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| | Address | | Eisenhower Plaza II, 354 Eisenhower Parkway, Suite 2800 | | Livingston, New Jersey 07039 | | (Essex Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 973-422-1100 | | Fax: 973-422-9122 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.beckermeisel.com | | |
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| Becker Meisel LLC practices in the following areas of law:
Litigation, Bankruptcy, Insolvency, Commercial Law, Employment Law, Surety Law, Redevelopment Law. | | Firm Size: 10 | | Ben H. Becker (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, December 12, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, New Jersey; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Lehigh University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1972); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1975). Phi Beta Kappa. Editor, Law and Policy in International Business, 1974-1975. Law Secretary, Hon. James F. Madden, Bergen County Court, 1975-1976. Member, Panel of Bankruptcy Trustees, District of New Jersey, 1980-1985. Member of Supreme Court of New Jersey, District Ethics Committee, 1990-1993. Member: Essex County, New Jersey State (Officer, Bankruptcy Law Section, 1991) and Federal Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Hoffman-La Roche, Inc. v. Sperling, et al., 493 U.S. 165, CT. 482 (1989) Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Commercial; Creditor/Debtor Workouts. Email: Ben H. Becker | | Stacey L. Meisel (Member) born Schenectady, New York, August 18, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Rutgers College (B.A., 1991); Villanova University (J.D., 1994). Judicial Intern, Hon. Edw. J. Maier, Court of Common Pleas, 1992; Contributing Editor, American Bankruptcy Institute Third Circuit Decisions Update. Repeat Lecturer, New Jersey Institute of Continuing Education Bankruptcy Related Topics. Author, BACPA Changes-A Federal Right of Reclamation? Published in Special Supplement to New Jersey Lawyer: Bankruptcy Now and Creditors Rights, December 4, 2006. Member, Panel of Bankruptcy Trustees, 1997—. Appointed to Merit Selection Committee to Select New Jersey Bankruptcy Judge. Participant, Essex County Volunteer Lawyers Association. Recipient: The New Jersey Law Journal "40 Under 40"; NJ BIZ "2005 Forty Under 40"; NJ BIZ 2006 Best 50 Women In Business; New Jersey's List of Super Lawyers, 2005, 2006, 2007; Rising Star by New Jersey Monthly, 2006, 2007. Volunteer Attorney of the Year Award, Volunteer Lawyers for Justice, 2003-2004. Board Member: The Children's Home Society of New Jersey, 2004—; New Jersey Bankruptcy Law Foundation; Essex County Delegates Council. Member: Essex County, New Jersey State (Member, Bankruptcy Law Section), Pennsylvania and Federal Bar Associations; Women in the Federal Bar; National Association of Trustees; New Jersey Association of Bankruptcy Trustees. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Litigation; Bankruptcy; Commercial Litigation; Debtor and Creditor Workouts. Email: Stacey L. Meisel | | Martin L. Borosko (Member) born Princeton, New Jersey, February 28, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Education: Trenton State College (B.A., 1989); Rutgers School of Law, Newark (J.D., 1992). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Health Insurance; Real Estate; Construction Litigation. Email: Martin L. Borosko | | Steven R. Weinstein (Member) born Elizabeth, New Jersey, April 11, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, New Jersey; 1975, District of Columbia; 1980, New York and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Syracuse University (B.A., 1971); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1974); New York University, School of Law (LL.M., Labor Law, 1980). Master of the Bench, Sidney Reitman Labor and Employment Law Inn of Court, American Inns of Court, 1993-2005. Adjunct Professor, Fairleigh Dickinson University College of Business, Graduate Division, 1980-1985. Editor and Contributing Author, "New Jersey Labor and Employment Law," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1998. Lecturer: New Jersey State Bar Association; Institute for Continuing Legal Education; New Jersey Business and Industry Association. Member: New Jersey State Bar Association (Member: Executive Board, Labor and Employment Law Section; Coordinator, NLRB Practice and Procedure Committee); District of Columbia Bar; New Jersey Electrical Contractors Association (General Counsel); New York/New Jersey Management Arbitration Group; Associated Builders and Contractors; Utility and Transportation Contractors Association. Reported Cases: Fitzgerald v. Stanley Roberts, Inc., 1986 N.J. 286 (2006); Daniels v. Thomas & Betts Corp., 263 F.3d 66 (3rd Cir. 2001); NLRB v. Air Contact Transport Inc., 403 F.3d 206 (4th Cir. 2005); Zive v. Stanley Roberts, Inc., 182 N.J. 436 (2005). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Employment Litigation; Wage and Hour; Occupational Safety and Health; Construction Labor Law; Commercial Litigation. | | Joseph G. Harraka, Jr. (Member) born Paterson, New Jersey, November 26, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, California; 1990, New York and New Jersey. Education: Seton Hall University (B.A., magna cum laude, with highest departmental honors in History, 1982); University of Notre Dame (J.D., cum laude, 1985); University of Southern California (M.B.A., cum laude, 2004). Phi Alpha Theta. Pindar Scholar, 1982-1985. Executive Director, Notre Dame Moot Court Board, 1984-1985. Member: Orange County Bar Association (Member, Investment Committee, 1996—); American Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Litigation; Environmental Insurance Coverage; Construction; Bankruptcy. Email: Joseph G. Harraka, Jr. | | Daniel J. O'Hern, Jr. (Member) born Red Bank, New Jersey, January 22, 1961; admitted to bar, 1991, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Fairfield University (B.A., 1983); University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh (J.D., cum laude, 1991). Member, New Jersey District VA Ethics Committee, 2001-2003. Member, New Jersey District IX, Monmouth County, Ethics Committee, 2006—. Member: Monmouth County and New Jersey State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Estate Planning. Email: Daniel J. O'Hern, Jr. | | Allen J. Underwood, II (Member) born Ridgewood, New Jersey, March 14, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2003, District of Columbia; 2004, New York, 2005, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 2006, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York. Education: Hamilton College (B.A., History and Creative Writing, 1994); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1997). Best Brief Federal Bar Association, Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Moot Court Competition, Third Place Overall. Law Clerk, Hon. Edward V. Torack, Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Family Part, Bergen County, 1997-1998. Judicial Intern, Hon. Nicholas J. Politan, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1996. Member, New Jersey turnaround Management Association, 2006 Rising Star by New Jersey Monthly . Lecturer, New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Bankruptcy Related Topics. Member: Bergen County Bar Association (Associate Member), New Jersey State and Federal Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Reported Cases: Halliwell v. Halliwell, 326 N.J. Super. 442 (App. Div. 1999). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Commercial Litigation; Debtor and Creditor Rights. Email: Allen J. Underwood, II | | James M. McCarrick (Member) born New York, N.Y., July 16, 1966; admitted to bar, 1995, New York. (Not admitted in New Jersey). Education: New York University, Stern School (B.S., 1988); New York University (J.D., 1994). Omicron Delta Epsilon. Practice Areas: Securities Compliance; Securities Litigation(30%); Corporate Finance(30%); Corporate Transactions; Private Equity(15%); Antitrust(15%); Competition; Business Law(10%). Email: James M. McCarrick | | David J. Sprong (Member) born Jersey City, New Jersey; admitted to bar, 1994, New Jersey and Pennsylvania; 2001, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Rutgers College (B.A., 1987); Seton Hall University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1994). Omicron Delta Epsilon (Int'l Economics Honor Society). Member, Seton Hall Constitutional Law Journal, Director, Student Tutorial Organization, Authored: Casenote, "Sex, RICO & Prior Restraint: The Forfeiture of Expressive Material Protected by the First Amendment as Punishment for Racketeering Offenses Does Not Constitute a Prior Restraint," 5 Seton Hall Constitutional Law Journal 243 (1994). Member: Essex County, New Jersey State and American (Member, Sections: Litigation; Labor and Employment) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Employment Law; Intellectual Property Law; Computer Law. Email: David J. Sprong | | —————————— | | Michael A. Oxman (Associate) born Brooklyn, New York, January 19, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, New Jersey; 1991, New York. Education: State University of New York at Stony Brook (B.A., 1987); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University (J.D., 1990). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation; Eminent Domain; Employment Litigation. Email: Michael A. Oxman | | Michael V. Elward (Associate) born September 23, 1970; admitted to bar, 1998, New Jersey; 2000, New York. Education: Monmouth College (B.S., cum laude, 1994); Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 1998). Practice Areas: Land Use; Litigation; Construction Litigation. Email: Michael V. Elward | | Michael E. Holzapfel (Associate) born Lawrence, Massachusetts, January 9, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, New Jersey. Education: College of the Holy Cross (B.A., 1999); Catholic University of America (J.D., 2002). Judicial Clerk, Honorable Lawrence M. Lawson, Assignment Judge, Monmouth County. Member: Monmouth County and New Jersey State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation. Email: Michael E. Holzapfel | | Daniel L. Pascoe (Associate) born Christchurch, New Zealand; admitted to bar, 2004, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2005, New York. Education: University of Southern California (B.A., 1999); Seton Hall University (J.D., 2004). Member, Seton Hall Law School Law Review. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Civil Litigation; Employment Law; Health Care Litigation. Email: Daniel L. Pascoe | | Stephen J. Pagano (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, New Jersey; 2006, New York. Education: Boston College (B.A., 2002); Seton Hall University (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Practice Areas: Corporate; Commercial Real Estate. Email: Stephen J. Pagano | | Lauren E. Hannon (Associate) born Livingston, New Jersey, March 2, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, New Jersey; 2006, New York. Education: University of Mary Washington (B.A., 2002); Seton Hall University (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Insolvency; Creditors Rights; Civil Litigation. Email: Lauren E. Hannon | | Brian D. Bailey (Associate) born Livingston, New Jersey, February 12, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, New Jersey. Education: University of Colorado (B.A., Finance, 2003); Rutgers School of Law (J.D., 2006); Rutgers School of Business (M.B.A., with honors, 2006). Member: Beta Gamma Sigma; Golden Key International Honor Society. Recipient: National Society of Collegiate Scholars; Competed in the Willem C.Vis International Moot Court Competition; 2n Place in Overall Oral Argument in Original Rand of Rutgers Moot Court Competition. Treasurer and Co-founder of Golf Club. Teacher's Assistant for Legal Research and Writing, 2004-2005. Practice Areas: Corporate; Mergers and Acquisitions; Real Estate; Litigation; Bankruptcy. Email: Brian D. Bailey | | OF COUNSEL | | Douglas A. Kent (Of Counsel) born Glen Ridge, New Jersey, December 28, 1948; admitted to bar, 1975, New Jersey. Education: Colgate University (A.B., 1971); Willamette University (J.D., 1975). Former Member, The New Jersey Bankruptcy Inn of Court. Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Debtor and Creditor Workouts; Commercial Law. Email: Douglas A. Kent | | Anthony J. Vizzoni (Of Counsel) born Elizabeth, New Jersey, January 31, 1964; admitted to bar, 1991, New Jersey. Education: Seton Hall University (B.S., 1987; J.D., cum laude, 1991). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Secured Finance. Email: Anthony J. Vizzoni | | Ivan J. Kaplan (Counsel) born New York, New York, January 18, 1963; admitted to bar, 1991, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: George Washington University (B.A., 1984); Rutgers University Law School, Camden (J.D., 1991). Managing Editor, Rutgers Law Journal, 1990-1991. Law Clerk, Hon. Robert N. Wilentz, Chief Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court, 1991-1992. Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Law. Email: Ivan J. Kaplan | | Linda R. Brower (Of Counsel) born Passaic, New Jersey, March 22, 1956; admitted to bar, 1983, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1985, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1997, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.B.A., summa cum laude, 1978); New York University (J.D., 1982). Articles Editor, Journal of International Law & Politics, 1981-1982. Author: "Managing Health-care Business Bankruptcies," New Jersey Law Journal, Health Care Law, 185 N.J.L.J. 100-101, 113 (July 10, 2006); "Understanding and Defending Bankruptcy Preference Actions," Norris McLaughlin & Marcus P.A., Bankruptcy Law Alert, March 2004; "ERISA Presents Hospitals With More Than Hobson's Choice In Recovery Payment for Services," New Jersey State Bar Association Health & Hospital Law Section Newsletter, Spring 1995. Speaker and Panelist for Break-out Session, "Lien Avoidance and Other Avoidance Actions by Debtors in Consumer Bankruptcy Cases," New Jersey State Bar, Bankruptcy Law Section, Sixth Annual Hon. William H. Gindin Bankruptcy Bench-Bar Conference. Contributing Author: "New Jersey Confirms and Broadens Required Attorney General and Court Review of New Jersey Non-Profit Hospital Transactions," November 2000. Speaker: "Choice of Entity for Solo Practitioners and Small Firms: The Legal Considerations," Women Lawyers in Union County Seminar Series, April 1996. Contributing Writer, New Jersey ICLE Course Book on Business Workouts for Seminars held April-May 1992. Member, Board of Directors, Easter Seal Society of New Jersey, 1994-1998. Member, Morris County, New Jersey Mental Health Advisory Board, 1995-1997. Member, 1998— and President, 2002, Mendham Borough, New Jersey, Board of Health. Member: Morris County and New Jersey State (Member, Sections on: Bankruptcy, Health and Hospital and Elder Law) Bar Associations; Association of Healthcare Executives of NJ. Practice Areas: Creditors Rights; Bankruptcy; Health Law; Construction Law. Email: Linda R. Brower | | SPECIAL COUNSEL | | Daniel J. O'Hern, Sr. (Special Counsel) admitted to bar, 1957, District of Columbia; 1958, New Jersey; 1967, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Fordham University (1951); Harvard University (LL.B., cum laude, 1957). Co-Author: "Employers to Spend Less Time Defending in Court," The National Law Journal, October 29, 2001. Member, Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics, appointed by the New Jersey Supreme Court, 1966-1978. Former Special Ethics Counsel, Governor Richard J. Codey. Commissioner: National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws; New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. Advisor, New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law, appointed by Chief Justice Robert Wilentz. Chair: Judicial Salary and Pensions Committee; New Jersey Court's Family Practice Committee and Environmental Litigation Committee. Member, Council of Judges, National Council on Crime and Delinquency. Former Partner, Abramoff, Apy and O'Hern, 1966-1978. Counsel to Governor Brendan T. Byrne, 1979-1981. Associate Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court, 1981-2000. Former Counsel to Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, 2000-2003. Member: Monmouth County and New Jersey State Bar Associations; Legal Aid Society of Monmouth County (Life Trustee); Harvard Law School Association of New Jersey (Past President). Fellow, American Bar Association. [Lt. j.g., U.S. Navy, 1951-1954]. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Mediation. |
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