Construction Accounting and Taxation, Spring 1996. Lecturer: New York State Bar Association Programs on Mechanic's Lien Foreclosure; Lorman Program on New York Construction Contracts. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State and American (Member, Section on Litigation, Construction Industry Forum) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Construction; Government Contracts; Commercial Litigation; Real Estate. Email: David E. Wolff | | Arthur T. Hilson (Of Counsel) born Flint, Michigan, November 29, 1944; admitted to bar, 1984, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1985, New York; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1994, U.S. Court of International Trade. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 1967; M.S.W., 1969); Suffolk University Law School; Rutgers University School of Law, Newark (J.D., 1984). Member: Middlesex County, New Jersey State, New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate; Real Estate Restructuring; Employment Contracts; Secured Transactions. Email: Arthur T. Hilson | | ASSOCIATES | | Joseph A. Dickson (Associate) born Miami, Florida, 1952; admitted to bar, 1981, New Jersey. Education: New York University (B.A., 1978); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1981). Member, 1979-1981 and Managing Editor, 1980-1981, Seton Hall Law Review. Author: Note, "International Union not Liable in Damages for Unauthorized Strike at Local Union Level," 11 Seton Hall Law Review 151, 1980. Reported Cases: Karageorgious v. Laoudis, 271 A.D.2d 653, 706 N.Y.S.2d 720 (N.Y.A.D. 2 Dept., April 24, 2000); Rossi v. Standard Roofing, Inc., 958 F.Supp. 976 (D.N.J.,1997) ; E.E.O.C. v. MCI Intern., Inc., 829 F.Supp. 1438 (D.N.J.,1993). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Law; Real Estate. Email: Joseph A. Dickson | | Bruce D. Ettman (Associate) born New York, New York, December 2, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, New York; 1987, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; 1988, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: State University of New York at Buffalo (B.A., cum laude, 1978); Fordham University (J.D., 1983). President: East Windsor Regional School District, April 1997—; East Windsor Regional School District, April 2000-April 2003. Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Local 478 Trucking and Allied Industries Pension Fund v. Jayne, et al., 778 F.Supp. 1289 (D.N.J.,1991);Data Informatics, Inc. v. AmeriSOURCE Partners,338 N.J.Super. 61, 768 A.2d 210,(.App.Div.2001). Practice Areas: Contracts; Commercial Litigation; Employment Law; Environmental Law. Email: Bruce D. Ettman | | Carlos G. Manalansan (Associate) born Quezon City, Philippines, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, New Jersey; 1995, New York. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1991) Phi Beta Kappa; Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1994). Author: "How to Keep From Getting Blindsided by E-Discovery," New Jersey Law Journal, April 26, 2004. Member: Asian-Pacific American Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Product Liability Defense; Environmental Mass Tort; Pharmaceutical Mass Tort. Email: Carlos G. Manalansan | | Myrna Blume (Associate) born Newark, New Jersey, June 29, 1944; admitted to bar, 1990, New Jersey; 1991, New York. Education: Douglass College (B.A., honors, 1966); New York University School of Law (J.D., 1990). Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates. Email: Myrna Blume | | Daniel D. Barnes (Associate) born Edison, New Jersey, March 10, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, New Jersey; 1997, New York; 2006, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1992); College of William & Mary (J.D., 1996). Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Daniel D. Barnes | | William R. Finizio (Associate) born Summit, New Jersey, June 15, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, New Jersey. Education: Seton Hall University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1993; J.D., 1997). Member: Hudson County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation(100%). Email: William R. Finizio | | Diana L. Buongiorno (Associate) born Paterson, New Jersey, June 3, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., 1996); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1999). Presidential Scholar. Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Products Liability; General Litigation. Email: Diana L. Buongiorno | | Thomas J. Trautner, Jr. (Associate) born Woodbury, New Jersey, October 23, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Education: Rider University (B.A., cum laude, 1996); Rutgers University Law School, Newark (J.D., 1999). Co-Chairman, Moot Court Board, 1998-1999. Member, National Moot Court Team, 1999-2000. Member: New Jersey State, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities; Fidelity and Surety; Litigation. Email: Thomas J. Trautner, Jr. | | Linda D. Sullivan (Associate) born Far Rockaway, New York, May 21, 1972; admitted to bar, 2000, New Jersey and New York. Education: Manhattan College (B.S., 1994; M.E., 1995); Pace University (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Environmental Law. Email: Linda D. Sullivan | | Jennifer R. Jacobus (Associate) admitted to bar, 1999, Massachusetts; 2000, New Jersey. Education: Washington University (B.A., 1996); Boston University School of Law (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Trademark Prosecution. Email: Jennifer R. Jacobus | | Joshua M. Lee (Associate) born Syracuse, New York, March 31, 1973; admitted to bar, 2000, New Jersey. Education: University of Rochester (B.A., 1996); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 2000). Notes and Comments Editor, Bankruptcy Developments Journal. Practice Areas: Litigation; Intellectual Property. Email: Joshua M. Lee | | Karen L. Marks (Associate) born Morristown, New Jersey, November 4, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, New Jersey. