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Kirk Christy Russom
Toms River, NJ Attorney with 12 years of experience
Real Estate
Rutgers School of Law-Camden and University of Miami School of Law
Kirk C. Russom, Esq. is a New Jersey lawyer whose practice focuses primarily on real estate, including residential and commercial closings, land use (subdivisions and variances), and landlord tenant matters.
Kirk obtained his Juris Doctor from Rutgers University School of Law—Camden. During his career at Rutgers Law, Kirk was a member of the Sports & Entertainment Law Society. He completed his first year of law school at the University of Miami School of Law in which he also was a member of the Sports & Entertainment Law Society.
Kirk completed his undergraduate studies at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, having obtained...
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Dennis H. Sabourin
Verona, NJ Attorney with 44 years of experience
Business and Tax
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Dennis H. Sabourin is a complete business attorney with in-depth experience in and knowledge of United States and international tax aspects of structuring transactions for most forms of business entities and many types of business transactions, business succession and estate tax planning, senior executive contracts and compensation packages, equity and separation packages and commercial litigation. Mr. Sabourin brings to his clients more than 25 years of experience. He has significant large-firm training and experience working for many years in two major firms, Carney, Smith, Badley & Spellman, P.C. of Seattle, Washington and Hannoch Weisman, P.C. of New Jersey, where he...
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Mr. Daniel Jude Maxwell
Spring Lake, NJ Attorney with 17 years of experience
Business and Real Estate
Seton Hall University School of Law
Daniel Jude Maxwell, Dan, has lived and worked in Monmouth County, New Jersey for most of his life. Dan is committed to excellence in his practice and prides himself on zealous advocacy and achieving creative solutions for his clients. Integrity, creativity, and accountability are the hallmarks of Mr. Maxwell's practice and concern for his clients. Mr. Maxwell focuses on a value added view of solutions and services for his clients. Mr. Maxwell's metric of success in his legal practice is the benefit he has provided to my clients, nothing else. Mr. Maxwell believes that informed clients can play an important...
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Mary Curry
Montclair, NJ Attorney
28 Valley Rd
#1
Montclair, NJ 07042
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation, Business and Securities
St. John's University School of Law
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Lawrence Kalish
Lake Hiawatha, NJ Attorney with 47 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate and Workers' Comp
Rutgers School of Law-Newark
Lawrence H. Kalish, Esq. has been practicing law in the Morris County area for over 30 years. Following his graduation from Rutgers Law School in 1977, Mr. Kalish went on to clerk for the Honorable John M. Newman, J.S.C. for a year, before joining the law firm of Marazitti, Kalish & Gregory. After a few years, Mr. Kalish partnered up with Irwin Kanengiser, Esq. at our current location in Lake Hiawatha. The law firm of Kanengiser & Kalish (now the Kalish Law Group) has been servicing the local community for many years. Mr. Kalish has been...
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Edward David Smith
Clifton, NJ Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Bankruptcy and Business
Tulane University-LA
E. David Smith, Esq., is principal of Smith & Associates, and serves as outside general counsel for US and foreign companies, family enterprises and family offices. Guiding his clients in the creation and growth of their wealth, he positions business entities for growth opportunities and for mitigating risk, including asset preservation. Combining his experience in corporate transactions, capital raising and financing, corporate governance, corporate litigation and intellectual property, he provides strategic guidance, identifies and addresses core issues, and quarterbacks companies’ and family offices’ legal needs. He is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and the Tulane University School...
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Steven Neuner
Marlton, NJ Attorney with 45 years of experience
Bankruptcy and Real Estate
Rutgers School of Law-Camden
Steven Neuner has been in active practice since 1980, with a wide range of civil law experience. His focus for the past 30 years has been bankruptcy, mediation, creditor and debtor issues, business formation and workouts, foreclosure defense, and real estate. The office has substantial experience in divorce mediation, wills and estate planning, guardianships, receiverships and other areas.
Our focus has always been in giving clients fair and honest advice up front and throughout the process so that clients know what to expect. We do not push aggressive or unreasonable positions on our clients but seek to achieve the best result...
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Debra Roscioli
Mt Laurel, NJ Attorney with 22 years of experience
Bankruptcy, Business and IP
Villanova University
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...
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Francesca A. Iacovangelo
Haddonfield, NJ Attorney with 23 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
Villanova University School of Law
When you’ve been injured or lost a loved one due to an accident on the road, in the workplace or due to medical malpractice, you want an attorney who understands your claim and the best strategy to secure compensation. At McCann & Wall, LLC, our Philadelphia personal injury lawyers bring an individualized level of attention to every case, along with a unique and valuable perspective as former legal counsel for insurance companies. We’ve successfully claimed numerous multi-million dollar settlements for clients in Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey and would be happy to discuss your case.
