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| | Address | | The Legal Center, One Riverfront Plaza | | Newark, New Jersey 07102 | | (Essex Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Robertson, Freilich, Bruno & Cohen, L.L.C. practices in the following areas of law:
Complex Litigation, including Antitrust, Commercial Transactions, Employment, Environmental, Fiduciary Liability, Insurance Coverage, Intellectual Property, Internal Investigations, Mass Tort, Products Liability, Regulatory Compliance, Securities, Shareholder Disputes, White Collar Criminal Defense. | | Year Established: 1999 | | Firm Size: 18 | | Irvin M. Freilich (Member) born Ulm, Germany, March 3, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, New York and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; 1977, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second and Third Circuits; 1986, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.A., with high honors, 1971); Georgetown University (J.D., 1974). Certified Mediator, Court-Annexed Mediation Program of the United States District Court, Southern District of New York. Listed: "The Best Lawyers in America". Member: New Jersey State (Member, Environmental and Professional Responsibility Committees) and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Natural Resources, Tort and Insurance Practice) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Mediation; Complex Commercial Litigation; Environmental Litigation; Toxic Torts; Insurance Coverage. Email: Irvin M. Freilich | | Kevin J. Bruno (Member) born Newark, New Jersey; admitted to bar, 1983, New Jersey. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., with high honors, designated Rutgers Scholar, 1980); Rutgers University (J.D., 1983). Phi Beta Kappa. Adjunct Professor, Environmental Law, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Section of Litigation, Environmental Litigation Committee, Co-Chair, Insurance Litigation Subcommittee; Section of Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law) and New Jersey State Bar Association (Member, Environmental Law Section; Insurance Law Committee). Practice Areas: Environmental Litigation and Counseling; Insurance Recovery; Toxic Torts; Litigation; Risk Management. Email: Kevin J. Bruno | | Jeffrey A. Cohen (Member) born New York, N. Y., October 5, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, New Jersey; 1982, New York. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1976); University of Baltimore (J. D., 1979). Member, International Moot Court Team. Editor, University of Baltimore Legal Research Service, 1978-1979. Law Clerk, Hon. Charles Joelson, Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, 1979-1980. Member, Board of Editors: Product Liability Law and Strategy, 1996—; Member, Board of Editors: Environmental Compliance Law and Strategy, 1995—. Seminar Co-Chairperson, Trying The Environmental Insurance Coverage Case, Mealey's Publication. Member: New Jersey State, New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental Litigation and Counselling; Toxic Torts; Federal Practice; Complex Commercial Litigation; Insurance Coverage Litigation; Asbestos Litigation; Products Liability. Email: Jeffrey A. Cohen | | John F. Olsen (Member) born Montclair, New Jersey, April 15, 1964; admitted to bar, 1992, California, U.S. District Court, Central District of California, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1993, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona; 1996, New York, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern District of New York; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: University of New Hampshire (B.A., 1986); McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (J.D., with great distinction, 1991). Order of the Coif. Member, Traynor Honor Society. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award for Criminal Procedure. Comment Writer, 1989-1990 and Assistant Comment Editor, 1990-1991, Pacific Law Journal. Associate Attorney, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. Member: Camden County and New Jersey State Bar Association; State Bar of California. Reported Cases: Hamil America, Inc. v. GFI, 193 F.3rd (2d Cir. 1999); In re Adler, Coleman Clearing Corp., 221 B.R. 321 (S.D.N.Y. 1998). Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; Business Torts; Patents; Copyrights; Employment Discrimination. Email: John F. Olsen | | Lynda A. Bennett (Member) born 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, New York; 1995, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1997, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Susquehanna University (B.A., cum laude, 1991); Valparaiso University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1994). Contributing Author, "Employment-Related Insurance: Liability Insurance Coverage for Employment Claims," in "A Practical Guide to New Jersey Employment Law: The Employer's Resource," Lowenstein Sandler and NJBIA, June 2001. Member: New Jersey State and New York State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Casualty Insurance; Commercial; Fire Insurance; Insurance Arbitration; Insurance Bad Faith; Insurance Agents and Brokers Defense; Insurance Contracts; Insurance Fraud; Insurance Insolvency; Insurance Legislation; Insurance Litigation; Indemnity; Property Damage; Property Insurance; Reinsurance; Risk Management; Subrogation; Employment Law; Commercial Litigation. Email: Lynda A. Bennett | | James A. Scarpone (Member) born 1940; admitted to bar, 1966, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1968, U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit. Education: Iowa State University; Rutgers University; Columbia University (LL.B., 1966). Member: Essex County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Bankruptcy Law. Email: James A. Scarpone | | Michael S. Weinstein (Member) admitted to bar, 1995, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1996, U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2002, U.S. Federal Court of Claims, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of International Trade, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: American University (B.A., 1991); Washington College of Law at American University (J.D., 1995). Pegasus Trust Scholar, London, U.K. Former Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, Washington, D.C. Former Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. Dean's Advisory Council, American University Washington College of Law. Executive Committee, New Century Leadership, Jewish Home & Hospital, New York City. Member, Board of Trustees, Gill St. Bernard's School, Gladstone, N.J. Member, Board of Trustees, Historical Society of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; American Inns of Court. