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Joseph D. Rotella
Newark, NJ Lawyer with 39 years of experience
Free ConsultationWhite Collar Crime
Whittier Law School
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Franz Cobos
Newark, NJ Attorney with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Immigration
Seton Hall University School of Law and Rutgers School of Law-Newark
Franz Cobos is the owner and managing partner of the Cobos Law Firm in New Jersey. Mr. Cobos was awarded a Juris Doctorate in 2004 from Seton Hall University, School of Law, and has dedicated his practice to representing clients in the core areas of Family Law, Immigration Law and Business Law.
Mr. Cobos has practiced in New York and New Jersey for over a decade. Among several other organizations, he is a member and active participant of the New Jersey State Bar Association, Essex County Bar Association, American Immigration Lawyers' Association, Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Essex,...
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Jerry Fitzgerald English
Summit, NJ Lawyer with 60 years of experience
Environmental
Boston College Law School
Jerry F. English concentrates her practice in the environmental sector, including Brownfield’s transactions, policyholder insurance coverage, regulatory issues, Superfund, ISRA, permits, wetlands, air and water compliance, private party disputes and transactions and defense of regulatory matters.
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Dewitt Liu
Livingston, NJ Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate
Syracuse University
Dewitt Liu has represented hundreds of buyers and sellers of residential and commercial real estate in New Jersey. He has been selected as a 2018 and 2019 “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters company. Only the top 2.5% of New Jersey attorneys in their specific area of legal practice are selected for this distinction by their attorney-peers. The “Rising Stars” designation is for “lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice.” Furthermore, Dewitt has received Avvo.com’s “Client’s Choice” award for 2013 and 2018.
Dewitt has also been invited by the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Institute of Continuing Legal Education to...
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Mark D Lurie
Montclair, NJ Lawyer with 37 years of experience
Appeals, Business, Consumer and Employment
Boston College Law School
Mark Lurie has over 20 years as a practicing attorney. The firm represents individuals in employment disputes, including litigating discrimination, harassment, retaliation, whistleblower, compensation/bonus/wage claims, and other employment-related disputes. We also represent employers in proactive measures to mitigate litigation risk, including preparation of policies and procedures, training and investigations.
Mark also mediates employment disputes, and is included on the roster of New Jersey civil court-approved mediators as a R.1:40 qualified mediator.
The firms also represents pharmaceutical, medical device and other healthcare entities on compliance-related issues. We help to identify risk, set up compliance programs, prepare policies, provide training, monitor...
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Jeffrey Ian Wasserman
Livingston, NJ Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Business and Securities
Fordham University School of Law
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Barbara A. Schweiger
Livingston, NJ Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Business
Rutgers School of Law-Newark
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Jeffrey Pechow
Livingston, NJ Attorney with 21 years of experience
(973) 995-2500
651 Old Mt. Pleasant Ave.
Suite 200
Livingston, NJ 07039
Insurance Defense and Workers' Comp
Albany Law School
I dedicate my practice to defending workers’ compensation matters. I have extensive experience handling all types of workers’ compensation claims from inception through trial. I regularly appear in workers’ compensation court statewide and often deals with complex issues in workers’ compensation including third-party subrogation litigation, fraud and Section 40 lien rights.
I also focus on a professional malpractice defense and the representation of attorneys and insurance brokers, agents and other licensed professionals.
Prior to joining the firm, I practiced at the Law Office of John J. Feczko, PC for over ten years and accumulated significant general practice experience while...
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Joseph Nitti
Roseland, NJ Attorney with 39 years of experience
Free ConsultationReal Estate
New England Law | Boston
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...
