Pennington Lawyers

Co-Chair, Labor and Employment. Matthew Collins has extensive experience representing clients in all aspects of labor and employment law. He provides strategic counsel to 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; and compliance with state and federal family and medical leave acts and applicable wage and hour laws. He also conducts training in these areas for executives, directors, managers, supervisors, and employees and conducts internal investigations of employee complaints. Matthew drafts and provides advice on employment contracts, employment manuals, personnel policies...

Alois Habjan represents owners and operators of real estate, as well as real estate developers, in a wide range of commercial and residential transactions including sales, purchases, leases, refinancings, and mortgage-backed securitizations.

Jeffrey Itzkowitz has over 30 years’ experience in all aspects of transactional real estate. His practice is primarily focused on commercial and corporate real estate transactions including leasing, sales, acquisitions, and all types of financing. His portfolio of matters includes development and construction projects, including the development of residential apartment houses, condominium, townhome, and single-family communities; conversions of existing properties to the condominium and cooperative form of ownership; limited liability company partnerships and related work; and environmental and land use issues. Jeffrey’s work also includes the representation of clients and landlords in the residential multifamily industry, as well as the...

Over the past 16 years, I have represented a wide variety of clients across numerous industries in high-stakes “hardball” commercial litigation. I am experienced in all areas of business litigation including, real estate, corporate shareholder and partnership battles, trusts and estates, lending and finance, intellectual property protection, employment, healthcare, bankruptcy adversary proceedings, foreclosure, and complex contractual controversies. In addition, I hold the Certified Trial Attorney designation by the New Jersey Supreme Court, a distinction reserved for less than 2% of the attorneys in New Jersey.

Ashley L. Matias concentrates her practice on labor and employment. Ashley represents employers and individual employees in the private and public sector in matters involving state and federal claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, whistleblowing, and wage and hour violations. Ashley specializes in matters involving pregnancy discrimination and assists employers and employees in navigating federal and state leave laws and requests for pregnancy-related accommodations. Ashley has appeared before state and federal agencies, including the Division on Civil Rights (“DCR”) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) and has participated in mediations to amicably resolve employment matters of all kinds. Ashley uses her...

Aladekemi (Kemi) Omoregie is an Associate in the Brach Eichler’s General Litigation Group. Prior to joining Brach Eichler, Kemi was an Intellectual Property and General Litigation Associate at her previous law firm in New Jersey. Previously, Kemi clerked for the Honorable Thomas W. Sumners, Jr., J.A.D., in the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division. Kemi is an active member of the Garden State Bar Association where she sits on the Judicial Clerkship and Communications Committees and of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated where she sits on the Enhance Our Environment Committee of her local chapter.

Brian Peykar represents real estate developers, investors, and lenders in a wide range of commercial real estate transactions, including multifamily, office, industrial, and retail projects in New Jersey and New York. He has extensive knowledge and experience working in real estate development, real estate finance, real estate lending, asset purchase and sales, and commercial leasing. Brian routinely represents commercial lenders in loan originations including construction and term loans. Client projects involving secured loans have included hotels, multifamily, mixed-use, and office and retail developments.

Since 2007, I have litigated property tax appeals on behalf of New Jersey property taxpayers before the Tax Court of New Jersey and county boards of taxation throughout the state, resulting in millions of dollars in refunds for my clients. I am also a past chair of the New Jersey Bar Association Tax Section and a current member of the Supreme Court Committee on the Tax Court.

Cheryl Ritter assists clients in the development and implementation of estate and gift planning matters including wills, trusts, financial powers of attorney, living wills, and health care agent designations. In this role, Cheryl counsels individual clients on the tax-efficient transfer of wealth using a variety of strategies, including dynasty trusts, life insurance trusts (individual and survivorship), qualified personal residence trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts, charitable trusts, limited liability companies, and sales to intentionally defective grantor trusts, among others. Cheryl develops estate plans tailored to the specific needs and goals of each client, considering factors such as the unique asset mixes...

For over 30 years, I have been providing counsel on income and estate tax planning for individuals as well as their businesses and investments. I provide business succession and sophisticated estate planning services to a wide range of clients. I bring to my practice deep knowledge of a myriad of business transactions and restructuring and the tax consequences of such transactions.

