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Jorge L. Hernandez
Elizabeth, NJ Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability and Workers' Comp
Rutgers School of Law-Newark
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...
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Kevin Maurice Kilcommons
Clinton, NJ Attorney with 38 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Business, Products Liability and Real Estate
Seton Hall University School of Law
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...
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Virginia Elizabeth Fortunato
Hackensack, NJ Attorney with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy
New England Law | Boston
Ms. Fortunato is happily married with a young son. She enjoys spending time at the Jersey shore. She loves to scrapbook when time permits. She always wanted to be an attorney because she wanted to be able to help people and make a difference in their lives.
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Pamela Lynn Brause
Metuchen, NJ Attorney with 43 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate and Workers' Comp
Rutgers School of Law-Camden
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.
She has been appointed to...
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Christian V. McOmber
Newark, NJ Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness
Seton Hall University School of Law
Mr. McOmber is a third generation attorney and a lifelong resident of Monmouth County. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from Cornell University's College of Architecture, Art, and Planning where he majored in City and Regional Planning. Following graduation, Mr. McOmber served as the general manager of Mardem Manufacturing Company, A Division of Seton Associates, Inc. ("Mardem"). Mardem manufactures turnkey filling and packaging systems for companies such as Benjamin Moore & Co., The Sherwin Williams Co., RPM International, Inc., The Sun Chemical Group, Castrol Industrial, and Total Lubricants. Following Mr. McOmber's successful reorganization of Mardem,...
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Harold Gerr
Highland Park, NJ Attorney with 49 years of experience
Free ConsultationRutgers University - New Brunswick/Piscataway
New Jersey personal injury lawyer, Harold J. Gerr, is the founding partner of the Law Offices of Harold J. Gerr. Attorney Gerr has been a licensed attorney in New Jersey for 40 years. He focuses his practice on personal injury litigation including car accidents, truck accidents, slip and fall accidents and Workers’ Compensation.
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John Molinari
Jersey City, NJ Lawyer with 39 years of experience
Products Liability
New York Law School
Attorney John E. Molinari is known for his work in personal injury and product liability cases.
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Patrick Lynn Falcon
Parlin , NJ Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability and Workers' Comp
Brooklyn Law School and Brooklyn Law School
Patrick L. Falcon grew up in Monmouth County, New Jersey and attended St. John Vianney High School in Holmdel. He founded Falcon Law Firm, LLC in 1995 with the primary focus on representing the rights of injured individuals, striving to maximize settlement values to fairly compensate clients for the harm they suffered. Patrick has handled thousands of personal injury cases throughout New Jersey including cases in Atlantic County, Burlington County, Essex County, Middlesex County, Monmouth County, Morris County, Ocean County, Somerset County, and Union County. He has recovered millions of dollars for his clients. Prior to practicing law, Patrick...
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Reid Weinman
New Brunswick, NJ Attorney with 33 years of experience
(732) 828-8900
152 Livingston Avenue
Second Floor
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Free ConsultationReal Estate and Workers' Comp
Ohio Northern University
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.
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Rafael Gomez
Hackensack, NJ Lawyer
Free ConsultationBankruptcy
201-646-3333
www.gomezlegal.com
Licensed to practice law in:
New Jersey
New York
United States Supreme Court
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Edward J. Mullins III
Union City, NJ Attorney with 18 years of experience
Business, Consumer, Real Estate and White Collar Crime
Rutgers School of Law-Newark
I am admitted in the state and federal courts of New Jersey and New York, including the District of New Jersey, Eastern District of New York, Southern District of New York, and Second Circuit. I graduated from Rutgers Law School, Boston College and Saint Peter’s Prep. I was born and raised in Hudson County, and reside here with my wife, son and daughter.
Before founding Edward J. Mullins, Esq. LLC, I defended nation-wide consumer fraud disputes and government investigations across many industries, including insurance, retail, and telecommunications, as part of an international law firm’s advertising, class action, and privacy groups.
I previously...
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Garrett P. Simulcik Jr.
Jersey City, NJ Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Real Estate
Seton Hall University
Garrett is the owner of the Law Office of Garrett P. Simulcik Jr., a Jersey City-based general practice law firm firmly committed to guiding its clients in the right direction in a wide array of legal matters, including: civil litigation, real estate transactions (residential and commercial), divorce & family law proceedings, landlord & tenant disputes, traffic tickets & municipal court cases, and general business matters. Garrett is licensed to practice law in the States of New Jersey and New York.