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., with high distinction, 1997); Washington College of Law of American University (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Phi Beta Kappa. Languages: Hebrew. Email: Karen L. Marks | | Todd W. Terhune (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Widener University (B.S.C.E., 1989; J.D., 2000). Practice Areas: Environmental(75%); Real Estate(25%). Email: Todd W. Terhune | | Shannon L. Keim (Associate) born Plainfield, New Jersey, August 16, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, New Jersey. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1997); Seton Hall University (J.D., 2000). Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates. Email: Shannon L. Keim | | Margaret O'Rourke Wood (Associate) born Huntington, New York, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, New York and New Jersey; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Southern and Western Districts of New York. Education: Iona College (B.A., cum laude, 1997); Seton Hall University (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New Jersey State, New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Product Liability. Email: Margaret O'Rourke Wood | | Mark A. Forand (Associate) born Dover, New Jersey, April 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, New York, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Boston College (B.A., cum laude, 1996); American University, Washington College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Practice Areas: Corporate Law. | | Denise Joan Pipersburgh (Associate) born Brooklyn, New York, August 10, 1974; admitted to bar, 2002, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2005, New York. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1998); University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D., with honors, 2001). Psi Chi. Email: Denise Joan Pipersburgh | | Russel D. Francisco (Associate) born Manila, Philippines, June 1, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 2004, New Jersey. Education: New York University (B.A., 1998); St. John's University (J.D., cum laude, 2001). Associate Managing Editor, St.John's Law Review 2000-2001. Member: Compliance and Legal Division, Securities Industry Association; Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State (Member, Corporate Counsel Litigation Committee) and American Bar Associations; National Asian Pacific American Bar Association. Reported Cases: 74 St. John's L.Rev. 509 (Spring 200) Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: Russel D. Francisco | | Nicole F. DiMaria (Associate) born Hackensack, New Jersey, June 19, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, New Jersey. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1998); Seton Hall University (J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Health Care; Corporate. Email: Nicole F. DiMaria | | Daniel T. McKillop (Associate) born Fairborn, Ohio, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, New Jersey; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1997); Pace University (J.D., 2001). Co-Author, "Un-Natural Resource Damages: NJDEP Goes Too Far Afield," The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, Vols.05-07, May-July 2003. Member: New Jersey State (Member, Environmental Law Section) and American (Member, Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law Section) Bar Associations. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Environmental Law. Email: Daniel T. McKillop | | Farah N. Homsi (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, New Jersey; 2002, New York; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; U.S. Tax Court. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., Political Science, with highest honors, 1998); Rutgers University School of Law (J.D., 2001); New York University School of Law (LL.M., Taxation, 2004). Phi Beta Kappa. Board Member, Moot Court Board. Editor, Rutgers Law Review. Practice Areas: Taxation; Trusts and Estates Taxation. Email: Farah N. Homsi | | Scott E. Linsky (Associate) born New York, New York, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, New Jersey; 2003, New York. Education: Cornell University (B.A., 1999); Fordham University School of Law (J.D., 2002). Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Scott E. Linsky | | David M. Dugan (Associate) born Somerville, New Jersey, May 9, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2003, New York; 2004, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 2006, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Rutgers College (B.A., 1998; B.S., 1998); Rutgers University Law School (J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: David M. Dugan | | Elisa M. Pagano (Associate) born Ridgewood, New Jersey, 1972; admitted to bar, 2002, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: William Patterson College (B.A., 1994); Rutgers University Law School, Camden (J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Elisa M. Pagano | | Kathryn E. Y. Song (Associate) born South Korea, September 2, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, New Jersey, New York and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: New York University (B.A., cum laude, 1998); Rutgers University Law School (J.D., 2004). Member, Rutgers Law Record. Practice Areas: Tax Appeals. Email: Kathryn E. Y. Song | | Kiran V. Somashekara (Associate) born New York, N.Y., May 27, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, New Jersey; 2007, New York. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1999); George Washington University (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Arbitration; Commercial Litigation. Email: Kiran V. Somashekara | | Rachel C. Santarlas (Associate) born Medford, New |
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