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Alan S. Naar

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP
  • Recognized Since:
    2007
  • Recognized in:
    Commercial Litigation
    Litigation - Labor and Employment
  • Law School:
    Columbia University
  • Lawyer Page:
    http://www.greenbaumlaw.com/at...
  • Website:
    http://www.greenbaumlaw.com
  • Phone Number:
    (732) 476.2530
  • E-mail:
    anaar@greenbaumlaw.com
  • Location:
    Metro Corporate Campus One
    99 Wood Avenue South
    P.O. Box 5600
    Woodbridge, NJ 07095

Mr. Naar focuses his practice in complex commercial litigation. He represents a broad range of business entities and individuals in federal and state court civil litigation and appeals and before arbitration panels.  He regularly serves as New Jersey local counsel for law firms in New York, Washington, DC, Chicago and other domestic and overseas locations. His practice also includes alternative dispute resolution as an advocate, mediator or arbitrator.

Mr. Naar’s diverse experience encompasses corporate and partnership disputes, business torts, product liability matters, trademark and unfair trade practice claims, trade secret litigation, antitrust matters, RICO claims, professional malpractice, employment litigation, land use and redevelopment challenges, and trust and estate litigation.

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Lawyer Bio

Mr. Naar focuses his practice in complex commercial litigation. He represents a broad range of business entities and individuals in federal and state court civil litigation and appeals and before arbitration panels.  He regularly serves as New Jersey local counsel for law firms in New York, Washington, DC, Chicago and other domestic and overseas locations. His practice also includes alternative dispute resolution as an advocate, mediator or arbitrator.

Mr. Naar’s diverse experience encompasses corporate and partnership disputes, business torts, product liability matters, trademark and unfair trade practice claims, trade secret litigation, antitrust matters, RICO claims, professional malpractice, employment litigation, land use and redevelopment challenges, and trust and estate litigation.

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Education:

  • Columbia University, J.D., graduated 1976
  • Rutgers The State University of New Jersey New Brunswick, B.A., summa cum laude, graduated 1973

Bar Admissions:

  • New Jersey, NJ - 1976

Affiliations:

  • American Bar Association - Member, Section of Litigation
  • Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey - Former Trustee
  • Columbia Law School Association - Vice President
  • Essex County Bar Association - Member; Former Vice Chair, Product Liability Law Section
  • New Jersey State Bar Association - Member, Internet and Computer Law Committee, Appellate Practice Committee
  • Smart Litigator, ALM Media - Member, Editorial Board for New Jersey
  • Supreme Court of New Jersey District V-C (Essex County-West Essex) Fee Arbitration Panel - Member

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
 

Awards:

  • Recipient of a Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing (2008)

Additional Information:

U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
Certified Arbitrator
 

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Firm Details

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Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP
http://www.greenbaumlaw.com
 
Headquarters
Metro Corporate Campus One
99 Wood Avenue South
P.O. Box 5600
Woodbridge, NJ 07095
(732) 549.5600
5 Office Locations
in 1 Country

United States

United States

New Jersey

New Jersey

Red Bank, NJ

River Centre Building One

331 Newman Springs Road

Red Bank, NJ 07701

United States

(732) 476.2660

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Roseland, NJ

75 Livingston Avenue

Roseland, NJ 07068-3701

United States

(973) 535.1600

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Toms River, NJ

1144 Hooper Avenue, Suite 212

Toms River, NJ 08753

United States

(732) 476.2780

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New York

New York

New York, NY

750 Third Avenue, Ninth Floor

New York, NY 10017

United States

(212) 847.9858

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Lawyer Case History

Trust Litigation

As counsel for film and Broadway producer Marty Richards, Mr. Naar was successful in establishing at the trial court, Appellate Division, and the New Jersey Supreme Court, that Mr. Richards, as a surviving spouse of Mary Lea Johnson Richards, one of J. Seward Johnson Sr.'s children listed in a 1961 Charitable Lead Trust, was a beneficiary of the Trust and entitled to distributions from the Trustees of the Trust. The Trust had a value at the time of the trial of approximately $300 to $350 million.

Product Liability Litigation

Has been involved in major product liability litigation in both the federal and state courts in New Jersey representing a major tobacco company, and was on the trial team in Cipollone v. Liggett Group Inc., et al., a nationally reported product liability action commenced in the U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey

Fraud Litigation

Has acted as New Jersey counsel for a number of international clients including the Republic of the Philippines in litigation against U.S. companies alleging fraud and bribery in connection with the awarding of contracts relating to the construction of the first nuclear power plant in the Philippines
 
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