Basking Ridge Lawyers

Blake C. Width has a broad spectrum of experience in the areas of bankruptcy, commercial litigation, community associations, construction, creditors' rights, employment, insurance, labor, municipal, and public safety.

Jay Lavroff concentrates his practice in litigation, with an emphasis in the areas of insurance coverage, construction and professional liability claims, and contract disputes. Insurance coverage issues that Jay has litigated range from interpretation of provisions in motor vehicle policies to the availability of coverage for the remediation of contamination of soil, air and water, costing hundreds of millions of dollars.

Since joining Lindabury’s Alternative Dispute Resolution practice in 2002, John Boyle has provided mediation or arbitration services in over 700 matters, covering a wide range of legal disputes. He is a former Presiding Judge in the Equity Part of the Chancery Division, Superior Court, Union County, where he served for 10 years. For the balance of the more than 17 years he was on the bench, Mr. Boyle was judge in the Probate and Matrimonial Parts of the Chancery Division and in the Law Division handling jury trials.

Roger Mehner concentrates his practice in general corporate and transactional matters, nonprofit institutions, commercial and residential real estate purchases, sales and leasing, land use and banking and finance.

Steven Backfisch has more than thirty years of experience, he regularly handles all types of civil litigation including employment discrimination claims on behalf of employers, defense of civil rights claims, catastrophic personal injury claims, and product liability claims on behalf of defendants. He regularly represents clients in civil litigation in the Superior Court of New Jersey, the United States District Courts in New Jersey and New York, and in the state and federal appellate courts.

Raymond graduated from The George Washington University in Washington, DC with a bachelor’s degree in Business Economics and Public Policy. He then took a year off after college and worked for Steptoe & Johnson, a large international law firm in Washington, DC. There he worked on a multi billion dollar matter between McDonnell Douglass and Northrup involving litigation over the F-18 Fighter Plane and F-20 Tiger Shark. He also worked for clients such as the countries of Taiwan, Soviet Union and East Germany. After Steptoe & Johnson, Raymond went to Rutgers University Law School. While there, he worked for The United...

Anne Marie Robbins has earned a reputation as a trusted legal advisor to individuals and families who wish to minimize the tax impact on their estates and prepare for the transfer of wealth to future generations. Working with her clients to achieve their specific goals, Anne Marie designs estate plans ranging from straightforward wills to complex trusts and charitable giving vehicles.

Anne Marie counsels clients on federal and state specific income and estate tax strategies that can be utilized to maximize the value of their estates. She counsels individuals, married couples, and stewards of closely-held family businesses. Her pragmatic approach...

Jennifer L. Alexander is a Partner of the firm who concentrates a majority of her practice on matters involving New Jersey Landlord-Tenant Law, Community Association Law, and Collections Law. She also handles Real Estate Transactions, Mediation, Land Use, and Municipal Court matters. She begins most days appearing in Landlord-Tenant Court or appearing on behalf of community associations in litigation matters and ends most of her days representing communities in board meetings. Ms. Alexander oversees the firm’s Landlord-Tenant Department. Under Ms. Alexander’s leadership, the firm represents local and national corporate and individual landlords. Representation includes non-payment cases, "for-cause” cases, lease...

Attorney Scott P. Kessler specializes in personal injury and workers' compensation matters, such as car accidents, truck accidents, slips and falls, dog bites, defective products, construction accidents, motor vehicle accidents and more. In addition to representing victims in personal injury cases, Mr. Kessler also specializes in workers' compensation cases, advocating on behalf of individuals injured in workplace accidents or who have had their workers' compensation claims denied and much more.

Mr. Kessler is certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a workers' compensation lawyer - a designation earned by only one percent of New Jersey lawyers.

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Based in Randolph, New Jersey, Justin has significant experience handling business litigation cases from inception through trial, including those involving contract disputes, partnership disputes and shareholder disputes.  Justin has been selected to the Super Lawyers list as a New Jersey "Rising Star" in Business Litigation Law for 2015-2023. Each year, only 2.5 percent of New Jersey attorneys are selected to be included on the Rising Star list, which is issued by Thompson Reuters. Justin has also earned the AV Preeminent rating by Martindale-Hubbell in Complex Business Litigation, Business Litigation and Civil Practice. This rating signifies that Justin's reviewed peers rank him at the...

