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Founded more than 50 years ago, and reorganized in 2002 our firm has the responsiveness and personal relationships of a small law firm with the sophisticated practice of a larger firm. We represent individuals from all walks of life regarding almost all of society's legal issues. We represent clients in commercial, development, financial, service and manufacturing industries located throughout the Northeastern United States and abroad. The size of our clients ranges from public enterprises with annual revenues exceeding $1 billion to start-up businesses and individuals who require daily or specialized assistance. The Firm's practice is based upon its philosophy of growing relationships through effective and energetic service and affording our clients practical value.

Statement of Practice

Divorce, Child Custody, Criminal Defense, Municipal and Traffic Court, Shareholder Disputes, Business Transactions, Corporate Formation, Commercial Financing, Wills, Trusts and Estates, Public Utilities, Discrimination, Construction Liens, Condominium Law, Complex Commercial Litigation, Real Estate Transactions, Property Disputes, Condemnation, Appeals, Federal Courts, Computer Fraud, Child Support, Domestic Violence, Family Law, Collections, White Collar Crimes, Foreclosures, Consumer Fraud, Paternity Arbitration, Litigation, Chancery Practice, Commercial Transactions, Employment Law, Federal Practice, Appellate Practice, Business Law, Business Crimes, Business Formation, Business Start-Ups, Complex Business Litigation, Commercial Loans, Consumer Loans, Loan Restructuring, Class Action Defense, Commercial Real Estate, Commercial Real Estate Litigation, Shopping Center Acquisitions, Computer Crime, Contract Litigation, Leases and Leasing, Landlord and Tenant Law, Federal Litigation, Mortgage Finance, Mortgage Foreclosure, Negligence, Partnership Law, Property Law, Condominium Association Law, Real Estate Fraud, Residential Real Estate, Civil RICO, Contested Wills, Living Wills.

Representative Clients:

Capital One, N.A.
PSE&G
Bayonne Golf Club
Glacier Mountain Spring Water
Waste Management of New Jersey, Inc.
Riverfront Healthcare Associates, Inc.
Duramix Concrete Corp.

Rate Information

Fixed Fees Available
Free Initial Consultation

Address

210 Sylvan Avenue
Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632-2503, (Bergen Co.)

Phone

Phone: 201-947-4100
Fax: 201-947-1010

Website

http://www.aadglawfirm.com

Office Hours

Monday: 09:00 AM - 07:00 PM
Tuesday: 09:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Wednesday: 09:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Thursday: 09:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Friday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Saturday: By Appointment Only
Sunday: By Appointment Only

Firm/Affiliate Offices

Purchase, New York Office: 2975 Westchester Avenue, 10577. Telephone: 914-701-0505

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Barry S. Guaglardi (Member) born Englewood, New Jersey, February 8, 1962; admitted to bar, 1989, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1998, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Hofstra University (B.A., 1985); Oxford University, Oxford, England; Bridgeport University (J.D., 1988); Pace University (LL.M., 1991). Phi Delta Phi. Board of Trustees, Kids Against Pollution, 1989—. Member: New Jersey State Bar Association (Environmental Law Section); Bergen County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Divorce; Corporate; Criminal Defense; Business Law; Business Crimes; Business Dissolutions; Business Litigation; Buy-Sell Agreements; Complex Business Litigation; Limited Liability Company Law; Chancery Practice; Civil Practice; Federal Civil Practice; Discrimination; Complex Commercial Litigation; Secured Transactions; Commercial Real Estate Litigation; Computer Crime; Construction Law; Construction Defects; Construction Litigation; Environmental Litigation; Solid Waste Disposal; Family Law; Alimony; Domestic Violence; Equitable Distribution; Premarital Agreements; Restraining Orders; Separation Agreements; Spousal Support; Financial Fraud; Franchise Licensing; Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Federal Civil Litigation; Partnership Dissolution; Trademarks; Trade Secret Misappropriation; White Collar Criminal Defense; Utility Law; Contract Litigation.Email: Barry S. Guaglardi

