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| | Address | | Suite 600, One Gateway Center | | Newark, New Jersey 07102-5311 | | (Essex Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 973-643-3700 | | Facsimile: 973-643-1218 | | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Greenberg Dauber Epstein & Tucker,
A Professional Corporation practices in the following areas of law:
Litigation in all Federal and State Trial and Appellate Courts, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Commercial and Banking Transactions, Employment Law, Creditors' Rights, Commercial Real Estate, Regulatory and Administrative Proceedings, White Collar Criminal Defense, Mediation and Arbitration, Federal and State Taxation, ERISA and Employee Benefits, Estate Taxation, Planning and Probate. | | Year Established: 1977 | Firm Profile:
Greenberg Dauber Epstein & Tucker has long been recognized by the business and legal community as a mid-size firm of exceptional quality. The firm has earned a reputation for accessibility, responsiveness, practicality and excellence in business litigation, transactional matters, taxation and business planning for entrepreneurs, corporations, financial institutions and municipalities. | | Firm Size: 16 | | Melvin Greenberg (Member) born Paterson, New Jersey, July 21, 1947; admitted to bar, 1971, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court; 1983, New York; 1994, U.S. Court of Claims. Education: New York University (B.A., cum laude, 1968); New York University Law School (J.D., 1971). Phi Beta Kappa. Listed: Best Lawyers in America, Business Litigation, 2003-2008; Top 100 Lawyers in New Jersey, 2007; New Jersey Super Lawyers, 2003—; Super Lawyers for Corporate Counsel, Business Litigation; New York Magazine's Directory of Area's Best Lawyers, 2005-2008; America's Leading Business Lawyers, 2003-2004; "Power of Attorney," New Jersey Leading Lawyers, New Jersey Magazine, March, 2003. Assistant United States Attorney, District of New Jersey, 1971-1974. Chair, 1994-1995, Vice-Chair, 1993-1994 and Member, 1991-1995, New Jersey Supreme Court Ethics Committee (District V-A). Executive Committee and Teaching Master, C. Willard Heckel Inn of Court, 1993—. Instructor, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, 1993—. Lecturer: "An Altered Landscape for Corporate Counsel: Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure," New Jersey Corporate Counsel Association, 1994; "Civil RICO: The Corporate Defense— Practical Applications and Considerations," Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Member, Middletown Township Charter Study Commission, 1989. Member: Association of the Federal Bar; New Jersey State (Member, Federal Practice Committee) and American (Member: Litigation Section; Criminal Tax Cases Committee) Bar Associations; U.S. District Court Historical Society. Practice Areas: Federal Practice; Chancery Practice; Complex Business Litigation; Franchise Law; Internal Corporate Investigations; White Collar Criminal Law. Email: Melvin Greenberg | | Edward J. Dauber (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, December 12, 1945; admitted to bar, 1969, Massachusetts; 1973, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and U.S. Supreme Court; 1974, New Jersey. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1966); Phi Beta Kappa; Harvard Law School (J.D., 1969). Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Business Litigation, 1995-2007. Research Associate, Harvard Law School Center for Criminal Justice, 1969-1971. Visiting Lecturer, Institute for Criminology and Criminal Law, Tel-Aviv University Law Faculty, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 1971-1972. Assistant United States Attorney, District of New Jersey, 1972-1976; Chief, Consumer Protection and Fraud Division, 1974-1976. Attorney-Advisor, Office of Policy and Planning, Office of the Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, 1976-1977. Acting Consumer Affairs Advisor to the Attorney General of the United States, 1976-1977. Director, Division of Law, New Jersey Department of Law & Public Safety (Attorney General's Office), January 1991-March 1993. Executive Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, New Jersey Department of Law & Public Safety, December 1991-March 1993. Recipient: Department of Justice Special Achievement Award, 1973; Special Commendation Award, 1974; Northern New Jersey Federal Executive Board, Outstanding Federal Employee of the Year Award, 1975; Center for Public Resources, Outstanding Practical Achievement Award for Excellence and Innovation in Alternative Dispute Resolution, 1992; Appointed Arbitrator by United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1985. Appointed Mediator by United States