Ms. Rotolo was an associate attorney for five years in private practice with two midsize law firms gaining litigation and trial experience. Her practice focused on the defense of personal injury, products liability, medical malpractice and environmental matters. Prior to joining Kearns Rotolo Law in July 2008, Ms. Rotolo specialized in the defense of environmental coverage matters as a Manager at Crum & Forster Insurance Company.

Andrew Olesnycky, a former supervisor-level assistant prosecutor at the Union County Prosecutor's Office, represents individuals and organizations facing criminal charges and investigations in federal, state, and municipal courts. Mr. Olesnycky has served as lead attorney defending charges of multi-million dollar federal and state fraud conspiracies, federal bank fraud, federal benefit fraud, state and federal large-scale multi-defendant drug conspiracies, sexual assaults, child pornography, interference with custody, and Superstorm Sandy-related fraud. Mr. Olesnycky is certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Certified Criminal Trial Attorney, a designation obtained by fewer than 1% of attorneys state-wide. During his nearly five-year...

I am a commercial real estate attorney and strive to achieve exceptional results for my clients in the most time and cost efficient manner. I focus on acquisitions, dispositions and financing of single-asset and portfolios of multifamily, retail, industrial, office, and hotel properties nationwide, sophisticated corporate and partnership documentation, and leasing of office and retail space. Specialties: Acquisitions, dispositions, mortgage financing, mortgage refinancing, CMBS financing, preferred equity financing, defeasances, partnership and LLC agreements, corporate documentation, leasing, title and survey review, contracts, estoppels, SNDAs, easement agreements, residential purchase and sales closings.

Joseph M. Lucosky is the founding and Managing Partner of Lucosky Brookman LLP and oversees both the transactional and litigation departments. Mr. Lucosky has a broad multidisciplinary practice that includes extensive experience in litigation and dispute resolution, regulatory investigations (including FINRA and SEC matters), negotiated mergers and acquisitions; domestic and cross-border investments/joint ventures; the representation of private equity; venture capital and other private investment funds, placement agents and underwriters; securities offerings; private and public financings (including secured and unsecured lending); bankruptcy transactions; real estate matters; and various other types of commercial transactions. In addition, he counsels corporate boards, and board...

Ms. Galante has nearly twenty years of experience in civil litigation, family and divorce law, contractual and real estate matters. With a background in commercial litigation, she brings these skills to the field of divorce and family law. Her practice has covered a wide range of transactional work with a concentration on corporate acquisitions, formation, financing, capitalization and the sale of closely held, international and eBusiness companies. She has represented various clients in connection with their professional practices and employment-related issues. She also has experience in probate and estate practice advising clients on estate planning strategies involving personal and business...

Michael E. Cirigliano, began his legal career in 2011 at the Richmond County District Attorney’s Office. While working as a prosecutor, Mr. Cirigliano developed his trial skills and learned the intricacies of criminal law and criminal procedure. During his tenure at the District Attorney’s Office, Mr. Cirigliano handled thousands of Driving While Intoxicated prosecutions among other offenses. Mr. Cirigliano resigned from the DA’s Office in 2015 and formed the partnership of Rosas & Cirigliano.

As a founding partner of Rosas & Cirigliano, Mr. Cirigliano defends individuals charged with crimes ranging from driving while intoxicated and domestic violence to serious sex offenses...

For more than twenty (20) years, Sean takes the time to listen to his clients and provide crisp, clear guidance that is actionable. A seasoned litigator, Sean focuses his practice on representing both individuals and corporations in their personal, business and commercial matters, including complex high-net-worth matrimonial matters. Sean has honed his extensive litigation skills to effectively represent clients in all aspects of their lives by custom-tailoring solutions to their complicated, and often sensitive, problems. Sean regularly represents clients in matters involving healthcare regulatory and statutory disputes; multifamily property matters; and family services including estate and tax planning, prenuptial agreements,...

Susan has comprehesive experience in representing commercial developers and individuals in obtaining site plan, subdivision and zoning variance approvals, obtaining approvals for such clients as national pharmacy stores, retail centers, national renal dialysis providers and other medical providers, as well as apartment and multifamily developers, group homes and single family developers. She takes special pride in solving land use problems for individuals, small business owners and non-profit groups. She appears before planning and zoning boards throughout northern and central New Jersey, regularly appearing in Livingston, West Caldwell, West Orange, Florham Park, Wayne, Paterson, Newark, Flemington and Tewksbury. Susan litigates land...