David J. Ritter, Jr. focuses his practice in the following areas: estate planning, estate administration, corporate organization, corporate transactions (M&A) and commercial loans. David is knowledgeable in preparing wills, revocable trusts, living wills, powers of attorney, and healthcare agent designations. He advises clients on the many ways to structure these documents, including creating trusts to hold assets for the benefit of children or loved ones, and establishing an estate plan that achieves client objectives while minimizing tax consequences. David also reviews non-probate assets that will not pass pursuant to a will to ensure that an estate plan is properly coordinated. Regardless...

Lauren Adornetto Woods is a litigator with experience representing businesses and individuals in a variety of federal and state court matters, with a focus on complex commercial litigation. In addition to breach of contract disputes, Lauren’s experience extends to construction litigation, labor and employment and premises liability matters, insurance defense, and consumer fraud class actions. She has also represented individual officers and directors defending against claims of fraud, breach of fiduciary duties, and other torts. Lauren is analytical, detail-oriented, and tailors her approach to each matter based on the particular needs and goals of her clients, with a focus on results....

Autumn McCourt represents corporate and individual clients in litigation involving both civil and criminal matters in state and federal courts. Known for her tenacity and thorough approach, Autumn has significant experience representing clients in a wide variety of matters. These include business contract disputes, consumer fraud actions, employment disputes, construction disputes, shareholder disputes, unfair competition, healthcare fraud involving Medicare and Medicaid, insurance fraud, real estate disputes, personal injury, legal malpractice, landlord/tenant disputes, DUI defense, expungements, and possession charges. She has also defended employers against discrimination and harassment claims. Prior to joining Brach Eichler, Autumn was a civil law clerk with the...

Don’t know how you are going to pay your bills? A Morris County bankruptcy lawyer from the Law Offices of Scott J. Goldstein may be able to help. Mr. Goldstein represents both business and individual clients throughout New Jersey and New York as they go through the bankruptcy process. Mr. Goldstein is a cum laude graduate of the Duke University School of Law, and he holds memberships with several legal organizations, including the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys and the American Bar Association. He has been a lecturer on bankruptcy law matters on online continuing legal education...

Robert A. Ballard, III, who joined O’Connor, Parsons, Lane & Noble LLC in 2017 as a Partner, is an expert in employment law, focusing on cases of wrongful termination and workplace harassment. Additionally, he has a strong practice in personal injury law, dealing with a variety of cases, including slip and falls and automobile accidents. Robert Ballard has extensively represented employees in various claims against employers, including harassment, discrimination, and unlawful retaliation cases, covering a spectrum of issues like sexual and racial harassment, hostile work environments, and FMLA and NJFLA violations. His practice also extends to criminal law, managing cases such...

Anne Cantwell has broad-based experience in commercial and bankruptcy litigation, as well as land title insurance claims and litigation. Ms. Cantwell has a proven track record of effective representation of both regional and national financial institutions. She has successfully represented numerous leasing and commercial enterprises in the resolution of complex commercial matters. She has represented interest of creditors, trustees, and debtors in the context of workouts, reorganizations and liquidations. Her state and federal court practice entails substantial experience in matters involving creditors' rights, real estate issues, loan documentation and workouts.

Rich Grungo is a trial attorney concentrating on personal injury litigation. With an emphasis on matters involving catastrophic injury and death, he has obtained over $60 million in major settlements and jury awards in a wide array of practice areas, including car accidents, truck accidents, workplace injuries, construction accidents, medical malpractice, abuse and neglect, dangerous premises, improper insurance practices and alcohol-related injuries and deaths.

His trial skills and experience have been recognized by the New Jersey Supreme Court, which designated him a Certified Civil Trial Attorney following a rigorous, court-supervised regimen of peer and judicial review, analysis of trial experience, continuing...