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Michelle Amelia Ferrer
Montclair, NJ Attorney with 17 years of experience
Business
American University Washington College of Law
Michelle Amelia Ferrer, Esq., M.B.A. is the Founding Partner of Ferrer Goldfine Law Group. Michelle is a business and trust and estates attorney. In addition to providing legal and business counsel to companies, she focuses her practice on advising individuals and business owners on all aspects of estate planning. Using her law and business degrees, as well as her first-hand experience as a business owner, she is able to understand clients' issues and concerns and provide them with legal solutions based on their individual needs.
Michelle’s practice includes creating estate planning documents such as wills, trusts, and...
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John David Fanburg
Roseland, NJ Lawyer
Business
New England Law | Boston
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...
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Eugenie F. Temmler
Verona, NJ Attorney with 45 years of experience
Employment
Rutgers University
Eugenie F. Temmler is a partner of Rabner Baumgart Ben-Asher & Nirenberg, P.C. Her areas of practice include family law and litigation, including employment litigation. Ms. Temmler joined the firm immediately after graduation from law school and later spent many years in a boutique firm devoted exclusively to family law prior to re-joining the firm.
Ms. Temmler is admitted to the Bars of the State of New Jersey, the United States District Court (District of New Jersey) and the United States Courts of Appeals (Second and Third Circuits). She is an active member of the Essex County Bar Association and the...
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Harold Rabner
Verona, NJ Attorney with 58 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Employment
Yale Law School
Mr. Rabner has more than 30 years of experience representing entrepreneurs and executives, guiding them through not only the purchase, sale or structuring of their businesses, but also through the difficult nuances involved in resolving business and personal conflicts with business partners, former employers and competitors through litigation and negotiation. His practice includes the resolution of complex business partners' disputes, restrictive covenant issues and related confidential and proprietary information issues.
Mr. Rabner brings an unusually broad set of legal skills and experience to his practice. His creative, close and personal approach has often resulted in long-term relationships with his clients, serving...
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Joseph Lucosky Jr
Iselin, NJ Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Business, Securities and White Collar Crime
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...
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Samantha Karni
Roseland, NJ Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Real Estate
Northwestern University School of Law
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.
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Michael Griffith
Roseland, NJ Lawyer
Products Liability
Rutgers School of Law-Newark
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...
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Kenneth Berkowitz
Chatham, NJ Attorney with 50 years of experience
Products Liability
Boston University School of Law
Kenneth Berkowitz is licensed to help clients with cases in various areas of personal injury. He has worked on cases involving medical malpractice and product liability, including automobile defects, bicycle safety, and hot water heater.
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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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Ashley E. Malandre
Newark, NJ Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Ms. Malandre is an associate at McOmber McOmber & Luber, P.C. and practices out of the firm’s Red Bank, New Jersey office. Ms. Malandre concentrates her practice on all aspects of employment litigation, including but not limited to matters involving discrimination, retaliation, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, and whistleblower claims. Ms. Malandre has extensive experience in the representation of clients in federal, state, and administrative proceedings.
Prior to joining McOmber McOmber & Luber, P.C., Ms. Malandre was extensively involved in the representation of management in all aspects of labor and employment law and municipal law. Ms. Malandre has represented public entities in...
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David Fried
Chatham, NJ Attorney with 44 years of experience
Products Liability
Rutgers School of Law-Newark
Attorney David Fried has handled various cases in personal injury. He has experience in helping clients who have been injured due to the lack of proper safety equipment provided on the job site. He also is well qualified in cases of medical negligence claims surrounding brachial plexus injuries sustained at birth.
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Lauren M. Hill
Newark, NJ Lawyer with 6 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Employment
Rutgers School of Law-Camden
Ms. Hill serves as an associate in McOmber McOmber & Luber, P.C.’s Red Bank office. She handles all aspects of employment litigation, including discrimination, retaliation, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, and whistleblower claims. Ms. Hill is a zealous advocate who believes that every individual should enjoy a workplace free from discrimination.
Ms. Hill graduated from The College of New Jersey in 2016, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration with a specialization in Management, and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. Upon graduation, Ms. Hill attended Rutgers Law School in Camden, New Jersey on a Dean’s Merit...