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Adrienne D. Edward
Jersey City, NJ Attorney with 30 years of experience
Immigration
Seton Hall University School of Law
Innovative, Results Driven, Compassionate Seasoned Attorney with a proven track record and 30 years of experience. My firm's practice areas are Criminal Defense, Immigration (Removal Proceedings, Family and Business Based Immigration Matters); Family, Matrimonial (Divorce, Child Custody, Support and Visitation Hearings) and Personal Injury. I handle cases in State and Federal Courts. I am admitted to practice in New York, New Jersey, U.S. District Court - New Jersey, U.S. District Court-Eastern District of New York and U.S. District Court - Southern District of New York.
I have been providing high quality legal representation to my clients for over...
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Mitchell Drew Perlmutter
JERSEY CITY, NJ Attorney with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Products Liability and Workers' Comp
Rutgers School of Law-Newark and Yale University
I have handled complex cases with successful results for personal injury clients for over 25 years. My cases range from automobile accidents to complex workplace and products liability claims. My firm is proud that so many of our clients have been pleased with our representation that they refer their friends and family members to us. We often take on tough cases that other firms shy away from.
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Sean Robert Callagy
Jersey City, NJ Lawyer with 29 years of experience
(201) 565-2344
3000 John F Kennedy Blvd.
Suite 311
Jersey City, NJ 07306
Arbitration & Mediation, Business, Employment and Insurance Claims
Seton Hall University
Sean Callagy is an entrepreneur, national speaker, philanthropist, one of America’s top trial attorneys, online personality, and creator of various peak performance technologies.
Oh, and he’s a legally blind warrior and adventurer.
For 23 years, aided by his unique insights, love for people, ability to “see” and create transformational breakthroughs, Sean has achieved and co-created an incredibly diverse variety of unique successes. Sean has been favorably compared to some of the top speakers and influencers in the world.
As a byproduct of his technologies, Mr. Callagy is one of only two attorneys out of 1,220,000 attorneys in America to achieve 2 Top...
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Derek Scott Fanciullo
JERSEY CITY, NJ Attorney with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Employment and Environmental
New York University School of Law
Even before he was a lawyer, Derek Fanciullo fought to give a voice to the voiceless. For more than a dozen years, Mr. Fanciullo worked as a television news reporter. His stories frequently strived to help people who had been victimized by corporate indifference, discrimination and greed – and he was nominated for multiple Emmys® and won nearly 30 Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists awards for excellence.
But, he became a lawyer to make a bigger difference. As an attorney, Mr. Fanciullo has secured millions of dollars in compensation for victims of sexual harassment, discrimination and assault;...
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April Mary Gilmore
Rochelle Park, NJ Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment and Workers' Comp
Rutgers School of Law-Newark
April M. Gilmore was born in Greenville, Ohio, on April 3, 1970. She was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1998, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1998, the New York bar in 1999, and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York in 2000. Ms. Gilmore received her B.A. from Rutgers University in 1992, and her J.D. from Rutgers University Law School in 1998. After graduating from law school, she served as a law clerk to The Honorable Arthur D'Italia, Assignment Judge, in the Superior Court...
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John Rachinsky
Bayonne, NJ Attorney with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
John has been voted by his peers as a Rising Star of Worker's Compensation for six consecutive years, as appearing in New Jersey Monthly. Throughout his career, John has represented both injured workers and employers throughout the State. Mr. Rachinsky also appears regularly before the United States Social Security Administration. He is the author of Exceptions to the Rule, which was published in New Jersey Lawyer newspaper and is an accredited Veterans Benefits Attorney
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Todd Brandon Eder
East Brunswick, NJ Attorney with 44 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate
University of Tulsa College of Law
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,...
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Michael Cirigliano
East Brunswick, NJ Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationWhite Collar Crime
New York Law School
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...
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Ryan Gilbert
New Brunswick , NJ Attorney with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness
Seton Hall University School of Law
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.
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Neel Shah
Monroe Township/Jamesburg, NJ Lawyer with 24 years of experience
(732) 521-9455
241 Forsgate Drive
Suite 204
Monroe Township/Jamesburg, NJ 08831
Tax
My law practice is focused on helping individuals, families & business owners who wish to protect their wealth and their legacy for current & future generations from estate taxes, law suits, the escalating costs of nursing homes and other sources of attack,
My past & present clients include parents, grandparents, children, established corporations, LLCs, individual entrepreneurs, and start-up ventures.
Clients value my diverse training & expertise across the Wealth-planning, Business Law & Real Estate Law disciplines.
I use my skill set to foresee, analyze & implement business-succession techniques for my corporate and individual clients as they initiate different stages of...
