Lawrence T. Neher

Robyn L. Aversa is a principal in the Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. She joined the firm in 1997. Robyn defends employers in employment discrimination litigation before state and federal courts and agencies involving ERISA, race, gender, handicap and national origin discrimination and sexual harassment claims. She has extensive experience in counseling employers with respect to personnel and benefits issues, with a view toward preventing litigation. Robyn is also e...

Carmen J. DiMaria has spent his entire legal career practicing in the area of employment law and litigation, and has represented management exclusively for the past 14 years. Carmen has defended companies and individual defendants involving claims of wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment (including sexual harassment), retaliation, whistle blowing (including claims under the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act) and violations of the Family and Medical Leave Act. Carmen ...

Meryl A.G. Gonchar is Leader of the Sills Cummis & Gross Redevelopment and Land Use Law Practice Groups. Her practice encompasses all aspects of land use, redevelopment, zoning and related litigation. She represents property owners and developers in appearances before planning and zoning boards throughout the state, in connection with obtaining land use approvals for residential, retail, office, industrial, hospitality and mixed-use projects. She represents clients in the negotiation of r...

Cynthia M. Craig is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. Cynthia M., who practices law in Chatham, New Jersey, has been recognized since 2008. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Cynthia M. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Mauro G. Tucci, Jr. is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Criminal Defense: White-Collar. Mauro G., who practices law in Roseland, New Jersey, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Mauro G. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Ms. Kessler practices in the area of energy project development and regulation, with a focus on the provision of electricity and gas through renewable technologies such as solar and wind, among others. She has broad expertise in energy project transactions and the drafting and negotiation of related corporate agreements and has significant experience in state and federal energy regulation and proceedings. Ms. Kessler has advised clients on energy projects involving solar, wind, microgrid, fue...

Ed Hilzenrath represents a broad array of health care providers across a spectrum of healthcare-related legal matters, including corporate, transactional, and regulatory issues. His clients include hospitals, physicians, physician groups, ambulatory surgical centers, imaging centers, management services organizations, and private equity backed health care organizations. Ed advises clients on practice formations and sales, buy-sell agreements, employment issues, practice mergers, fraud and abu...

The Honorable Joseph A. (“Drew”) Dickson, a former Federal Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, focuses his practice on bringing closure to disputes in a timely, efficient and discrete manner through mediation and arbitration. During his tenure as a Federal Magistrate Judge, Drew managed an expansive scope of Federal court litigation in areas including intellectual property, antitrust, creditors’ rights, and class action. Prio...

David concentrates his practice on the impact of environmental laws on transactions and real property in New Jersey and around the nation. A nationally renowned environmental lawyer, he has been on the cutting edge of developments in the environmental sector since the 1980s. He is a Past President of the American College of Environmental Lawyers, where he is currently Co-Chair of the International Pro Bono Committee. Among his speeches in international settings were presentations at Oxford Un...

Junie Hahn is Chair of the firm’s Corporate & Securities Group. He has extensive experience in a wide range of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, commercial finance, general corporate counseling and corporate investigations. Junie’s experience includes representation of sellers and buyers in complex stock and asset sale transactions across a wide array of business industries. He advises on corporate formation and the structuring of startup and joint ve...