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Law Firms D-G

Dechert, Price & Rhoads  
Princeton Pike Corporate Center  
PO Box 5218  
Princeton, NJ 08543  
Phone: (609) 620-3200  
Fax: (609) 620-3259  
Web Site: http://www.dechert.com  
James Marino
Managing Partner
Based in Philadelphia, one of 100 largest firms in US with over 500 lawyers, 30 NJ-based attorneys,  located in seven offices in US, also presence in London and Paris, 1994 combination with one of London's leading law firms, combined U.K. practice now known as Titmuss Sainer Dechert> Princeton office established 1987 includes mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, public offerings, and loan transactions, health law, real estate, and venture enterprise matters, litigation on securities, insurance, labor, product liability, intellectual property, constitutional, environmental, intellectual property> NJ clients include CAMPBELL SOUP; COVANCE; McKesson Corp> Practice areas include corporate, securities, technology litigation, healthcare, media.  

DeCotiis, Fitzpatrick, Cole & Wisler 

500 Frank W. Burr Boulevard  
Teaneck, NJ 07666  
Phone: (201) 928-1100  
Fax: (201) 928-0588  
M. Robert DeCotiis, Esq.  
Senior Partner  
Firm  formed 1994 by politically influential partners  M. ROBERT DECOTIIS, served as counsel to Governor JIM FLORIO, former chairman, NJ CASINO REINVESTMENT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, veteran Democratic fundraiser; MICHAEL GLUCK, former assistant counsel and appointments counsel to Governor THOMAS KEAN, appointed as counsel, NJ HIGHWAY AUTHORITY, son of lobbyist and Whitman 1993 campaign co-chair HAZEL GLUCK; ALFRED DECOTIIS, brother of Robert deCotiis, member, Democratic National Committee. nominated by President Clinton to be US Representative to United Nations General Assembly, 1995; MICHAEL COLE, Governor’s Counsel in THOMAS KEAN Administration; William Harla, former assistant counsel to Governor THOMAS KEAN and deputy chief counsel to Governor JIM FLORIO, finance chair for successful 2003 Mercer County Executive campaign of Democrat Brian Hughes> Founding partner Edward Fitzpatrick died December 1999, clients included  Governor CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN’s brother Webster Todd, Jr.> MICHAEL GLUCK, a founding partner and former assistant counsel and appointments counsel to Governor THOMAS KEAN, resigned from firm 2002 to form own firm based in Trenton> Former partner MICHAEL R. DECOTIIS appointed 2003 as chief counsel to Governor McGreevey> Offices also in Trenton, Toms River, Ramsey> 30 attorneys.  

DiFrancesco Bateman Coley Yospin Kunzman Davis & Lehrer
15 Mountain Boulevard   
Warren, NJ 07059-6327
Phone: (908) 757-7800            
Web Site: http://www.bivonacohen.com
John Coley 
Managing Partner
 
Firm headed by former NJ State Senate President and Acting Governor DONALD T. DIFRANCESCO, DiFrancesco resigned from firm to become Acting Governor January 31, 2001, re-joined firm February 2002> Affiliated with NY City-based firm of Bivona & Cohen> Partners include Somerset County Republican Assemblyman CHRISTOPHER BATEMAN> Practice areas include government and regulatory; real estate; insurance; banking; litigation.

Dillon, Bitar & Luther  
53 Maple Avenue  
PO Box 398  
Morristown NJ, 07960  
Phone: (973) 539-3100  
Fax: (973) 292-2960  
e-mail: information@dbl-law.com
Web Site: http://www.dbl-law.com
Thomas J. Bitar, Esq.  
Senior Partner  
 
Firm formed 1951>  Name partners include Thomas J. Bitar, member of editorial board, NJ LAW JOURNAL, NJ Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics, and as a trustee of the Hartley Corporation, a private charitable corporation, former editor-in-chief, Rutgers Law Review; Henry N. Luther, III, adjunct professor of land use law at SETON HALL Law School, served  as NJ LOTTERY COMMISSION director 1975-76, executive secretary to Governor BRENDAN T. BYRNE 1977, former commissioner, Waterfront Commission of NY & NJ> Special areas include litigation, corporate, land-use, real estate, municipal, regulatory issues> 25 attorneys.  

