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443 Northfield Avenue
West Orange, New Jersey 07052 (Essex Co.)
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4.9
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(Main Office) The firm was formed in January, 1999 when a core group of seven of the most experienced attorneys at Hannoch Weisman, P.C., formerly the second largest firm in New Jersey, joined with the firm of Kuritsky, Giasullo & Messina. The new firm delivers the sophistication and expertise found in large institutional law firms, with cost effectiveness and a focus on direct client contact that can only be achieved in a small firm setting. The practice ranges from large and complex matters (e.g., multi-million dollar litigations and estates), to the representation of individuals in everyday situations. The New Jersey Law Journal heralded the formation of the firm as its lead story in February 1999, which noted how the extensive expertise and experience of all the firm's attorneys created a unique structure for the firm. Members of our firm received their legal training at New Jersey's largest and most respected firms. Our founding members include the former department heads of Hannoch Weisman's litigation, real estate, and trusts and estates departments. Each has between 22 and 44 years of experience in specialized areas of the law. The cornerstone of the firm is a total commitment to legal work of the highest quality. Our practice is extremely diverse. It includes commercial litigation, corporate law, commercial transactions, and business counseling, estate planning and administration, commercial and residential real estate, creditor's rights, health and hospital law, medical malpractice, personal injury, antitrust, family law and tax. All matters receive the same level of commitment, attention and expertise. Statement of PracticeTrusts and Estates; Civil Litigation; Business, Commercial and Corporate Counselling and Litigation; Corporate, Partnership and Individual Taxation; Real Estate; Contracts; Employee Benefits; Personal Injury; Antitrust; Medical Malpractice; Family Law; Health & Hospital Law. Year Established: 1984
Firm Size: 13
Rate InformationFixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Address443 Northfield Avenue
West Orange, NJ 07052, (Essex Co.)
PhonePhone: 973-325-7800
Telecopier: 973-325-7930
Website
http://www.blkgglaw.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
Bernard S. Berkowitz (Member) born Trenton, New Jersey, June 13, 1930; admitted to bar, 1956, New York; 1957, New Jersey; 1971, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Cornell University (B.A., 1952); Cornell Law School (LL.B., with distinction, 1956); New York University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1959). Order of the Coif. Editor, Cornell Law Quarterly, 1955-1956. President, The Community Foundation of New Jersey, 1983-1987, Board Member, 1980-1998; President, The United Way of Essex and West Hudson, 1978-1979, Board Member, 1971-1980; Board Member, 1965-1975; Board Member, United Way of Tri-State, 1978; Board Member, Orange Orphans Society, 1970. Board Member, Montclair Art Museum, 1986-1990; Board Member, The Mountainside Hospital, Montclair, N.J., 1989. Board Member, Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, New Jersey, 1992. Member: Essex County, New York County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Law; Estate Planning Law; Charitable Trusts and Foundations; Taxation Law; Exempt Organizations.Email: Bernard S. Berkowitz
Richard S. Finkelstein (Member) born New York, N.Y., June 5, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, New Jersey; 1987, New York. Education: New York University (B.A., 1982); Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1985); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 1986). Member: New Jersey State, New York State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Taxation; Trusts and Estates; Business Law.Email: Richard S. Finkelstein
Jodi B. Friend (Member) born Passaic, New Jersey, August 12, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1999, New York. Education: University of Michigan (B.G.S., 1990); Seton Hall University (J.D., cum laude, 1993); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 1999). Practice Areas: Tax Law; Trusts and Estates.Email: Jodi B. Friend
Robert J. Giasullo (Member) born Irvington, New Jersey, October 13, 1949; admitted to bar, 1983, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Seton Hall University (B.A., 1971); Rutgers University (J.D., with honors, 1983). Member: Essex County and New Jersey State (Member, Sections on Taxation; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Family Law) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate and Business Counseling; Commercial Transactions; Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate; Contract Law; Lender Law; Asset Based Finance; Loan Workouts; Real Estate Foreclosure; Trusts and Estates; Family Law.Email: Robert J. Giasullo
Jonathan M. Gross (Member) born Bronx, New York, November 8, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, New York and U.S. Tax Court; 1982, New Jersey. Education: State University of New York at Binghamton (B.S., magna cum laude, 1975); Duke University (J.D., 1978); New York University (LL.M., 1981). Certified Public Accountant, New York, 1981. Practice Areas: Business Law; Federal Taxation Law; Estate Planning Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law.Email: Jonathan M. Gross