I have been working in the Real Estate and mortgage lending field for the past 27 years representing commercial property owners and lenders. I have worked on a wide range of deals involving multi-family apartment buildings/complexes, retail, office and industrial buildings and large portfolio deals. My lending work has been primarily representing mortgage-based lenders, but I have also represented a number of mezzanine lenders and asset-based lenders as well.

Eric Magnelli concentrates his practice in labor and employment matters and a broad range of complex litigation. He counsels clients on a wide range of labor and employment issues such as discrimination, harassment, whistleblowing, discipline and discharge, layoffs, collective bargaining agreements, reasonable accommodations for disabled employees, compliance with state and federal family and medical leave acts, applicable wage and hour laws and ERISA. He also conducts training in these areas for executives, directors, managers, supervisors and employees and conducts internal investigations of employee complaints. Eric drafts and provides advice on employment contracts, employment manuals, personnel policies and procedures, restrictive covenants...

Joseph Nitti is a partner at Nitti & Nitti Attorneys at Law and a dedicated family law lawyer in Roseland. He is a certified mediator and collaboratively trained lawyer who dedicates his time helping families who are going through a divorce. He attended Fairleigh Dickinson University for his degree in Accounting. He went on to New England Law for his Juris Doctorate. Since then, Attorney Nitti has helped clients obtain favorable divorce settlements and is a member of organizations such as the American Bar Association, the State of New Jersey Bar Association, and the Essex County Bar Association, Family Law...

Chair, Healthcare Law and Co-Chair, Cannabis Industry. John D. Fanburg has more than 35 years of experience in health and hospital law, with an emphasis on corporate, transactional, and regulatory matters for physicians and healthcare institutions. John is known for providing strategic advice and transactional legal guidance in corporate M&A and regulatory matters. John’s clients include major hospitals, multi-specialty and single specialty medical groups, ACOs, ambulatory surgery centers, ambulatory care facilities, investors in private equity transactions, imagery centers, laboratories, physician specialty organizations and IVF providers. His clients include local and national health care providers. John helps healthcare providers position themselves to...

Michael R. Griffith concentrates his practice in litigation, specializing in mass torts, products liability, personal injury. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Griffith served as law clerk to the Honorable Robert P. Contillo, P.J. Ch. and the Honorable Menelaos W. Toskos, P.J.Ch., Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, General Equity Part. Mr. Griffith has been published for his research on international mediation in Institute and the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution. Mr. Griffith is a graduate of Rutgers University School of Law where he was the Senior Notes Editor of the Women’s Rights Law Reporter and a two year...

As a Certified Workers Compensation Law Attorney, with over thirty years of experience, Dennis Baptista has earned a well-deserved reputation among the workers compensation bar for being a respected practitioner of great integrity and skill. Mr. Baptista has litigated numerous complicated workers compensation cases including claims involving accidental injuries, occupational diseases, repetitive motion injuries, total permanent disability, and work-related death. He obtained an Appellate Division decision in Medical Diagnostic Associates vs. Hawruluk which prevents medical providers from suing injured workers for the payment of medical bills while their workers compensation claims are being litigated. For more than a decade he...

Todd B. Eder, Esq. is certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a civil trial attorney, and certified as a civil trial advocate(attorney)by the National Board of Legal Specialty Certification, an American Bar Association accredited organization granting board certification,recognitions of his legal knowledge, courtroom experience and high professional standards. He established his own firm in 1997 and brings three decades of insight from his background as a plaintiff's personal injury lawyer, defense counsel and former assistant county prosecutor. The Law firm of Todd B. Eder, P.C. is located in East Brunswick and provides representation to clients in Middlesex, Somerset,...

I enjoy an active commercial litigation and business law practice. My business practice includes franchise-related services: drafting and registration of NASAA/FTC approved franchise disclosure agreements, franchisee support services and arbitration/litigation of franchise disputes. My ability and confidence to practice in the courts, both State and Federal, as well as in arbitrations before the American Arbitration Association, is due to years of invaluable experience as a law secretary to Union County Assignment Judge, Edward W. Beglin (ret.), and association with two well-regarded firms in Essex and Morris Counties. Recent business clients include medical professionals, manufacturing distributors, engineering professionals, commercial...