District Court for the District of New Jersey; Appointed Mediator by New Jersey Supreme Court; Author: "The Developing Law in the Academic Community on Matters Involving Students and Teachers," National Association of Independent Schools (Monograph, September 1969); "The Developing Law with Respect to Student Rights," National Association of Independent Schools (Monograph, May 1971); "Reforming the Detainer System: A Case Study," Criminal Law Bulletin, Vol. 7. No. 8 (1971); Harvard Center for Criminal Justice (Principal Author) "Judicial Intervention in Prison Discipline," Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology & Police Service," Vol. 63, No. 2 (1972); "Developing a Drug Policy: A Suggested Approach," Israel Studies on Criminology, Vol. II, Jerusalem Academic Press, Jerusalem, Israel (1973); "A Comparative Exploration of Prison Discipline," Edward Dauber and David Shichor, Journal of Criminal Justice, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Spring, 1979). Member, Supreme Court of New Jersey, District Ethics Committee, 1987-1990; Chairman, 1990. Member: New Jersey Supreme Court Civil Practice Committee, 1991-1995; New Jersey Supreme Court Complementary Dispute Resolution Committee, 1991-2006; New Jersey Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct, 2000—. Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; Association of The Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey. Fellow: American Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: White Collar Criminal Defense; Commercial Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Regulatory Law; Administrative Law. Email: Edward J. Dauber | | Stanley A. Epstein (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, April 28, 1936; admitted to bar, 1975, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (B.A., magna cum laude, 1957); New York University Law School (J.D., 1975). Phi Beta Kappa. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Tax Law, Employee Benefits Law, 1993-2008. Editor, New York University Law Review, 1974-1975. Lecturer, ERISA and Tax Law, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1981-2008. Member, Institute for Continuing Legal Education Curriculum Advisory Committee, 1992-1994. Author: "New Jersey Limited Partnership Law," Vol. 3, State Limited Partnership Laws, Aspen, 1987-2008, New Jersey Limited Liability Company and Partnership Laws, Vol. 3, State Limited Liability Company and Partnership Laws, Aspen, 1995-2008; "The ABC's of New Jersey State Taxes," New Jersey Lawyer, February/March 1993; "Private Pension Rights," New Jersey Lawyer February 1985; "Buying and Selling a Business," Vol. 1, Ch. 2, New Jersey Transaction Guide, Matthew Bender, 1984; "Employee Relations Considerations in Establishing ESOPs," Vol. 3, No. 2, The Employee Relations Law Journal, Autumn, 1977. Member: National Association of State Bar Tax Sections, 1990-1993; Advisory Group to the Director of New Jersey Division of Taxation, 1992-1993. Special Counsel to State of New Jersey for Employee Benefits, 1992-1996. Founding Member, New Jersey Chapter, ESOP Association of America, 1992—. Member, 2003— and Chair, 2004-2007, District Fee Arbitration Committee, and Member, Committee on the Tax Court, 1991-1993, New Jersey Supreme Court. Member: New Jersey State (Member, 1979—, Member, Taxation Section, 1987—, Chair, Employee Benefits Committee, 1985-1987, Chair, Taxation Section, 1991-1992, Labor and Employment Section, Member and Chair, Employee Benefits Committee, 1993-1996) and American (Member, Taxation Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; Tax Law; Estate Planning; Corporate Law. Email: Stanley A. Epstein | | H. Glenn Tucker (Member) born Long Branch, New Jersey, October 22, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Duke University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1977); Washington College of Law of American University; Duke University School of Law (J.D., 1980). Listed: Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law, 2005-2008; Top 100 New Jersey Super Lawyers, 2008; New York Magazine's Directory of Area's Best Lawyers, July 18, 2005. MODERATOR/LECTURER: "Legal Issues in Due Diligence," Due Diligence Symposium, ACG (New Jersey) (2006); "Restrictive Covenants," Contract Litigation Seminar, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (2005): "Beyond the Therapists Couch: The Business Lawyer's Guide to Family Business Psychology," Fourth Annual Business Law Symposium (2003). Lecturer: "Earn-Outs: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly," Joint Presentation by the Litigation Services Committee of The New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Corporate and Business Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association (2003); "Restrictive Covenants: Impact of the Decision Maw v. Advanced Clinical Communications," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (2003); "Representing the Family Enterprise: An Interdisciplinary Approach," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (2002); "Counseling the Family Business: Emerging Issues," Third Annual Business Law Symposium (2002): "Selected Issues in Commercial Leases: The Contrasting Positions of Landlords and Tenants," Second Annual Business Law Symposium (2001); "Closely Held Corporation Planning and Organization," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (1993). Appointed Adjunct Professor of Law, Transactional Skills Program, Seton Hall University Law School, 2007. Appointed by New Jersey Supreme Court to the Ad Hoc Committee on Continuing Legal Education, 2007. Member of Duke University Law School Alumni Association Board of Directors, 2004—. Member, Legal Affairs Committee, New Jersey Business and Industry Association, 2003—. Member: New Jersey State Bar Association (Member, Board of Directors, Business Law Section, 1999—; Vice Chair, Legislation, 2004-2006; Secretary, 2006-2008; Chair, 2008—); Inn of Transactional Counsel (Founding Counselor and Vice President, 2001—; Chair, Curriculum Committee, 2001-2008). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures. Email: H. Glenn Tucker | | Linda G. Harvey (Member) born Fort Lauderdale, Florida, October 22, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1990, U.S. Tax Court; 1994, U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: University of Delaware (B.S., 1979); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1982). Notes and Comments Editor, Seton Hall Law Review, 1981-1982. Author, "Crane's Footnote 37 Gets the Boot," ll Seton Hall Law Review 679, 1981. Lecturer: "Personnel Law Update 2000," Council on Education in Management, September 2000; "Family Business, Enterprise Seminar: Litigation and Breakup," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, June 2002. Fourth Annual Business Law Symposium "Beyond The Therapist's Couch: The Guide To Family Business Psychology," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, October 2003; Skills and Methods Litigation Course, Substitute for Continuing Legal Education, December 2006. Chair, 1998-1999, Vice Chair, 1997-1998 and Member, 1995-1999, New Jersey Supreme Court Ethics Committee. Commercial Arbitrator, 1992—, American Arbitration Association. Member: New Jersey State Bar Association; Association of the Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey; New Jersey Women Law Association (Trustee). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Law; Products Liability; Alternative Dispute Resolution. Email: Linda G. Harvey | | Russell S. Burnside (Member) born Englewood, New Jersey, December 4, 1957; admitted to bar, 1988, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and Pennsylvania; 1989, District of Columbia and U.S. Tax Court; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1996, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, 2004; U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 2006, District of Colorado. Education: Fairleigh Dickinson University (B.S., magna cum laude, Accounting, 1980, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Omega Epsilon); Rutgers University (J.D., 1988). Certified Public Accountant, New Jersey, 1982. Volunteer, Internal Revenue Service, Income Tax Assistance Program, 1985-1987. Recipient, Margaret Devine Fox Memorial Award for Contribution Regarding Legal Ramifications of Technical and Scientific Advances and PhilipTanis Academic Achievement Scholarship. Moot Court Competition Semi-Finalist (Winner, Best Brief Competition). Managing Notes & Comments Editor, Rutgers Computer and Technology Law Journal, 1987-1988. Author: "The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986: The Challenge of Applying Ambiguous Statutory Language to Intricate Telecommunications Technologies," Rutgers Computer and Technology Law Journal, Vol. 13, No. 2, 1987. Appointed by New Jersey Supreme Court to the District VA Ethics Committee and District VA Fee Arbitration Committee. Trustee, Donald C. Kilgour Endowment Fund 1990-1996. Adjunct Professor: Essex County Community College and Fairleigh Dickinson University. Board of Governors, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1995-2008. Member: New Jersey State, Pennsylvania, New York State and American Bar Associations; District of Columbia. Reported Cases: Barry v. New Jersey Highway Authority, 245 N.J. Super. 302 (Ch. Div. 1990); Schlichtman v. New Jersey Highway Authority, 243 N.J. Super. 