Best Lawyers Near You in Jersey City, New Jersey

Lisa provides knowledgeable counsel and compassionate legal advocacy to individuals navigating the complexities of matrimonial and family law. Recognizing that family transitions are both legally intricate and emotionally taxing, she tailors her approach to meet the specific goals of each client—whether through assertive litigation or skilled mediation. She represents clients in all aspects of divorce and family law, including matrimonial litigation, child custody, domestic partner disp...

Stewart G. Pollock is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Arbitration, Energy Law and Mediation. Stewart G. practices law in Madison, New Jersey Best Lawyers has recognized Stewart G. Pollock since 2005. 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 Stewart G. Pollock is held by other lawyers.

Carla D. Macaluso is a principal in the Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. She focuses her practice on employment litigation for management exclusively. Carla has handled 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, invasion of privacy, defamation, breach of employment contracts and retaliation ...

Patrick T. Collins brings to Skoloff & Wolfe his vast experience in family law and commercial litigation. Patrick is one of only four attorneys in New Jersey to have been qualified by the Supreme Court as both a Certified Civil Trial Attorney and a Certified Matrimonial Attorney, and guides his clients with more than 35 years of experience across all areas of family law, including divorce, prenuptial agreements, business and other asset valuations, child custody and visitation, child and ...

Jim serves as trusted counsel to the entire healthcare sector. His practice spans the full spectrum of legal, regulatory, and corporate challenges facing healthcare entities. With a deep technical command of reimbursement and payer strategy, Jim regularly represents hospital systems and providers in high-stakes Medicare, Medicaid, and charity care subsidy matters. He possesses particular expertise in navigating disproportionate share hospital (DSH) and graduate medical education (GME) issues ...

Edwin F. Chociey, Jr. is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Commercial Litigation. Edwin F. practices law in Madison, New Jersey Best Lawyers has recognized Edwin F. Chociey, Jr. since 2015. 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 Edwin F. Chociey, Jr. is held by other lawyers.

David S. Gordon is a shareholder on the Real Estate and Land Use/Environmental teams at Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A. He represents developers, owners, users and other clients in all aspects of complex real estate transactions, with an emphasis on land acquisition and disposition, leasing, development approvals, redevelopment, construction contracts and the structuring of business entities. With regard to his financing practice, Mr. Gordon focuses on construction, interim and permanent...

Thomas H. Prol is a Member of Sills Cummis & Gross. He practices business and litigation strategy with a focus on environmental, land use, and redevelopment law. Thomas Prol was appointed Chair of the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy in June 2023. In that role, he and his fellow commissioners oversee fiscal monitoring of Garden State election candidates and campaigns, monitor state independent expenditure committees, and regulate sta...

Jeffrey Meltzer is a Member of the Sills Cummis & Gross Real Estate Department. He has a broad range of commercial real estate experience and focuses his practice on the acquisition, disposition, financing, and leasing of commercial properties throughout the United States, including shopping centers, office/industrial buildings, apartment complexes, manufacturing facilities, and vacant land for development, in both single-asset and portfolio transactions. He represents institutional lende...

Ray leads the firm’s business and corporate law practice, representing clients in business formations, business counseling and transactions with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions. He provides practical and common-sense guidance and efficient service to clients ranging from entrepreneurial start-ups to established middle market companies. Ray has broad expertise related to creating and structuring business entities including corporations, LLCs and partnerships. In addition to M&...

Ed Hilzenrath represents a broad array of health care providers across a spectrum of healthcare-related legal matters, including corporate, transactional, and regulatory issues. His clients include hospitals, physicians, physician groups, ambulatory surgical centers, imaging centers, management services organizations, and private equity backed health care organizations. Ed advises clients on practice formations and sales, buy-sell agreements, employment issues, practice mergers, fraud and abu...

Marc Leibman is an experienced litigator with an extensive background in New Jersey Municipal Land Use Law (MLUL), real estate tax appeals, federal criminal law, New Jersey state criminal law and commercial litigation. For over fifteen years, commencing in 2004, Mr. Leibman was appointed by the United States District Court of New Jersey to represent criminal defendants in Federal Court on serious federal offenses. He has tried cases in federal court, including a 17-week RICO case. Mr. Leibman...

Dennis represents clients in complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on construction matters and alternative dispute resolution (ADR). In addition, his practice is focused in the area of condominium and community association law. Throughout his career, Dennis has served as counsel to numerous national real estate developers, contractors, corporations, and public and private sector entities. He has represented a number of New Jersey municipalities and municipal entities, including one ...

Mark S. Levenson is Chair of the Real Estate Department, Chair of the Real Estate Transactions Practice Group, and Co-Chair of the Loan Workouts and Restructuring Practice Group at Sills Cummis & Gross. He handles a broad range of transactions for domestic and international clients, including traditional lending and finance, loan workouts and restructuring, acquisitions, development projects, joint venture and partnership work, office and retail leasing, corporate real estate advisory wor...

Edward J. Dauber practices in the firm’s Litigation Group. He focuses his practice on white collar criminal matters, business litigation, and state and federal agency and regulatory matters. Ed joins CSG Law after founding a Newark-based law firm and working with its Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution Teams. Prior to working in the private sector, he was the Chief of the Fraud Division of the United States Attorney’s Office in New Jersey and an advisor to the Attorney G...

Lynne M. Kizis is co-chair of Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A.’s Mass Tort/Class Action group. Ms. Kizis has practiced at the forefront of complex, mass tort and class action litigation for over 30 years, representing victims of occupational and environmental illness and defective products in trial and appellate courts in New Jersey and nationally. She is the Immediate Past President of the New Jersey Association for Justice, and has served on its Executive Committee since 2011, and...