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Saiber
1 Gateway Center
Newark, NJ 07102
Phone: (973) 622-3333
Web Site: www.saiber.com
William F. Maderer, Esq.
Managing Member
Founded 1950, formerly Saiber, Schlesinger, Satz & Goldstein, now 60 lawyers> Known for complex civil and criminal litigation, employment counseling and employment litigation, internal investigations, corporate and tax, gaming, real estate, environmental, bankruptcy and creditors rights> Members include Managing Member William F. Maderer, listed in Chambers USA:  America's Leading Lawyers for Business 2007, 2008, practice in complex business litigation, also practice in employment litigation, professional liability and white collar criminal defense; former Assistant US Attorney for District of NJ and Chief of Special Prosecutions Division; past president of Association of Federal Bar of NJ> David Gross, business, insurance, product liability litigation; member, editorial board, New Jersey Lawyer; Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; past President, Association of Federal Bar-NJ> David A. Cohen, employment law, serves as Mayor of Berkeley Heights> Of Counsel David J. Satz also serves as Vice President, Government Relations and Development, Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc.

 

Sills Cummis & Gross
The Legal Center
1 Riverfront Plaza
Newark, NJ 07102
Phone: (973) 643-7000
Web Site: www.sillscummis.com
Steven E. Gross, Esq.
Chairman
 
Founded 1971 by late NJ Attorney General Arthur Sills and Chairman Emeritus Clive S. Cummis> 170 lawyers, ranked #238 on National Law Journal 2007 list of 250 largest law firms in US, offices also in Atlantic City, NY City and Washington, DC> 2008 edition of Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Lawyers for Business ranked Real Estate, Bankruptcy and Health Care practices first in NJ and Corporate, Litigation, Employment and Labor, and Intellectual Property practices in top three in NJ> Comprehensive practice includes banking; bankruptcy and creditors' rights; business transactions; business litigation; employment and labor; environmental law; gaming law; healthcare; product liability; pharmaceutical and medical device defense; real estate; tax and financial planning> Chairman Emeritus Clive Cummis also served as Corporate Counsel and Vice Chairman of Board of Directors of Caesars Entertainment, Inc. until June 2005, former Associate Editor, NJ Law Journal, appointed by President Clinton to President's Commission on White House Fellowships, current or past boards include NJ Performing Arts Center; Newark Museum; Horizon Blue Cross-Blue Shield of NJ: University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1988 Delegate, Democratic National Convention> Steven Gross, Chairman of Firm, also Co-Chairman of Corporate and Securities Practice Group, practice in transactional matters, banking, public and private debt financings, workouts, fiduciary duties, creditors' rights matters. and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America and in Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Lawyers for Business, appointed 1999 by Governor Whitman to NJ Commerce and Economic Growth Commission, also  vice chairman and legal counsel for Healthcare Foundation of NJ,  $150 million charitable foundation formed 1996 as result of sale of Newark Beth Israel Medical Center to Saint Barnabas Medical Center> Steven S. Radin, Chairman of Insurance and Commercial Litigation Departments, clients include insurance companies, banks, health care firms, medical groups and practices, former Deputy Attorney General for NJ Department of Banking and Insurance, appointed as Special Counsel to NJ Commissioner of Insurance for liquidations of Integrity Insurance Company, Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company and HIP of New Jersey, Inc.; formerly served as Chairman and Chief Editor of NJ Insurance Reporter Shepard’s/McGraw Hill, past Chair of NJ State Bar Association Insurance Committee and presently as Vice Chair-Insurance for American Bar Association Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice, serves onBoard of Visitors of Columbia University Law School and as a Director of the Regional Business Partnership, formerly the Greater Newark Chamber of Commerce> Gary W. Herschman, Chair of Health & Hospital Law Practice Group, practice includes representation of hospitals, long-term care facilities, ambulatory surgery centers, physician groups and various other health care facilities and businesses, listed in Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Lawyers for Business, serves as board member, Make-A-Wish Foundation of NJ> Lawrence S. Horn, Co-Chair of Corporate Internal Investigations and Business Crimes Practice Group, Assistant United States Attorney for District of NJ 1971-1978, specialized in tax fraud prosecutions, practice consists of defending targets of federal white collar criminal investigations with a special emphasis on criminal tax cases, current Co-Chair of Tax Enforcement Subcommittee of White Collar Crime Committee of American Bar Association Section of Criminal Justice, a Fellow of American College of Tax Counsel, listed in Best Lawyers in America and Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Lawyers for Business> Peter G. Verniero, Co-Chair of Corporate Internal Investigations and Business Crimes Practice Group and Chair of Appellate Practice Group, former Justice, NJ Supreme Court 1999-2004, NJ Attorney General 1996-1999-and chief counsel to Governor Christine Todd Whitman 1994-1995, current practice includes state and federal regulatory matters before law enforcement agencies, internal investigations of large, public companies, advising business entities on document retention policies and on rules governing discovery of electronically stored information.

