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Address
53 Spring Street
One Legal Lane
Newton, New Jersey 07860-0605 (Sussex Co.)
Average Client Review Rating
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Average Peer Review Rating
4.5
out of 5
 Accepts Credit Cards (Main Office) The firm's ten practicing attorneys pursue both a general practice of law and special fields of interest to ensure a broad range of professional representation for our clients. The brief professional biographies of our attorneys provide a glimpse of certain areas of the firm's expertise. Statement of PracticeGeneral Practice. Banking, Civil Practice, Corporation, Business, Environmental, Municipal Law, Civil Trials, Trusts and Estates, Wills and Probate, Estate Planning, Asset Protection, Guardianship, Estate Litigation, Estate Administration, Public Utility, Real Estate Law, Workers Compensation Law, Social Security Disability Law, School Law, Education, Zoning, Land Use, Planning, Bankruptcy Law, Taxation Law, Non-Profit and Tax-Exempt Law, Lake Association Law, Community Association Law, Personal Injury. Year Established: 1922
Firm Size: 11
ClientsCOUNSEL FOR: Sussex Rural Electric Cooperative
Public Power Association of New Jersey
Mountain Creek Resorts, Inc. (Intrawest Corp.).
LOCAL COUNSEL FOR: American Reliance Insurance Co.
Motor Club of America
PNC Bank, N.A.
Lakeland Bank
First Hope Bank.
Representative Clients:New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Co.
Planning Boards of The Township of Allamuchy, Hardyston Township, Branchville Borough, Franklin Borough, Hampton Township, Hopatcong, Hope Township, Knowlton Township, Mine Hill, North Caldwell, Roxbury Township, Sandyston Township
Zoning Boards of Branchville Borough, Franklin Borough, Hackettstown, Hampton Township, Knowlton Township, North Caldwell, Sandyston, The Townships of Stillwater and Wantage
The Nature Conservancy
Clark University
Allegheny Electric Cooperative
B.P. Amoco Oil Company
Boonton Transport
Sussex Bank.
Rate InformationAccepts Major Credit Cards
Address53 Spring Street
One Legal Lane
Newton, NJ 07860-0605, (Sussex Co.)
PhonePhone: 973-383-1600
Fax: 973-383-7823
Website
http://www.dolanlaw.com
Office HoursMonday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Firm/Affiliate OfficesBlairstown, New Jersey: 18 Bank Street, P.O. Box 647. Telephone: 908-362-5600. Fax: 973-383-7823.
William M. Cox (Member) born Newton, New Jersey, December 26, 1922; admitted to bar, 1950, New Jersey. Education: Syracuse University (A.B., 1947); Cornell University (J.D., 1950). Phi Delta Phi (Clerk, Conkling Inn, 1949-1950). Member: Newton Board of Education, 1960-1965; Sussex County Board of Vocational Education, 1965-1978. General Counsel, New Jersey Planning Officials, 1976-1993; General Counsel Emeritus, 1994. President, New Jersey Institute of Municipal Attorneys, 1982-1984. Author, "New Jersey Zoning and Land Use Administration," 1966 to date. Rotarian. Member: Sussex County (President, 1973-1974), New Jersey State (Chairman, Local Government Law Section, 1969-1971) and American Bar Associations. [With U.S. Army, 1943-1945]. Reported Cases: Nickels v. City of Wildwood, 140 N.J. 261 (1995); Jackman v. Bodine, 43 N.J. 453 (1964); Highland Lakes v. Franzino, 186 N.J. 99 (2006). Practice Areas: Education Law; Zoning, Planning and Land Use.Email: William M. Cox
Richard V. Hollyer (Member) born Paterson, New Jersey, January 26, 1934; admitted to bar, 1963, New York; 1964, New Jersey. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., 1955); Columbia University (LL.B., 1962). Phi Delta Phi; Kent Court. Member: Sussex County (Past President/Trustee and Chairman, Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee), New Jersey State, New York State and American Bar Associations. [With U.S. Army, Counter Intelligence Corps, 1956-1959]. Practice Areas: Business Law; Estate Planning; Probate Administration; Estate Litigation; Asset Protection; Guardianship; Wills; Probate.Email: Richard V. Hollyer
Robert T. Morgenstern (Member) born New York, N.Y., August 23, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, New Jersey. Education: Villanova University (B.A., 1966; J.D., 1969). Member and Past President, Sussex County YMCA. Member, Newton Rotary Club. Member: Sussex County (Past President), New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; New Jersey Federation of Planning Officials. (Certified Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Trial Attorney Certification). Practice Areas: Wills; Trusts and Estates; Litigation; Personal Injury; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Real Estate Development.Email: Robert T. Morgenstern
Roger W. Thomas (Member) born Trenton, New Jersey, December 27, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, New Jersey. Education: Seton Hall University (B.A., 1969); University of Cincinnati (J.D., 1972). Named, "Super Lawyer" in Worker's Compensation, New Jersey Attorneys. Instructor, Zoning and Planning, Certified by the State of New Jersey and New Jersey Planning Association. Member: Sussex County, New Jersey State (Workers Compensation and Land Use Sections) and American Bar Associations; Former Trustee for New Jersey State Bar, Institute of Municipal Attorneys and Drafting Committee of Municipal Land Use Law. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Social Security; Zoning Law.Email: Roger W. Thomas
