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Jerry Kristal is the managing attorney of our New Jersey office, located in the city of Cherry Hill. In that capacity, he oversees the activities of a team of six attorneys and approximately 20 support personnel as they together strive to obtain justice for clients across the Garden State, as well as in neighboring Pennsylvania and elsewhere around the Mid-Atlantic region. He also is responsible for evaluating prospective cases: drawing upon his more than three decades of experience in the pr...

Peter G. Verniero is Chair of the Sills Cummis & Gross Corporate Investigations and Integrity and Appellate Practice Groups. He is often called on to handle high‑stakes appeals and internal investigations. He leads an active appellate practice, frequently filing briefs and appearing at oral argument before appellate courts and the New Jersey Supreme Court. He has appeared before the New Jersey Supreme Court a dozen times (including two cases he argued while serving as New Jersey Attorney ...

Jonathan Spergel is the immediate past managing partner of Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, the environmental and energy law firm with which he started his legal career in 1993. He handles a wide variety of environmental legal issues, including the environmental aspects of commercial transactions and brownfields sites, environmental insurance procurement and coverage issues, public funding opportunities, regulatory compliance counseling, and litigation for comm...

Joe is an accomplished and effective transactional and business lawyer who counsels middle market companies operating in a multitude of industries, including manufacturing, franchising, distribution and transportation, commercial real estate, retail, food and beverage, technology and healthcare, including physician practices. He has broad expertise in all aspects of corporate practice. He brings solution-oriented business acumen and strong negotiating and drafting skills to his work on behalf...

Chris Capone is a partner in the firm's New Jersey office. He has successfully represented large corporations and small businesses in a variety of industries (healthcare, technology, retail, manufacturing and financial services) in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including equal employment opportunity, enforcement of restrictive covenants, wrongful discharge litigation, labor disputes and contract negotiations. His practice includes litigation in federal and state courts, a...

Steven Bennet is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Health Care Law. Steven practices law in Pine Brook, New Jersey Best Lawyers has recognized Steven Bennet since 2026. 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 Steven Bennet is held by other lawyers.

Eric D. Wong is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Commercial Litigation. Eric D. practices law in Florham Park, New Jersey Best Lawyers has recognized Eric D. Wong since 2023. 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 Eric D. Wong is held by other lawyers.

Monica J. Ceres is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Real Estate Law. Monica J. practices law in Red Bank, New Jersey Best Lawyers has recognized Monica J. Ceres since 2011. 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 Monica J. Ceres is held by other lawyers.

Michael J. Slocum focuses his practice on labor and employment law, including the defense of discrimination, retaliation, wrongful discharge and whistleblower claims. Michael has represented employers in a broad array of industries, including health care and life sciences, pharmaceutical, private security, and retail, and has experience defending against both individual employee claims and class actions. Michael has written and spoken numerous times on a multitude of issues facing employers i...

Shareholder and cochair of commercial litigation department of Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.