Skoloff & Wolfe
293 Eisenhower Parkway
Livingston, NJ 07039
Phone: (973) 992-0900
Fax: (973) 992-0301
Web Site: www.skoloffwolfe.com
Saul A. Wolfe, Esq.
Managing Partner

Founded 1961 in Newark, best-known for family law, divorce practice, handles complex divorce and property issues, also extensive tax practice> Gary Skoloff, a past Chair of Family Law Section of American Bar Association, and past President of NJ Chapter of American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, t high-profile matrimonial cases include surrogate mother case of Baby M, author of New Jersey Family Law Practice, now in tenth edition, published by NJ Institute for Continuing Legal Education, served as Editor-in-Chief of Family Advocate published by American Bar Association, Family Law Section, continues to serve as member of Section’s Executive Council, also served as Chair of Family Law Section and receipient of Saul A. Tischler Award of NJ State Bar Association and appointed by NJ Supreme Court to its Family Law Committee from New Jersey State Bar Association Family Law Section. listed in Best Lawyers in America in family law section> Saul A. Wolfe active in effort to create NJ Tax Court, helped draft Court's original Rules of Practice, also one of original members of NJ Supreme Court Committee on the Tax Court, former President of NJ State Bar Association and Chair of State Bar Association Committee on Real Property Taxation, a recipient of NJ State Bar Foundation Medal of Honor for his significant contribution toward improving NJ justice system.

 

Stark & Stark
993 Lenox Drive
PO Box 5315
Princeton, NJ 08543
Phone: (609) 896-9060
Web Site: www.stark-stark.com
Lewis J. Pepperman, Esq.
Co-managing Shareholder
 

Founded 1933 in Trenton, 110 attorneys> Offices also in Marlton, Philadelphia, NY City and Newtown, PA> Litigation, negligence, corporate, banking, accident community associations, employment, estate, family law, securities fraud> Extensive plaintiff personal injury practice> Principlals include Albert M. Stark, personal injury practice, host of "In the Public Interest" on WIMG radio, legal information program, also hosted prior show "Law Line" on WHWH radio, recipient of Media Award of NJ State Bar Association for radio broadcasting, former board member, NJ Symphony Orchestra> Allen Silk, Chair of Business and Corporate Group, practice focus on tax, trusts, estates and legal aspects of business organizations and owners, chair of Mercer County Economic Development Council, trustee of The College of NJ> David Botwinick, plaintiff trial practice, wrongful death, survivor actions, and other personal injury law, General Counsel and Board member of Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce> Bill Singer, securities practice with clients including small- and mid-sized broker-dealers, registered persons, whistleblowers, and defrauded public investors, focus on regulatory/compliance counsel, white-collar criminal, congressional hearings/investigations, membership listing issues, and litigation/arbitration, founder of NASD Dissidents' Grassroots Movement, and served as General Counsel to Independent Broker-Dealer Association, Inc. and as Chief Counsel to Financial Industry Association, published columnist for Registered Rep. magazine, RRBDLAW.com, and BrokeAndBroker.com (blog), writing on compliance, legal, and regulatory matters> Robert J. Durst, II, chair of Divorce Group, fellow of American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and Diplomat of American College of Family Trial Lawyers, President of Academy's NJ chapter in 1998 and 1999, chaired National Cohabitation and Marital Torts Committees. of  American Bar Association Family Law Section, founder and now co-director of NJ Family Law Summer Institute, listed in Best Lawyers in America in family and divorce law.

