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Address
1318 Route 31, P.O. Box 4001
Clinton, New Jersey 08809 (Hunterdon Co.)
Average Client Review Rating
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Average Peer Review Rating
4.6
out of 5
(Main Office) Statement of PracticeGeneral Practice. Corporate, Real Estate, Insurance, Environmental, Negligence, Personal Injury, Matrimonial, Commercial, Municipal, Zoning and Land Use Law, Estate Planning, Probate Elder Law, Tax, Banking and Medical Law. Trials and Appeals. Civil Rights and Employment Law. Year Established: 1884
Firm Size: 22
Representative Clients:Bank of America
United National Bank
Selective Insurance Co.
National Casualty Co.
Scottsdale Insurance Co.
HighPoint
Cure
Town of Clinton
Township of East Amwell
Township of Holland
Borough of Hampton
Borough of Peapack & Gladstone
Township of Tewksbury
Borough of Washington
Statewide Excess Liability Fund
Educational Liability Fund
Statewide Workers' Compensation Fund
Township of Knowlton
Mobil Corp.
Exxon Corp.
Toll Brothers, Inc.
Southland Corp.
BMW of North America
Harley Davidson.
Address1318 Route 31 P.O. Box 4001
Clinton, NJ 08809, (Hunterdon Co.)
PhonePhone: 908-735-5161
Telecopier: 908-735-9351
Website
http://www.gklegal.com
Firm/Affiliate OfficesBridgewater, New Jersey Office: 1170 Route 22 East. Telephone: 908-725-5157.
William C. Gebhardt (1884-1929).
W. Reading Gebhardt (1919-1980).
Philip R. Gebhardt (1924-1986).
E. Herbert Kiefer (1933-1988).
Richard Dieterly (Senior Partner) born Zanesville, Ohio, July 29, 1934; admitted to bar, 1963, New Jersey. Education: Yale University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1956; J.D., 1960). Diplomate, Municipal Law, Rutgers University Center for Government Services. New Jersey Association of School Attorneys (Trustee, 1992-1993). Member: Warren County, Hunterdon County, New Jersey State (Director, Local Government Law Section) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Municipal and School Law; Land Use; Estates and Trusts.Email: Richard Dieterly
James H. Knox (Senior Partner) born Orange, New Jersey, January 12, 1943; admitted to bar, 1973, New Jersey. Education: Harvard University (A.B., cum laude, 1965); University of Pennsylvania (LL.B., 1973). Member, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1972-1973. [Captain, U.S. Marine Corps, 1965-1970]. Practice Areas: Zoning and Land Use; Commercial Litigation.Email: James H. Knox
Richard P. Cushing (Senior Partner) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 7, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, New Jersey. Education: Boston College and Upsala College (B.A., 1968); Seton Hall University (J.D., cum laude, 1972). Member, Seton Hall Law Review, 1971-1972. Law Secretary to Hon. Mark A. Sullivan, Justice, Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1972-1973. Adjunct Professor of Law, Seton Hall University, 1976-1980. Member: Hunterdon County, Warren County and New Jersey State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance; Municipal Law; Civil Rights; Negligence; Personal Injury; Trial and Appeals.Email: Richard P. Cushing
Mark H. Chazin (Senior Partner) born Verona, New Jersey, September 22, 1942; admitted to bar, 1968, New Jersey and District of Columbia; 1971, U.S. Tax Court; 1981, New York and Pennsylvania. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.S., 1964; LL.B., 1967); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 1974). Law Clerk to Hon. Herbert Horn, Superior Court of New Jersey, 1967-1968. Somerset County Chamber of Commerce, (Chairman, 1993-1994). Jewish Federation of Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren Counties (President, 2004). Member: Middlesex County (Chairman, Probate and Trust Committee, 1986), New Jersey State (Member, Taxation and Elder Law Sections), Pennsylvania (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Section) and American (Member, Taxation Section) Bar Associations. [Capt., U.S. Army, 1968-1970]. Practice Areas: Tax and Business Law; Estate Planning; Elder Law.Email: Mark H. Chazin
William W. Goodwin, Jr. (Senior Partner) born Jersey City, New Jersey, December 10, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, New Jersey. Education: Villanova University; Seton Hall University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1978); George Washington University (J.D., 1981). Certified by New Jersey Supreme Court as a Matrimonial Law Attorney. Member: Hunterdon County (Member, Family Practice Committee; President, 2000-2001), New Jersey State (Member, Family Law Section) and American (Member: Family Law Section; Continuing Legal Education Committee) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Family(80%); Mediation(20%).Email: William W. Goodwin, Jr.
