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Address
44 Whippany Road, Suite 210
Morristown, New Jersey 07960 (Morris Co.)
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 Free Initial Consultation (Main Office) 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. Schwartz Simon Edelstein Celso & Kessler LLC 1993-2009. Statement of PracticeLabor 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 Size: 60
ClientsREPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS PUBLIC SECTOR: Bayonne Municipal Utilities Authority
Bedminister Board of Education
Bloomfield Board of Education
Borough of Prospect Park
Borough of Roseland
Bridgewater-Raritan Regional Board of Education
Cedar Grove Board of Education
Cherry Hill Board of Education
Cumberland Regional Board of Education
Dunellen 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
City of Jersey City
Jackson Township Board of Education
Linden Zoning Board of Adjustment
Montville Township Board of Education
Mount Olive Township Board of Education
City of Newark
Plainfield Area Regional Sewerage Authority
Roxbury Board of Education
Shrewsbury Boro Board of Education
Somerset County Educational Services Commission
South Plainfield Board of Education
Township of Union
Union County Vocational Technical School
Union County Historic Preservation and Green Acres Trust Fund
Wayne Board of Education
Willingboro Board of Education.
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS PRIVATE SECTOR: A&A Iron and Metal Co., LLC
AIU Holdings
American Strip Steel, Inc. and Ware Industries, Inc.
Bank of America
Berkeley Risk
Building Security Services
Capital One Bank
Center for Orthopedics, PA
Chilton Memorial Hospital
Community Investment Strategies, Inc.
Delfini, USA, LLC
Executive Meetings & Incentives, Inc.
First American REO Servicing
Gambert Shirt Corp.
Hoboken Strategy Group, Inc.
Holmehill Association
Lake Estates Condominium Association
Laser Eye Institute of New Jersey, LLC
The Laurie Giamo Memorial Foundation, Inc.
Litton Loan Servicing
Mechanical Services Corp
Metrovest Equities, Inc.
New Jersey American Water Company
Neurology Partners of Hudson County, PA
Platinum Bank & Trust, N.A.
Precision Graphics
RXR Realty, LLC
The Montessori Children's Academy of Short Hills, Inc.
Stonegate Wealth Management, LLC
Sudler Companies
Tangarie Alternative Power, LLC
The Montessori Children's Academy of Chatham
Inc.
The Oaks Condominium Association
The Provident Bank
TraMar Certified, LLC
Tower Management Service, L.P.
United States Liability Insurance Group
Wachovia Bank
Zurich North America.
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Address44 Whippany Road, Suite 210
Morristown, NJ 07960, (Morris Co.)
PhonePhone: 973-301-0001
Fax: 973-993-3152
Website
http://www.ssecz.com
Office HoursMonday: 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
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
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). Recipient, NJBIZ Magazine's "Forty under 40 Award", July, 2009. Recognized by the New Jersey Law Journal in its 40 under 40 Publications, September, 2004. Recognized by New Jersey Monthly Magazine in its Top New Jersey Lawyers, "Rising Stars" issue - 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009. New Jersey State Senate, Legislative Intern, 1993-1994. Editor, Seton Hall Legislative Journal, 1994-1995. Member: Morris County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Education Law; Labor Law; Employment Law.Email: Marc H. Zitomer
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
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
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
Hope R. Blackburn (Member) 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 E. Croot, Jr. (Member) 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.
COUNSELIra 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
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
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.
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
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
——————————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; 2005, New York. 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
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
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; 2008, New Jersey. 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
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
Alison L. Kenny (Associate) born Garden City, New York, February 13, 1977; admitted to bar, 2008, New Jersey. Education: Bucknell University (B.S., 1999); Vanderbilt University (M.Ed., 2003) Kappa Delta Pi - Honor Society; University of Richmond (J.D., 2008). Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: School Law; Special Education.Email: Alison L. Kenny
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
Kimberly E. Lomot (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. Lomot
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
Bertram C. Okpokwasili (Associate) born 1969; admitted to bar, 2009, New Jersey. Education: Tufts University, (B.A., 1991); Rutgers University School of Law, (J.D., 2008). Student Bar Association; President, Northeast Black Student Lawyers Association; Attorney General, Trial Attorneys of New Jersey Scholarship Winner 2008; Mary and Jesse Ridley Scholarship 2008. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Bertram C. Okpokwasili
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
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
Jenna A. Rottenbberg (Associate) born 1984; admitted to bar, 2009, New Jersey. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., 2006); Rutgers University School of Law (J.D., 2009). Practice Areas: Education Law.Email: Jenna A. Rottenbberg
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
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. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Commercial Law.Email: Christine M. Yearing
Beth P. Zoller (Associate) born New York, N.Y., September 5, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, New York and New Jersey. Education: Cornell University (B.S., 1996); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D., 1999). Co-Author: "Greater Protection Afforded to Independent Contractors", New Jersey Law Journal, 191 N.J.L.J. 897, March 17, 2008; "A Close Look at Leave Requirements", New Jersey Law Journal, 188 N.J.L.J. 122, April 9, 2007; "Arbitrate: Better Litigate Instead: A Strategic and Economic Decision", New Jersey Lawyer, Special Supplement; In Re: Trial Law, Vol. 15, No. 31, October 16, 2006; "Court Decisions Impact Workplace Internet and E-mail Policies:, HR Advisor, July/August 2006; "Choose Reexamine Workplace Internet and E-mail Policies", HR FactFinder, April, 2006. Co-Speaker, Employment Law Developments in NJ - conducted Lorman Seminar, December, 2007. Reported Cases: Smith v. MedPointe, et al., 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10471, 2007 WL 556914 (D.N.J. 2007). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment(70%); Litigation(30%).
COUNSEL TO THE FIRMAllan 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
Jonathan B. Bressman (Attorney) born Newark, New Jersey, October 24, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, New Jersey. Education: Lehigh University (B.A., 1985); Temple University School of Law (J.D., 1988). Sigma Tau Delta. Trustee, 2003-2004, Vice President, 2004-2008 and President, 2008, Temple Men's Club. Member: New Jersey and American Bar Associations; National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (Member, Sections on: Real Property; Probate; Trust and Taxation). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Medicaid Planning; Corporate Tax Planning; Elder Law.Email: Jonathan B. Bressman
Lucille LaCosta-Davino (Counsel to the Firm) 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
Robert H. Greenwood (Counsel) born Newark, New Jersey, March 1, 1939; admitted to bar, 1966, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit; 2007, New York. Education: Princeton University (B.A., 1962); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1965). General Counsel: 1st Constitution Bank; Clearview Cable TV, Inc.; Summit 17 Corp (Filippo-Berio); Earth Satellite Communications, LLC. Former Deputy Attorney General for New Jersey. Former Chief Counsel, New Jersey Department of Education. Former Special Hearing Officer, Department of Education. Former General Counsel, Suburban Cablevision. Former Counsel, Public Boards of Education, including Teaneck, Ridgewood, Riverdale, Bergenfield, Dumont, South Orange-Maplewood. Represents school administrators and teachers, students and parents in education matters. Member: New Jersey State and New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Corporate Law; Education Law; Administrative Law; Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation; Communications Law.Email: Robert H. Greenwood
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
OF COUNSELMiguel 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.
Jacob Green (Of Counsel) 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
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
PARALEGALSDiane S. Burbella
Amanda L. Gray (Admission pending)
Caryn H. Hughes (Admission pending)
Amber L. Kopaciewicz Practice Areas: Real Estate.Email: Amber L. Kopaciewicz
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