Sterns & Weinroth
50 West State Street
PO Box 1298
Trenton, NJ 08607
Phone: (609) 392-2100
Web site: www.sternslaw.com
Joel Sterns, Esq. 
Senior Partner
One of leading NJ government affairs, regulatory practices, located one block from Trenton State House, other practice groups Bankruptcy/Creditors' Rights; Gaming; Litigation; and Real Estate/Transactional> Firm represented Resorts International in initial Atlantic City casino licensing application leading to first Atlantic City casino opening May 1978, also frequently represents Donald Trump and Trump Entertainment Resorts> Predecessor firm, Sterns, Herbert, Weinroth & Petrino, merged 1988 after 20-year independent practice with Roseland-based Hannoch Weisman to become Hannoch's Trenton office until severing affiliation with Hannoch at end of 1993, current firm formed 1994 after senior partners, including name partners Joel Sterns and Richard Weinroth, resigned as partners of Hannoch Weisman (which later dissolved in 1999)> > Current firm 35 lawyers> Prior to founding firm, Senior Director Joel Sterns served as Governor's Counsel in Richard Hughes Administration 1968-69, also Acting Commissioner of NJ Department of Conservation and Economic Development predecessor to present Department of Environmental Protection)1958-1960,. In the early 1960s, he served in the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations as Assistant to the Director of Alliance for Progress and Executive Assistant to the Chairman of the Import Export Bank of the United States. From 1965-1968, he was Deputy and Acting Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs. Immediately prior to entering private practice, Mr. Sterns served as Chief Counsel to Governor (and later Chief Justice) Richard J. Hughes, from 1968-1969>; Firm co-founder Richard Weinroth, assistant counsel to governor in William Cahill Administration, represented diverse business interests in various matters before Legislature, practices before numerous state agencies, current member of Board of Trustees of Newark Museum and member and former president of Trenton Downtown Association> Frank Petrino, heads Real Estate Group, past member, Board of Directors of Land Use Section of NJ State Bar Association, co-authored "New Jersey: A Basic Legal Guide for Foreign Businesses", published by NJ State Bar Association Section on International Law> Paul O'Gara, Chair of Gaming Practice, representing casinos, casino holding companies, financial institutions and investors, also individuals, companies and organizations in other regulated leisure activities, including horse racing, trustee and past president of International Association of Gaming Advisors, recognized by Best Lawyers in America in gaming law> Richard Van Wagner, Chair of Administrative/Governmental Practice Group, areas of legislative affairs, administrative litigation and regulatory counseling, lobbies on behalf of insurers, financial institutions, transportation-related entities, casinos and post-secondary educational institutions.

 

Tompkins, McGuire, Wachenfeld & Barry
4 Gateway Center
Newark, NJ 07102
Phone: (973) 622-3000
Web site: www.tompkinsmcguire.com
William B. McGuire, Esq.
Managing Partner

Founded by several partners of Lum, Biunno & Tompkins, then NJ ’s oldest law firm, focus on representing litigants in matters including business and commercial litigation and transactions, insurance coverage, professional malpractice, workers compensation, personal injury, construction litigation and real estate related litigation> Known particularly for representation of professionals-- lawyers, accountants, engineers, architects, psychologists, and others-- accused of negligence> Managing Partner William McGuire, practice in complex insurance coverage, professional liability defense, directors and officers lawsuits, class actions, securities law, financial institutions and general commercial litigation, also represents attorneys and judges in disciplinary matters and serves as as arbitrator or mediator in complex litigated matters, 1994-95 president, NJ State Bar Association; trustee, St. Barnabas Healthcare System and St. Barnabas Medical Center, listed in Best Lawyers in America> Co-founder and now Of Counsel Howard G. Wachenfeld, heads trust and estate practice, Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and former State Chairman, listed in Best Lawyers in America> Name partner John Barry died 2000, husband of US 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Maryanne Trump Barry and brother-in-law of Donald Trump> 30 attorneys.