Before devoting his career to criminal defense more than 20 years ago, Timothy Farrow, Esq. worked on the other side of the courtroom – first as a law clerk in Camden County Superior Court for a criminal judge, then as an assistant prosecutor in Burlington County. Utilizing his early training, Tim is able to anticipate the prosecution’s actions and plan proactive defense strategies for his clients. Today, Tim provides criminal defense at all levels. He represents defendants in matters that range from driving-related charges (e.g., drunk driving, driving while suspended, no insurance, leaving the scene, etc.) to disorderly persons...

We get to work when you can't. Out practice has helped thousands of people who are disabled or unable to work, and veterans who suffer from injuries or illness that are service-connected. We help individuals apply for an appeal long-term disability insurance claims, Social Security disability and SSI, Veterans benefits, Workers Compensation claims, and employment discrimination and wrongful termination cases.

Sol H. Weiss, a Shareholder of Anapol Weiss, is an experienced trial attorney known for his exacting preparation and attention to detail. A “lawyer’s lawyer,” he is able to handle the most complex case and still present the facts and law in a way that the judge and jury will understand. Mr. Weiss concentrates his practice in complex civil litigation including class actions and pharmaceutical cases, medical and other professional malpractice, securities litigation and products liability matters. Presently, Mr. Weiss is Co-Lead Counsel in the National Football League Players’ Concussion Injury Litigation, MDL 2323. He is also...

Ross represents clients in a wide range of complex commercial and consumer disputes, including consumer and insurance fraud, whistleblower actions, healthcare disputes, securities, class actions, and general business litigation. Ross has extensive experience litigating complex matters in federal district and appellate courts across the country and has consistently achieved positive results for his clients. Ross graduated from the George Washington University Law School, with honors, and the Catholic University of America with a B.S. in Business Administration, majoring in Finance. While in law school, Ross worked for the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Chief Counsel for its Division of...

Ellen has been representing individuals and businesses in the Delaware Valley area for thirty years. She is a litigator at heart, but works hard to get results for her clients through negotiation and out-of-court settlements if at all possible to save them time and money. Many of Ellen's success stories involve bankruptcy cases, but Ellen has also had successes in State Court, including obtaining an impressive $1.8 million jury verdict in New Jersey Superior Court not long ago.

Richard M. Darnall, Managing Partner of Reger Rizzo Darnall’s Mt. Laurel Office, concentrates his practice in the representation of clients in matters relating to real estate errors and omissions litigation, real estate brokerage regulatory compliance, complex commercial litigation, insurance coverage, professional liability, products liability, intellectual property matters, trucking, automobile, premises liability, and subrogation claims. Mr. Darnall also has extensive experience handling a wide range of construction litigation matters, representing both owners and contractors, including construction site claims and construction defect litigation.

He has tried both jury and non-jury matters in State and Federal Courts. He has also argued before State...

Debra Roscioli has an extensive and varied business and litigation background as she holds both a Juris Doctor and a Masters in Business Administration, has worked in private business prior to attending law school, and has focused her practice on counseling private enterprise.

In particular, Ms. Roscioli has significant experience in assisting both creditors and debtors navigate the complex legal issues that arise in major bankruptcy actions, work outs, receiverships, restructurings, and foreclosures. Ms. Roscioli also takes the lead in complex commercial litigation that arises from bankruptcy actions including valuation proceedings, fraudulent conveyance cases, fiduciary duty cases and preference actions.

Ms. Roscioli...

I was born in Santiago, Chile, as was my mother. My father is from Rosario, Argentina. I grew up in a Spanish speaking home. We first entered the United State as tourists and overstayed our visas in 1981. We were undocumented for until President Reagan passed a law allowing us to become legal residence. For nearly a decade we had no legal status. Meaning my parents could not legally work or get a driver's license. When the law changed, my parents went to someone they thought...

Mr. Asselta focuses his practice to the areas of education law and appeals. Mr. Asselta began his career working for a defense firm that exclusively dealt with criminal appeals and post-conviction criminal litigation. Mr. Asselta has prepared briefs and motions concerning major drug trafficking crimes, criminal conspiracy and financial crimes, to name a few. He is also an experienced litigator, having tried numerous matters. Mr. Asselta has represented clients in Florida and New Jersey and in numerous federal courts of appeals. Mr. Asselta’s education and school law practice includes representing the interests of students of any age when dealing...