 

Drinker Biddle & Shanley  
500 Campus Drive  
Florham Park, NJ 07932-1047  
Phone: (973) 360-1100  
Fax: (973) 360-9831  
Web Site: http://www.dbr.com  
Daniel F. O'Connel, Esq.  
Managing Partner  
 
Firm resulting from merger effective November 1999 between Philadelphia-based firm of Drinker Biddle & Reath and NJ firm of Shanley & Fisher, creating  360 lawyer- firm (150 in NJ) with seven offices>  Combined firm headquartered in Philadelphia, continues to practice under name of Drinker Biddle & Reath except in NJ where firm  to practice under name of Drinker Biddle & Shanley LLP for at least three-year period, with offices in Florham Park (100 attorneys) and Princeton (50 attorneys)> Ranked as eighth-leading firm in 1999 gross revenues with $39.9 million and 19th in profits per partner with $230,500 according to annual NJ LAW JOURNAL survey based on revenues from NJ-based attorneys> Shanley and Fisher one of State's oldest firms, late founding partner Bernard Shanley close advisor to President Eisenhower> Drinker previously entered NJ 1988 by absorbing former Princeton firm of Smith, Lambert & Hicks, also 1995 acquisition of environmental practice of dissolving firm, Cohen, Shapiro, Polisher, Sheikman & Cohen, partners include David Goldberg, former chair, NJ TURNPIKE AUTHORITY, Commissioner, NJ DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION and Counsel to Governor Robert Meyner; John Kandravy, board member, VALLEY HOSPITAL; Raymond Tierney, chairman, board of trustees, ST. PETER'S COLLEGE; Richard Levao, chairman, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY board of trustees; Arthur R. Schmauder director, Growth Financial Corp. and trustee, Morris Museum; Samuel Lambert, board member, NJ CONSERVATION FOUNDATION, MCCARTER THEATER > JOHN DEGNAN, former NJ Attorney General and 1981 Democratic gubernatorial primary candidate, resigned as Shanley partner 1990 to become in-house corporate counsel to firm client CHUBB, named Chubb president 1996 and vice chairman 2002> Subsidiary, ISSUES MANAGEMENT, based in Princeton for government relations, permit problems, lobbying> Clients include MERCK; PNC BANK; AETNA; MELLON BANK.  

 

Fischbein Badillo Wagner Harding  
2 Penn Plaza 11th Floor  
Newark, NJ 07105  
Phone: (973) 690-5333  
Fax: (973) 562-8588  
James J. Florio
Of Counsel  
 
Formed 1999 upon merger of former Florio & Perrucci, with 21 NJ attorneys, into NY City-based Fischbein Badillo Wagner Harding> Firm includes former NJ Governor and unsuccessful 2000 US Senate candidate JIM FLORIO> Fischman Badillo partners include former NY City deputy mayor and congressman Herman Badillo, current chair of City University of NY board of trustees, potential 2001 NY City mayoral candidate> Concentration in corporate, environment, health care, labor, regulatory  law> 5 attorneys in NJ.  

 

Fox, Rothschild, O'Brien & Frankel  
997 Lenox Drive  
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648  
Phone: (609) 896-3600  
Fax: (609) 896-1469  
Web Site: http://www.frof.com  
Phillip Griffin, Esq.  
Managing Partner  
Philadelphia-based firm founded 1907 with over 200 attorneys, including 80 in NJ as result of 1999 merger with Atlantic City-based 38-attorney firm of Horn, Goldberg, Gorny, Daniels, Plackter, Weiss & Perskie> Prior 1993 merger of existing NJ office with former Katzenbach, Gildea & Rudner firm in Mercer County> Office also in Voorhees> Horn, Kaplan senior partner Leonard Horn served 1987-99 as chief executive of Miss America Pageant; former President, BETTY BACHARACH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL; Edward Knight, past  director, First Fidelity Bancorporation, served for 20 years as chair ATLANTIC CITY MEDICAL CENTER; STEVEN PERSKIE,  former chief of staff to Governor JIM FLORIO; chairman of NJ CASINO CONTROL COMMISSION; Superior Court judge; and NJ Senator and Assemblyman> Clients include Miss America Pageant; casino-hotels; ATLANTIC CITY MEDICAL CENTER; several banks, insurance companies, financial and investment firms.  

 

Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione  
The Legal Center  
1 Riverfront Plaza  
Newark, NJ 07102  
Phone: (973) 596-4500  
Fax: (973) 596-0545  
Web Site: http://www.gibbonslaw.com  

David J. Sheehan, Esq.  