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Leonard M. Fogelman
Princeton, NJ Lawyer with 49 years of experience
Free ConsultationAdministrative, Business, Employment and IP
Fordham University School of Law and Fordham University
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Paul C. Taylor
Princeton, NJ Lawyer
Business and Real Estate
University of Pennsylvania Law School
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W. Charles Sipio
Princeton, NJ Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Appeals and Employment
Widener University Delaware School of Law
Before founding Sipio Law P.C., Mr. Sipio was a partner at a boutique employment litigation firm in the Philadelphia area. One of his primary goals in establishing the firm was to provide clients with the individualized attention they deserve during difficult times.
Mr. Sipio is a seasoned litigator whose practice centers on employment discrimination, serious personal injury, and civil rights matters—including excessive force and other constitutional claims.
Over the course of his career, he has handled hundreds of cases in both federal and state courts, representing employees, whistleblowers, and victims against companies of all sizes throughout the United States. Mr. Sipio...
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Arthur Porter Jr
Englewood Cliffs, NJ Lawyer with 41 years of experience
(201) 569-5959
560 Sylvan Avenue
Suite 3061
Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632
Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Employment
Syracuse University College of Law
I am the senior and managing partner of the firm. I represent many businesses in New Jersey and the New York metropolitan area, where I focus my practice on civil litigation and transactional/corporate matters. In these capacities, I am recognized as a fierce advocate for my clients, and I maintain an active trial practice. I am admitted to practice in the state and federal courts in New York and New Jersey and have an active trial and appellate docket. I have also litigated matters in Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico and Utah.
I have represented various commercial enterprises,...
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John Joseph Caleca
Phillipsburg, NJ Attorney with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
Seton Hall University School of Law
When you are looking for the best in legal representation, the Law Offices of John J. Caleca III, is the firm for you. For over 19 years, Attorney Caleca has shown a loyalty to providing exceptional representation to his clients. Although he is well versed in many areas of the law, Attorney Caleca specializes and has proven to be successful, time and time again in the areas of Personal Injury, Workers Compensation, Estate Planning and Traffic Law. As a small firm, clients are given the satisfaction of knowing that Attorney Caleca makes it his mission to give each...
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Linda Ovsanna Khorozian
Englewood Cliffs, NJ Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Real Estate and Workers' Comp
Seton Hall University School of Law
At Khorozian Law Group, LLC in New Jersey, I am dedicated to assisting clients with various legal issues including personal injury cases, auto accidents, real estate law, and work-related injuries. If you're seeking legal guidance in New Jersey, feel free to contact our office at (201) 944-9200 for a complimentary consultation.
For those requiring legal assistance in the New Jersey metro area, my team and I at Khorozian Law Group are here to help. We prioritize the needs of our clients, which involves carefully listening to and understanding your legal concerns before crafting effective strategies to address and resolve these issues....
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Hanan A. Boulos
Old Bridge, NJ Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate and Tax
Widener University
Ms. Hanan Boulos attended Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey, where she majored in Political Science and minored in Business Administration. She went on to attend law school at Widener University School of Law in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Ms. Boulos represents individuals in Real Estate Sales and Purchase Transactions and in Residential Tax Appeals.
Ms. Boulos’ practice focuses on the representation of individuals charged with Traffic Tickets, DWI, Drug Offenses, Assault, Theft, Shoplifting or any other criminal complaints throughout the State of New Jersey.
Ms. Boulos is currently licensed to practice law in the states of New Jersey and New York.
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Seth Avi Kurs
Jamesburg, NJ Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Business, Consumer and Real Estate
Brooklyn Law School
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Mr. Kurs spent his elementary school years in Reynoldsburg, Ohio, and then the remainder of his primary education years in East Windsor, New Jersey.
He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Thomas Edison State College, and his Juris Doctor degree from Brooklyn Law School, and is admitted to practice law before the courts of New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and the Federal District of New Jersey.
Mr. Kurs completed a Civil Internship with the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), a Criminal Internship with the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice, Office...
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Elizabeth Zuckerman
Princeton, NJ Attorney with 38 years of experience
Appeals and Employment
University of California - Davis
Ms. Zuckerman is an experienced employment attorney who has settled and litigated employee cases in virtually all areas of the practice. She has also handled numerous appeals involving employee rights issues, including several before the NJ Supreme Court. Since 2007, she has each year been selected by her peers as a "Super Lawyer" in the area of "Employment Litigation: Plaintiff." A well-regarded Mercer County wrongful termination lawyer, she is currently one of only a few lawyers in the State of New Jersey to have received this designation. Ms. Zuckerman was born in Orange, New Jersey in 1959. After two...