Carleton Richard Kemph (Member) born Newark, New Jersey, September 15, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, U. S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit and U.S. Tax Court; 1990, District of Columbia and New York. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., 1975); Rutgers University (J.D., 1978; M.B.A., Finance, 1982). Co-Author: "A Practical Strategy for Complying with the Bulk Transfer Law," The Practical Lawyer, Volume 32, Number 3, April, 1986. Lecturer: National Association of Industrial and Office Parks Lecture Series, Winter and Spring, 1989. Author/Lecturer on Commercial Leasing. Consultant in preparation of Real Estate Development Handbook, 1988-1989. Co-Author: "New Jersey State Development and Redevelopment Plan," NACORE Magazine, March/April, 1989. Listed in: Who's Who in the Real Estate and Development Industry, 1990, Edition. Licensed: New Jersey Real Estate Broker, 1988. Member, Rutgers Law School Alumni Advisory Council, 1978. American MENSA Society, 1986; National Association of Home Builders; International Association of Corporate Officers and Real Estate Executives; New Jersey Builders Association; International Council of Shopping Centers; National Association of Industrial and Office Parks. Member: Essex County, New Jersey State and American (Sections on: Corporation, Banking and Business Law; Young Lawyers) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Counseling Law; Real Estate; Real Estate Development Law; Commercial Leasing; Finance Law; Construction and Operation Law.Email: Carleton Richard Kemph
Stuart M. Kuritsky (Member) born Passaic, New Jersey, April 14, 1955; admitted to bar, 1982, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., cum laude, 1979; J.D., 1982). Editor, Rutgers Law Review, 1981-1982. Member: Essex County and New Jersey State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Antitrust; Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice.Email: Stuart M. Kuritsky
Stewart M. Leviss (Member) born Livingston, New Jersey, April 30, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2000, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Education: Tufts University (B.A., 1989); American University (J.D., 1992). Judicial Intern to Hon. Richard A. Levie, Superior Court, District of Columbia, 1992. Member: Essex County and New Jersey State (District Representative, Young Lawyers Division, 1995; Chair, 2002-2003 and Vice-Chair, 2001-2002, District VB Ethics Committee; Panel Chair, 2004; District V Fee Arbitration Committee) Bar Associations. (Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney). Reported Cases: Mettinger v. Globe Slicing, 292 N.J. Super 293 (App.Div. 1996); Carter v. University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 854 F.Supp. 310 (D.N.J. 1994). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Complex Litigation; Medical and Professional Malpractice; Products Liability; Premises Liability; Insurance Coverage.Email: Stewart M. Leviss
Stephen P. Lichtstein (Member) born New York, N.Y., October 19, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, New York; 1973, U.S. Tax Court; 1977, New Jersey. Education: American University (B.S., 1968; J.D., 1971); New York University (LL.M. in taxation, 1974). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: New Jersey State and American (Member, Sections on: Taxation; Employee Benefits) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Taxation (Federal, Local and State) Law; Estate Planning; Trusts and Estates; ERISA; Employee Benefits Law.Email: Stephen P. Lichtstein
John C. Messina (Member) born Orange, New Jersey, March 11, 1954; admitted to bar, 1985, New Jersey. Education: Montclair State College (B.A., 1976); New York University (M.B.A., 1978); Rutgers University (J.D., 1985). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Commercial Litigation; Matrimonial; Real Estate; Business Law.Email: John C. Messina
Lawrence T. Neher (Member) born New York, N.Y., March 28, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Hofstra University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1974); New York University (J.D., 1978). Phi Beta Kappa. Author, "Get It In Writing and Get It Right: How To Draft an Enforceable Contract To Make a Will," New Jersey Law Journal, May 1998. Member: Essex County, New Jersey State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Trust Litigation; Estate Litigation; Trust Administration; Estate Administration; ERISA Litigation; Complex Commercial Litigation; Unfair Competition and Restrictive Covenants; Employment Litigation; Securities Litigation; Equity Practice; Appeals; Arbitration.Email: Lawrence T. Neher
Monali M. Patel (Associate) born Tarrytown, New York, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1997); Villanova University (J.D., 2000). Judicial Clerk to Honorable Diane B. Cohen, J.S.C. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury; Automobile Liability.
Shera T. Rosner (Associate) born New York, New York, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Ithaca College (B.S., 2002), Seton Hall University (J.D., 2006). Judicial Clerk to Honorable Maureen P. Sogluizzo, J.S.C., 2006-2007. Practice Areas: Tax Law; Trusts and Estates.
Lisa M. Leili (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, New Jersey; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Rutgers University (B.S., with honors, 1999); Rutgers University Law School (J.D., 2003). Member, Rutgers University Law School. Practice Areas: Commercial Disputes; Personal Injury; Professional Malpractice.
Nickolas Gasparro (Associate) born 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Seton Hall University, W. Paul Stillman School of Business (B.S., 2003); Seton Hall University (J.D., 2006). Phi Alpha Delta. Law Clerk to Hon. Richard J. Donohue, Superior Court of New Jersey, 2005-2007. Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Disputes; Construction Law; Estate Litigation; Personal Injury; Products Liability.
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