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Scott A. Terry
Summit, NJ Lawyer with 38 years of experience
Business and Real Estate
Western New England University School of Law
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.
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Jeffrey D. Ragone
Newark, NJ Lawyer with 7 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
Rutgers University - Camden
Admitted In New Jersey And Pennsylvania
Jeffrey Ragone is an associate at McOmber McOmber & Luber, P.C. and practices out of the firm’s Marlton, New Jersey office. Mr. Ragone’s primary areas of practice are civil litigation and employment law, including but not limited to matters involving discrimination, retaliation, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, and whistleblower claims.
Mr. Ragone served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Faustino J. Fernandez-Vina of the Supreme Court of New Jersey. In the judicial term prior, he served as a law clerk for the Honorable Richard S. Hoffman, J.A.D., of the Appellate Division of New Jersey. Mr....
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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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Dmitriy Shakhnevich
Newark, NJ Attorney
Free ConsultationWhite Collar Crime
New York Law School
Dmitriy Shakhnevich represents clients in Criminal and Personal Injury cases. He is a graduate of New York Law School and the managing member of The Law Firm of Dmitriy Shakhnevich. He began his legal career in college, as a personal injury paralegal. Since then, he has worked extensively in criminal law in college and law school while at the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office and the offices of notable criminal defense attorneys. Upon graduation from law school, Dmitriy was hired by and ultimately became lead law clerk for a prominent white collar crime attorney before opening his own law practice. Dmitriy...
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Harlan York
Newark, NJ Attorney with 30 years of experience
Immigration
Tulane University School of Law
First Ever Attorney in NJ to win "Immigration Lawyer of the Year" from Best Lawyers, Harlan York is Former Immigration Chair, NJ State Bar Association and Former Co-Chair, NY State Bar Association CFLS Committee on Immigration. He served on the American Immigration Lawyers Association National Practice Management Committee. His book Three Degrees of Law debuted at #6 in Law Office Education and #4 in Immigration on Amazon.com. Mr. York has lectured for the Federal Bar Association, the NJ Institute for Continuing Legal Education, at Columbia, New York, Rutgers and Seton Hall Law Schools, as well as Lawline.com...
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Johnathan J Azar
Newark, NJ Attorney with 1 year of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
Seton Hall University
Mr. Azar is an associate with McOmber McOmber & Luber, P.C. who practices in the firm’s Newark, New Jersey office. Mr. Azar primarily practices in the area of employment law, which includes but is not limited to matters involving discrimination, wrongful termination, retaliation, sexual harassment, and whistleblowing.
Mr. Azar graduated from Seton Hall University in 2019 as a member of the University Honors Program. There, he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. While pursuing his undergraduate studies, Mr. Azar worked as a law clerk for a personal injury firm. There, Mr. Azar...
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Candy Ley Velazquez
Short Hills, NJ Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationCity University of New York School of Law
Passionate, experienced, and fearless attorney serving clients all throughout New Jersey.
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Jaclyn E Alston
Newark, NJ Lawyer with 3 years of experience
Free ConsultationEmployment
Rutgers School of Law-Camden
Admitted In New Jersey & Pennsylvania
Ms. Alston is an associate with McOmber McOmber & Luber, P.C. in the firm’s Marlton, New Jersey office. Ms. Alston primarily focuses her practice on employment law and civil litigation, representing clients in matters involving discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, and whistleblower claims.
Ms. Alston graduated magna cum laude from Rutgers University in 2020, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and a minor in Legal Studies. Ms. Alston graduated as part of Rutgers’ Bachelors/Juris Doctor Dual Degree program which allowed her to complete both degrees in six years, rather than...
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Michael Zerres
Chatham, NJ Lawyer with 37 years of experience
Products Liability
St. John's University School of Law
Attorney Michael Zerres is known for his work in medical malpractice, personal injury, and product liability cases.