Anthony X. Arturi, Jr. (Member) born Livingston, New Jersey, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.A., Sociology, 1990); New York Law School (J.D., 1993). Merit Scholarship, 1990-1991. Member: Hudson County Bar Association; Bergen County Bar Association. Reported Cases: Downey v. United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 1262, 401, 946 F. Supp, 1141 (1996); Board of Trustees of Teamsters Local 863 Pension Fund v. Foodtown, Inc., 296 F.3d 164 (3rd Cir. 2002); Newman v. RCN Telecom Services, Inc. and RCN Corp, 238 F.R.D. 57 (S.D.N.Y. 2006); Purple Passion v. RCN Telecom Services, Inc. and RCN Corp., 406 F. Supp. 2d 245 (S.D.N.Y. 2005); SGS Associates, LLC v. R.A. German Construction Corp., 15 Misc. 3d 1135, 841 N.Y. S. 2d 824 (2007). Transactions: CIBC to South Cove Development, LLC, $18,500,000 construction and permanent shopping center development loan, Bayonne, New Jersey; GE Capital to Pine Barrens Golf Club, LLC $7,000,000.00 golf course financing, Jackson, New Jersey; North Fork Bank to Summit Transportation, $6,400,000.00 industrial property purchase money financing, Secaucus, New Jersey; North Fork Bank to Peninsula Court, LLC $8,000,000.00 multi-residential property refinancing, Bayonne, New Jersey; M & T Bank to Wesley Hills, LLC, $7,000,000.00 shopping center financing, Rockland County, New York; Union State Bank to Bayonne Golf Club, LLC, $23,000,000.00 construction and permanent financing, Bayonne, New Jersey. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Litigation; Chancery Practice; Commercial Transactions; Employment Law; Federal Practice; Appellate Practice; Business Law; Business Crimes; Business Formation; Business Start-Ups; Business Transactions; Complex Business Litigation; Commercial Loans; Consumer Loans; Loan Restructuring; Class Action Defense; Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate Litigation; Shopping Center Acquisitions; Computer Crime; Contract Litigation; Condemnation; Collections; Leases and Leasing; Landlord and Tenant Law; Federal Litigation; Mortgage Finance; Mortgage Foreclosure; Negligence; Partnership Law; Property Law; Condominium Association Law; Real Estate Fraud; Residential Real Estate; Civil RICO; Wills; Contested Wills; Living Wills.Email: Anthony X. Arturi, Jr.

Michael P. Meliti (Member) admitted to bar, 1999, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2000, New York. Education: Southern Adventist University (B.A., 1996) Seton Hall University (J.D., 1999). Phi Alpha Theta (President). Editor, Constitutional Law Journal, 1995-1996. Author: 9 Seton Hall Const. L.J. 213, Fall, 1998. Member: New York County, New Jersey State and New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Corporate Litigation; Matrimonial Law; Municipal Law; Condominium Law; Chancery Practice; Civil Practice; Collections; Divorce; Domestic Violence; Equitable Distribution; Health Care Litigation; Complex Litigation; Federal Litigation; Criminal Law; Family Law; Child Custody.Email: Michael P. Meliti

OF COUNSEL

Rinaldo M. D'Argenio (Of Counsel) born Ridgewood, New Jersey, May 26, 1953; admitted to bar, 1980, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and U.S. Supreme Court; 1986, New York. Education: Fordham University (B.A., cum laude, 1975); Seton Hall University (M.A., summa cum laude, 1976; J.D., 1979). Phi Alpha Delta. Law Clerk to Hon. Judge Charles DiGisi, Law Division, Superior Court of New Jersey, 1979-1980. Deputy Director, Office of Cable Television, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, 1982-1986. General Counsel Bayonne Golf Club. Member: Bergen County, New Jersey State (Member: Public Utility Law Section; Membership Committee, 1984) and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: United Water Resources, Inc. v. North Jersey District Water Commission, 151, N.J. 497 (1997). Languages: Italian and German. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Administrative Hearings and Appeals; Administrative Litigation; Business Law; Business Development; Business Enterprises; Business Regulation; Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions; Commercial Real Estate Development; Commercial Real Estate Finance; Industrial Real Estate Law; Corporate Law; Corporate Organization; Corporate Real Estate; State Government Law; Governmental Law; Government Relations; Property Law; Land Acquisitions; Land Sales; Utility Law; Gas Utilities; Gas Utility Regulation; Public Utility Law; Public Utility Regulation; Sewer Utilities; Utility Acquisitions; Utility Liability; Utility Regulation; Water Utilities.

Anthony X. Arturi (Of Counsel) born Jersey City, New Jersey; admitted to bar, 1968, New Jersey. Education: University of Maryland (B.A., 1963); New York Law School (LL.B., 1967). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Commercial Transactions; Land Use; Land Development; Condominium Conversions; Estate Planning.Email: Anthony X. Arturi

ASSOCIATES

Jason Nunnermacker (Associate) born Hackensack, New Jersey, June 5, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, New Jersey and Rhode Island; 2006, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: William Paterson College of New Jersey (B.A., Political Science, 2000); Cambridge University; Roger Williams University School of Law (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Federal Civil Practice; Discrimination; Construction Law; Construction Liens; Construction Litigation; Mechanics Liens; Chancery and Equity; Chancery Practice; Labor and Employment; Employment Defense; Employment Discrimination; Civil Litigation; Defense Litigation; Criminal Law; Criminal Defense; Expungements; Traffic Violations; Commercial Landlord and Tenant Law; Evictions; Business Torts; Complex Business Litigation; Closely Held Business Law; Commercial Crimes; Commercial Torts; Complex Commercial Litigation.Email: Jason Nunnermacker

Frances Buttafarro (Associate) born October 5, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2008, New York. Education: Montclair State University (B.A., Communications, 2003); New York Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Member, New York Law School Law Review, 2006-2007. Member: New York State Bar Association. Languages: Italian and Spanish. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Federal Civil Practice; Commercial Collections; Post Judgment Collections; Unsecured Collections; Family Law; Divorce; Constitutional Law; Civil Litigation; Federal Civil Litigation; Real Estate; Land Sales; Real Estate Acquisitions; Real Estate Contracts; Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Leasing; Real Estate Litigation.Email: Frances Buttafarro