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Mr. North focuses his practice in litigation, with an emphasis on trial practice. He has tried jury and non-jury cases in state and federal courts, including over 75 jury cases to verdict. He is certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney. A significant portion of Mr. North’s practice is devoted to the defense of catastrophic injury and other high exposure cases in the areas of negligence, public entity liability and professional liability, including the defen...
Rikki focuses her practice on representing financial institutions and other clients in their commercial real estate; commercial and community development-related lending activities, including acquisition and construction lending; secured commercial lending; interest rate swaps; and other hedging transactions. In addition, Rikki has represented financial institutions and other clients in restructuring and modifying commercial real estate, construction, and other types of commercial loans, and ...
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...
Mary T. Costigan is a principal in the Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. She holds a Certified Information Privacy Professional/US designation from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (iapp). Mary advises multinational, national, and regional companies on emerging privacy and cybersecurity issues, including the broad and growing array of mandates, best practices, and preventive safeguards. In particular, she focuses on advising and assisting clients...
Keith R. Hemming is Chair of the Sills Cummis Construction and Energy Law Practice. He practices in the area of commercial law, with an emphasis on representing owners, contractors, renewable energy firms, designers and manufacturers of building products. Mr. Hemming regularly advises clients on complex commercial transactions and litigates claims in various federal and state courts, as well as arbitration tribunals involving all aspects of the design, procurement and construction of infrastr...
Francis J. Giantomasi is a member of the firm's Real Estate, Development & Land Use Group. He has over four decades of experience in all aspects of real estate acquisitions, sales, development, complex commercial transactions and Chancery litigation, and has successfully argued before the New Jersey Appellate Division and the New Jersey Supreme Court. Frank is recognized as a leader in planning, zoning, and development law including tax abatement law for the City of Newark and urban areas...
Catherine Wells is a commercial litigator with more than 30 years of experience representing management in all types of employment-related matters, including wrongful discharge, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour issues and other business-related torts. In addition to regularly appearing before the state and federal courts in New Jersey, Catherine routinely handles matters before numerous administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Commission, United States Dep...
Bar Admissions: New Jersey New York Florida U.S. District Court (District of New Jersey) U.S. Court of Appeals (Third Circuit ) U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Tax Court Michael K. Ligorano is a member of the firm and focuses his practice in the areas of real estate and immigration. Mike regularly works with land developers, construction companies, major corporations, and small businesses in the evaluation of undeveloped land and throughout all phases of the application process. He handles zoning-rel...
Jane Felton is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Family Law. Jane, who practices law in Livingston, New Jersey, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jane is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Mr. Senter's practice focuses primarily on all aspects of employee benefits and executive compensation. He provides counsel to employers, senior executives, Boards of Directors and Board Committees. Mr. Senter has extensive experience related to equity and non-equity based qualified and non-qualified retirement and compensation plans, stock option and deferred compensation arrangements, fiduciary issues under ERISA, plan qualification and administration issues, and employee health and welfare...
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.
Gary N. Skoloff is one of the founders of Skoloff & Wolfe, PC and is a nationally recognized family law practitioner. Mr. Skoloff, a past Chair of the Family Law Section of the American Bar Association, and past President of the New Jersey Chapter of the of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, has argued many of the leading and most high-profile matrimonial cases in the state, including the well-known surrogate mother case of Baby M . Professional Activities Mr. Skoloff has been a...
Eric B. Levine is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation and Privacy and Data Security Law. Eric B., who practices law in New Providence, New Jersey, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Eric B. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
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...
Michael J. Gross is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Construction Law, Environmental Law and Real Estate Law. Michael J., 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 Michael J. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.