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One Gateway Center, Suite 2500
Newark, New Jersey 07102-5311 (Essex Co.)
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(Main Office) Meyner and Landis LLP was founded in 1962 by former New Jersey Governor Robert B. Meyner. The Firm is recognized for its expertise in Banking, Commercial Litigation, Creditors' Rights and Immigration. We are dedicated to providing the highest quality legal services on a cost effective basis to our clients. The firm is a member of the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. Statement of PracticeGeneral Civil and Commercial practice throughout the State of New Jersey, with concentrations in Banking, Cable Communications, Corporate/Business Transactions, Creditor's Rights and Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation, Immigration, Real Estate, Trusts and Estates, and Utility Regulation. Year Established: 1962
Firm Size: 14
Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Polish and French.
Representative Clients:Affinion Benefits Group, Inc.
Algonquin Gas Transmission Company
Alpha Cho Rho Education Foundation
Astor Home Liquors
Atlantic Track and Turnout Company
AT&T
Avis Budget Car Rental
Banco Popular North America
Bank of America
Better Homes & Garden Real Estate
Borough of Glen Ridge
Brewer Associates
Cartus Corporation
Colonial Pipeline Co.
Corinthian Housing Development Corp.
Creative Visual
CREST Community Development Corporation
Cromwell Liquors
Crowley Maritime Corporation
Family Dollar Store
Fidelity National Title Company
GTA North America, Inc.
Hoffman La-Roche, Inc.
Home Liquors
INCCA Community Development Corporation
Innovative Interactive, LLC
Interface Financial Group
Israel Discount Bank of New York
Jackson Hewitt
Keltic Financial Services
Lincoln Park Nursing Home
Loyola Foundation
Main Street Development Company
Medallion Financial Group
NRT, LLC
Old Republic Title Insurance Company
Orbitz, LLC
PHH Corporation
PNC Bank
Preferred Petroleum Products & Services
Provident Bank
Public Service Electric & Gas Company
RCI, LLC
Realogy Corporation
Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson
RMJM, Inc.
SGS North America, Inc.
Sovereign Bank
Spectra Energy
Sterling Bank
Suttons International
Tang Foundation for Education
TD Bank
Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation
Torry Harris Business Solutions, Inc.
Toufayan Bakeries, Inc.
Travelport, Inc.
Trilegiant Corporation
Ungerer & Company
Unity Bank
Verizon Wireless
Wells Fargo Bank
Wildlife Preserves, Inc.
Wright Express Corporation
Wyndham Worldwide Corporation.
Robert B. Meyner (1908-1990).
Edwin C. Landis, Jr. (Partner) born Phillipsburg, New Jersey, January 7, 1935; admitted to bar, 1960, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: Lafayette College (A.B., 1956); University of Michigan (LL.B., 1959). Deputy Attorney General, New Jersey, 1960. Executive Secretary to Governor of New Jersey, 1960-1962. Chairman, New Jersey Clean Water Council, 1968-1972. Chairman, Board of Ethics, Bernardsville, New Jersey, 1973-1978. Trustee, 1974-1998 and President, 1981-1998, Bernardsville Library. Trustee, N.J. Historical Society, 1994-1999; Trustee, Lafayette College, 1989-1994. Member: Essex County, Somerset County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Serraino v. Mar-D, Inc., 228 N.J. Super. 482 SEP 23, 1988; Porter and Ripa Associates, Inc. v. 20..., 167 N.J. Super. 48 MAR 23, 1979; Porter & Ripa Associates, Inc. v. 200..., 159 N.J. Super. 317 APR 24, 1978; Lay Faculty Ass'n of Regional Secondar..., 122 N.J. Super 260 FEB 02, 1973; Peoples Bank of Montvale, Application of, 111 N.J. Super 141 JUL 14, 1970; City of Bayonne v. Palmer, 90 N.J. Super. 245 FEB 04, 1966; State v. Metropolitan Iron & Steel Co., 62 N.J. Super. 412 JUN 20, 1960; Grand Union Co. v. Sills, 43 N.J. 390 NOV 19, 1964; New Jersey Pharmaceutical Ass'n v. Furman, 33 N.J. 121 JUN 28, 1960; Van Orman v. American Ins. Co., 680 F.2d 301, 3 Employee Benefits Cas. 1653 (3rd Cir. (N.J.), JUN 01, 1982) (NO. 81-2784, 81-2785, 81-2785); Wildlife Preserves, Inc. v. Volpe, 443 F.2d 1273, 2 ERC 1642, 1 Envtl. L. Rep. 20,316 (3rd Cir. (N.J.), JUN 07, 1971) (NO. 19222); Itel Containers Intern. Corp. v. Puerto Rico Marine Management, Inc., 108 F.R.D. 96, 3 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 671 (D.N.J., OCT 29, 1985) (NO. CIV. 83-2673L); Van Orman v. American Ins. Co., 608 F.Supp. 13 (D.N.J., MAR 26, 1984) (NO. CIV. A. 75-2007, CIV. A.76-2287, CIV.A. 75CV14-W-L); Piscataway v. Duke Energy, 488 F.3rd 203 (3rd Cir. (N.J.), JUN 06, 2007) (NO. 05-4521). Practice Areas: Litigation; Corporate; Commercial; Real Estate; Probate; Environmental; Business Law.Email: Edwin C. Landis, Jr.
