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| | Address | | 44 Whippany Road, Suite 210 | | Morristown, New Jersey 07960 | | (Morris Co.) | | Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2355, Morristown, NJ, 07962 | |  | Free Initial Consultation |
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| | Contact Information | | Phone: 973-301-0001 | | Fax: 973-993-3152 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.sseck.com | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Schwartz Simon Edelstein Celso & Kessler, LLC practices in the following areas of law:
Labor and Employment, Education, Local Governments, Commercial Transactions, Commercial Litigation, Corporate and Real Estate and Regulatory Law, Administrative Law, Land Use and Zoning, Insurance Law, Governmental and Civil Litigation, Environmental Law, Trust and Estate Law. | | Year Established: 1967 | Firm Profile:
Over the course of nearly 40 years, the Schwartz firm has established itself amongst the preeminent firms in New Jersey. Now amongst the 50 largest law firms in New Jersey, the firm practices extensively in the fields of Labor and Employment Law, Education Law, Commercial and General Civil Litigation, Corporate and Commercial Transaction, Real Estate and Insurance Law. Schwartz & Pisano 1970-1981. Schwartz, Pisano & Simon 1981-1986. Schwartz, Pisano, Simon & Edelstein 1986-1991. Schwartz, Simon & Edelstein 1991-1993. | | Firm Size: 60 | Clients:
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS PUBLIC SECTOR: Asbury Park Board of Education; Bedminister Board of Education; Borough of Prospect Park; Bridgewater-Raritan Regional Board of Education; Cedar Grove Board of Education; Board of Education of the Chathams; Cherry Hill Board of Education; East Orange Board of Education; East Orange Water Commission; Essex County Improvement Authority; Fair Lawn Board of Education; Freehold Regional Board of Education; Green Brook Board of Education; Hanover Township Board of Education; Hillside Board of Education; Hudson County; City of Jersey City; Jackson Township Board of Education; Montville Township Board of Education; Mount Olive Township Board of Education; City of Newark; New Jersey Turnpike Authority; Ramapo-Indian Hills Regional High School District Board of Education; Roselle Board of Education; Roxbury Board of Education; Shrewsbury Boro Board of Education; Somerset County Educational Services Commission; South Plainfield Board of Education. |
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS PRIVATE SECTOR: American International Group; ACE-USA; American Strip Steel, Inc. and Ware Industries, Inc.; Bank of America; BTech, Inc; Center for Orthopedics, PA; Chilton Memorial Hospital; Certain Underwriters at Lloyds, Community Investment Strategies, Inc.; Crum & Foster London; Conventus Inter-Insurance Exchange; Delfini, USA, LLC; Employers Insurance of Wausau; Hoboken Strategy Group, Inc.; Lakeland Bank; Litton Loan Servicing; Laser Eye Institute of New Jersey, LLC; Mechanical Services Corp; Mennella Poultry, Inc; Metrovest Equities, Inc.; Montgomery Mortgage Capital Corp.; Neurology Partners of Hudson County, PA; Niksun, Inc.; North Fork Bank; OneBeacon Insurance; Residental Mortgage; Ruitenberg Displays, Inc.; Stonegate Wealth Management, LLC; Sudler Companies; The Oaks Condominium Association; The Provident Bank; TraMar Certified, LLC; The Ohio Casualty Group; Tower Management Service, L.P.; Travelers; U. L. Landau/Ethan Allen. | Office Hours:
Monday: 09:00 AM - 06:00 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 - 06:00 PM
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| | Lawrence S. Schwartz, (P.C.) (Managing Director) born Brooklyn, N.Y., January 7, 1941; admitted to bar, 1965, New Jersey and U.S District Court, District of New Jersey; 1969, U.S. Supreme Court; 1972, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1979, U.S Tax Court. Education: Lafayette College (A.B., 1962); Rutgers University School of Law (J.D., 1965). Law Review. Magister, Phi Delta Phi. Senior Assistant Prosecutor, Essex County Prosecutor's Office, 1967-1970. Elected Member, Past President, Belleville Board of Education, 1970-1979. President, New Jersey School Boards Association, 1976-1978. Commissioner, Public Employment Relations Commission, 1978-1979. Member, Board of Governors, Rutgers University, 1981-1984. Member: Essex County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Arbitration Association; Educational Negotiators Association; National School Board Association Council of School Attorneys; New Jersey Association of School Attorneys. (Also Of Counsel, Elk, Bankier & Christu, Boca Raton, Florida). Practice Areas: Education; Labor Law; Administrative Law; Commercial Law; Corporate. Email: Lawrence S. Schwartz, (P.C.) | | Stephen J. Edelstein (Member) born Newark, New Jersey, October 16, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Gettysburg College (B.A., 1969); University of North Carolina School of Law (J.D., 1972). Author, "Racial Imbalance in Public Schools: The Affirmative Duty to Integrate Administrators," 49 North Carolina Law Review 769, 1971. Co-author: "Church, State, and Education," 2 Journal of Law and Education 535, 1973; "Collateral Problems in Obscenity Regulation: A Uniform Approach to Prior Restraints, Community Standards, and Judgment Preclusion," 7 Seton Hall Law Review 543, 1976. Member: Essex County College Board of Trustees, 1982-1986; Essex County Board of Elections, 1984-1986, Chairman, 1985-1986; Essex County Affirmative Action Council, 1979-1980; Board of Trustees of Essex-Newark Legal Services. Essex County Counsel, 1991-1994; Chairman, Essex County Utilities Authority, 1992-1995. Member: Essex County and New Jersey State (Member, Labor Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor Law; Employment Law; Regulatory Law; Commercial Law; Civil Litigation; Environmental Regulation; Election Law and Finance. Email: Stephen J. Edelstein | | Nathanya Guritzky Simon (Member) born Newark, New Jersey, December 2, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1984, New York and U.S. Supreme Court; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: University of Rhode Island (B.A., cum laude, 1972); Seton Hall University (J.D., cum laude, 1975). Member, 1973-1974 and Associate Editor, 1974-1975, Seton Hall Law Review. Law Clerk to the Hon. Milton Feller and Hon. Donald McKenzie, Superior Court, Union County, 1975-1976. Associate Counsel, New Jersey School Boards Association, 1976-1979. Member, Prosecution Bureau, Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, State of New Jersey, 1979-1981. Author, "Criminal Procedure - Grand Jury - Remedy of Exclusionary Rule Held Inapplicable to Grand Jury Proceedings," Seton Hall Law Review, Vol. 5, No. 4, 1974. Member: New Jersey State Bar Association (Member, Labor Law Section); New Jersey Association of School Attorneys (Vice President and Trustee, 1990); Essex County Women Lawyers. Practice Areas: Education; Special Education; Labor Law; Administrative Law. Email: Nathanya Guritzky Simon | | Nicholas Celso, III (Member) born New Haven, Connecticut, July 6, 1949; admitted to bar, 1984, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Southern Connecticut State University (B.S., 1972); Rutgers University (M.Ed., 1973; Ed.D., 1978); Rutgers University Law School (J.D., 1984). Rutgers University Law Review. Kappa Delta Pi. Elected Member and Vice President, Green Brook Board of Education, 1988-1991. Associate Professor, Educational Administration, Kean College, New Jersey, 1985. Member: New Jersey State Bar Association (Member, Employment/Labor Law Section); National School Board Association Council of School Attorneys; New Jersey Association of School Attorneys; Educational Negotiators Association; Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development. Practice Areas: Education; Labor Law; Administrative Law. Email: Nicholas Celso, III | | Donald A. Kessler (Member) born Newark, New Jersey, May 6, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, New Jersey. Education: Union College, New York (B.S., 1971); New York University (J.D., 1974). Phi Beta Kappa. Root-Tilden Scholar. Law Clerk to Honorable Harold Kolovsky, Judge of Appellate Division, New Jersey Superior Court, 1974-1975. Chairman, New Jersey Board of Bar Examiners, 1991-1993. Reader, New Jersey Bar Examiners, 1979-1988. Member, New Jersey Board of Bar Examiners, 1988. Member, Board of Trustees, Boys Club of Newark, 1975. Member: Essex County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Health Care and Hospital Law; Family Law; Contract and Commercial Law; Personal Injury Litigation; Legal Malpractice; Probate; Corporate Law. Email: Donald A. Kessler | | Burton Zitomer (Member) born Elizabeth, New Jersey, November 11, 1943; admitted to bar, 1969, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1975, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Tax Court; 1982, New York. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1965; M.A., 1966); Suffolk University (J.D., 1969). Moot Court Advisor. Recipient, Bankruptcy Law Award. Instructor, Business Law, Union County College, 1979-1982. Member: Linden, Union County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Land Use; Construction Law; Transactional Law; Corporate. Email: Burton Zitomer | | Paul H. Green (Member) born Newark, New Jersey, October 25, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: University of Rochester (B.A., 1977); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1980). President, New Jersey Association of School Attorneys, 1998. Member: Morris County and New Jersey State (Member, Labor Law Section and Election Law Committee) Bar Associations; National School Boards Association Council of School Attorneys; Industrial Relations Research Association. Practice Areas: School Law; Construction Law; Labor and Employment. Email: Paul H. Green | | Andrew B. Brown (Member) born New York, New York, July 14, 1957; admitted to bar, 1988, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Rutgers College (B.A., 1979; M.S., 1982); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1988). Member: New Jersey (Member, Sections on: Labor; Administrative Law) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor Law; Education Law; Employment Law. Email: Andrew B. Brown | | Marc H. Zitomer (Member) born Elizabeth, New Jersey, February 28, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and New York. Education: Muhlenberg College (B.A., cum laude, 1992); Seton Hall School of Law (J.D., 1995). Member: Morris County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Education Law; Labor Law; Employment Law. Email: Marc H. Zitomer | | Michael H. Cohen (Member) born New York, N.Y., November 29, 1960; admitted to bar, 1988, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1996, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Syracuse University (B.S., 1983); Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 1988). New York State Public School Teacher Certificate (Special Education, Provisional), September, 1984. Author: "The New Jersey Spill Act Direct Act Provision: When Is An Insurer Not the Insurer?" BNA's Insurance Coverage Litigation Report, Vol. 2, No. 20 (May 17, 1996), reprinted BNA's Toxics Law Reporter, Vol. 11, No. 23 (Nov. 5, 1996); "New Jersey's 'Rule 11'," The Impact of Sanctions for Frivolous Claims and Defenses," Civil Trial Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Spring, 1989). Member: New Jersey State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Michael H. Cohen | | Stefani C Schwartz (Member) born Belleville, New Jersey, September 22, 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1997, Florida. Education: Gettysburg College (B.A., 1991); Rutgers University (M.P.A., 1993; J.D., 1996). Pi Alpha Alpha. Public Administration Honor Society. Law Clerk for Honorable Alvin Weiss, Assignment Judge, Essex County Superior Court (1996-1997). Member: Essex County, Morris County and New Jersey State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Labor Law; Civil Litigation. Email: Stefani C Schwartz | | Denis G. Murphy (Member) born Newark, New Jersey, July 1, 1968; admitted to bar, 1996, New Jersey. Education: Central Connecticut State College (M.S., Marketing, 1991); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1996). Law Clerk for Honorable Carol A. Ferentz, Law Division, Essex County Superior Court, 1996-1997. Member: Essex County and Morris County Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Land Use; Civil Litigation; Landlord and Tenant Law; Juvenile Criminal Law. Email: Denis G. Murphy | | Matthew I. Kane (Member) born Vineland, New Jersey, November 19, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1992, New York. Education: Lafayette College (B.A., 1988); University of Miami (J.D., 1991). Member: New Jersey State and New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Corporate Law; Transactional Law. Email: Matthew I. Kane | | Brad M. Kaplan (Member) born Elizabeth, New Jersey, May 2, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, New Jersey; 1998, New York. Education: Brandeis University (B.A., 1994); Rutgers University School of Law (J.D., Tax Honors with distinction, 1997); New York University School of Law (LL.M., 2000). Article Editor, Rutgers Law Journal, 1996-1997. Author: "Taking Stock of Estate Planning Strategies for Options" (Practical Tax Strategies, August 2000); "Disability Insurance Fills a Need for Buy-Sell Agreements" (Practical Tax Strategies, June 1999); "Pre-Death Planning for the Terminally Ill: Designing the Best Plan in a Short Amount of Time" (New Jersey Law Journal, 1998); "IRS Imposes Unexpected Tax on Split-Dollar Insurance" (Taxation for Lawyers, 1997). Member: New Jersey State, New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Planning; Tax Planning; Estate Planning; Executive Compensation; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Brad M. Kaplan | | Elizabeth F. Lorell (Member) born Abington, Pennsylvania, December 13, 1961; admitted to bar, 1988, Colorado; 1989, New Jersey; 2006, New York; 1989, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 1994, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2006, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. Education: West Chester University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1983); University of Denver College of Law (J.D., 1988). Pi Gamma Mu; Pi Sigma Alpha; Alpha Lambda Delta; Phi Eta Sigma. Law Clerk to Hon. Robert P. Fullerton, Denver District Court, Civil Division, Denver, Colorado, 1987-1988. Law Clerk to Hon. Leonard P. Plank, Colorado Court of Appeals, 1988-1989. Member: New Jersey State, New York State and The Colorado Bar Associations; Association of the Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey; Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (Vice-Chair, Employment Practices and Workplace Liability Section, 2007-08; Co-Chair, E-Discovery Task Force, 2007-2008); Historical Society for the United States District Court, District of New Jersey. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Insurance Defense; Litigation; Products Liability; Insurance. Email: Elizabeth F. Lorell | | David J. Ruitenberg (Member) born Paterson, New Jersey, December 7, 1960; admitted to bar, 1991, New Jersey. Education: Calvin College (B.A., 1983); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1991). Member: Moot Court Honor Society; Jessup International Law Moot Court Team. Associate, Justice Marie L. Garibaldi American Inn of Court for Alternative Dispute Resolution. Member: Bergen County, New Jersey State (Member, Sections on: Environmental Law; Corporate Law; General Practice) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Construction Law(40%); Local Government Law(30%); Land Use(20%); Corporate Transactions(10%). Email: David J. Ruitenberg | | Lisa C. Wood (Member) born Walton on Thames, England, October 7, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2000, New York. Education: Rutgers College (B.A., 1989); Widener University (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Contracts I. Member, Delaware Journal of Corporate Law, 1990-1992. Law Clerk to the Hon. Peter Paul Olszewski, Superior Court of Pennsylvania, 1992-1993. Practice Areas: Insurance; Insurance Coverage; Toxic Torts. Email: Lisa C. Wood | | Nuris E. Portuondo (Member) born Puerto Rico, July 7, 1967; admitted to bar, 1998, New Jersey; 2004, District of Columbia; 2005, New York. Education: Purdue University (B.A., 1990); Hofstra University (J.D., 1997). Languages: Spanish and French. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Nuris E. Portuondo | | COUNSEL | | Alan J. Schnirman (Counsel) born Newark, New Jersey, April 20, 1945; admitted to bar, 1972, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Monmouth College (B.A., 1968); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1971). Phi Alpha Delta. Student Director, Legal Services Clinic, Seton Hall School of Law. Chairman, Piscataway Township Planning Board, 1977. Council Member, Piscataway Township, 1977-1979. Assistant County Counsel, County of Union, 1988-1994. Court Appointed Arbitrator for Negligence Cases, Superior Court of New Jersey, 1994—. Member: Union County (President, 1990) and New Jersey State Bar Associations; New Jersey Association of School Attorneys. Practice Areas: Education Law. Email: Alan J. Schnirman | | Hope R. Blackburn (Counsel) born 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, New Jersey; 1985, Pennsylvania. Education: Princeton University (B.A., 1981); Villanova University (J.D., 1984). Practice Areas: Contracts; Education Law; Municipal Corporation Law. Email: Hope R. Blackburn | | John G. Geppert, Jr. (Counsel) born Du Bois, Pennsylvania, July 1, 1956; admitted to bar, 1983, New Jersey. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., 1978); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1983). Chairman, New Jersey State Bar Association School Law Committee. Practice Areas: Education Law. Email: John G. Geppert, Jr. | | John E. Croot, Jr. (Counsel) born Morristown, New Jersey, October 16, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1996, New York. Education: Rutgers College (A.B., 1983); Fordham University School of Law (J.D., 1986). Member: New Jersey State Bar Association (Member, Construction and Public Contracts Law Section). Practice Areas: Education Law; Civil Litigation; Construction Law; Contracts. Email: John E. Croot, Jr. | | Patrick D. Tobia (Counsel) admitted to bar, 1985, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Fordham University; Rutgers University (B.A., 1982); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1985). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Collections; Chancery and Equity; Computers and Software; Construction Law. Email: Patrick D. Tobia | | Rachel A. Davis (Counsel) born Suffern, New York, June 28, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2001, New York; 2002, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: State University of New York at Albany (B.A., cum laude, 1996); Fordham University School of Law (J.D., 2000). Member: Morris County, New Jersey State and New York State Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; New Jersey Defense Association. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Labor Law; Civil Litigation. Email: Rachel A. Davis | | Robin S. Ballard (Counsel) born Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 27, 1973; admitted to bar, 2001, Pennsylvania; 2002, New Jersey; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Johns Hopkins University (B.A., 1995); Widener University School of Law (J.D., 2001); Widener University (M.A., 1999; Psy.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Education Law. Email: Robin S. Ballard | | Ira J. Hammer (Counsel) born November 21, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, New Jersey; 1981, New York; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Brandeis University (B.A., 1977); Rutgers University (J.D., with high honors, 1980). Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; Computer Law Association; New Jersey Technology Council (Member, Advisory Board, 1996—). Practice Areas: Computer Law; E-commerce Law; Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law; Contract Law. Email: Ira J. Hammer | | David L. Blank (Counsel) born Suffern, New York, September 12, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, New York; 2000, New Jersey. Education: Washington University, St. Louis (B.A., with honors, 1994); University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 1997). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation; Construction Litigation; Real Estate Foreclosure. Email: David L. Blank | | Joshua I. Savitz (Counsel) born Boonton, New Jersey, December 28, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2001, New York. Education: Brandeis University (B.A., cum laude, 1993); Rutgers University Law School (J.D., 1997). Law Clerk to the Hon. Arthur N. D'Italia, Assignment Judge of the Superior Court. Deputy Attorney General, Bureau of Securities, State of New Jersey, 1998-2002. Member: New Jersey State Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Section). Practice Areas: Labor Law; Employment Law; Litigation; School Law; Administrative Law; Securities. Email: Joshua I. Savitz | | —————————— | | Abeer Abu Judeh (Associate) born Jerusalem, Israel; admitted to bar, 2004, New Jersey; 2005, New York. Education: Bloomfield College (B.S., cum laude, 1997); Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 2004). Group Leader at the John C. Lifland Inn of Court (2003-2007). Member: American Bar Association (Award Committee, 2007); NAWAL (Development Committee, 2007). Languages: Arabic. Practice Areas: Litigation; Labor and Employment. Email: Abeer Abu Judeh | | David B. Angeluzzi (Associate) born New Haven, Connecticut, September 14, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Wisconsin and New Jersey. Education: Loyola College in Maryland, (B.A., 2004); Marquette University, (J.D., 2007). Member: New Jersey State Bar Association; State Bar of Wisconsin. Practice Areas: Education Law. Email: David B. Angeluzzi | | Mark H. Aronowitz (Associate) born Bronx, New York, June 21, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: University of Rhode Island (B.A., 1998); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D., 2001). Author: U.S. Supreme Court EEO Update, 2004-2005; "Litigating Employment Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Claims," Practising Law Institute (PLI) Handbook. Member: Essex County and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Civil Litigation. Email: Mark H. Aronowitz | | Nicholas D. Bliablias (Associate) born Summit, New Jersey, October 24, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, New Jersey; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Lehigh University (B.A., Political Science, 2000); Rutgers University School of Law (J.D., 2003). Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Civil Litigation. Email: Nicholas D. Bliablias | | Christopher C. Brown (Associate) born Brooklyn, New York, January 28, 1968; admitted to bar, 2003, New Jersey. Education: Wagner College (B.A., 1991); Seton Hall University (J.D., 2003). Member: New Jersey Bar Association; American Bar Association; Morris County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Real Estate; Corporate Law. Email: Christopher C. Brown | | Brett L. Carrick (Associate) born Tulsa, Oklahoma, April 22, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2005, New York. Education: Lycoming College (B.A., 2000); University of North Carolina (J.D., 2003). Member: New Jersey State Bar Association; New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Labor and Employment. Email: Brett L. Carrick | | Bethany A. Celso (Associate) born New Brunswick, New Jersey, July 15, 1983; admitted to bar, 2008, Florida. (Not admitted in New Jersey). Education: Providence College (B.A., 2005); Albany Law School (J.D., 2008). Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Bethany A. Celso | | Gregory T. Dennison (Associate) born Brooklyn, New York, September 14, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, New York and New Jersey; 2001, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Lafayette College (B.A., 1993); University of Denver College of Law (J.D., 1997). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Commercial Litigation. Email: Gregory T. Dennison | | Mark A. DiPisa (Associate) born Livingston, New Jersey, January 27, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, New Jersey. Education: Monmouth University (B.A., Political Science); Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Mark A. DiPisa | | Nicholas J. Dotoli (Associate) born East Orange, New Jersey, August 15, 1973; admitted to bar, 2007, New Jersey, New York and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Wesleyan University (B.A., 1995); Harvard University (Ed.M., 1997); Rutgers University Law School (J.D., 2006). Phi Delta Kappa; Alpha Delta Phi. Education Committee Aide, New Jersey Legislature, 1997-2000. Policy & Planning Associate, Abbott v. Burke Division, Department of Education, State of New Jersey, 2000-2008. Member, Regulations Committee, New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum, 2007-2008. Member, Governor's Commission for Gifted & Talented Education, 2004. Licensed School Administrator, New Jersey State Board of Examiners. Member, Harvard Club of New York and the Wesleyan University Alumni Association. Member: New Jersey State, New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: School Law; Labor Relations. Email: Nicholas J. Dotoli | | David M. Farkouh (Associate) born Brooklyn, New York, May 2, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2005, New York; 2007, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. Education: Rutgers College (B.A., 2001); Seton Hall University (J.D., 2004). Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Commercial Litigation. Email: David M. Farkouh | | Eileen M. Fitzgerald (Associate) born Summit, New Jersey, March 12, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, New Jersey. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 2002); Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: New Jersey State Bar Association (Member, Your Lawyers' Division). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Eileen M. Fitzgerald | | Katherine A. Gilfillan (Associate) born Sayre, Pennsylvania, August 21, 1968; admitted to bar, 1997, Massachusetts; 1998, New York; 1999, U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. Education: St. Anselm College (B.A., 1990); Suffolk University (J.D., cum laude, 1997). Member: Broome County and New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation; Education Law. Email: Katherine A. Gilfillan | | Seth D. Griep (Associate) born Hackensack, New Jersey, March 9, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, New Jersey; 2006, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: University of Rhode Island (B.S., 2000); Pace University Law School (J.D., 2003). Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Personal Injury. Email: Seth D. Griep | | John E. Horan (Associate) born Denville, New Jersey, November 11, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, New Jersey. Education: St. Bonaventure University (B.A., 1998); St. John's University (J.D., 2001). Pi Sigma Alpha. Elected Official, Town of Dover, New Jersey Council, January, 2004—. Member, Town of Dover Governing Body, 2003-2006. Member: Morris County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Land Use; Litigation. Email: John E. Horan | | Michael J. King (Associate) born Pequannock, New Jersey, November 11, 1977; (Admission pending). Education: Syracuse University (M.S.Ed., 2008); Syracuse University College of Law (J.D., 2008). Practice Areas: Education Law. Email: Michael J. King | | Kimberly E. Knauf (Associate) born Albany, New York, July 9, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, New Jersey. Education: Babson College (B.S., cum laude, 2001); Suffolk University Law School (J.D., 2004). Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Corporate Real Estate; Workers Compensation; Land Use. Email: Kimberly E. Knauf | | Jeffrey A. Kopco (Associate) born Parma, Ohio, November 8, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2006, New York. Education: Syracuse University (B.A., Political Science & Broadcast Journalism, magna cum laude, 2002); Seton Hall University Law School (J.D., 2005). Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Construction Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Jeffrey A. Kopco | | Andrew W. Li (Associate) born New York, N.Y., December 13, 1970; admitted to bar, 1997, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2006, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: St. John's College (B.A., 1993); Tulane University of Louisiana (J.D., 1997). Member: New Jersey State, Somerset County and American Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of New Jersey. Practice Areas: Employment Civil Rights; Municipal Law; Civil Litigation. Email: Andrew W. Li | | Mellissa L. Longo (Associate) born Elizabeth, New Jersey, July 16, 1972; admitted to bar, 2002, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: New Jersey City University (B.A., 1994); New York Law School (J.D., 2001). Recipient, Silver Key Award, American Bar Association. Executive Lieutenant Governor, American Bar Association Law Student Division for the Second Circuit; Professional Achievement Award 2005, Young Lawyers Division of New Jersey State Bar Association. Associate, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.; Deutsche Bank; Adjunct Professor, Legal Research & Writing, Seton Hall University School of Law. Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Labor and Employment. Email: Mellissa L. Longo | | Ryan S. Malc (Associate) born Sparta, New Jersey, March 31, 1982; (Admission pending). Education: Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania (B.A., Business Accountancy, 2005); Hofstra University School of Law (J.D., 2008). Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Ryan S. Malc | | Marc G. Mucciolo (Associate) born Brooklyn, New York, February 11, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, New Jersey. Education: Saint Joseph's University (B.A., History, 2003); Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: New Jersey State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Education Law. Email: Marc G. Mucciolo | | Melissa A. Natale (Associate) born Brooklyn, New York, July 4, 1973; admitted to bar, 2003, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2004, New York. Education: Fairfield University (B.A., Political Science, 1995); Seton Hall University School Law (J.D., 2003). Member: New Jersey State Bar Association; American Bar Association; New York Bar Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Insurance Defense. Email: Melissa A. Natale | | Donald M. Nungesser (Associate) born Englewood, New Jersey, September 6, 1974; admitted to bar, 2004, New Jersey; 2005 New York and U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1997); Pace University (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage(90%); Insurance Defense(10%). Email: Donald M. Nungesser | | Jennnifer Paganucci (Associate) born Queens, New York, December 3, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, New Jersey ; 2006 New York. Education: Rutgers University, (B.A., 2002); New York Law School (J.D., 2005). Languages: German. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Jennnifer Paganucci | | Ariel S. Peikes (Associate) born Brooklyn, New York, April 7, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, New Jersey; 2007, New York. Education: Brown University (A.B., 2001); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University (J.D., 2006). Member: New Jersey and New York State Bar Associations. Languages: Hebrew. Practice Areas: Education Law. Email: Ariel S. Peikes | | Melanie J. Perez-Vellios (Associate) born Aibonito, Puerto Rico, April 3, 1977; admitted to bar, 2005, New Jersey; 2007, New York. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 2001); Rutgers University Law School (J.D., 2005). Member: Hispanic Bar Association. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Commercial Litigation. Email: Melanie J. Perez-Vellios | | Joyce Raspa-Gore (Associate) born Queens, New York, November 24, 1959; admitted to bar, 2001, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2002, New York. Education: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (B.Arch., 1983); New York Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2001). Member: Bergen County Bar Association; New Jersey Bar Association (Construction & Public Law Committee); Hellenic Bar Association. Special Agencies: American Institute of Architects (AIA), 2000; 1st Vice President, Architects League, AIA, Professional Women in Construction, 2007; Registered Architect, 1991. Practice Areas: Real Estate(10%); Land Use, Zoning and Planning(10%); Construction Law(50%); Corporate Law(30%). Email: Joyce Raspa-Gore | | Joseph L. Roselle (Associate) born Livingston, New Jersey, February 16, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, New Jersey. Education: Rutgers University, (B.S., Administration of Justice, 2002); Rutgers University Law School (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Education Law; Litigation. Email: Joseph L. Roselle | | Melissa A. Silver (Associate) born Brooklyn, New York, October 10, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, New Jersey. Education: Stockton State College (B.A.); Syracuse University (J.D.). Law Clerk, Hon. Douglas K. Wolfson, Superior Court of New Jersey. Practice Areas: Litigation; Labor and Employment. Email: Melissa A. Silver | | Mitchel Tarter (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, New Jersey and New York; 2004, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Towson University (B.S., 1998); Rutgers Law School (J.D., 2003). Member: Mercer County and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Insurance Defense; Construction Litigation. Email: Mitchel Tarter | | Joshua L. Weiner (Associate) born Livingston, New Jersey, July 31, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, New Jersey. Education: Rutgers College (BA, 2002); Hofstra University School of Law (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Employment Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Joshua L. Weiner | | Sandra D. Woolcock (Associate) born Jamaica, West Indies, September 17, 1962; admitted to bar, 1994, New Jersey; 1995, Pennsylvania. Education: Wagner College (B.S.C., 1985); Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 1994). Member: Warren County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Estate Administration; Probate Administration; Guardianship and Conservatorship; Residential Real Estate Sales; Commercial Real Estate; Business Planning. Email: Sandra D. Woolcock | | Christine M. Yearing (Associate) born Brooklyn, New York, 1978; admitted to bar, 2006, New York; 2006, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: University of Central Florida (B.A., 2000); Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 2005). Member: New Jersey State Bar Association; New York State Bar Association. Email: Christine M. Yearing | | COUNSEL TO THE FIRM | | Allan P. Dzwilewski (Counsel to the Firm) born Jersey City, New Jersey, September 17, 1946; admitted to bar, 1973, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1968; J.D., 1973). Co-Author, with Paul H. Green: "Mixed-Motive Employment Discrimination Cases," New Jersey Lawyer, July/August 1989. Associate Counsel, New Jersey School Boards Association, 1973-1975. Vice President, New