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| | Address | | Glenpointe Centre West, 500 Frank W. Burr Boulevard | | Teaneck, New Jersey 07666 | | (Bergen Co.) | | | |
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| DeCotiis, FitzPatrick, Cole & Wisler, LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Administrative, Banking, Bankruptcy, Business, Financial Reorganization and Creditors' Rights, Civil Rights, Commercial, Constitutional, Contracts, Construction, Corporate, Election Campaign and Political, Eminent Domain, Employee Benefits, Entertainment and Sports, Environmental, Finance, Government and Regulatory, Health Care, Independent Authority, Insurance, Labor and Employment, Legal Malpractice, Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Mergers and Acquisitions, Municipal, Professional Liability, Public Contracts, Public Finance, Real Estate, Redevelopment, Securities, Solid Waste, Taxation, Tax Credits, Tax Appeals, Trusts and Estates, White Collar Litigation, Wills and Probate, Zoning, Planning and Land Use. | | Year Established: 1985 | | Edward N. Fitzpatrick (1940-2000). | | PARTNERS | | M. Robert DeCotiis (Managing Partner) born Hackensack, New Jersey, January 11, 1941; admitted to bar, 1969, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Monmouth College (B.S., 1965); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1969). Phi Alpha Delta. President, Law Student Division of American Bar Association, 1968. Instructor, Business Law, Bergen Community College, Paramus, New Jersey, 1970-1977. Commissioner and Vice Chairman, New Jersey State Election Law Enforcement Commission, 1980-1984. Chairman and Member, New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, 1985-1992. Chief Counsel to Governor of New Jersey, 1992-1993. Member: Bergen County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Government and Regulatory Affairs; Environmental Law; Municipal Law. Email: M. Robert DeCotiis | | Alfred C. DeCotiis (Partner) born Hackensack, New Jersey, June 4, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, New Jersey. Education: Villanova University (B.S., 1965; J.D., 1968). New Jersey Finalist, Rhodes Scholar Competition, 1965. Law Secretary, Hon. Reynier J. Wortendyke, Jr., Judge, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1968-1969. Appointed by President Clinton in 1995 to serve as United States Representative to the United Nations General Assembly. Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of New Jersey, 1969-1971. Vice-Chairman, New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority, 1984-1988. Special Counsel to the New Jersey Assembly Committee on Independent Authorities and Commissions, 1984. Member, New Jersey Legislature's Insanity Defense Study Commission, 1985. Member New Jersey Legislature's Joint Committee on Ethical Standards 1991. Member, Democratic National Committee. Member, Federal Lawyers Advisory Committee for the U.S. Member: Essex County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Fellow, American Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: White Collar Criminal Defense. Email: Alfred C. DeCotiis | | Michael R. Cole (Managing Partner) born Elizabeth, New Jersey, September 13, 1944; admitted to bar, 1970, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1974, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: St. Peter's College (B.A., 1966); Rutgers Law School (J.D., 1970). Chief Counsel to Governor Thomas H. Kean, 1986-1989. First Assistant Attorney General, 1983-1986. Director of the Division of Law, 1981-1986. Assistant Attorney General in Charge of Civil Litigation, 1978-1981. Member: New Jersey Supreme Court Disciplinary Board, 1993—; New Jersey Supreme Court Civil Practice Committee, 1981-1986; Supreme Court Committee on Civil Case Management and Procedures, 1983-1986. Fellow, American Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Litigation; Government and Regulatory Affairs. Email: Michael R. Cole | | Eric D. Wisler (Managing Partner) born New York, N.Y., December 25, 1956; admitted to bar, 1983, New Jersey. Education: American University (B.A., 1978; B.S., 1978); Rutgers School of Law (J.D., 1981). Member: Essex County, New Jersey State (Member, Sections on: Young Lawyers; Local Government Law) and American (Member, Sections on: Taxation; Securities Law; State and Local Government) Bar Associations; New Jersey Authorities Association; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Redevelopment; Public Finance. Email: Eric D. Wisler | | Michael R. DeCotiis (Managing Partner) born September 22, 1964; admitted to bar, 1991, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Clarion University of Pennsylvania (B.A.); Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 1991). Deputy Executive Director, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, 2002-2003. Chief Counsel to Governor of New Jersey, 2003-2004. Member: Bergen County and New Jersey State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Regulatory Compliance; Procurement Law; Public Representation; Real Estate Development; Independent Authority. Email: Michael R. DeCotiis | | Jonathan