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(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 Practice

General 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.

Clients

COUNSEL 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 Information

Accepts Major Credit Cards

• Visa
• MasterCard

Address

53 Spring Street
One Legal Lane
Newton, NJ 07860-0605, (Sussex Co.)

Phone

Phone: 973-383-1600
Fax: 973-383-7823

Website

http://www.dolanlaw.com

Office Hours

Monday: 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 Offices

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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 COUNSEL

Charles 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.