464 (Law Div. 1990); Monarch Entertainment Bureau, Inc. v. New Jersey Highway Authority, 715 F. Supp. 1290 (D.N.J.), aff'd, 893 F.2d 1331 (3d Cir. 1989); Varsolona et al v. Breen Capital Services Corp. et al, 180 N.J. 605 (2004). Practice Areas: Business and Commercial Litigation; Commercial Landlord-Tenant Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Construction Litigation; FINRA (formerly NASD) Arbitration; Condemnation Litigation.. Email: Russell S. Burnside | | Sumeeta A. Gawande (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, November 22, 1967; admitted to bar, 1996, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1997, New York; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Cornell University (B.A., 1990); Rutgers University School of Law at Newark (J.D., 1995). Judge Skelly Wright Prize; Kinoy Fellow. Law Clerk: to the Honorable Ronald L. Ellis, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; to the Honorable Naomi Eichen, Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division. Member: New Jersey and Federal Bar Associations, Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association of NJ; South Asian Women's Leadership Forum. Practice Areas: Complex Business Litigation; White Collar Criminal Defense; Appellate Practice. Email: Sumeeta A. Gawande | | Michael H. Freeman (Member) born Queens, New York, December 18, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1993, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (B.A., cum laude, 1989); George Washington University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1992). Member, Order of the Coif. Associate, George Washington University Law Review, 1990-1992. Member: New Jersey State (Former Member, Supreme Court Ethics Committee, District V-A) and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Harris v. State Police, 2008 WL 141503 (D. N.J. 2008); Affiliated Mortgage Protection, LLC v. Tareen, 2007 WL 203947 (D. N.J. 2007); Kelley v. Edison Twp., 2006 WL 1084217 (D. N.J. 2006); Smalls v. Allstate, 396 F. Supp. 2d 354 (S.D.N.Y. 2005); Kanofsky v. UMDNJ, 50 Fed. Appx. 546 (3d Cir. 2002); Farina v. Kraus, 333 N.J. Super. 165 (App. Div. 1999); Matthies v. Mastromonaco, 160 N.J. 26 (1999); LNC Investments, Inc. v. First Fidelity Bank, N.A., 1993 WL 231322 (S.D.N.Y. 1993); In re Secured Equipment Trust of Eastern Airlines, Inc., 38 F.3d 86 (2d Cir. 1994). Practice Areas: Trial and Appellate Practice; Employment Law; Corporate Law; Commercial Law. Email: Michael H. Freeman | | Robert F. Ripley (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 14, 1965; admitted to bar, 1996, New Jersey. Education: Drexel University (B.S., 1988; M.B.A., 1990); Tulane University School of Law (J.D., 1996); New York University School of Law (LL.M. in Taxation, 2000). Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Robert F. Ripley | | OF COUNSEL | | Barbara Byrd Wecker (Of Counsel) born New York, N.Y., November 14, 1941; admitted to bar, 1974, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Cornell University (B.A., 1962) Phi Beta Kappa; University of Missouri at Kansas City (M.A., Counseling, 1964); Rutgers University School of Law, Newark (J.D., with Honors, 1974); University of Virginia School of Law (LL.M., 2005). Member, American Arbitration Association National Roster of Neutrals. New Jersey Supreme Court Approved Mediator under Rule 1:40. New Jersey Superior Court Judge, 1985-2006 (Appellate Division, 1996-2006, Civil, Criminal and Family Trial Divisions, 1985-1996). Recipient, Alumni Association Distinguished Alumna Award, Rutgers School of Law - Newark, 2006. Member, Supreme Court Committees: Ad Hoc Committee on Continuing Legal Education, 2007—; Civil Practice, 1994-2001 and 1987-1990; Ad Hoc Committee on Confidentiality to the Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct, 1995; Criminal Practice, 1990-1994; Family Practice, 1986-1987; Complementary Dispute Resolution; District XII Union County Ethics Committee, 1981-1984; Chair, Sub-Committee on Jury Innovations. C. Willard Heckel American Inn of Court (President 1993-1995, Founding Member and Program Chair, 1990-1992). Member, Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee, University of Pennsylvania Law School Center on Professionalism, 1995-1996; Judges' Advisory Council, Rutgers School of Law, Newark, 1995-1999; State Board of Bar Examiners, 1984-1985. New Jersey State Bar Foundation (Trustee, Bar Center Site Selection Committee, 1983-1985). Trustee, Legal Services of New Jersey, Inc., 1982-1985. Arbitrator, Superior Court, Union County, 1984-1985. Matrimonial Early Settlement Panel, Union County, 1979-1985. Lecturer in Law, Appellate Moot Court, Rutgers University School of Law, 1978-1982. Member, Rutgers Law Review Editorial Board, 1973-1974 and Competition Chair, 1973. Speaker: Seton Hall University School of Law