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George Benaur
Princeton, NJ Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Bankruptcy, Business and International
Yeshiva University
George Benaur, the founder and owner of the firm, was born and raised in Moscow, Russia (former Soviet Union) and then immigrated to the United States in 1988. He received his B.A. in English from Lafayette College in 1999, professional degree in acting from the London Academy of Music and Drama in 2000, and his J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 2004. George has been selected to New Jersey and New York Super Lawyers®.
Mr. Benaur specializes in serving as general counsel for international businesses, and in domestic and international business litigations. He is a recognized trial...
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David S. Rich
Englewood Cliffs, NJ Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Appeals, Business, Employment and Securities
Columbia Law School
David S. Rich is the founding member of the Law Offices of David S. Rich, LLC. Mr. Rich is a New York City Business Litigation Attorney. Mr. Rich litigates civil, commercial, employment, and securities matters in federal and state courts in New York and New Jersey, and arbitrates such matters before FINRA and other arbitral bodies. Mr. Rich also litigates appeals.
Mr. Rich has represented clients in, among other civil and commercial matters, breach of contract actions, business torts cases, bankruptcy and adversary proceedings, civil racketeering actions, oppressed minority shareholder disputes, product liability litigation, franchisor-franchisee litigation, qui tam...
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James C. Suozzo
Park Ridge, NJ Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Business and Products Liability
The University of Georgia School of Law
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Joshua Wood Denbeaux
Westwood, NJ Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy, Consumer and Real Estate
Seton Hall University School of Law
I am a consumer rights attorney.
I do this work because I like to help people. I like to empower people, and give them hope.
I have been at the forefront of the fight for consumer rights and I have paved the way for other attorneys. I think that I am the best foreclosure defense attorney in the state.
I know all the dirty tricks that banks play and I know how to hold them accountable.
I can give you extra time in your home. I can give you options that you did not know even existed.
I sue debt collectors who...
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William Fay
Middletown, NJ Attorney
Free ConsultationRutgers School of Law-Newark
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S. Joseph Litvak
West Windsor, NJ Attorney with 10 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy and Consumer
University of Akron School of Law and University of Akron School of Law
I speak your language. I’ve grown to understand and relate to your case through my very diverse life experiences. I grew up in a small steel town, in a family of a steel mill engineer and a metallurgical chemist. The decline of the steel industry and the closure of the steel plant had a devastating effect on my family. Both of my parent struggled to find jobs in the new manufacture-less era. Although my family was able to make the necessary adjustment (my mom became a high school science teacher and my dad found a job with a local utility...
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Joseph Lopiccolo
Ocean, NJ Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
St. John's University School of Law and St. John's University School of Law
Joseph LoPiccolo represents clients in complex litigation, class actions and personal injury in state and federal courts. Throughout his career, Joseph has worked extensively on some of the largest and complex litigations in history. Prior to co-founding Poulos LoPiccolo, Joseph LoPiccolo was an associate with the prestigious Manhattan law firm of Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, recently ranked #1 in the United States in the American Lawyer's A-List 2011 - 12. During his 8 years at Hughes Hubbard, Mr. LoPiccolo was a member of the Litigation Department, concentrating on a broad variety of complex litigation.
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Robert W. Smith
Holmdel, NJ Attorney with 38 years of experience
Business and Employment
University of Michigan Law School and Seton Hall University School of Law
Robert W. Smith represents clients in all aspects of employment law and litigation. Mr. Smith has successfully litigated cases on behalf of employees involving claims of sexual harassment, disability discrimination, FMLA, New Jersey Family Leave Act, race discrimination, sexual orientation discrimination, hostile work environment and whistle blower laws. Mr. Smith also represents corporate clients in areas of human resource administration and personnel issues. Corporate representation includes, disciplines, leave of absence, disability issues, harassment, creation/monitoring of HR policies/procedures, employee training, workplace investigations, drafting/negotiating severance agreements, employee contracts, non-compete and restrictive covenants. Prosecuting and/or defending litigation involving restrictive covenants and trade secrets,...
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Allison A Krilla
Tinton Falls, NJ Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Business, Insurance Defense and Real Estate
Rutgers University - Newark
Allison A. Krilla graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in American Studies and Computer Applications. She went on to the Rutgers University School of Law in Newark, where she was a managing editor of the Law Record, a Dean's Merit Scholar, and the recipient of numerous awards, including the Thomas L. Yaccarino Scholarship and the Stuart Sawyer Memorial Award. Prior to joining New Jersey business firm Reardon Anderson, LLC, Allison served as a clerk in the Superior Court of Monmouth County. During this time, she gained experience handling...