Jorge L. Hernandez has been licensed to practice law since 1993. He devotes his practiced to workers compensation, civil law and municipal court. In 2007, after many years as a partner in a larger New Jersey based litigation firm, he established his own practice offering services in the area of workers compensation, civil litigation, municipal court and Social Security law. Mr. Hernandez focuses his practice on the importance of balancing excellence, respect and passion. Since the first day he was admitted to practice law, he has followed these doctrines and has taken pride in gaining a reputation...

Established in 1987; The Law Offices of Stephen D. Brown, is a successful and dedicated law firm well-versed in the areas of Personal Injury, Medical Mal-Practice, Criminal Defense/Municipal Court, Consumer Fraud, Real Estate Closing and Divorces & Family Law. We effectively and vigorously represent clients throughout all New Jersey counties. More importantly, we are ethical, well respected, reputable and devoted to our clients. Above all, we emphasize communication with our clients; persistent advocacy and attention to every detail of their case. Regardless the size of the case, our commitment is to obtain a just result for each...

Michael T. Stewart is a founding member of the law firm of Peri & Stewart, LLC, where he concentrates his practice in the areas of business transactions, corporate law, business-related dispute resolutions and real estate.

Abdulrehman Ahmed joined Ibrahim A. Law Group after serving as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Robert J. Gilson, J.A.D., in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division. Prior to attending Rutgers Law School, Mr. Ahmed earned his B.S. and M.S. degree from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, graduating cum laude with honors in civil engineering. Subsequently, he spent more than two years as a civil engineer for a construction management firm. During law school, Mr. Ahmed was a finalist in the Nathan Baker Mock Trial Competition. Furthermore, he served as a clinical student attorney at the Rutgers...

Attorney Pamela Lynn Brause has been admitted to the New Jersey State Bar since 1982, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey since 1982, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court since 1992. Ms. Brause graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers College in 1979, and a Juris Doctor from Rutgers Law School in 1982. She is a member of the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey, the New Jersey State Bar Association, and the Middlesex County Bar Association.

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Gregory Hoffman is a member of Lindabury's Litigation and Real Estate groups. With extensive experience in civil litigation, he represents clients in a wide range of disputes, consistently achieving favorable outcomes. Gregory's practice spans commercial litigation, insurance defense, and real estate matters. In addition to his litigation experience, Gregory currently serves as a Town Council member for the Borough of Park Ridge, New Jersey where he is a member of the municipal Planning Board, a liaison to the Taxpayers for Aircraft Noise Solutions Committee (TANS) and the Recreation and Culture Committee. This role enhances his capability to represent clients before municipal...

As a graduate of both Rutgers University and Seton Hall Law School, a former law clerk and a representative for several Fortune 500 companies, attorney Ryan E. Gilbert is a highly-experienced professional in his field. As an aggressive legal representative for each client, he may be your best option! Call today to schedule your free initial consultation.

Robert Burney concentrates his practice in business and financial transactions, commercial real estate, and health care law and represents clients in the purchase and sale of businesses and business assets, the formation of business entities, and the debt and equity financing of businesses. Rob represents banks, insurance companies, and business clients in secured credit transactions, including residential and commercial construction, real estate financing, commercial credit facilities, maritime lending, and tax-exempt bond financing.

Born in the Bronx, NY and raised in Central Jersey, Mr. Weinman has dedicated himself and his legal practice to defending the rights of the accused. Ensuring that individuals that wrong other people through their negligence are made to pay appropriately. Each and every case is handled with patience, dedication, meticulous attention to detail, compassion and the highest degree of professional and personal integrity.

Mr. Weinman graduated from Montclair State College and then attended Law School at Claude Petit College of Law and University of San Diego (Magdalen College, Oxford University) and attained his Doctorate in Jurisprudence in 1985.

Scott Terry has more than twenty-five years of experience in all aspects of real estate law, including acquisitions, leasing, financings, loan workouts, foreclosures, and cooperative and condominium law. He has represented both individuals and developers in their real estate transactions. Scott also provides representation for estate administration and municipal court matters.

Attorney Michael Zerres is known for his work in medical malpractice, personal injury, and product liability cases.