Best Lawyers Near You in Elizabeth, New Jersey
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Adam D. Cahn is a litigator with decades of experience representing individuals and families in personal injury litigation and Legal malpractice matters throughout New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Since beginning his legal career in 1994, he has handled complex cases in both state and federal courts, advocating for clients in matters involving catastrophic injuries , negligence claims, and wrongful conduct. Mr. Cahn’s practice includes Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs, with...
Mark E. Duckstein is a Member of the Sills Cummis & Gross Litigation Deparment. He concentrates his practice on the representation of corporations and other business enterprises in complex commercial litigation matters. His practice primarily focuses on real estate litigation, including claims involving purchase and sale agreements, letters of intent, commercial leases, real estate-based financing relationships, disagreements among parties with ownership interests in real property, and ot...
Nancy is a bankruptcy and insolvency attorney who focuses on trustee and creditor rights law. She provides representation in debtor, creditor and trustee disputes under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code as well as common law causes of action. She assists clients in financial distress, provides support in court-approved reorganizations, and has experience in the enforcement and defense of claw back provisions under federal and state law. Nancy serves as a Chapter 7, Chapter 11 and Chapter 11 Subchapter...
Ross Pearlson is an accomplished litigator with over 35 years of experience in complex civil litigation and white collar criminal investigations and prosecutions, with an emphasis on health care and securities matters. Ross handles a wide variety of diverse matters involving civil litigation in state and federal courts. He regularly handles cases involving shareholder oppression, restrictive covenants, unfair competition and other commercial torts and contract disputes, consumer fraud, Insura...
Kenneth F. Oettle handles complex commercial litigation with an emphasis on public contracting, business valuation, and close corporation and LLC internal disputes. He also handles a range of administrative matters, including pay-to-play issues, access to public records, and licensing and compliance with an emphasis on gaming and cannabis. He has given a Lorman seminar on New Jersey public contracting, and he has authored articles on the financial stability of New Jersey casinos and the quali...
Tracy Armstrong is co-chair of the Employment Law team and a member of the Management Committee at Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A. She has over 25 years of experience representing employers across industry sectors in all aspects of federal and state labor and employment law. An experienced litigator, Ms. Armstrong brings strategic insight to both the legal and commercial ramifications of complex and dynamic employment law concerns involving: the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD...
Charles J. Wilkes is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. Charles J., who practices law in Newark, New Jersey, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Charles J. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Philip D. Forlenza is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Securities / Capital Markets Law and Securities Regulation. Philip D., who practices law in Red Bank, New Jersey, has been recognized since 2006. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Philip D. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Steven Benvenisti is a lawyer certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney , a distinction held by less than two percent of all of New Jersey’s licensed lawyers. As a firm Partner with over thirty years of experience as a personal injury lawyer, Steven Benvenisti is responsible for handling all kinds of negligence matters, including motor vehicle collisions and injuries caused by unsafe property conditions. Steven heads the firm’s Traumatic Brain Injury S...
Joseph B. Shumofsky is a Member of the Sills Cummis & Gross White Collar and Corporate Investigations and Integrity Practice Groups. He is an accomplished trial lawyer whose practice focuses on white collar defense, internal corporate investigations, complex business disputes, and counseling corporations that are victims of white collar crimes. He has successfully represented defendants in connection with various criminal charges and has conducted multiple corporate internal investigation...
Susan Reach Winters brings more than 35 years of experience across all areas of family law – including divorce, prenuptial agreements, business and other asset valuations, custody and timesharing, child support, alimony and equitable distribution. Widely regarded among the region’s foremost thought leaders on family law, Susan recently authored That Will Never Happen to Us , which provides tips, strategies and other insight into the gamut of financial, emotional and familial consi...
Jason C. Gavejian is a principal in the Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. and co-leader of the firm’s Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity practice group. Jason is also a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) with the International Association of Privacy Professionals. As a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US), Jason focuses on the matrix of laws governing privacy, security, and management of data. Jason is co-editor of, and a regular c...
Michael Holt has built a reputation as a thorough and no-nonsense bankruptcy attorney and commercial litigator. Adept in crisis management and problem solving, Mr. Holt represents fiduciaries in insolvency cases. Mr. Holt often represents official creditor committees in the context of Chapter 11 proceedings and unofficial creditor committees in the context of business workouts. His skills keep him involved in an array of activities such as coordinating the windup of an operating debtor, admin...