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| | Address | | 190 Moore Street - Suite 306 | | Hackensack, New Jersey 07601-7407 | | (Bergen Co.) | | | |
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| Nashel Kates Nussman Rapone & Ellis, LLP practices in the following areas of law:
General Practice. Corporation, Tax, Probate, Negligence, Matrimonial, Collections, Real Estate, Trials and Appeals, Estate Planning and Administration, Municipal, Real Property Tax Appeals, Entertainment, Land Use, Health Care, Community Associations, Employment Discrimination, Construction Litigation, Alternate Dispute Resolution and Condemnation. | | Year Established: 1913 | | Firm Size: 8 | Clients:
COUNSEL FOR: Advance Housing, Inc.; Alpine and Englewood Cliff; Closter Zoning Board; Fairview Cemetery Co.; Mount Moriah Cemetery of New Jersey; Scandia Packaging Machinery Co.; Berkowitz Fat Co., Inc.; Accurate Precision Fasteners Corp.; Torsiello Construction Co.; Trade Zone International, Inc.; Accredited Lock and Door Hardware Company; Horizon House Co-Op; Mediterranean West Co-Op; Hudson Harbour Condo Assoc.; Buckingham Tower Condominium Association; E & W Textile Processors, Inc.; Consolidated Lumber Corp.; Transport Products, Inc.; Bruss North America; APM Hexseal Corp.; Curtiembre Arlei, S.A.; Pulse Software, L.L.C.; Efinger Sporting Goods; Cityside Archives, Ltd.; Elcam Medical, Inc. | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Howard M. Nashel (1936-2006). | | Michael B. Kates (Member) born Passaic, New Jersey, July 9, 1942; admitted to bar, 1968, New Jersey; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1989, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Colgate University (A.B., 1964); Rutgers University (J.D., 1967). Law Secretary, Honorable Theodore W. Trautwein, Superior Court of New Jersey, 1967-1968. Author: "Pop Quiz: Spot the 'Poison Pill' Conflict of Interest," 133 New Jersey Law Journal 236, 1993. Zoning Board Attorney, Borough of Closter, 1992—. Zoning Board Attorney, Borough of Alpine, 2005—. Zoning Board and Planning Board Attorney, Borough Englewood Cliffs, 2006—. General Counsel, New Jersey Planning Officials. Member, Drafting Committee, Municipal Land Use Law, New Jersey State League of Municipalities. Member: Bergen County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Chancery and Equity; Non-Profit and Charitable Organizations; Privacy and Publicity. Email: Michael B. Kates | | Bruce L. Nussman (Member) born Newark, New Jersey, July 9, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, New Jersey; 1973, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Court of International Trade. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1969); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1972). Law Secretary, Honorable Edward J. Van Tassell, Bergen County Court, 1972-1973. Member, Board of Directors, 1994— and President, 2004—, New Jersey Federation of YMHA-YWHAS. Member: Bergen County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Trusts and Estates; Estate Planning; Real Estate; Corporate Law. Email: Bruce L. Nussman | | Richard T. Rapone (Member) born Weehawken, New Jersey, March 21, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, New Jersey. Education: Dickinson College (B.A., 1974); University of Miami (J.D., 1978). Author, "The 90's Chiropractic Environment in New Jersey," 11 The New Jersey Journal 28, May/June 1994. Former Member, Advisory Council of the University of Bridgeport College of Chiropractic. Former General Counsel, New Jersey Chiropractic Society. Member: The Federalist Society. Practice Areas: Professional and Occupational Licensing; Taxation; Personal Injury; Real Estate; Limited Liability Companies; Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Community Association Law; Corporate Law. Email: Richard T. Rapone | | Joel M. Ellis (Member) born West New York, New Jersey, April 8, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Ohio and New Jersey; 1986, New York; 1988, Massachusetts. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1963); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1967). Law Secretary to Hon. Theodore Rosenberg, Passaic County Court, 1967. Appointed as Contract Arbitrator and Mediator by the New Jersey Superior Court. President, New Jersey Mental Health Association, 1975-1977. Member: Bergen County and New Jersey State Bar Associations; Community Association Institute. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Community Associations; Construction Litigation; Real Property Tax Appeals; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Mediation; Corporate Law. Email: Joel M. Ellis | | ASSOCIATE | | Matthew Z. Earle (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, New Jersey; 2005, New York. Education: Hamilton College (B.A., 2000); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 2004). Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, Frederic Kirgis Award for Excellence in International Law. Member, Environmental Law Digest, Washington & Lee University. Author: 62 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 873-935, 2005. Formerly with Wong, Wong & Associates, P.C. Member: New York City Bar; American Bar Association; American Association for Justice. Languages: Mandarin Chinese. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Condominium Law; Cooperative Housing Law; Intellectual Property; Matrimonial Law; Children; International Law. | | OF COUNSEL | | Michael Farhi (Of Counsel) born New York, N.Y., April 8, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1985, New York; 2006, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Ramapo College of New Jersey (B.A., with honors, 1975); Seton Hall University School of Law (LL.B., 1978). Contributing Editor, The Bergen Barrister, 1995—. Prosecutor: Borough of Waldwick, New Jersey, 1984-1988; Borough of Rochelle Park, New Jersey, 1985. Special Labor Counsel, Bergen County, New Jersey, 1983-1985. Member: Bergen County and New York State Bar Associations; American Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Commercial Litigation. Email: Michael Farhi | | Jack S. Zakim (Of Counsel) born Paterson, New Jersey, August 11, 1945; admitted to bar, 1973, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.A., 1967); George Washington University (J.D., 1973). Adjunct Professor, Civil Procedure, Pace University. Member: Bergen County and New Jersey State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Commercial Transactions; Commercial Litigation; Mortgages; Professional Malpractice; Foreclosures; Condemnation; Corporate Law. Email: Jack S. Zakim | | David A. Cobin (Of Counsel) born West Palm Beach, Florida, May 14. 1942; admitted to bar, 1969, Puerto Rico and U.S. District Court, District of Puerto Rico; 1970, New York; 1982, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, U.S. Court of Appeals, First, Second, Third and Seventh Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Cornell University (B.A., 1964); University of Puerto Rico (LL.B., 1969). Editor, University of Puerto Rico Law Review, 1968. Clerk, Chief Judge Cancio, U.S. District Court of Puerto Rico, 1968-1969. Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Grievance Committee); Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico. Reported Cases: Employers Ins. of Wausau v. El Banco De Seguros Del Estado, 199 F.3d 937 (7th Cir. 1999), 34 F. Supp. 2d 1115 (E.D. USC 1999); Banco De Seguros v. Mutual Marine offices, 344 F. 3d 255 (2nd Cir. 2003), 230 F. Supp. 2nd 362 (SDUY 2002). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Civil Litigation; Reinsurance; Appellate Practice. Email: David A. Cobin |
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