John N. Malyska (Partner) born Newark, New Jersey, December 15, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, New Jersey. Education: Seton Hall University (B.S.B.A., magna cum laude, 1968); Georgetown University (J.D., 1971). Delta Epsilon Sigma; Omicron Delta Epsilon. Member, 1969-1971 and Editor, 1970-1971, Georgetown Law Journal. Author: Student Note, "Enforcement of Judicial Financing Orders: Constitutional Rights in Search of a Remedy," 59 Georgetown Law Journal 393. Law Clerk to Honorable John J. Gibbons, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1971-1972. Borough Attorney, Borough of Glen Ridge Borough, Essex County, New Jersey, 1985. Member: Essex County, New Jersey State, Federal and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Society for Animal Rights v. Mahwah Tp., 148 N.J.Super. 249 MAR 09, 1977; Society for Animal Rights, Inc. v. Mah..., 138 N.J.Super. 322 DEC 09, 1975; State by Comr. of transp. v. Market As..., 134 N.J.Super. 282 MAY 13, 1975; State by Comr. of Transp. v. Wildlife..., 134 N.J.Super 287 MAY 13, 1975; Drayton v. U.S., 801 F.2d 117, 55 USLW 2189, 58 A.F.T.R.2d 86-5758, 86-2 USTC P 9678 (3rd Cir.(N.J.), SEP 11, 1986) (NO. 85-5432); Cleary v. U.S. Lines, Inc. 728 F.2d 607, 34 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. (BNA) 333, 33 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 34,198 (3rd Cir.(N.J.), MAR 05, 1984) (NO. 83-5158); Fund for Animals v. Frizzell, 530 F.2d 982, 8 ERC 1591, 174 U.S.App.D.C. 130, 6 Envtl. L. Rep. 20,188 (D.C.Cir., DEC 24, 1975) (NO. 75-2054); Drayton v. U.S., 632 F.Supp. 95, 57 A.F.T.R.2d 86-1037, 86-1 USTC P 9370 (D.N.J., MAY 08, 1985) (NO. CIV. A. 84-3418); Cleary v. U.S. Lines, Inc., 555 F.Supp. 1251, 30 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. (BNA) 1361, 31 Empl. Prac. Dec P 33,473 (D.N.J., JAN 27, 1983) (NO. CIV. 81-1766); Matter of Valuation Proceedings Under Sections 303(c) and 306 of Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, 531 F.Supp. 1191 (Sp.Ct.R.R.R.A., NOV 24, 1981) (NO. MISC. 76-1); Parsippany-Troy Hills Tp. v. Costle, 503 F.Supp. 314, 14 ERC 1387, 11 Envtl. L. Rep. 20,344 (D.N.J., NOV 27, 1979) (NO. CIV. 78-1174); Fund for Animals v. Frizzell, 402 F.Supp. 35, 8 ERC 1393 (D.D.C., OCT. 21, 1975) (NO. CIV. 75-1597); Curtiss-Wright Corp. v. McLucas, 381 F.Supp. 657, 75 Lab.Cas. P 33,146 (D.N.J., AUG 27, 1974) (NO. CIV. 807-73). Practice Areas: Banking; Commercial Finance; Loan Restructuring; Commercial Litigation; Corporate; Commercial Arbitration; Real Estate.Email: John N. Malyska
William J. Fiore (Partner) born Passaic, New Jersey, February 8, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, New Jersey. Education: Fordham University (B.A., cum laude, 1973); Rutgers University (J.D., 1977). Notes and Comments Editor, Rutgers Law Review, 1976-1977. Law Clerk to Hon. Theodore I. Botter, Appellate Division Judge, New Jersey, 1977-1978. Chairman, Summit Zoning Board of Adjustment, 1997-1999. Member: Essex County, New Jersey State (Debtor-Creditor and Banking Sections) and American (Litigation Section) Bar Associations; American Bankruptcy Institute. Reported Cases: Humane Soc. of the U.S., New Jersey Br..., 173 N.J. Super. 223 APR 02, 1980; American Home Products Corp. v. Barr Laboratories, Inc., 834 F.2d 368, 56 USLW 2364, 5 U.S.P.Q.2d 1073 (3rd Cir. (N.J.), DEC 02, 1987) (NO. 87-5253); American Home Products Corp. v. Barr Laboratories, Inc., 656 F.Supp. 1058, 3 U.S.P.Q.2d 1194 (D.N.J., MAR 23, 1987) (NO. CIV.A. 86-1275); National Football League Properties, Inc. v. New Jersey Giants, Inc. 637 F.Supp. 507, 229 U.S.P.Q. 785 (D.N.J., MAY 08, 1986) (NO. CIV. A. 84-3560); Itel Containers Intern. Corp. v. Puerto Rico Marine Management, Inc., 108 F.R.D. 96, 3 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 671 (D.N.J., OCT 29, 1985) (NO. CIV. 83-2673L); Sanofi, S.A. v. Med-Tech Veterinarian Products, Inc., 565 F.Supp. 931, 220 U.S.P.Q. 416 (D.N.J., JUN 15, 1983) (NO. CIV. 82-1302). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Creditors' Rights; Bankruptcy; Loan Workouts; Business Law; Commercial Real Estate.Email: William J. Fiore