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Stephen Darryl Brown
West Orange, NJ Attorney with 38 years of experience
Free ConsultationConsumer
Rutgers School of Law-Newark
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...
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David V. Calviello
NEWARK, NJ Attorney with 27 years of experience
Administrative, Employment and White Collar Crime
Seton Hall University School of Law
David is a Partner with Calcagni & Kanefsky. A veteran New Jersey prosecutor and former Trial Chief in the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, David’s skill in the courtroom is second to none. He brings his extensive litigation and trial experience to bear on types of criminal and employment-related matters, including white collar criminal defense, representing clients facing internal and government investigations, and employment disputes. David also represents crime victims, and advocates for them in court.
Over the course of his 25-year career as a state prosecutor, David handled every kind of criminal case, tried nearly 60...
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Brent DiMarco
Newark, NJ Attorney with 14 years of experience
(201) 654-3464
1 Gateway Center
Suite 2600
Newark, NJ 07102 201-654-3464
Free ConsultationWhite Collar Crime
New England Law | Boston
Brent DiMarco is an experienced criminal, domestic violence, and DCP&P defense lawyer who has helped a multitude of clients facing serious allegations across New Jersey in the course of his accomplished career. Mr. DiMarco's extensive knowledge and unique qualifications in the realms of criminal justice, family law, and child abuse and neglect litigation makes him thoroughly equipped to handle all aspects of his clients' cases, which often involve multiple components. Since criminal charges, restraining orders, and investigations involving child protective services often occur in conjunction, Mr. DiMarco is able to assist with each of these components with the aptitude that...
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Nicholas Robert Bittner
Livingston, NJ Lawyer with 6 years of experience
(646) 699-3083
354 Eisenhower Parkway
Building 2, Suite 2775
Livingston, NJ 07039
Employment
University of Richmond School of Law
Powerful Voice. Strong Results. Compassionate Representation. Meet Nicholas. Client-focused and results driven NJ and NY employment attorney. He handles severance negotiations, workplace discrimination, unpaid wage and overtime pay recovery, retaliation, and wrongful termination. Let's discuss your solution.
Nicholas is an associate at the employment firm Working Solutions. He holds a Bachelor of Sciences from Penn State University, where he received Dean’s List Honors, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Richmond, where he graduated cum laude from the John Marshall Scholars program. During law school, Nicholas served as intern with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and the Southern Environmental Law Center....
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Christopher Geddis
Roseland, NJ Attorney with 8 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Consumer and Products Liability
William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law
Christopher Geddis focuses on products liability, medical malpractice, and personal injury litigation. Before joining the firm, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Richard S. Hoffman of the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey. He also served as an intern to both the Honorable Marie E. Lihotz of the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey and the Honorable Lynn N. Hughes of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. He is admitted to practice law in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Mr. Geddis is currently the Vice...
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Alois Habjan
Roseland, NJ Attorney
Real Estate
University of Pennsylvania Law School
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.
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Jeffrey Itzkowitz
Roseland, NJ Attorney
Real Estate
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
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...
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Bobby Kasolas
Roseland, NJ Attorney
Business
Rutgers School of Law-Camden
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.
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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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Marion Solomon
Florham Park, NJ Lawyer with 38 years of experience
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation
Rutgers School of Law-Newark
Ms. Solomon is a founding member of Arons & Solomon, P.A. Since she began practicing in 1987, she has focused solely in the area of family and divorce law, divorce litigation, mediation, custody and post judgment family matters. Her practice extends to jurisdictions throughout Northern New Jersey, including Bergen, Passaic, Essex, Hudson, Union and Morris Counties. She is a skilled and seasoned litigator and negotiator as well as a mediator. Ms. Solomon has tried numerous matrimonial matters. Ms. Solomon strives to give only the best representation possible. She understands how emotionally stressful, confusing and overwhelming the divorce process...