Mr. Barrison is a shareholder and a member of Sherman Silverstein's Management Committee. One of the most respected business lawyers in New Jersey, Mr. Barrison's finely tuned business and tax acumen enables him to identify and solve intricate problems, clearing the way to successful transactions.

Mr. Barrison's practice embraces the full range of business matters and transactions, counseling clients day-to-day, from start-up and early-stage through maturity and exit. His book of clients includes local, regional, and national enterprises: family owned, closely held, and publicly traded. His particular areas of concentration include:

Mergers and acquisitions, representing both buyers and sellers in transactions.
Entity structuring...

A leader in the field of real estate law, Ms. Feld’s practice focuses on acquisitions, sales, development, leasing, commercial lending, workouts, and construction-related agreements. In addition, Ms. Feld also dedicates a substantial portion of her practice to zoning and land use where she frequently appears before local planning and zoning boards, as well as other regulatory agencies, to obtain development approvals for her clients.

Ms. Feld's clients include national and regional lending institutions; significant real estate owners, developers, investors, and entrepreneurs; and Fortune 500 Companies.

Mr. Luber joined McOmber McOmber & Luber, P.C. in February 2015 and is the managing partner of the firm’s Marlton, New Jersey office. Mr. Luber focuses his practice in the areas of employment law, business disputes, business law, and personal injury. Mr. Luber has tried numerous cases to verdict, frequently obtains six and seven-figure settlements for his employment-related clients, and has experience litigating cases in federal and state courts throughout the country. Mr. Luber has also successfully handled and settled wage and hour class actions and whistleblowers in health care fraud cases brought under the federal False Claims...

A law firm specializing in bankruptcy law located in Freehold, Monmouth County, serving Manalapan, Millstone, Marlboro, Englishtown, Farmingdale, Howell, Jackson and Allentown.  Office also located in Lake Como, NJ.  Reasonable rates, personal service.  Payment plans available. Free consultations.  All consultations by appointment only.

Our practice has been specializing in consumer bankruptcy and related consumer litigation since 1990. We help individuals file for protection under Chapters 7, 13, and 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. We also specialize in Student Loan Debt assistance. We know bankruptcy can be hard, having an experienced bankruptcy lawyer who will help go through all your options is important. Prior to making any decision to file for bankruptcy, we work with clients to consider alternative solutions of debt relief including debt negotiations, referrals to consumer credit counseling organizations or qualified mortgage brokers if refinance or reverse mortgages...

Commercial and business Bankruptcy Attorney, certified by the American Board of Certification in business bankruptcy law. AV rated by Martindale Hubell every year since 2000; selected every year since 2007 by the publishers of the Super Lawyers list for New Jersey.

Rhonda J. Eiger concentrates her practice on residential real estate, wills, trusts and estates and as a prosecutor. Mrs. Eiger is a member of the Monmouth County Bar Association and the New Jersey State Bar Association and has formerly served as a member of the Freehold Rotary. Ms. Eiger currently serves as the Executive Vice President of the Marlboro Jewish Center. Ms. Eiger is a Faculty Lecturer for the New Jersey State Bar Association Institute for Continuing Legal Education and at the New York City Bar Association City Bar Center for Continuing Legal Education.

Since 1999, I have been a licensed attorney, licensed to practice in the State of New Jersey, and I am also licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. I received both my JD and my LL.M. in Taxation from Villanova University School of Law. Prior to, and while attending law school, I worked for seven years as a financial litigation consultant providing sophisticated financial and legal analysis to many clients. I am a member of the Burlington County Bar Association and the New Jersey State Bar Association. I have worked in private practice providing legal counsel in the areas of estate and...

Richard Schall is an employment lawyer who has represented individuals in virtually every facet of employment law, including claims involving race, sex, age, and disability discrimination, reasonable accommodation, the Family Medical Leave Act, wrongful termination, breach of contract, retaliation and non-compete agreements. In every year since 2005, he has been named by his peers to the list of “Super Lawyers” in New Jersey in the field of employment litigation-plaintiff, and has also been honored, in every year since 2009, as among the “Best Lawyers in America” in the field of labor and employment law in New Jersey. ...