Jersey Association of School Attorneys, 1992-1995. Member: Middlesex County, New Jersey State (Member, Labor Law Section) and American Bar Associations; National School Boards Association Council of School Attorneys. [U.S. Army, 1968-1970, Specialist, 4th Class]. Reported Cases: Lascari v. Bd. of Educ. of Ramapo-Indian Hills Reg., 116 NJ 30 (1989); Somerville Bd. of Educ. v. Manville Bd. of Educ., 167 NJ 55 (2001); In re Petition for Authorization, 181 NJ 161 (2004). Practice Areas: Education Law; Labor and Employment; Administrative Law. Email: Allan P. Dzwilewski | | Martin R. Pachman (Counsel to the Firm) born 1944; admitted to bar, 1970, New York; 1972, New Jersey; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: City College of the City University of New York (B.A., 1966); University of Maryland School of Law (J.D., 1969). Member: New Jersey State Bar Association (Former Co-Chair, Labor Law Section); Educational Negotiators Association. Practice Areas: Labor Law; Education Law; Municipal Law. Email: Martin R. Pachman | | Jacob Green (Counsel to the Firm) born Bayonne, New Jersey, August 21, 1929; admitted to bar, 1954, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1963 U.S. Supreme Court. Education: New York University School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance (B.S., cum laude, 1951); New York University School of Law (LL.B., cum laude, 1953). Beta Gamma Sigma. Recipient, Goodman Memorial Prize, New York University. Decisions Editor, New York University Law Review, 1952-1953. Author: "The FInal Judgement Rule and F.R. 54(6), NYU Law Review, 1953. Member: Morris County, New Jersey State (Member, Labor Law and Local Government Law Sections) and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law, General Practice and Law Practice Management Sections) Bar Associations; New Jersey Association of School Attorneys; National School Boards Association Council of School Attorneys; Education Law Association; National Public Employer Labor Relations Association; American Arbitration Association. Reported Cases: N.J. State P.B.A. Loc. 29 v. Irvington, 403 A.2d 473; Jamison v. Bd. of Educ. of Rockaway Tp., 577 A.2d 177. Practice Areas: School Law; Public Sector Labor Relations. Email: Jacob Green | | Philip B. Whitcomb (Counsel) born Los Angeles, California, December 23, 1949; admitted to bar, 1976, New Jersey; 1986, New York; 1994, Florida. Education: University of Colorado at Boulder (B.A., 1973); California Western School of Law (J.D., 1976). Deputy Attorney General, Division of Criminal Justice, Appellate Section, State of New Jersey, 1976-1978. Member: New Jersey State (Member, Committee on Sports Related Law, 1981) and American (Member: Labor and Employment Law Section; Forum Committee on the Entertainment and Sports Industries, 1982) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor Law; Government Law; Administrative Law. Email: Philip B. Whitcomb | | Lucille Lacosta-Davino (Counsel) born Plainfield, New Jersey, September 17, 1949; admitted to bar, 1981, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2005, District of Columbia. Education: Seton Hall University (B.S.Ed., History, 1971; J.D., 1980). Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Government; Administrative Law. Email: Lucille Lacosta-Davino | | OF COUNSEL | | Miguel A. Maza (Of Counsel) born Las Villas, Cuba, September 3, 1961; admitted to bar, 1989, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1990, Puerto Rico and U.S. District Court, District of Puerto Rico. Education: Kearney State College (B.A., 1983); Indiana University of Pennsylvania (M.A., 1984); New York Law School (J.D., 1988). Author: "Introducción al Experimento de Mondragon," 5:2 Journal of Basque Studies, p. 67-76 Fall 1984. Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; Puerto Rico Bar Association; Association of Labor Relations Practitioners. (Also Practicing Individually at San Juan, Puerto Rico). Languages: Spanish. | | Joan M. Damora (Of Counsel) born Paterson, New Jersey, January 16, 1953; admitted to bar, 1997, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Montclair State University (B.A., 1975); Rutgers University Law School (J.D., 1997). Senior Class President, Montclair State College, 1975. Listed in Who's Who in American Universities, 1995. Member: Montclair County Legal Aid Society. Practice Areas: School Law; Employment Law; Labor Law; Administrative Law. Email: Joan M. Damora | | Heidi M. G. Hanley (Of Counsel) born Provo, Utah, August 8, 1967; admitted to bar, 2001, New Jersey. Education: Duke University (B.A., 1990); Columbia University (M.S., 1997); Rutgers University (J.D., with honors, 2001). Order of the Coif. Member, International Law Society, 1998-2000. Vice President and Newsletter Editor, 1999-2001. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Education Law; Labor and Employment. Email: Heidi M. G. Hanley | | LEGAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL | | PARALEGALS | | Rellinda Barnes (Paralegal) | | Diane S. Burbella | | Caryn H. Hughes (Paralegal) | | Amanda L. Lombardi (Paralegal) |
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