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Severiano Emile Lisboa IV
Hackensack, NJ Attorney with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationWhite Collar Crime
When you think you are in trouble. S. Emile Lisboa IV devotes his practice to the rigorous defense of those accused of crimes. A former prosecutor and double certified as a criminal & municipal court trial attorney by the NJ Supreme Court, he represents people in both New Jersey and New York state and federal courts on charges ranging from murder and street crimes to fraud and complex white-collar crimes. He is a leading practitioner in driving while intoxicated cases, including vehicular homicide. Mr. Lisboa’s client list includes professional athletes, entertainers, lawyers, doctors, business leaders, law enforcement employees, public officials,...
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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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Gina Campanella
Wyckoff, NJ Attorney with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Real Estate
Seton Hall University School of Law
Ms. Campanella focuses on business law, healthcare regulatory and transactional matters, and commercial and residential real estate federally and in New Jersey, New York, Vermont and Pennsylvania. Ms. Campanella has assisted clients with transactional services and regulatory compliance consulting, as well as general counsel services to small businesses, medical practices and large societies and medical groups alike. Ms. Campanella is a nationally respected regulatory compliance specialist who dedicates herself to educating physicians and healthcare professionals nationwide on issues of healthcare transactions and regulatory compliance.
Ms. Campanella graduated Magna Cum Laude from Seton Hall University with a Masters in Healthcare...
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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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Carolina Theresa Curbelo
Ridgewood, NJ Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Immigration and Real Estate
Vermont Law School
I represent individuals in immigration proceedings before U.S. Immigration Courts as well as before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for family-based petitions, naturalization, and humanitarian relief such as asylum, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, U visas, VAWA and T visas.
I have significant experience representing individuals in humanitarian immigration claims, including asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention against Torture. I have represented political activists, those fleeing from forms of gender-based violence, those fleeing gang violence, and members of the LGBTQ community from all over the world. I am particularly skilled at representing unaccompanied minor children and teenagers. My...
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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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Anthony John Davis
Paramus, NJ Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Business, IP and Trademarks
Syracuse University College of Law
Tony is a Partner in Nicoll Davis & Spinella's Litigation and Compliance & Corporate Governance Departments, where he counsels organizations and individuals on a wide range of legal and business issues. He has over twenty years of federal and state court experience specializing in complex commercial and corporate litigation; construction litigation; shareholder and partnership disputes; intellectual property and anti-counterfeiting litigation; and general corporate matters. He has extensive experience overseeing and managing trademark and anti-counterfeiting cases. He provides strategic counseling involving trademarks, service marks, e-commerce and licensing issues as well as intellectual property portfolio management and anti-counterfeiting. He...
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Mitchell Scott Arons
Hackensack, NJ Lawyer with 38 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation
Emory University
Mr. Arons is a founding member of Arons & Solomon, P.A. He has been practicing family law exclusively since 1991 and is well known in the legal community as a matrimonial attorney with strong skills in negotiation, litigation, mediation and collaborative law.
He has a solid background in finance and business, graduating with honors in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. After graduating from Emory University Law School, he returned to North Jersey for a prestigious clerkship with Superior Court Judge Andrew Napolitano.
Early in his career he focused on real estate and transactional law at a prominent law firm...
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Matthew Maddox
Hackensack, NJ Lawyer with 16 years of experience
(212) 970-1190
2 University Plaza Drive
Suite 100
Hackensack, NJ 07601
Insurance Claims
University of Michigan Law School
I've been a litigator for 14 years, and I've helped hundreds of folks file long term disability claims, maintain their benefits, or litigate against their insurance companies. Chances are, I've helped someone with your condition and with your insurance company.
At the Maddox Firm, we pride ourselves on helping people with their long term disability and ERISA claims the right way. Reach out to see if you are a fit for us to help!
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Tae Yeun Cho
Paramus, NJ Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Business
Rutgers School of Law-Newark
Tae focuses his practice on business law, with particular emphasis on advising clients on general corporate matters, including corporate formation and governance, business agreements and contracts (e.g., license agreements, stockholders agreements, operating agreements, distribution agreement, independent contractor agreements), mergers and acquisitions (e.g., asset purchase agreements, stock purchase agreements, merger agreements), debt and equity financing transactions and joint ventures,
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Jeffrey Thomas Massaro
Hackensack, NJ Lawyer
Free ConsultationBankruptcy, Business, Employment and Real Estate
Elisabeth Haub School of Law - Pace University
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David Lloyd Eisbrouch
Hackensack, NJ Lawyer with 35 years of experience
Free ConsultationConsumer and Products Liability
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
David Eisbrouch’s law practice encompasses all aspects of serious personal injury and mass tort (pharmaceutical) litigation and over two decades as the managing partner of two contingent fee law firms. David has a unique insight into and understanding of the financial issues and constraints faced by both clients and contingent-fee law firms.