 

Waters, McPherson, McNeill
300 Lighting Way
PO Box 1560
Secaucus, NJ 07096
Phone: (201) 863-4400
Web Site: www.lawwmm.com
John H. McNeill, Esq.
Senior Partner

Firm founded 1962 by Kenneth D. McPherson, Sr., and late John Watters> includes politically active Democrats> Practice includes real estate and development; civil litigation; environmental law; insurance; corporate and securities; employment and labor; banking and finance; real estate tax appeals and abatements; governmental and municipal law; public utilities; bankruptcy and workouts; healthcare and hospital law; tax, financial and estate planning> Offices also in Trenton, NY City> Kenneth D. McPherson, Sr., veteran Democratic activist and fundraiser, appointed by Governor Brendan T. Byrne as Chairman of Governor's Hudson River Waterfront Study, Planning and Development Commission (1979-1980), and as Commissioner of Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (1981-1983)> John McNeill, practice in real estate, finance, transactional, commercial, corporate, and labor and employment law, former trustee, Seton Hall University> Of Counsel W. Cary Edwards, served as NJ Attorney General and Chief Legal Counsel to Governor Thomas H. Kean for four years, 1989 candidate for Republican gubernatorial nomination, as member of NJ General Assembly, a Life Member of Board of Trustees of Monmouth University> Of Counsel James Dugan former NJ State Senator, Democratic National Committeeman, and chair of NJ Democratic State Committee, practice in litigation, real estate, government regulation> Clients include several municipal governments and public agencies, real estate developers> 35 attorneys. 

 

Wilentz, Goldman & SpitzerWilentz, Goldman & Spitzer
90 Woodbridge Center Drive
PO Box 10
Woodbridge, NJ 07095
Phone: (732) 636-8000
Web Site: www.wilentz.com
Brian Molloy, Esq.
Managing Director

Founded 1919 by former NJ Attorney General David Wilentz, prosecutor of Bruno Hauptmann in Lindbergh baby kidnap trial and long-time Democratic leader, who died in 1988> Largest Central Jersey firm with over 150 attorneys, 32 of 74 partners recognized in 2009 edition of Best Lawyers in America> Former firm of late NJ Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Wilentz, brother Warren Wilentz remains a partner, served as finance chairman, 1997, 2001 James McGreevey gubernatorial campaign, also vice chairman, 1990 James Florio Inaugural Committee> Comprehensive practice, including corporate (petrochemical clients include Hess Corp.), with late Hess CEO Leon Hess married to Norma Wilentz Hess, sister of Warren and Robert Wilentz; also represents organized labor; real estate; environment; tax> Firm president Frederic Becker trial attorney in complex corporate and commercial litigation, member of Commercial Arbitration Panel of American Arbitration Association, previously served by designation of United States District Court for District of NJ as a mediator in Court's program for mediation of complex cases, presently serves as a director of Prudential Financial and as Chair of its Audit Committee, Fellow of American College of Trial Lawyers and of American Bar Foundation, past President of Association of Federal Bar- NJ, Chairman of Editorial Board of NJ LAWYER newspaper> Managing partner John Hoffman Co-Chaired Board of Public Utilities Transition Committee for Governor-Elect James McGreevey, past chair of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Foundation, also serves as general counsel to Middlesex County College, Construction Counsel to Middlesex County Utilities Authority> Other principals include Alan Wasserman, personal injury litigation and representation of professionals (including trial lawyers) on issues of commercial real estate commissions, accounting malpractice, lender liability, commercial litigation, partnership and stockholder rights and split ups and corporate and tax valuation disputes, represented plaintiff in 2008 trial in which jury awarded $41 million in suit against accounting firm KPMG for failing to detect financial fraud at firm acquired by client> Chair of Employment Law Team, Maureen S. Binetti,  past Co-chair of Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee of Labor and Employment Law Section of American Bar Association> Anne Babineau, redevelopment and utility law, former vice president and general counsel 1996-97 to Bell Atlantic NJ (now Verizon-NJ), clients include Verizon, PSE&G, other utilities> Former NJ Supreme Court Justice (1977-1999) Alan Handler joined firm as of counsel following retirement from Court.