Anthony F. Siliato (Partner) born Brooklyn, New York, June 23, 1950; admitted to bar, 1980, New Jersey; 1990, New York. Education: Seton Hall University (B.S., cum laude, 1972; J.D., 1980); Rutgers University (M.Ed., 1976). Author: "Strategies To Expedite Employment of Foreign Nationals," Seminar Material, National Business Institute, October 2006; "Common Pitfalls that Delay or Interrupt Employment," Seminar Material, National Business Institute, October 2006. Member: Essex County (Chairman, Section on Immigration and Naturalization, 1984-1986; Vice Chairman, 1996-1997), New Jersey State (Member, Immigration and Naturalization Section) and American (Member, Business Law Section) Bar Associations; American Immigration Lawyers Association (Chairman, New Jersey Chapter, 1996-1998); International Institute of New Jersey (Member, Board of Directors, 1999-2005; Member, Advisory Board, 2005). Practice Areas: Immigration and Naturalization; Corporate; Business Immigration; Consular Law; Investor Visas; Family; Labor Certifications; I-9 Audits; Employment Compliance.Email: Anthony F. Siliato
Scott T. McCleary (Partner) born Rochester, New York, September 19, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2006, U.S. District Court Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1984); Quinnipiac University (J.D., 1987). Member, Moot Court Editorial Board. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award for Civil and Political Rights; Moot Court Award. Lecturer: "Law and Banking," American Institute of Banking, 1989-1993. Member: New Jersey State Bar Association. Reported Cases: Urban v. Planning Bd. of Borough of Ma..., 238 N.J. Super. 105 JAN 23, 1990. Practice Areas: Banking and Commercial Litigation; Commercial Real Estate.Email: Scott T. McCleary
Linda Townley Snyder (Partner) born Orange, New Jersey, January 1, 1952; admitted to bar, 1984, New Jersey. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., Biology high honors, 1974); Seton Hall University (J.D., cum laude, 1984). Microbiologist, Merck & Company, 1976-1980. Member: Essex County and New Jersey State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Foreclosures; Bankruptcy; Loan Workouts.Email: Linda Townley Snyder
David B. Grantz (Partner) born Brooklyn, New York, June 29, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, New Jersey; 1999, New York. Education: Livingston College, Rutgers University (B.A., 1992); Rutgers-Newark School of Law (J. D., 1996). Law Clerk, Hon. Kenneth R. Stein, Superior Court, Essex County. Member: Essex County, Union County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: N.J. Lawyer's Fund For Client Prot. v. Pace, 374 N.J. Super 57 (App. Div. 2005) cert. granted, 2005 N.J. Lexis 494 (2005). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Banking; Financial Services Law; Loan Workouts; Construction Litigation.Email: David B. Grantz
——————————Thomas J. Monroe (Associate) born Jersey City, New Jersey, May 23, 1970; admitted to bar, 2001, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Seton Hall University (B.A., 1996; J.D., 2000). Law Clerk, Hon. Mark A. Sullivan, Jr., Monmouth County, New Jersey. [With U.S. Marines]. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Banking Law.Email: Thomas J. Monroe
Steven L. Vazquez (Associate) born Belleville, New Jersey, July 14, 1977; admitted to bar, 2005, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2006, New York. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A. 1999); Seton Hall University (J.D., 2005). Law Clerk, Hon. Paul J. Vichness, Essex County, New Jersey. Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Banking Law.Email: Steven L. Vazquez
John M. Shari (Associate) born Englewood, New Jersey, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, New Jersey; 2005, New York. Education: Hamilton College (B.A., 2001); Seton Hall University (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Transactions.