L. Williams (Partner) born Bedford, Ohio, August 22, 1948; admitted to bar, 1975, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; Superior Court of New Jersey; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Ohio Northern University (B.A., 1971; J.D., 1975). Assoc. Editor, Ohio Northern University Law Review, 1974-1975. Deputy Attorney General of New Jersey, 1980-1986. Deputy Attorney General In Charge of Litigation, New Jersey, 1986-1989. General Counsel, Union County Utilities Authority, 1989-1994. Member: Study Committee, Model Jury Charges (Civil), Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1988-1989. Special Committee, Civil Settlement and Study, Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1987, 1988 and 1989. Practice Areas: Municipal; Public Procurement and Contracting; Litigation; Redevelopment. Email: Jonathan L. Williams | | J. Sheldon Cohen (Partner) born Jersey City, New Jersey, August 26, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Fordham University (B.A., 1971; J.D., 1975). Recipient: Distinguished Senior Achievement Award; Award in Administrative Law. Councilman, Borough of Fort Lee, New Jersey, 1987-1989. Member: New Jersey State Bar Association (Member, Employment Law Committee, 1983-1987). Languages: American Sign Language. Practice Areas: Litigation; Government and Regulatory Affairs; Municipal; Labor and Employment; Environmental; Eminent Domain; Solid Waste; Administrative; Railroad; Constitutional. Email: J. Sheldon Cohen | | Michael G. Luchkiw (Partner) born Ottawa, Canada, May 16, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1990, District of Columbia; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: St. John's University (B.A., cum laude, 1983); Syracuse University (J.D., 1986). Member: American Bar Association (Member, Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law Section); Ukrainian American Bar Association. Languages: Ukrainian. Practice Areas: Environmental Law. Email: Michael G. Luchkiw | | Joseph M. DeCotiis (Managing Partner) born Paterson, New Jersey, September 22, 1964; admitted to bar, 1995, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 1994). Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Public Procurement and Contracting; Facility Privatization; Redevelopment. Email: Joseph M. DeCotiis | | William Harla (Managing Partner) born Milford, Connecticut, October 2, 1952; admitted to bar, 1979, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., with honors in Political Science, 1974; J.D., 1979). Deputy Attorney General, 1979-1986. Assistant Counsel to Governor Kean; Special Assistant to Chief Legal Counsel to Governor Kean, 1986-1987. Assistant Attorney General for Administrative Procedures and Administrative Agency Advice, N.J. Attorney General's Office, 1987-1992. Deputy Chief Counsel to Governor Florio, 1992-1994. Member: Governor's Study Commission on Discrimination on Public Works Procurement and Contracting, 1989-1992; New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on the Unathorized Practice of Law, 2006-2008. Member: New Jersey State and Mercer County Bar Associations. Practice Areas: State Regulatory; Employment; Public Representation; Administrative Law; Appellate Practice; Litigation; Higher Education; Government and Regulatory Affairs. Email: William Harla | | Benjamin Clarke (Partner) born Morristown, New Jersey, September 9, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, New York; 1981, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1976) first in class; Yale Law School (J.D., 1979). Law Clerk to Hon. Milton Pollack, U.S.D.J., 1979-1980. Deputy Attorney General, State of New Jersey, 1982-1985; Assistant Section Chief, Litigation Section, 1985-1989; Deputy Attorney General and Assistant Attorney General in Charge of Litigation, 1989-1995. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Labor and Employment; Education Law; ERISA; Construction. Email: Benjamin Clarke | | Louis N. Rainone (Partner) born New York, N.Y., August 1, 1956; admitted to bar, 1980, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1977); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1980). Assistant City Attorney, 1984-1992 and City Attorney, 1992—, City of Rahway. Special Counsel: City of Passaic, 1990-1991; North Bergen, MUA, 1989-1992; Borough of Red Bank, 1992-1993; Township of Edison, 1990-1994. Township Attorney, Township of Edison, 1994—. Township Attorney, Township of Franklin, Sommerset County, 1999—. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Tax Appeals; Civil Litigation; Labor and Employment. Email: Louis N. Rainone | | Jeffrey D. Smith (Partner) born Highland Park, Michigan, August 5, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, New York; 1996, New Jersey. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., magna cum laude, 1979); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1983). Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office of New Jersey, 1987-1998. Recipient, U.S. Department of Justice Award for Superior Performance, 1996, 1997. Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: White Collar and Corporate Investigations; Complex Litigation. Email: Jeffrey D. Smith | | Judy A. Verrone (Partner) born Paterson, New Jersey, May 12, 1952; admitted to bar, 1991, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Ramapo College of New Jersey (B.A., Dean's List, 1984); Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1990). Book Review Editor; Associate Editor, Seton Hall Law Review, (1988-1990). Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Public Procurement and Contracting; Government and Regulatory Affairs. Email: Judy A. Verrone | | Anthony F. LaBue (Partner) born New Jersey, October 21, 1939; admitted to bar, 1971, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: St. Peters College (B.S., 1971); Rutgers Law School (J.D., 1971). Deputy Attorney General, State of New Jersey, 1972-1980. Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Health Care. Email: Anthony F. LaBue | | William R. Lundsten (Partner) born Brooklyn, New York, December 18, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, New Jersey; 1980, New York. Education: Rider College (B.A., 1972); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1976). Assistant Prosecutor, Hudson County, 1977-1980. New Jersey Deputy Attorney General, 1980-1985. Chief, Trial Section, New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice, 1983-1985. Member: Essex County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; White Collar and Corporate Investigations. Email: William R. Lundsten | | Stephen B. Pearlman (Partner) born 1958; admitted to bar, 1987, New Jersey. Education: Georgetown University (B.S., 1980); New York University (J.D., 1984). Member, New Jersey Alliance Action, The National Association of Bond Lawyers. Member: Essex County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Public Finance; Redevelopment. Email: Stephen B. Pearlman | | Paul S. Werther (Partner) born Jersey City, New Jersey, February 12, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Boston College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1977); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1981). Member, 1979-1980 and Associate Editor, 1980-1981, Seton Hall Legislative Law Journal. Law Secretary to Hon. Richard F. Connors, Superior Court of New Jersey, 1981-1982. Contributing Author: Franchise Desk Book, ABA Publishing, 2001. Attorney, Board of Adjustment, Township of Lyndhurst, New Jersey, 1984-1991. Mendham Borough Board of Education, 1997—. Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; The Association of the Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey. Practice Areas: Start-up Companies; Entrepreneurial Business; Commercial Law; Contract Law; Franchise Law; Foreclosure Litigation; Real Estate Transactions; Real Estate Development; Land Use; Finance Law; Loan Workouts. Email: Paul S. Werther | | Jeffrey G. Kramer (Partner) born Venice, Florida, April 5, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, California; 1987, New Jersey. Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A. with honors, 1978); University of Santa Clara (M.B.A., 1982; J.D., 1982); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 1988). Editor, Santa Clara Law Review, 1982. Certified Public Accountant, California, 1985. Member: State Bar of California; New Jersey State Bar Association (Member, Tax Section; Chair, Partnership Taxation Subcommittee). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Federal and State Taxation. Email: Jeffrey G. Kramer | | Frank Huttle III (Partner) born Camden, New Jersey, May 1, 1954; admitted to bar, 1985, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Rider College (B.S., 1976); Rutgers University (J.D., 1985); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 1992). Certified Public Accountant, New Jersey, 1978. Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations; New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Income Taxation; Estate and Gift Taxation; Estate Planning. Email: Frank Huttle III | | George G. Frino (Partner) born Orange, New Jersey, August 3, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, New Jersey. Education: Seton Hall University (B.A., with honors, 1976; J.D., 1980). Centennial Scholar. Law Secretary to Hon. John F. Evers, New Jersey Tax Court, 1980-1981. Author: "A Real Property Tax Primer," Hearsay - Young Lawyers Section, Bergen County Bar Association, Vol. III, Issue, III, July, 1982. Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Labor and Employment; Real Estate. Email: George G. Frino | | Michael A. Gallo, Jr. (Partner) born Englewood, New Jersey, December 27, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: University of Rochester (B.S., 1985); Boston University School of Law (J.D., 1988). Member: Bergen County, New Jersey State (Member, Banking Law Section) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Corporate Finance; Venture Capital; Corporate Law. Email: Michael A. Gallo, Jr. | | Francis J. Borin (Partner) born Suffern, New York, April 2, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, New Jersey, New York and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Villanova University, College of Commerce & Finance (B.S.B.A., cum laude, 1990); Fordham University (J.D., 1994). Gamma Phi. Law Clerk to the Honorable Kevin M. O'Halloran, P.J.S.C., Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, 1994-1995. Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Public Procurement and Contracting; Environmental; Government and Regulatory Affairs. Email: Francis J. Borin | | Douglas F. Doyle (Partner) born Passaic, New Jersey, January 24, 1966; admitted to bar, 1990, New Jersey; 1991, New York. Education: Villanova University (B.A., 1987); Temple University (J.D., 1990). General Counsel, North Arlington Redevelopment Authority, 1997—. Prosecutor, Palisades Interstate Parkway, 1997—. Counsel, Borough of Midland Park Zoning Board. Member: Bergen County, New York State and New Jersey State Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Schundler v. Donovan, 183 N.J. 383 (2005); Schundler v. Donovan, 377 N.J. Super. 339 (App. Div. 2005). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Litigation; Land Use Planning; White Collar Criminal Defense; Public Authority Law; Environmental Permitting; Department of Transportation-Permitting; Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate; Corporate Law; Election, Campaign and Political Law; Redevelopment Law; Commercial Litigation; Municipal Utility Law. Email: Douglas F. Doyle | | Gregory J. Bevelock (Partner) born August 24, 1967; admitted to bar, 1995, New Jersey; 1996, New York. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., with honors, 1989); New York University School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1994). New York University Law Review. Law Clerk to the Hon. Harold A. Ackerman, U.S. District Judge, District of New Jersey, 1994-1996. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Gregory J. Bevelock | | Gina A. Bilangi (Partner) born Teaneck, New Jersey, October 1, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, New Jersey. Education: Seton Hall University (B.A., cum laude, 1993); Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 1996). Recipient, Chicago Title Insurance Co. Award for Real Property. Law Secretary: Hon. Peter Ciolino, AJSC, Bergen County, Sept. 1996-April 1997; Sybil R. Moses, AJSC, April 1997-August 1997. Member: Bergen County and New Jersey State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Public Procurement and Contracting; Redevelopment. Email: Gina A. Bilangi | | Jerrold B. Binney (Partner) born Warren, Pennsylvania, November 6, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Pennsylvania; 1982, New Jersey. Education: Penn State University (B.A.P.S., cum laude, 1978); Duquesne University (J.D., 1981); Harvard University (JFK School of Government). Practice Areas: Government and Regulatory Affairs; Lobbying. Email: Jerrold B. Binney | | Avis Bishop-Thompson (Partner) born Trenton, New Jersey, November 16, 1961; admitted to bar, 1989, California; 2000, New Jersey. Education: Spelman College (B.A., Political Science, cum laude, 1983); Santa Clara University (J.D., 1987). Delta Theta Phi. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Litigation; Labor and Employment. Email: Avis Bishop-Thompson | | Edward J. Boccher (Partner) born Teaneck, New Jersey, January 7, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Pennsylvania; 1981, New Jersey. Education: Rutgers University (A.B., 1977); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1980; M.P.A., 1981). Deputy Attorney General, State of New Jersey, 1982-1986 (Counsel: Council on Affordable Housing; State Planning Commission; State Racing Commission; Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency; State Parole Board and Department of Corrections; Department of Transportation; Division of Aeronautics; Acting Counsel, Casino Reinvestment Development Authority). Governmental Appointments: Lopatcong Township Special Counsel, 1988; Greenwich Township Special Counsel, 1988-2002; Greenwich Township Attorney, 1990; Harmony Township Special Counsel, 1988-1991; Lopatcong Township Special Counsel, 1990-1992; Burlington Township Special Counsel, 1998-2002. Lecturer: "Mt. Laurel and the Fair Housing Act," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1987; "First Annual Real Estate Redevelopment Symposium," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2000. Member, Editorial Board, Shopping Center Law Reporter. Member: New Jersey State (Member, Land Use Section), Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Land Use; Commercial Litigation; Environmental Litigation. Email: Edward J. Boccher | | Michael J. Caccavelli (Partner) born 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, New Jersey. Education: Boston University (B.A., 1993); Washington College of Law, American University (J.D., 1996). Practice Areas: Local Property Tax Appeals; Tax Abatement; Land Use; Construction Litigation; Condemnation. Email: Michael J. Caccavelli | | Patricia A. Celano (Partner) born 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, New Jersey; 1995, New York. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1990); Seton Hall University (J. D., 1993). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Financial Reorganization; Creditors Rights; Corporate. Email: Patricia A. Celano | | Kevin A. Conti (Partner) born Paterson, New Jersey, February 15, 1950; admitted to bar, 1977, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., 1971); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1977). Hearing Examiner, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, 1977-1978. Administrative Law Judge, 1979. Regulatory Officer, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, 1980-1987. Member: Passaic County and New Jersey State (Member, Public Utilities Section) Bar Associations. Special Agencies: Department of Environmental Protection and Energy; Board of Regulatory Commissioners. Practice Areas: Public Utilities; Administrative; Municipal. Email: Kevin A. Conti | | Victoria A. Flynn (Partner) born Hoboken, New Jersey, July 14, 1972; admitted to bar, 1999, New Jersey; 2000, New York. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1996); Seton Hall University (J.D., cum laude, 1999). Pi Sigma Alpha; Golden Key. Law Clerk to Justice Jaynee Lavecchia, Supreme Court of New Jersey, 2000. Member: Student Bar Association (Senator, 1997-1999). Practice Areas: Litigation; Complex Commercial Litigation. Email: Victoria A. Flynn | | Susan Fruchtman (Partner) born New Jersey, June 2, 1949; admitted to bar, 1982, New Jersey. Education: Boston University (B.A., cum laude, 1971); Pratt School of Library Science (M.L.S., 1972); Rutgers Law School (J.D., 1982). Phi Alpha Theta. Author: "Administrative Subpoena Power" in Discipline, Journal of the Association for Professional Practice, Volume 2, Number 1. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Physicians Licensing; Hospital Privileges; Health Care; Professional and Occupational Licensing. Email: Susan Fruchtman | | Ronald H. Gordon (Partner) born Bronx, New York, January 2, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, New Jersey. Education: Montclair State College (B.A., 1975); New York Law School (J.D., 1978). Planning Board Attorney, East Brunswick, 1991—. Practice Areas: Land Use; Redevelopment; Real Estate; Transactional; Municipal; Public Procurement and Contracting. Email: Ronald H. Gordon | | Wayne Hasenbalg (Partner) admitted to bar, 1985, New Jersey. Education: Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 1984). Email: Wayne Hasenbalg | | Alexander Hemsley, III (Partner) born Belleville, New Jersey, September 3, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Seton Hall University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1991; J.D., 1994). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Environmental Litigation; Land Use. Email: Alexander Hemsley, III | | Matthew C. Karrenberg (Partner) admitted to bar, 2002, New Jersey. Education: University of Scranton (B.S., 1991); Seton Hall University, Newark (J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Public Finance; Redevelopment. Email: Matthew C. Karrenberg | | Alex J. Keoskey (Partner) born February 26, 1961; admitted to bar, 1996, New Jersey. Education: Rutgers University (B.S., with honors, 1990); Rutgers University Law School (J.D., 1996). Law Clerk to Honorable George P. Moser, Jr. J.S.C. Superior Court of New Jersey Law Division - Hudson, 1996-1997. Member, School-to-Work Program Advisory Board, Newark Board of Education. Deputy Attorney General, 1996-2003. Member: New Jersey State Bar Association; Hudson County Bar Association; Rutgers University Senate/Alumni Foundation. [U.S. Marine Corps 1979-1986]. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Administrative Law. Email: Alex J. Keoskey | | Kevin M. Kinsella (Partner) born New York, N.Y., October 20, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Seton Hall University (B.A., 1992; J.D., 1996). Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Public Utilities. Email: Kevin M. Kinsella | | Kist Nancy (Partner) admitted to bar, 1991, New Jersey; 1995, New York. Education: Caldwell College (B.A., 1986); Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 1991). Languages: English. Practice Areas: Governmental Law(100%). | | Steven C. Mannion (Partner) born Jersey City, New Jersey, November 5, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Education: Gettysburg College (B.A., 1990); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1993). Survey Editor, Seton Hall Law Review, 1992-1993. Law Clerk, Honorable James H. Coleman, Jr., P.J.A.D., 1993-1994. Assistant County Counsel, 1996-1999. Essex County Counsel's Office. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Labor and Employment. Email: Steven C. Mannion | | Bart G. Mongelli (Partner) born Hoboken, New Jersey, November 4, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, New Jersey. Education: Fordham University (B.A., 1986); Pace University (J.D., 1989). Councilman, Borough of Ridgefield, 1989-1991. Languages: Italian. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Corporate; Banking. Email: Bart G. Mongelli | | Dawn O'Connor (Partner) born Brooklyn, New York, July 16, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; New York, 1995. Education: Fordham University (BS, magna cum laude, 1990); Widener University (JD, cum laude, 1994). Deputy Attorney General, State of New Jersey, 1996-2001. Member: New Jersey State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Employment Litigation. Email: Dawn O'Connor | | Russell J. Passamano (Partner) born New Britain, Connecticut, October 7, 1955; admitted to bar, 1986, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2000, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Education: University of Hartford (B.F.A., 1977); Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 1986). Recipient, Columbian Fund Award. Adjunct Professor, Rutgers University School of Law, 1988. Executive Director, Legal Center for Defense of Life, Inc., 1999. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Commercial Litigation; Real Estate; Corporate Law. Email: Russell J. Passamano | | Louis P. Rago (Partner) admitted to bar, 1972, New Jersey. Education: University of Dubuque (B.A., cum laude, 1969); University of Minnesota Law School (J.D., 1972). Adjunct Faculty, Rutgers University, Center for Government Services, 1998—. General Legal Counsel, New Jersey Association of Planning and Zoning Administrators, 1997—. Member: New Jersey State Bar Association (Member, Board of Directors, Land Use Section, 2003—). Practice Areas: Real Estate Development; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Government Affairs. Email: Louis P. Rago | | Francis X. Regan (Partner) born Jersey City, New Jersey, December 4, 1960; admitted to bar, 1995, New Jersey. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1982); Hunter College (M.U.P., 1984); New York Law School (J.D., 1995). American Institute of Certified Planners, New Jersey, 1989. Practice Areas: Redevelopment; Land Use; Real Estate. Email: Francis X. Regan | | Richard F.X. Regan (Partner) born New York City, New York, June 10, 1951; admitted to bar, 1983, New Jersey. Education: Boston College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1973); Seton Hall University (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Master, Hudson Inns of Court. Special Counsel, Newark City Clerk. Practice Areas: White Collar and Corporate Investigations; Litigation. Email: Richard F.X. Regan | | Keith E. Riley (Partner) born Newark, New Jersey, September 8, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, New Jersey; 1996, New York. Education: Rollins College (B.A., 1991); Rutgers University School of Law, Camden (J.D., with honors, 1995); New York University (LL.M. in Corporation Law, 1996). Law Clerk, Hon. William C. Meehan, Bergen County, New Jersey, 1995-1996. Practice Areas: Corporate; Tax; Public Finance. Email: Keith E. Riley | | Patricia J. Ryou (Partner) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 18, 1975; admitted to bar, 1999, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; 2000, California. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., 1996); Villanova University (J.D., 1999). Phi Eta Sigma. Member: American Bar Association. Languages: Korean. Practice Areas: Redevelopment; Real Estate; Public Finance; Public Procurement and Contracting; Corporate. Email: Patricia J. Ryou | | Ryan J. Scerbo (Partner) born Teaneck, New Jersey, October 4, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, New Jersey; 2000, New York. Education: University of Rhode Island (B.S., 1996); Pace University (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Government and Regulatory Affairs. Email: Ryan J. Scerbo | | Joseph G. Stancato (Partner) born Teaneck, New Jersey, October 16, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, New Jersey; 2002, Connecticut; 2003, New York and District of Columbia. Education: Seton Hall University (B.S., 1998); Pace University (J.D., 2001). Languages: Italian. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Litigation; Real Estate. Email: Joseph G. Stancato | | John A. Stone (Partner) born Newark, New Jersey, May 18, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1987, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Franklin & Marshall College (B.A., 1982); University of Richmond (J.D., 1985). Member, The Intellectual Property Law Inn of Court. Author: "Attorneys Fees for the Surety When Surety and Principal Retain Separate Counsel," New Jersey Insurance Law and Regulation Reporter, Vol. 3, No. 2, March 1993. Member: New Jersey State, American and International Bar Associations; The New Jersey Environmental Federation. Reported Cases: Bailey v. Palladino, 2006 WL 2068136 (App. Div. 2006); Bullock v. Dressel, 435 F.3d 294 (3rd Cir. 2006); Cacciatorre v. County of Bergen, 2005 WL 3588489 (D.N.J. 2005); Schundler v. Donovan, 183 N.J. 383 (2005); Schundler v. Donovan, 377 N.J. Super. 339 (App. Div. 2005); Rella v. North Atlantic Marine, Ltd., 2004 WL 2480409 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 3, 2004); Rella v. North Atlantic Marine, Ltd., 2004 WL 1418021, 53 UCC Rep. Serv.2d 806 (S.D.N.Y. Jun. 23, 2004); State v. Township of Lyndhurst, 278 N.J. Super. 