 

Winne, Banta, Hetherington, Basralian & Kahn
25 East Elm Street
PO Box 647
Hackensack, NJ 07602
Phone: (201) 487-3800
Fax: (201) 487-8529
Web Site: www.winnebantalaw.com
Joseph A. Rizzi, Esq.
Senior Partner
 
Founded 1922, oldest Bergen County-based firm with 25 attorneys> Practice areas include alternative dispute resolution, banking, commercial, corporate services, employment law, First Amendment, health care law, insurance defense, litigation, personal injury, real estate and land use, and trusts and estates> Partners include Robert Hetherington III, Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel; Joseph Basralian, banking and land-use; Gerald Goldman, General Counsel to National Association of Consumer Credit Administrators, (NaCCA, formerly National Check Cashers Association) and NJ, NY chapters of NaCCA; representing interests of non-bank fee-based check cashing services> Of counsel Peter Banta, past president, NJ Society of Hospital Attorneys, expert in First Amendment issues, editor of ‘Survey of NJ Libel Law’, Libel Defense Resource Center, listed in Best Lawyers of America> Of counsel Arthur J. Simpson, Jr. retired NJ Superior Court judge.

WolfBlock Brach, Eichler
101 Eisenhower Parkway
Roseland, NJ 07068
Phone: (973) 228-5700
Web site: www.wolfblock.com
Burton L. Eichler, Esq.
Senior Partner
NJ office of Philadelphia-based firm founded 1910, now approximately 300 attorneys at offices in Cherry Hill and Roseland; NY City; Boston; Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Norristown, PA; and Wilmington, DE> 2003 merger of former Brach, Eichler, Rosenberg, Silver, Bernstein, Hammer & Gladstone, P.C. into WolfBlock, with NJ office practcing under name WolfBlock Brach, Eichler> Practice includes real estate, corporate, employment, intellectual property, environmental, health care, estate planning, family law, taxation, commercial litigation, also government relations consulting and lobbying services at local, state and federal levels of government through WolfBlock Public Strategies, LLC (Boston, MA and Washington, DC) and WolfBlock Government Relations, LP (Harrisburg, PA)> NJ partners include Burton L. Eichler, member of NJ Republican State Finance Committee, prominent hospital and health care attorney, listed in Best Lawyers of America in health care law, member of Board of Directors of Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Cerebral Palsy of North Jersey> Stuart M. Gladstone heads NJ Trusts & Estates, Business and Tax Group, a leading NJ attorney in estate planning, business succession and estate taxation.

 

Wolff & Samson
One Boland Drive
West Orange, NJ 07052
Phone: (973) 325-1500
Web Site: www.wolffsamson.com
David Samson, Esq.
Senior Partner
 
Founded 1972, formerly Kimmelman, Wolff & Samson, now 120 attorneys> Office also in NY City> Former partner Irwin Kimmelman served 1982-86 as NJ Attorney General in Thomas H. Kean Administration, appointed 1989 by Governor Kean as Superior Court judge> Senior partner David Samson served January 2002 to February 2003 as NJ Attorney General in James McGreevey Administration, a major McGreevey fundraiser, but formerly a leading Republican fundraiser who served on NJ Republican State Committee finance committee, served 1982-1990 as General Counsel to NJ Turnpike Authority during Kean Administration> Dennis Toft, chair of Environmental Group, Associate of Environmental Law Institute since 1984, a trustee of NJ Chapter of NAIOP (National Association of Industrial and Office Properties), appointed by Governor Whitman to serve on NJ Brownfields and Contaminated Site Remediation Task Force, appointed 2002 by Governor McGreevey as Chairman of Task Force> Mitchell Berkey named to Real Estate NJ magazine 2008 list of leading NJ real estate lawyers, commercial transaction background includes acquisitions, sales, financing, development, construction, leasing, management, workouts, as well as general corporate matters> Of Counsel David Wolff on Board of Directors and General Counsel to Construction Management Association of America - NY and NJ Chapter, and past member of NY Building Congress Public Procurement Committee, lectured extensively on construction industry law> Practice includes bankruptcy and creditor's rights; computer law; corporate & securities; employment; environmental law; estate planning & administration; health care; intellectual property; litigation; matrimonial and family law; public finance; real estate and construction; regulatory and administrative; taxation.

 

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