Scott R. Malyk (Associate) born Allentown, Pennsylvania, April 3, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2004, New York. Education: Lafayette College (B.A., Spanish, Government & Law, 1998); Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 2002). Member, Seton Hall University Moot Court Board. Judicial Clerkship, Honorable Sebastian P. Lombardi, Superior Court, Essex County, New Jersey. Member: New Jersey State Bar Association; American Immigration Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Immigration and Naturalization; Business Immigration; Investor Visas; Labor Certifications; Permanent Visas; Family Immigration Law; Commercial Litigation.Email: Scott R. Malyk
Eric Santos (Associate) born Brooklyn, New York, September 20, 1974; admitted to bar, 2005, Pennsylvania; 2006, New York and New Jersey. Education: Arizona State University (B.S., 1998); Rutgers University Law School (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation.Email: Eric Santos
Xiaosong Li (Associate) born Bijie, China, May 18, 1973; admitted to bar, 2006, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Wuhan University (B.A., 1994); Rutgers University, School of Law (J.D., 2005). Judicial Intern for Justice James R. Zazzalli, Chief Justice Supreme Court of New Jersey, 2003. Managing Notes Editor, Rutgers Law Review, 2004. Law Clerk to Hon. Donald S. Coburn, P.J.A.D., Appellate Division, Superior Court of New Jersey, 2005-2006. Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; American Health Lawyers Association. Reported Cases: In re Bator, 395 NJ Super 120 (App. Div. 2007). Languages: Chinese. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Banking Law; Health Care.
OF COUNSELFrancis R. Perkins (Of Counsel) born Elizabeth, New Jersey, April 23, 1938; admitted to bar, 1972, New Jersey; 1975, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Newark College of Engineering (B.S.C.E., 1962); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1971); New York University (LL.M. in Trade Regulation, 1977). Professional Engineer, New Jersey, 1967. Assistant Director, Division of Engineering, New Jersey Department of Public Utilities, 1969-1971. Member, Standing Committee of Joint Committee to Review the Rules and Regulations of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, 1978. Member, New Jersey Supreme Court District Ethics Committee (District V.A.), 1986-1989. Member, Governor's Committee on Administrative Law, 1983, 1984. Member: Essex County, Union County, New Jersey State (Chairman, Administrative Conference, 1975-1976, 1980-1981 and Member, Board of Consultors, 1978-1983, 1984, Secretary, 1981, 1982 and Vice Chairman, 1983-1984, Chairman, 1984-1985, Public Utility Law Section) and American Bar Associations; Federal Communications Bar Association. [Lt. Col., Judge Advocate General's Corps., U.S. Army, Retired]. Reported Cases: NYT Cable TV v. Homestead at Mansfield, Inc., 111 N.J. 21 JUN 28, 1988; Certain Sections of the Uniform Administrative Procedural Rules, Matter of, 90 N.J. 85 JUN 29, 1982; Clear Television Cable Corp. v. Board of Public Utility Comrs., 85 N.J. 30 JAN 26, 1981; NYT Cable TV v. Homestead At Mansfield, Inc., 214 N.J.Super. 148 NOV 19, 1986; Petition of Elizabethtown Water Co., 205 N.J.Super. 528 NOV 27, 1985; Zoning Bd. of Adjustment of Sparta Tp. v. Service Elec. Cable Television of New Jersey, Inc., 198 N.J.Super. 370 JAN 25, 1985; Clear Television Cable Corp. v. Board of Public Utility Comrs., 162 N.J.Super 84 AUG 30, 1978; Cable Television, In re, 132 N.J.Super. 45 DEC 26, 1974; Bayshore Sewerage Co. v. Dept. of Environmental Protection, 131 N.J.Super. 37 NOV 07, 1974; Direct Satellite Communications, Inc. v. Board of Public Utilities, 615 F.Supp. 1558 (D.N.J., AUG. 29, 1985) (NO. CIV. A. 84-4990). Practice Areas: Cable Communications; Telecommunications Law; Public Utilities; Administrative Law.Email: Francis R. Perkins
Jerard A. Gonzalez (Of Counsel) born Manhattan, New York, August 30, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals. Education: Seton Hall University (B.A., Criminal Justice, 1988; J.D., 1992). Law Secretary, Hon. Charles DiGisi, Hon. Sybil Moses and Hon. Arthur Minuskin, Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen County, 1992-1993. Assistant Prosecutor, Bergen County Prosecutor's Office, 1994-1997. Assistant District Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1997-2001. Member: Bergen County and Hispanic Bar Association; New Jersey Municipal Prosecutor's Association; New Jersey Hispanic Association; American Immigration Lawyers Association (Chair, New Jersey Chapter, 2007). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Immigration and Naturalization; Criminal Law.Email: Jerard A. Gonzalez
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