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Eileen Melody Marsh
Hackensack, NJ Attorney with 39 years of experience
Real Estate
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
Eileen M. Marsh has been practicing commercial and real estate litigation for over 25 years. She was formerly with Fulbright & Jaworski in New York City before co-founding Eisbrouch & Marsh, LLC in 1995. Ms. Marsh represents individuals and corporations in residential and commercial real estate. Her extensive experience includes the negotiation, structuring, documentation of acquisitions, title, leasing, construction and management contracts, formation and organization of real estate entities, tax deferred exchanges and financing.
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Mustafa Cetin
Fair Lawn, NJ Lawyer with 7 years of experience
Immigration
University of Florida
I’m a Turkish Attorney currently practicing in Greater New York City Area.
I have extensive experience practicing in Turkey: civil and criminal litigation, ensuring compliance, drafting and advising in financial transactions and general corporate practice. My practice in U.S. so far is mostly focused on immigration especially asylum and removal defense.
I represented clients in various settings: in a small practice, mid-size practice, as an in-house counsel and as a solo practitioner. I successfully defended clients as a public defender by challenging human rights violations. I negotiated and drafted agreements as an in-house counsel of a bank protecting its interests in financial...
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Raphael Mark Rosenblatt
Hackensack, NJ Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Appeals
Georgetown University Law Center
Raphael Rosenblatt is a seasoned trial lawyer with experience handling complex trials and FINRA arbitrations around the country.
Raphael has successfully represented individual and corporate clients in criminal and regulatory matters and in all stages of complex civil litigation, including depositions, trials, and appeals in state and federal courts. He also has represented clients in intense negotiations and arbitrations.
Before founding Rosenblatt Law PC, Raphael began his career as an Assistant District Attorney in Nassau County, NY, trying to verdict a significant number of jury and nonjury criminal matters. He then moved to private practice in New Jersey where he litigated complex...
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Jennifer C. Meusel
Totowa, NJ Attorney with 20 years of experience
Business and Real Estate
New York Law School
Jennifer’s practice focuses on estate planning, probate and estate administration, as well as transactional work including commercial and residential real estate sales and leasing, business formations and sales of businesses and business assets. Jennifer takes pride in her commitment to providing individualized and personal attention to her clients.
Jennifer aids people with the decisions required for developing estate plans, whether it is deciding on guardians for their children or what types of trusts to establish based on the size and configuration of their estates and their beneficiaries, whether they are seeking to control the distribution of assets or minimize estate...
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Garrick A Farria
Hackensack, NJ Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Business, Entertainment & Sports and Immigration
Texas A&M University School of Law
The Farria Law Group offers skilled legal representation in all areas of corporate law matters and from all levels of complexity, including labor and employment law issues, immigration, sports and entertainment law, and corporate law.
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Barbara Nicole Suppa
Lanoka Harbor, NJ Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationWhite Collar Crime
Widener University Delaware School of Law
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James Castiglia
Oak Ridge, NJ Lawyer with 47 years of experience
Bankruptcy, Real Estate and Workers' Comp
Seton Hall University School of Law
V. James Castiglia, A Professional Corporation, is a full service law firm serving individuals, families and small businesses since 1977. Additional information can be found at our website: www.vjamescastiglia.com
Thank you for your consideration in using our firm for your legal needs.
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Joseph A Mullaney III
Haddon Heights, NJ Attorney with 23 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy and Consumer
Widener University Delaware School of Law
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Katherine J Bierwas
Woodland Park, NJ Lawyer with 22 years of experience
(973) 962-7646
1 Garrett Mountain Plaza
Suite 601
Woodland Park, NJ 07424
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation
Seton Hall University
Former New Jersey Deputy Attorney General and Essex County (NJ) Assistant Prosecutor,
Cannabis Regulatory expertise.
Practicing before the MA Cannabis Control Commission representing clients at Suitability Hearings and with Licensing and Regulatory Compliance Issues and as Senior Counsel and Ethics Liaison to the NJ Office of the Child Advocate, drafting legislation and regulations.
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John Kenneth Harris
Haddon Heights, NJ Attorney with 49 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Insurance Claims
New York University School of Law and Villanova University School of Law
If you are about to embark on the estate planning process, the first thing you should do is to seek out the help and support of a Haddon Heights estate planning lawyer. When you come to Harris Law Office, you can have confidence in the help you can receive because Attorney Harris is dedicated to providing you with the help you need at this time. He obtained his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Virginia, before going on to earn his Juris Doctorate from Villanova University. He has been admitted to the Camden County Bar Association, the New Jersey State...
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Paul Ferrell Jr
Voorhees, NJ Attorney with 47 years of experience
(856) 797-1645
1307 White Horse Road
Bldg. F, Suite 601
Voorhees, NJ 08043
Immigration
Temple University
For over 30 years, I have practiced in the State and Federal Court of New Jersey and Penna. in criminal law, immigration law, name changes, wills , powers of attorney and name changes.