192 (Ch.Div. 1994); Petition of Shearson Lehman Bros. Inc., 594 N.Y.S. 2d 593 (S. Ct. New York County 1993); In Re Rosen, 151 B.R. 648 (Bkrtcy. E.D.N.Y., 1993); Waldorf v. Shuta, 96 F.2d 723 (3rd Cir. 1990); I.C.C. Industries Inc. v. GATX Terminals Corporation, 690 F. Supp. 1282 (S.D.N.Y. 1988). Practice Areas: Complex Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation and Transactions; Lender Liability Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Construction Law; Insurance Coverage Litigation; Employment Litigation; Securities Litigation; Election Law; Constitutional Law; Environmental Law; Products Liability; Personal Injury. Email: John A. Stone | | Maurice Stone (Partner) admitted to bar, 1984, Florida; 1985, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and U.S. Tax Court; 1993, Nevada. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., cum laude, 1980); Tulane University (J.D., 1983); University of Florida (LL.M., 1985); New York University (LL.M., 1995). Member: The Florida Bar; New Jersey State Bar Association; State Bar of Nevada. Email: Maurice Stone | | Catherine E. Tamasik (Partner) born Elizabeth, New Jersey, November 2, 1949; admitted to bar, 1990, New Jersey, New York, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Hunter College of the City University of New York (B.A., magna cum laude, 1974); Rutgers University (J.D., 1990). Editor, Rutgers Law Review, 1989-1990. Verona New Jersey Council Member, 1984-1986 and 1993-1995; Verona New Jersey Public Defender, 1991-1993; Essex County Council, 1995-1999. Member: New Jersey State (Member, Government Section, 1995-1999), New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation; Public Procurement and Contracting; Municipal; Redevelopment. Email: Catherine E. Tamasik | | Susan Engelman Volkert (Partner) born Trenton, New Jersey, October 18, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Maryland; 1975, U.S. District, District of Maryland and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1999, New Jersey. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., cum laude, 1969); University of Toledo (J.D., cum laude, 1972); Seton Hall University (LL.M., 1999). Case and Comment Editor, University of Toledo Law Review. Recipient, Distinguished Scholar Award. Vice President, Hoechst Celanese Corp.; Deputy General Counsel, Hoechst Celanese Corp., 1983-1998. Member, Ethics Committee, N.J. Supreme Court, 1997-1999; Special Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, 1983-1984; Deputy Director, U.S. Department of Justice, Torts and Commercial Branch, 1980-1983; Deputy Chief, U.S. Attorney's Office, Civil Division, 1975-1980; Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, 1973-1983. Executive Director, Chemical Industry Council, 1996-1998. Member: Federal Bar Association of New Jersey; Nature Conservancy International Leadership Council (Board Member); Nature Conservancy, New Jersey Chapter (Board Member). Practice Areas: Health Care; Labor and Employment; Litigation; Corporate. Email: Susan Engelman Volkert | | William R. Mayer (Partner) born Hackensack, New Jersey, July 1, 1953; admitted to bar, 1980, Florida; 1982, New Jersey; 1995, Pennsylvania. Education: Monmouth College (B.A., 1975); Florida State University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1980). Member, 1989-1995, Vice President, 1990-1991 and President, 1991-1993, Point Pleasant Beach Board of Education. Member: Ocean County, New Jersey State and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Public Finance; Commercial and Real Estate Law and Finance; Franchise Law; School Law. Email: William R. Mayer | | Daren R. Eppley (Partner) born 1960; admitted to bar, 1988, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Education: East Stroudsburg University (B.A., 1985); Washburn University School of Law (J.D., 1988). Assistant Counsel, Office of Counsel to the Governor. Deputy Attorney General, Environmental Group, specializing in the water quality management programs, wastewater permitting and stormwater regulation, 1990-2003. Practice Areas: Environmental. Email: Daren R. Eppley | | ASSOCIATES | | Thomas Abbate (Associate) born Ridgewood, New Jersey, December 27, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2003, New York. Education: University of Miami (B.A., 1999); Fordham University School of Law (J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Thomas Abbate | | Anthony J. Arnone (Associate) born Weehawken, New Jersey, November 20, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, New Jersey; 2005, New York. Education: Seton Hall University (B.S., 1998; J.D., 2001). Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Banking. Email: Anthony J. Arnone | | Michael J. Ash (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Rutgers Univeristy (B.A., 2001); New England School of Law (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Land Reclamation; Real Estate. Email: Michael J. Ash | | Jason D. Attwood (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, New Jersey. Education: State University of New York College of Environmental Science & Forestry, Syracuse (B.S., 1999); Seton Hall University, Newark (J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Labor and Employment. Email: Jason D. Attwood | | Jason Capizzi (Associate) born 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, New Jersey, New York and District of Columbia; 2008, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Education: Cook College, Rutgers University (B.S., 2000); St. John's University School of Law (J.D., 2003). Member: District of Columbia Bar. Email: Jason Capizzi | | James L. Esposito (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Kean University (B.A., Political Science/Criminal Justice, with highest honors, 1996); New England School of Law (J.D., with honors, 2000). Deputy Attorney General, represented such State Agencies as the New Jersey Division of Taxation, the New Jersey Department of Labor and the New Jersey Bureau of Securities. Law Clerk to the Honorable Joseph C. Small, P.J.T.C. Member: New Jersey State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Tax. Email: James L. Esposito | | Melissa Gonzalez (Associate) born Weehawken, New Jersey, March 11, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, New York; 2005, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Rutgers College (B.S., 2000); New York Law School (J.D., 2003). Member: New Jersey State, New York State and American Bar Associations; American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys. Practice Areas: Elder Law; Tax Planning. Email: Melissa Gonzalez | | Roberto S. Migliorelli (Associate) born Jersey City, New Jersey, October 15, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, New York and New Jersey. Education: Fordham University (B.A., 1995); Pace University (J.D., 1998). Member: New York State Bar Association. Languages: Italian. Practice Areas: Real Estate. Email: Roberto S. Migliorelli | | Alice M. Penna (Associate) born Middletown, New York, March 5, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, New Jersey and New York. Education: Siena College (B.A., 1999); St. John's University School of Law (J.D., 2002). Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Labor and Employment. Email: Alice M. Penna | | Clara F. Ricciardi (Associate) born N.Y., N.Y., 1952; admitted to bar, 1980, New York; 1984, New Jersey. Education: Barnard College (B.S., 1975); University of Miami (J.D., 1978); Georgetown University (LL.M in Taxation, 1984). Member: Bergen County and New Jersey State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Taxation; Trusts and Estates. Email: Clara F. Ricciardi | | Wendy Rubinstein (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, Florida; 2002, New Jersey. Education: University of Florida (B.A., 1996; J.D., 2000). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Environmental Law. Email: Wendy Rubinstein | | Deborah S. Verderame (Associate) born 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, New Jersey; 1991, New York. Education: The American University (B.S.B.A., 1986); University of Dayton (J.D., 1989). Member: New Jersey State Bar Association; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Public Finance. Email: Deborah S. Verderame | | Jordan L. Williams (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, New Jersey. Education: University of Missouri (B.A., 2001; J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Litigation. Email: Jordan L. Williams | | OF COUNSEL | | Ronald E. Calissi (Of Counsel) born Woodridge, New Jersey, March 9, 1947; admitted to bar, 1981, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Fairleigh Dickinson University (B.A., 1970; M.B.A., 1989); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1979). Author, Counterpoint-The Edgar Smith Case Manor Book Co., 1972. Adjunct Faculty, Business Law MBA Programs, 1991— and Executive Associate Dean, 2001—, Fairleigh Dickinson University. Director, Department of Public Safety, Bergen County, New Jersey, 1991-2001. Member, Law and Public Safety Institute, 1979-2001. Member: New Jersey State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Estate Planning; Trust Planning. Email: Ronald E. Calissi | | James R. Napolitano (Of Counsel) born Suffern, New York, September 11, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, District of Columbia; 1969, New Jersey. Education: Villanova University (B.S., 1964); Seton Hall University School of Law (LL.B., 1967). President, Commerce Bank/North. Director: State Board of American Lung Association; Foundation Board of Governors. Vice-Chairman, Hackensack Economic Development Commission. Liaison Member, Bergen County Economic Development Commission. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Tax Appeals; Zoning; Real Estate Law. Email: James R. Napolitano | | William P. Schuber (Of Counsel) born April 15, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, New Jersey; 1976, U.S. Supreme Court; 1988, New York. Education: Fordham University (B.A., 1969; J.D., 1972). Bergen County Executive, 1991-2002. Member of the Board of Trustees, Children's Aid and Family Services, Inc. and Bergen County Catholic High School. Member: Bergen County and New Jersey State Bar Associations. [U.S. Army, 1972-1973; U.S. Army Reserve, 1973-1984]. Languages: German. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Zoning and Planning; Litigation. Email: William P. Schuber |
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