William T. Haggerty (Member) born Sussex, New Jersey, September 29, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, New Jersey. Education: Gettysburg College (B.A., cum laude, 1973); University of Miami (J.D., 1976). Prosecutor: Township of Wantage, 1984; Montague Township, 1991. Member: Sussex County and New Jersey State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Zoning, Planning and Land Use.Email: William T. Haggerty
Eileen McCarthy Born (Member) born Oceanside, California, November 7, 1960; admitted to bar, 1989, New Jersey; 1990, Pennsylvania, Texas and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Bucknell University (B.A., 1983); University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; Seton Hall Law School (J.D., 1989). Member: Sussex County, New Jersey and American Bar Associations; Community Associations Institute; New Jersey Coalition of Lake Associations; Lake Association Law. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Wills; Probate; Trusts and Estates; Asset Protection; Guardianship; Estate Litigation; Community Association Law; Corporate Law; Nonprofit Organizations Law; Tax Exempt Organizations.Email: Eileen McCarthy Born
——————————Nancy Heslin Reading (Associate) born Englewood, New Jersey, February 12, 1955; admitted to bar, 2001, New Jersey; 2002, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2006, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Hampshire College (B.A., 1976); Yale University Divinity School (M.Div., 1981); Seton Hall Law School (J.D., 2001). State of Connecticut Scholar. Presidential Scholar, 1998-1999 and Faculty Scholar, 2000-2001, Seton Hall University Divinity School. Law Clerk to Hon. Lorraine Parker, J.A.D., Appellate Division. Attorney, Lafayette Land Use Board. Civil Court Roster Mediator. Trustee, Land Use Subcommittee Secretary and High School Mock Trial Coordinator, Sussex County Bar Association. Member: Sussex County, New Jersey State (Sections on: Dispute Resolution; Elder Law; Land Use) and American (Member, Dispute Resolution Section) Bar Associations; Newton Memorial Hospital Bioethics Commission; New Jersey Federation of Planning Officials. Reported Cases: Highlands Lakes v. Franzino, 186 N.J. 99 (2006). Practice Areas: Wills; Probate; Trusts and Estates; Estate Administration; Guardianship; Medicaid Planning; Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect; Asset Protection; Conservatorship; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Land Use Litigation; Mediation; Arbitration; Appellate Practice.Email: Nancy Heslin Reading
Anand Dash (Associate) born Newton, New Jersey, June 1, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, New Jersey; 2007, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., 2002); Villanova University (J.D., 2006). Member: Sussex County, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Languages: Oriya and Spanish. Practice Areas: Land Use; Trusts and Estates; General Practice.Email: Anand Dash
OF COUNSELCharles J. Brand (Of Counsel) born Fairfield, Connecticut, August 13, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, New Jersey. Education: Lehigh University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1974; M.B.A., 1977); Rutgers University (J.D., 1978); New York University (LL.M., in taxation, 1984). Phi Beta Kappa; Beta Gamma Sigma. Recipient, Prentice Hall Federal Tax Award. Certified Public Accountant, New Jersey, 1981. Member: Sussex County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Taxation Law; Estate Planning Law; Corporate Law; Bankruptcy Law.Email: Charles J. Brand
F. Clifford Gibbons (Of Counsel) born Easton, MD, October 15, 1961; admitted to bar, 1989, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2003, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Colgate University (B.A., 1983); Penn State University, Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1989). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, Banking Law and Regulation, 1988. Co-Author, New Jersey Casebook on Zoning, Planning and Land Use Law, Gann Law Books (2004). Adjunct Instructor, Rutgers University, Division of Local Government Services, 1991-1994. Law Clerk to the Honorable C. Judson Hamlin, J.S.C., 1989-1990. Attorney, Summit City Planning Board, 2003. Attorney, Jackson Township Charter Study Commission, 2004-2005. Special Counsel: Middlesex County Planning Board, 2004-2005; Hoboken City Planning Board, 2003-2005; Freehold Township, 1994; Holmdel Township, 1994; Millstone Township, 1994-96; Manalapan Township, 1994-2005. Assistant Counsel, New Jersey Planning Officials, 1999. Trustee, The Hun School of Princeton, 2001-2004. Member: Princeton Bar Association; New Jersey Institute of Municipal Attorneys; New Jersey League of Municipalities. (Also practicing individually, Princeton, New Jersey). Reported Cases: Pickett v. Lloyd's, 131 N.J. 457 (1993), Appeal of Tp. of Monroe, 289 N.J. Super 138 (App. Div. 1995); WHS Realty v. Town of Morristown, 323 N.J. Super 553 (App. Div. 1999); Cohen v. Thoft, 368 N.J. Super 338 (App. Div. 2004); South Plainfield Properties, L.P. v. Middlesex County Planning Board, 372 N.J. Super. 410 (App. Div. 2004). Practice Areas: Local Government Law; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Bankruptcy Law; Litigation; Municipal Court Practice.
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