Paul H. Townsend

Philip Markowitz has more than 20 years of experience representing the transactional commercial real estate needs and interests of his clients – helping them efficiently navigate an array of complex development, investment and leasing matters. His national client roster spans a broad range of stakeholders within the commercial real estate sector, including developers, landlords, tenants, institutional owners, investors, borrowers, purchasers and sellers, and other corporate users of rea...

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...

Stanley Schwartz has more than 35 years of experience counseling clients across a broad spectrum of complex transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, real estate development projects, and debt and equity financing. Throughout his career, Stan has worked with publicly traded companies, many prominent real estate developers in the New York region and other major privately held businesses, guiding them over the life cycle of their businesses to the successful conclusion of their...

M. Trevor Lyons, a partner in the firm, has devoted his entire career to representing employers, including privately owned businesses, international corporations, non-profit organizations and institutions of higher education. He has extensive experience in defending employers in litigation and providing pro-active and preventative strategic counseling to his clients on a wide array of personnel and benefit issues. He is a featured speaker nationally and regionally on numerous traditional and ...

Following a career representing closely-held business entities in corporate and real estate transactions, Ralph Lowenbach now devotes his practice to mediating business disputes. He also serves as an expert witness in business-related legal malpractice matters. Ralph has extensive mergers and acquisitions experience. He has been extensively involved in real estate acquisition and development, including related environmental issues, for major retailer and office/warehouse developers. He has al...

Armen Shahinian practices in the areas of commercial litigation, construction litigation, fidelity and surety law, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights. He joined the firm in 1977 and today leads the firm’s nationally recognized Fidelity and Surety Group, one of the largest in the country. Armen served as a member and chairman of the New Jersey Supreme Court District Ethics Committee for West Essex County from 1989 to 1993. He is a member of the American Bar Association Tort Trial &am...

David is an environmental lawyer whose practice emphasizes transactions, permitting, and regulatory compliance. He assists clients in assessing the environmental risks associated with real estate and business transactions and in developing strategies for the mitigation and allocation of those risks. He provides critical guidance on addressing environmental issues when they do arise, including the presence of hazardous substances and emerging contaminants in soil and groundwater, discharges fr...

Robert J. Cino is a principal in the Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. His practice focuses on litigation for management exclusively. Robert handles all aspects of employment law litigation including claims of harassment and discrimination on the basis of gender, pregnancy, age, race, religion, national origin and disability, as well as wrongful discharge, FMLA, CEPA, and retaliation claims. On behalf of clients, Robert has successfully obtained injunctive relief for ...

John G. Valeri Jr. has more than 30 years of experience providing advice regarding state and federal environmental laws and regulations, including obtaining permits and approvals involving multiple environmental media for complex projects. He provides strategic policy advice on major state and federal legislative and regulatory initiatives. Electric Generation Sector John has shepherded environmental permits and approvals for the development and operation of a variety of electric generation s...

Mark S. Rattner is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Banking and Finance Law and Corporate Law. Mark S. practices law in Madison, New Jersey Best Lawyers has recognized Mark S. Rattner since 2007. 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 Mark S. Rattner is held by other lawyers.