MEMBERS OF FIRM
Jane L. Brody (Member) born Newark, New Jersey, March 12, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Massachusetts; 1984, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1986, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Smith College (A.B., 1980); Boston University (J.D., cum laude, 1983) Paul Liacos Distinguished Scholar; New York University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1990). Contributor: Article, "Schmerber and the Privilege Against Self-Incrimination: A Reappraisal," 20 American Criminal Law Review 31, 1982. Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Business Succession Planning; Banking; Corporate Law; Estate Administration.Email: Jane L. Brody
Herbert S. Ford (Member) born Jersey City, New Jersey, May 24, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, New Jersey; 1981, New York. Education: Lehigh University (B.A., 1968); New York University (J.D., 1972). Attorney, Livingston Township Zoning Board of Adjustments, 2000. Lecturer, Real Estate Syndications, New Jersey Continuing Legal Education, 1982. Member: Essex County, New Jersey State, New York State and American (Member, Section on Corporation, Banking and Business Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Securities; Corporate Law.Email: Herbert S. Ford
Andrew S. Kessler (Member) born New York, N.Y., August 3, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1979, District of Columbia; 1984, New York; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: American University (B.A., 1973) Pi Sigma Alpha; Washington University (J.D., 1976); Rutgers University. Assistant Prosecutor, Township of Montclair, 1979. Member: Essex County (Member, Litigation Section), New Jersey State (Member, Civil Trial Bar Section) Bar Association; The Association of the Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey; The District of Columbia Bar; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Real Estate Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Estate Litigation; Real Estate Tax Appeals; General Litigation.Email: Andrew S. Kessler
Ira B Marcus (Member) born New York, N.Y., October 5, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, New Jersey. Education: State University of New York (B.S., magna cum laude, 1971); Cornell University (J.D., 1974). Sigma Pi Sigma. Resource Editor, Cornell International Law Journal, 1973-1974. Recipient, George L. Messereau Scholarship. Co-Author: "Agreeing to Disagree: ADR Contract Clauses," 132 NJLJ, 987; "Director Indemnification of Derivative Suits," NJLJ, 1991; "1981 Amendments to Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code," 109 NJLJ 401, May 13, 1982; "Discriminating Handicapped-Trap for Employers," Business Journal of New Jersey, July 18, 1985; "Computers: Major Tools for Modern Crime," Business Journal of New Jersey, March 14, 1985. Lecturer: "Leveraged Buy-Outs & Acquisitions," New Jersey Bar Annual Meeting Seminar, 1983; Fairleigh Dickinson University's George Rothman Institute of Entrepreneurial Studies and the Venture Association of New Jersey, "Raising Venture Capital," 1991; MECA; Acquisitions Monthly (London), "Acquiring in the United States," 1996. Adjunct Professor, Rutgers School of Law. Director, Hannoch Weisman, 1980-1997. Member: New Jersey State (Member, Corporate Section) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Business Law; Banks and Banking Law; Computers and Software.Email: Ira B Marcus
Todd M. Sahner (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, June 16, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, New York and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York; 1976, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Education: Cornell University (A.B., 1970); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1974). Editor, Brooklyn Law Review, 1973-1974. Author: Note, "Accumulated Earnings Tax: Should Marketable Securities Be Valued at Cost or Fair Market Value," 40 Brooklyn Law Review, 192, 1973; "Valuing the Takeover Target," FairShare, 1993. Contributing Author, "New Jersey Elder Law Practice," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1999. Co-Author: "Family Law Practice in New Jersey," published by Law Practice Handbooks, Inc., 1996. Faculty Member and Contributing Author, Law Education Institute and BNA Family Law Conferences, 1993 and 1995. Lecturer and Contributing Author: "First Annual Elder Law Symposium," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1998; "Examining the Financial Expert Witness," NJSCPA 1994 Annual Conference. Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Family Law; Construction Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment.Email: Todd M. Sahner
Charles S. Dunetz (1945-2007).
COUNSEL
MARYJANE DOBBS (Counsel) born Chicago, Illinois, February 2, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2001, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Education: University of Dayton (B.A., magna cum laude, 1986); Rutgers School of Law, Newark (J.D., 1989). Recipient, Best Quarterfinals Trial Advocate, 1988 Regional Mock Trial Competition, Albany, New York. Author: "Special Considerations in Cases Involving Civil RICO," 1993-1997 New Jersey Federal Civil Practice Handbook; "Analyzing Privileges in Accident Litigation," For the Defense, November 2002. Member: Defense Research Institute (Faculty Member and Contributing Author, Trucking Law Committee, 2006). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Defense; Employment Litigation; Matrimonial Law.Email: MARYJANE DOBBS
ASSOCIATES
Laura J. DeGennaro (Associate) born Lake Success, New York, November 20, 1976; admitted to bar, 2004, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Bucknell University (B.A., 1999); Seton Hall University (J.D., 2003). Member, Constitutional Law Journal, 2001-2002. Law Clerk to the Honorable Donald J. Volkert, Jr., Presiding Judge, Criminal Division, Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex County, 2003-2004. Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Banks and Banking; Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures.
Judith L. Kunreuther (Associate) born New York, N.Y., February 23, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, New York; 2002, New Jersey. Education: Cornell University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1978); George Washington University (J.D., 1981). Order of the Coif. Member, George Washington University Law Review, 1979-1981. Author: "Antitrust Law: Bartholomew vs. Virginia Chiropractors Association," George Washington Law Review, Jan. 1981, Vol. 49, No. 2. Member: New York State and New Jersey State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Banking Law; Corporate Law.Email: Judith L. Kunreuther
Denise Walsh (Associate) born Toms River, New Jersey, November 27, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2003, New York. Education: Seton Hall University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1999; J.D., magna cum laude, 2002). Recipient: Presidential Scholarship; Columbian Foundation Scholarship; Joseph P. Lordi Scholarship; Summit Business and Professional Women's Club Scholarship. Member, Seton Hall Law Review, 2000-2002. Author: "Is Crews v. Crews Destined to be the Next Circle Chevrolet?" 32(4) Seton Hall L. Rev. 837, 2003. Co-Author: "Are Physician Post-Employment Noncompete Agreements Enforceable?" 12(2) The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel 4, March 2004. Practice Areas: Banks and Banking; Corporate Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Commercial Law.Email: Denise Walsh