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Eugenia Yudanin focuses her practice on tax planning for businesses, high net worth individuals and charities, including acquisition, disposition and restructuring of business entities, real estate transactions, estate planning and charitable giving. She has advised clients in connection with the formation, operation and disposition of their businesses, as well as employment arrangements, executive compensation and business succession planning. Eugenia has extensive experience in gift and est...

Patricia Costello served for more than 25 years as a New Jersey Superior Court Judge, including ten years as the Assignment Judge in Essex County. During her tenure as Assignment Judge, she supervised all of the county’s trial and municipal courts, including more than 100,000 filings per year, 1,000 employees and a $55 million annual budget. Appointed to the bench in 1989 by then Governor Thomas Kean, Judge Costello spent the first 15 years of her judicial career in Hudson County, servi...

Bob is a civil and criminal trial attorney who represents clients in litigation in state and federal courts, and before federal and state administrative boards and agencies. His areas of concentration include professional liability defense, professional ethics, disputes involving healthcare providers, insurance coverage matters, white-collar criminal defense, regulatory issues, and legal issues associated with the use of technology and AI, including those related to professional ethics. Bob h...

Robert P. Vacchiano is a Partner in the Insurance and Reinsurance Group and Cyber Security & Data Privacy Group at Riker Danzig LLP. For more than a decade, Robert has represented insurers, reinsurers, retrocessionaires, and intermediaries in a broad range of complex insurance matters. A substantial portion of Robert's practice has consisted of handling contentious reinsurance disputes. Robert has also authored articles on cyber liability and cyber insurance. Robert’s practice in th...

As Chair of the CSG Law Litigation and White Collar Defense & Investigations Groups and a former federal prosecutor, Matthew Beck brings exceptional skills and insight to representing companies, government entities, and C-suite executives in game-changing complex civil litigation, white collar criminal investigations, and securities enforcement matters. His broad practice also includes acting as outside general counsel for mid-sized private companies, managing their entire portfolio of le...

John C. Petrella is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment. John C. practices law in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey Best Lawyers has recognized John C. Petrella since 2008. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which John C. Petrella is held by ...

Brian L. Petrequin is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Brian L. practices law in Florham Park, New Jersey Best Lawyers has recognized Brian L. Petrequin since 2017. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Brian L. Petrequin is held by other lawyers.

Judge Thomas Zampino (Ret.) served as a Family Court Judge for over two decades. During part of his tenure, he also served as Presiding Judge of the Family Court. Since his appointment to the bench in 1989, he has settled or decided thousands of divorce cases. Judge Zampino (Ret.) has taught Judges and attorneys throughout the State and the Country on behalf of the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education and the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges where he also se...

Thomas P. Scrivo is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Commercial Litigation and Litigation - Labor and Employment. Thomas P. practices law in Cedar Grove, New Jersey Best Lawyers has recognized Thomas P. Scrivo since 2015. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Thomas P. Scrivo is held by other lawyers.

Ms. Amalfe is listed among the region’s leading employment lawyers by Best Lawyers® , Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business , and New Jersey Super Lawyers . As Chair of the firm’s Employment & Labor Law Department, Ms. Amalfe manages almost 100 lawyers across 15 offices, overseeing legal, administrative, and business development functions for one of the firm’s most active business units, with clients among the world’s best-known com...