Appellate Advocacy Classes, 1997, 1998; Institute for Continuing Legal Education (ICLE): "Litigating A Wrongful Death Case" May 1994; "Proving Damages," June 1995; "Proximate Cause in Professional Negligence," March 1996; National Lead Litigation Conference Philadelphia, Pennsylvania May 1996. Masters Thesis: "Frye or Daubert in New Jersey? It's Not About Labels — It's About Reliability, Validity and Context," April 2005 (available in the University of Virginia School of Law Library); note, "Res Judicata—Judgment in Suit Between Navajo and Hopi Tribes...," 26 Rut. L. Rev. 909 (1973). Private practice of law in Newark and Westfield, New Jersey, 1974-1985. Teacher and Counselor, North Kansas City, Missouri, Hazel Park and Detroit, Michigan 1962-1966. Member: American Bar Association; National Association of Women Judges; New Jersey State Bar Association (Chair, Committee on the Availability of Legal Services 1980-1983; Long Term Planning Committee, 1982-1983; General Council Executive Committee, 1983-1984); Union County Bar Association (Trustee 1983-1985; Committee on Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments 1983-1984); Women Lawyers in Union County (President 1980-1982). Fellow: American Bar Foundation; Ford Foundation Fellow. Practice Areas: Arbitration; Mediation; Complex Commercial Litigation; Appellate Practice; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Mock Trials. Email: Barbara Byrd Wecker | | COUNSEL | | Mary E. Scrupski (Counsel) born Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, October 2, 1956; admitted to bar, 1988, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Douglass College (B.A., general honors, 1982); Rutgers University School of Law, Newark (J.D., high honors, 1988). Author: "Serving the Single Client," New Jersey Law Journal, Estate Planning Supplement, May 1998; "The New Jersey Realty Transfer Tax," New Jersey Law Journal Real Estate Supplement, June 1999. Instructor, "Estate Planning and Estate Administration," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1995-2006. Instructor, Estate Planning for Special Situations, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2004. Board of Directors, Summit Area Gerontological Endeavor (SAGE), 1997-2002. President, Summit Business and Professional Women's Club, 2003-2004. Member: New Jersey State Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Elder Law; Real Property; Trusts and Estate Law); National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Probate; Trusts and Estates; Trust Administration; Guardianship; Wills. | | —————————— | | Jennifer S. Saal (Associate) born Nyack, New York, October 6, 1959; admitted to bar, 1988, New Jersey; 1989, New York. Education: Harvard University (A.B., cum laude, 1981); New York University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1988). Order of the Coif; Order of Barristers. Practice Areas: Corporate; Tax Planning. Email: Jennifer S. Saal | | Eleftherios Georgiou (Associate) born New York, N.Y. January 5, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, New Jersey and New York; 2004, District of Columbia. Education: Rutgers University (B.S., 1998); New York Law School (J.D., 2001). Law Clerk to the Honorable Nicholas Tsoucalas, U.S. Court of International Trade. Languages: Greek. Practice Areas: Corporate Law. Email: Eleftherios Georgiou | | Kimberley Farmer (Associate) born Trenton, New Jersey, January 16, 1978; admitted to bar, 2005, New Jersey and New York. Education: Villanova University ( B.A., 2000); St. John's University (J.D. 2004). Member: New Jersey State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Estate Administration; Estate Planning; Corporate Law. Email: Kimberley Farmer | | Scott J. Goldstein (Associate) born Chambray-les-Tours, France, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, New Jersey; 2005, New York. Education: Haverford College (B.A., 2001); Duke University School of Law (J.D., 2004). Member: New York State and American Bar Associations. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Scott J. Goldstein | | Thomas B. Slocum (Associate) born Hackensack, New Jersey, December 9, 1981; admitted to bar, 2008, New Jersey and New York. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 2004); Rutgers University Law School (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Business Litigation. Email: Thomas B. Slocum | | Megan Halverson Trexler (Associate) born Carroll, Iowa, December 12, 1979; admitted to bar, 2007, New Jersey. Education: Rutgers College (B.A., 2002); Rutgers University Law School (J.D., 2007). Member: American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Business Law and Litigation). Email: Megan Halverson Trexler |
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