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Commercial Litigation; White Collar Criminal Defense; Constitutional Law; Employment Litigation; Securities Litigation; Corporate Investigations. Email: Michael S. Weinstein | | Owen J. McKeon (Member) admitted to bar, 2002, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Northeastern University (B.S., with highest honors, 1996); New York Law School (J.D., 2001). Phi Alpha Theta; Alpha Sigma Lambda; Phi Alpha Delta; Golden Key. Dean's Merit Scholar. Formerly with New York City Law Department's Office of the Corporation Counsel; Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City. Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; Antitrust; Intellectual Property Litigation; Unfair Competition; Trademark Litigation; Counterfeiting. Email: Owen J. McKeon | | OF COUNSEL | | John Agar (Of Counsel) born Brooklyn, New York, November 26, 1946; admitted to bar, 1986, District of Columbia; 1994, New York. (Not admitted in New Jersey). Education: Queens College of the City University of New York (B.A., summa cum laude, 1968); University of North Carolina (Ph.D., 1972); University of Chicago (J.D., with honors, 1985). Phi Beta Kappa; Morehead Fellow; Order of the Coif. Law Clerk to Judge John D. Butzner, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1985-1986. Co-Author: with Jeff Goodman," Cleanup Paradigm Changing," Legal Times, p. 25, Jan. 7, 1997; with Joseph Vasapoli, "An Acid Rain 'Economy'," 5 Tulane Envir. L.J. 221, Dec. 1991; with Joseph Vasapoli and Jerry Pfeffer, "The Acid Rain Amendments and the Project Financing of Non-Public Utility Electric Generator Projects," 44 Southwestern L.J. 1517, Spring 1991. Author: "The Labeling of Prescription Devices for the Food and Drug Administration and Product Liability: A Primer," Part II, 45 Food Drug Cosmetic L.J. 569, November 1990; Part I, 45 Food Drug Cosmetic L.J. 447, Sept. 1990; "Generally Recognized as Sour Cream: Treating Standards of Food Identity as a Success," 44 Food Drug Comm. L.J. 237, 1989. Contributor: Contaminated Site Cost Recovery Litigation, Law Journal Seminars-Press, April 1994; Co-Chairman, Contaminated Site Cost Recovery Litigation, Law Journal Seminars-Press, April 1993; Seminar on Hazardous Waste and Insurance Claims, New York and Los Angeles, 1988. Member: The District of Columbia Bar; New York State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation. | | —————————— | | Fanny A. Flikshtein (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Muhlenberg (B.A., summa cum laude, 2003); New York Law School (J.D., 2006). Phi Beta Kappa. Phi Sigma Iota, National Foreign Language Honor Society. Omnicron Delta Kappa, National Leadership Society. Pi Sigma Alpha, National Political Science Honor Society. Dana Scholar, 1999-2003. Dean's Merit Scholar, 2003-2006. Member, Moot Court, 2004-2006. Languages: Russian, Spanish. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Civil Litigation. | | Anna E. Johansson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2001, Washington; 2006, New Jersey. Education: University of Washington (B.A., 1996); University of Washington School of Law (J.D., 2001). Recipient: Charlotte Malone MacDonald Endowed Scholarship; Scandinavian Scholarship. Executive Comments Editor, Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal. Author: "A Silen Emergency Persists: The Limited Efficacy of U.S. Sanctions on Burma," 9 Pac. Rim Law & Pol'y J., 317 (2000). Languages: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, French. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights; Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation. | | Meghan O. Murray (Associate) born Perth Amboy, New Jersey, April 25, 1975; admitted to bar, 2004, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Boston College (B.A., 1997); Trinity College Dublin, (M.A. 1998); Rutgers University Law School (J.D., 2004). Recipient, D'Agui Memorial Award for Excellence in the Study of Tort Law. Teaching Assistant, Legal Research and Writing Program. Judicial Extern, Hon. Jerome B. Simandle, U.S.D.J., District of New Jersey, 2002-2003. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Meghan O. Murray | | Jesse G. Pauker (Associate) born Trenton, New Jersey; (Admission pending). Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., 2004); Rutgers University, Camden (J.D., 2007). Recipient, Pro Bono Award, Rutgers School of Law, Camden. Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation; Environmental Litigation; Employment Litigation. Email: Jesse G. Pauker | | John Whiting Roeser (Associate) born Staten Island, New York, March 31, 1969; admitted to bar, 2003, New Jersey. Education: Duke University (A.B., cum laude, 1990); University of Virginia Law School (J.D., 2003); University of Virginia (M.A., 2004). Law Clerk, Honorable Philip S. Carchman, Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division. Languages: German. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: John Whiting Roeser | | Jennifer A. Leighton (Associate) born Fayetteville, North Carolina, June 4, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2003, New York; 2007, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1999); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 2002). Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Sigma Alpha; Golden Key National Honor Society; Co-author: "In-House Restrictive Covenants Loosened," 186 N.J.L.J. 930 (Dec. 12, 2006). Member: New Jersey State Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Federal Practice; Intellectual Property). Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; Federal Civil Litigation; Insurance Litigation. Email: Jennifer A. Leighton | | Bruce D. Vargo (Associate) admitted to bar, 1998, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Rochester Institute of Technology (B.S., 1987); Seton Hall School of Business (M.B.A., 1992); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1998). Formerly with Budd Larner Gross Rosenbaum Greenberg & Sade, P.C., Short Hills, New Jersey. Member: Essex County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property; Litigation. | | Andrew Zimmerman (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2007, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Rutgers College, Rutgers University (B.A., high honors, 2003); Rutgers University School of Law-Newark (J.D., 2006). Rutgers Law Review, 2004-2006. Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Bankruptcy; Labor and Employment; Age Discrimination in Employment; Employment Litigation; Title VII Discrimination. Email: Andrew Zimmerman |
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