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Jack Thomas Spinella
New York, NJ Attorney with 28 years of experience
Business, Environmental, IP and Trademarks
Brooklyn Law School
Jack is a Partner in Nicoll Davis & Spinella's Litigation, Regulatory Compliance & Corporate Governance Departments, where he brings his experience in counseling organizations on a wide range of complex commercial litigation matters and corporate compliance issues. He specializes in complex commercial litigation and regulatory and administrative law matters for clients in a variety of industries. He has over nineteen years of federal and state court trial experience, specializing in business and construction litigation, shareholder and partnership disputes, trade secrets, commercial lending, environmental claims and contract litigation. Mr. Spinella has significant appellate experience representing clients in numerous appeals and reported...
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Lloyd Evan Bennett
Union City, NJ Attorney with 37 years of experience
Immigration and Workers' Comp
Seton Hall University School of Law
Lloyd Bennett has proudly served clients in New Jersey since 1987. After graduating from Ithaca College, Lloyd earned his Juris Doctor from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1987. He is admitted to the New Jersey State Bar and is licensed to practice in Immigration Courts throughout the United States.
Lloyd handles all types of immigration, workers’ compensation, and personal injury cases in New Jersey. He is a dedicated immigration lawyer and has fought for comprehensive immigration reform in Washington, D.C., where he lobbies for change as a Representative from New Jersey for the American Immigration Lawyers Association. He...
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James Beasley
Cherry Hill, NJ Lawyer with 26 years of experience
1949 Berlin Road
Suite 100
Cherry Hill, NJ 08003
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Jim Beasley Jr. is the Managing Member of The Beasley Firm, LLC, a Philadelphia law firm with over a 50 year tradition of excellence and with awards of over $2 billion dollars in all aspects of complex civil litigation. Jim is also a M.D., and has worked on or tried some of the Firm’s largest cases. These include the $104 million 9/11 verdict as well as the largest medical negligence verdicts in the history of Pennsylvania. Jim has both his medical degree and his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Masters in Trial Advocacy from Temple...
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Shauna Friedman
Haddonfield, NJ Lawyer with 8 years of experience
Consumer, Environmental and Products Liability
Rutgers School of Law-Newark
Ms. Friedman joined Williams Cedar as their newest associate immediately after graduating from Rutgers Law School with honors in May 2017. During law school, she received the Deans Academic Excellence Award, the Rutgers Alumni Scholarship, and the Deborah Michael Richards Memorial Family Law Scholarship. Due to her remarkable research and writing skills, Ms. Friedman was also selected to serve as a legal research and writing teaching assistant for first-year law students.
Before joining Williams Cedar as an associate, she worked as a paralegal for the Cedar Law Firm and was an integral part of the firm’s daily operations. She worked closely...
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Gerald Williams
Haddonfield, NJ Attorney with 43 years of experience
Environmental and Tax
Temple University Beasley School of Law
As one of the partners and co-founders of Williams Cedar, Gerald Williams concentrates on environmental toxic tort cases, whistleblower claims, and civil rights violations, as well as complex personal injury cases. His impressive legal career spans thirty-five years during which time he has practiced law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, where he earned some of the highest honors in the legal community. After graduating from Temple University School of Law in 1982, he was an associate at a Philadelphia law firm before starting his own practice in 1983. He has received the “AV Preeminent” rating, the highest rating given, from...
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James Christopher Zimmermann
Wayne, NJ Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Bankruptcy
Elisabeth Haub School of Law - Pace University
Our offices are located in Vernon and Wayne, New Jersey. With a commitment to excellence we have been practicing since 1991. Having rights is no longer enough, you need to understand them before you can put them to work for you. We always offer a free initial consultation to allow you to review your case with an experienced attorney. Evening and telephone appointments available to accommodate your schedule.
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Robert K. Chewning
Totowa, NJ Lawyer
Bankruptcy, Business and Employment
Rutgers School of Law-Newark
Robert Chewning is an associate at McLaughlin & Nardi, LLC. He practices primarily in the areas of complex commercial, contractual, employment, civil litigation and bankruptcy issues. Robert’s dedication, passion, and determination have helped his clients, both individuals and businesses, in achieving their goals quickly and efficiently.
Robert joined the firm during his second year of law school and has worked with us since he graduated. Robert has handled all aspects of research to arbitrations and trials, including retaliation and whistleblower protections under the Conscientious Employee Protection Act, New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination, disability harassment, and employee-independent contractor determinations under the Fair...
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Richard M. Darnall
Mt Laurel, NJ Attorney with 33 years of experience
Appeals, Insurance Defense and Real Estate
Widener University
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...