Sharon H. Moore (Senior Partner) born Elgin, Illinois, June 12, 1949; admitted to bar, 1981, California; 1982, New Jersey. Education: University of Hawaii (B.A., 1971; M.A., 1974); University of California (J.D., 1981). Note Editor, Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, 1980-1981. Member: Hunterdon County and New Jersey State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance; Civil Rights; Employment Law; Negligence; Personal Injury; Municipal Law.Email: Sharon H. Moore
Robert C. Ward (Senior Partner) born Rahway, New Jersey, November 3, 1954; admitted to bar, 1986, New Jersey. Education: St. Peter's College (B.A., 1976); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1986). Member: Hunterdon County, Warren County and New Jersey State Bar Associations; New Jersey Defense Association. Practice Areas: Insurance; Negligence; Personal Injury; Municipal.Email: Robert C. Ward
John G. Manfreda (Senior Partner) born Quincy, Massachusetts, May 12, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1980, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit. Education: Boston College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1976); Syracuse University (J.D., 1979). Member: Hunterdon County and New Jersey State (Member, Sections on: Corporation, Banking and Business Law; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, Committee on Aging and the Law) Bar Associations. Greater Middlesex/Somerset Estate Planning Council (Trustee, 1990; President, 1994-1996, 2004). Practice Areas: Estate and Business Planning(20%); Estate Administration(20%); Corporate Law(10%); Commercial Law(10%); Real Estate Law(10%); Probate(30%).Email: John G. Manfreda
Jacob A. Papay, Jr. (Junior Partner) born Allentown, Pennsylvania, May 6, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Education: Lafayette College (A.B., 1982); Seton Hall University (J.D., cum laude, 1986). Maroon Key. Member: Hunterdon County, New Jersey State and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance; Negligence; Personal Injury.Email: Jacob A. Papay, Jr.
Joseph F. Trinity (Junior Partner) born Orange, New Jersey, July 28, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, New Jersey. Education: Seton Hall University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1984; J.D., 1987). Member: Hunterdon County Bar Association; New Jersey Defense Association. (Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney). Practice Areas: Insurance; Personal Injury; Commercial Law.Email: Joseph F. Trinity
William J. Rudnik (Junior Partner) born Plainfield, New Jersey; admitted to bar, 1993, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1990); Villanova University (J.D., 1993). Member: Environmental Law Journal, Villanova University, 1992-1993; Student Bar Association (Treasurer, 1992-1993; Representative, 1991-1992). Member: Hunterdon County and New Jersey State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Family Law; Civil Practice.Email: William J. Rudnik
——————————Judith A. Kopen (Associate) born Sharon, Pennsylvania, March 25, 1952; admitted to bar, 1982, Minnesota; 1986, New Jersey. Education: Miami University of Ohio (B.S., cum laude, 1973); William Mitchell College of Law (J.D., 1982). Member: Hunterdon County and New Jersey State Bar Associations.Email: Judith A. Kopen
Lori Kopf MacWilliam (Associate) born Staten Island, New York; admitted to bar, 1986, New York; 1992, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Education: Concordia College (B.A., 1978); New York University School of Law (J.D., 1985). Member: Hunterdon County and New Jersey State Bar Association.Email: Lori Kopf MacWilliam
Deborah B. Rosenthal (Associate) born Tarrytown, New York, August 9, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Education: Duke University (A.B., 1989); Rutgers University Law School (J.D., 1992). Women's Rights Law Reporter, Senior Managing Editor, Legal Research and Writing Associate, 1991-1992. Law Clerk to the Honorable William R. Albrecht, Superior Court of New Jersey, 1992-1993. Member: Hunterdon County and New Jersey State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Rights; Insurance; Negligence.Email: Deborah B. Rosenthal
Arthur D. Fialk (Associate) born Jersey City, New Jersey, February 15, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (B.A., With Honors, 1965; J.D., 1968). Editor, Rutgers Law Review, 1967-1968. Law Clerk, Hon. Robert Shaw, U.S. District Judge, 1968-1970. Author, "Interspousal Immunity: A Policy-Oriented Approach," 21 Rutgers Law Review 491, 1967. (Also Of Counsel to Mauro, Savo, Camerino & Grant, P.A. in Somerville, NJ).Email: Arthur D. Fialk
Leslie A. Parikh (Associate) born Bergen County, New Jersey, December 14, 1971; admitted to bar, 2000, New Jersey. Education: Rutgers College (B.A., 1996); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Litigation.Email: Leslie A. Parikh
Steven D. Farsiou (Associate) born Edison, New Jersey, March 4, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Clemson University (B.S., 1997); Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University (J.D., 2000). Member, Labor Law Moot Court Team, 2000. Member, The Sidney Reitman Employment Inn of Court, 2001. Member: Hunterdon County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; General Practice; Civil Litigation.Email: Steven D. Farsiou
Robert V. Fodera (Associate) born Brooklyn, New York; admitted to bar, 1999, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2000, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Pace University (B.A., 1988); Columbia University (M.P.A., 1990); Rutgers University, Newark (J.D., 1997). Member, The Joseph Halpern-David Furman American Inn of Court. Editor, Rutgers Law Computer and Technology Law Journal, 1996-1997. Member: Essex County, Hunterdon County, New Jersey State and New York State Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Reported Cases: Isetts v. Roseland, 364 NJ Super. 247 (2003). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Business Law; Personal Injury; Municipal Law; Real Estate; Land Use.Email: Robert V. Fodera
Cynthia R. Richards (Associate) admitted to bar, 1983, New Jersey. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1975); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1981). Member: Mercer County Bar Association; New Jersey Defense Association. (Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney).Email: Cynthia R. Richards
Susan Flynn (Associate) admitted to bar, 1994, New Jersey, U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for 3rd Circuit. Education: Marist College (B.A., cum laude, 1990); Columbus School of Law of The Catholic University of America (J.D., 1993). Member: New Jersey State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Probate; Municipal Law.
Lorraine Staples (Associate) admitted to bar, 1982, New Jersey. Education: Clarion University of Pennsylvania (B.A., summa cum laude, 1976); University of Pennsylvania ( J.D., cum laude, 1979). Member: New Jersey State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Appellate Practice.
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