Edward J. "Ed" Butler, Jr.

As a leader of the firm’s real estate practice, Jack’s work reflects his extensive experience as a commercial real estate and general business lawyer, which has enabled him to develop a highly analytical perspective on transactions by pinpointing the significant business and legal issues that are critical to a client’s success. His legal services emphasize industrial, commercial and retail real estate activities, with a particular concentration on the acquisition, dispositio...

Max Crane is currently Chairman of Sills Cummis & Gross. He is a corporate attorney who previously served as the Firm’s Managing Partner and Chair of the Firm’s Corporate Department. He regularly counsels private and public companies and their executives on various aspects of law and business including corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, securities and crisis management.

John concentrates his practice on corporate and business law, tax, wills, trusts and estate planning, and elder law.

Larry Orloff, a co-founder of the Firm, has functioned as one of the leading litigators in the State for many years. He has received Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Essex County Bar Association and the New Jersey Law Journal, awards that are given to a very limited number of attorneys. He is a Fellow of the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers; has also been listed in the Best Lawyers in America every year since 1989 in the area of Business Litigation/Commercial Litigation, and,...

Jeffrey J. Greenbaum, Chair of the Sills Cummis & Gross Class Action Practice Group, is an active litigator and trial attorney in federal and state courts with a specialty in class action defense and complex business litigation. He has handled cases of national prominence, including those involving class actions and derivative suits, securities, RICO and consumer fraud, professional liability, antitrust, banking, chancery practice, contracts, real estate, trade secrets, and unfair competi...

Edward helps clients resolve the broad spectrum of legal and business challenges that confront the healthcare industry. He has broad, yet in-depth, experience representing individual professionals, multispecialty practices, ambulatory surgery centers, health technology companies, clinical laboratories, substance use disorder treatment facilities, home health agencies, hospitals, clinically integrated networks, clinical research foundations, and other health-related businesses. He often counse...

Nancy Erika Smith is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Civil Rights Law, Employment Law - Individuals and Litigation - Labor and Employment. Nancy Erika practices law in Montclair, New Jersey Best Lawyers has recognized Nancy Erika Smith since 1987. 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 Nancy Erika Smith is held by other...

Jim serves as trusted counsel to the entire healthcare sector. His practice spans the full spectrum of legal, regulatory, and corporate challenges facing healthcare entities. With a deep technical command of reimbursement and payer strategy, Jim regularly represents hospital systems and providers in high-stakes Medicare, Medicaid, and charity care subsidy matters. He possesses particular expertise in navigating disproportionate share hospital (DSH) and graduate medical education (GME) issues ...

Robert F. Coyne is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Corporate Law. Robert F. practices law in Newark, New Jersey Best Lawyers has recognized Robert F. Coyne since 2020. 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 Robert F. Coyne is held by other lawyers.

Laura R. Feitelson represents and advises moderate to high-net-worth individuals and families on all aspects of estate, tax and business planning – as well as estate and trust administration matters. Laura recently served as a Tax and Trusts & Estates Associate at Akerman LLP in Naples, Florida. Prior to this position, she worked as a Trusts and Estates Associate at a Pennsylvania firm and as a Senior Wealth Planner at a wealth management firm in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where she...