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Michael F. Schaff is co-chair or the Corporate and Health Law teams at Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A. Mr. Schaff assists healthcare providers and businesses of all sizes in evaluating both the legal and business ramifications of any transaction, contract, agreement or negotiation, leveraging an educational and professional background rooted in business, finance, and taxation. His healthcare practice includes the representation of healthcare professionals and group practices, hospitals, ...

Gerald P. Lally is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Gerald P., who practices law in Red Bank, New Jersey, has been recognized since 2011. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Gerald P. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Peter R. Herman is a shareholder at Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A. and co-chair of the Banking & Financial Services and the Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights groups. His broad banking and corporate law practice includes representations of lending institutions and business entities in a variety of commercial finance transactions. Mr. Herman also advises companies in the real estate, healthcare, manufacturing, and service industries with regard to both national and international transa...

Christopher M. Placitella is a shareholder in the law firm and an accomplished trial lawyer with a nationwide reputation as one of the country's leading legal authorities on mass tort, class actions, and asbestos-related diseases. He represents individuals injured by defective products and drugs, toxic substances, and environmental damage. Mr. Placitella is dedicated to working on behalf of victims of corporate misconduct, and this dedication has helped shape the direction of the firm and its...

New Jersey medical malpractice lawyer, William O. Crutchlow, is Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney. He is a 1990 graduate of Colgate University and a 1993 graduate of the Seton Hall University School of Law. He is licensed to practice before all New Jersey Courts, the Federal District Court for the District of New Jersey and the United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. His practice focus is on medical malpractice, product liability, serious personal i...

Edward G. Sponzilli, a Member of the firm, is a New Jersey Supreme Court Certified Civil Trial Attorney with 50 years of experience in complex corporate and commercial litigation, employment and education matters, as well as criminal matters. He has litigated cases in many different jurisdictions, including Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Massachusetts, Nevada, and Pennsylvania, in addition to the states where he is admitted. He primarily handles complex corporate and commercial matt...

Donald PEPE is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Land Use and Zoning Law and Real Estate Law. Donald, who practices law in Red Bank, New Jersey, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Donald is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Mr. Louis concentrates his practice in the area of family law. He has over 45 years of extensive experience in negotiating and litigating economically complex divorce cases. He has been broadly recognized by his peers as a preeminent member of the New Jersey family law bar. Mr. Louis represents clients in all aspects of divorce including asset distribution, child support and alimony, with the goal of achieving a negotiated result but, when required, a fair result after trial. His emphasis is ...

Mr. Backer concentrates his practice in estate planning, estate and trust administration and fiduciary litigation. He brings over forty years of specialized experience to his representation of individuals, owners of closely held businesses, executors, administrators, trustees and beneficiaries. He aggressively manages will disputes, will construction proceedings, accounting and other fiduciary litigation for individuals and New Jersey-based bank trust departments. He advises and implements we...

David H. Stein is co-chair of the Banking & Financial Services and the Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights groups at Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A. Mr. Stein represents lenders, receivers, trustees, official committees, debtors, and strategic purchasers of distressed real estate and other operating assets in lending, work-out, commercial litigation, reorganization, foreclosure litigation, asset recovery and judgment enforcement matters, including high profile cases such as Barneys New ...