Managing Director  
 
Founded 1907,  former firm name Crummy Del Deo Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, adopted new name 1998 including retired 3rd Circuit Chief Judge John Gibbons, current special counsel to firm and partner prior to going on bench, also current Richard J. Hughes Professor of Constitutional Law at SETON HALL UNIVERSITY>  Litigation, corporate, product liability, tax, land-use, real estate, tax-exempt finance practice> Sixth-leading firm in 1999 gross revenues with $55 million, 14th in profits per partner with $366,700 according to annual NJ LAW JOAL survey> Sponsors  special fellowship program to support public interest lawyers named after Judge Gibbons, allows associates to work on public interest projects> Partners include Director Michael Griffinger chair of Litigation Department, Fellow of American College of Trial Lawyers, listed in ‘The Best Lawyers in America’ as business and bankruptcy litigator,  Editor, Federal Civil Practice Guide, Third Circuit, founder and past Chairman of Federal Practice and Procedure Committee of NJ STATE BAR ASSOCIATION,   Master, Brennan Inn of Court, Fellow, American Bar Foundation; Frank Reilly represented York Management in series of acquisitions, including 1997 deal acquiring KMART of Canada; David Ravin, former senior partner of own firm, prominent bankruptcy attorney; retired Appellate Division presiding judge Herman Michels> 160 attorneys

 

Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla  
125 Half Mile Road  
PO Box 190  
Middletown, NJ 07748  
Phone: (732) 741-3900  
Fax: (732) 224-6599  
Web Site: http://www.ghclaw.com
Bernard J. Berry, Jr., Esq.  
Managing Partner  
 
 Largest firm in Monmouth County with 70 attorneys> General practice, health care, land-use, real estate, environmental practice> Counsel to NJ HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, represents more NJ hospitals than any other firm, partner Frank Ciesla appointed 1999 to NJ Advisory Commission on Hospitals by Governor CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN> Firm contributed $50,000 to 1989 Democratic gubernatorial, legislative campaign, with senior partner Jack Giordano named to Governor JIM FLORIO transition committee, firm served 1990-93 as bond counsel, NJ SPORTS & EXPOSITION AUTHORITY.  

Graham, Curtin & Sheridan  

Four Headquarters Plaza  

PO Box 1991  
Morristown, NJ 07962  
Phone: (973) 292-1700  
Fax: (973) 898-0107  
Thomas R. Curtin, Esq.  
Managing Partner  
 
Former Ribis, Graham & Curtin, former senior partner NICHOLAS RIBIS joined Trump Organization in management role 1991, now CEO of TRUMP HOTELS & CASINO RESORTS> Offices also in Atlantic City, Trenton, NYC> Partners include Thomas R. Curtin 1993-94 president, NJ STATE BAR ASSOCIATION; Charles Irwin, former  Director, NJ Division of Consumer Affairs,  member, NJ CASINO REINVESTMENT & DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,  Vice Chairman, NJ CASINO CONTROL COMMISSION; Joseph A. Fusco  former Atlantic County Prosecutor, director licensing section of NJ CASINO CONTROL COMMISSION, trustee of RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE Foundation, served on board, NJ State College Foundation; partner PETER SHERIDAN former executive director, REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE, former counsel, NJ Casino Association> Strong casino-hotel, corporate, municipal, government regulation practice, partner Charles Irwin also serves as general counsel to management consulting firms for tribal gaming operations> 30 attorneys.  

 

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, Ravin, Davis & Himmel  
Metro Corporate Campus 1  
PO Box 5600  
Woodbridge, NJ 07095  
Phone: (732) 549-5600  
Fax: (732) 549-1881  
Web Site: http://www.greenbaumlaw.com/
Paul A. Rowe, Esq.  
Managing Partner  
Second largest Middlesex County firm with 100 attorneys> General practice, known particularly for land-use, real estate, construction litigation, environmental law, bankruptcy> Attorneys included in Best Attorneys in America refernce book  Paul A. Rowe, managing partner and head of  firm's Litigation Department, in  Business Litigation category;Robert S. Greenbaum, Arthur M. Greenbaum, and Wendell A. Smith, all listed in  Real Estate category; Alan E. Davis, chair of  firm's Corporate Department and partner W. Raymond Felton,  concentrates practice in corporate and securities law, listed in Corporate Law; Michael A. Backer, partner  in Tax, Trusts & Estates Department, included in  Trusts & Estates category> Clients include K. HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES; UNITED PARCEL SERVICE.  

 

Grotta, Glassman & Hoffman  
75 Livingston Avenue  
Roseland, NJ 07068  
Phone: (973) 992-4800  
Fax: (973) 992-9125  
Web Site: http://www.gghlaw.com
Theodore M. Eisenberg, Esq.  
Managing Partner  
 
NJ's largest firm exclusively representing management clients in labor relations, employment law, employee benefits, corporate immigration matters> Serves clients in the following industry sectors: Retail, Financial, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Transportation, Media, Municipalities, Universities, Fashion, Hospitality and Non-Profit> 60 attorneys> Theodore M. Eisenberg, Esq. consistently recognized by Corporate Counsel’s Best Lawyers: Labor and Employment.

 

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