Best Lawyers Near You in Middletown, New Jersey for Commercial Litigation
Michael S. Carucci is a Member of the Sills Cummis & Gross Litigation, Appellate, and Corporate Investigations and Integrity Practice Groups. He handles complex business litigation and regulatory enforcement actions; conducts internal investigations of large private, non-profit, and public organizations; and advocates for clients on appeal. He has successfully litigated a variety of cases both at the trial court level and the appellate level, including before the New Jersey Supreme Court,...
An experienced business litigation attorney representing both national and international companies in many industries including manufacturing, financial services, technology, supply chain, and construction to name a few. Rose Suriano brings to her clients over 30 years of trial and appellate court experience in both state and federal courts across the country. Throughout her career, Rose has worked for several of the state’s most prominent law firms. She has successfully handled complex...
Hervé Gouraige is a Member of the Sills Cummis & Gross Litigation Department. He is a civil and criminal litigator and trial lawyer who practices in the areas of white collar and regulatory defense, securities litigation, federal and state RICO actions, health care fraud litigation (False Claims Act and kickback cases), internal corporate investigations, general commercial litigation, including class actions, and antitrust litigation. He has represented corporate and individual cli...
Nicole G. McDonough is a Member of the Sills Cummis & Gross Litigation Department. She has a diverse litigation practice, which includes commercial, trust and estate, family, intellectual property, and real estate litigation matters. Known for her responsiveness and availability to her clients, Nicole McDonough is a seasoned litigator with a reputation for being a passionate and creative advocate.
Joseph L. Buckley is Chair of the Sills Cummis & Gross Litigation Department. He has over 35 years of first chair trial experience in a wide variety of complex cases in federal and state courts in New Jersey and New York. Joseph Buckley is Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney. He also serves as leader of the Sills Cummis Banking Litigation Group and is a member of the Firm’s Management Committee.
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...
Joshua N. Howley is a Member of the Sills Cummis & Gross Litigation Department, a member of the Firm’s Management Committee, and General Counsel of the Firm. He regularly practices in state and federal courts, including bankruptcy courts, primarily in New York and New Jersey. One of his specialties is representing traditional lenders, hedge funds, servicers and receivers in asset recovery litigation. He is also frequently hired when mortgage loans go into default and the borrower as...
Richard H. Epstein is Deputy Managing Partner of Sills Cummis & Gross and Co-Chair of the Firm’s Litigation Department. He is lead counsel to Fortune 500 corporations and financial institutions in litigation involving complex commercial issues, including business tort and lender liability. He regularly appears in federal and state courts in various jurisdictions. Richard Epstein also counsels the Firm and clients on legal ethics issues.
Christine I. Gannon has a diverse practice, across a wide range of complex commercial litigation matters. She regularly counsels clients on strategies to avoid litigation and minimize litigation risk, and has successfully assisted some of the country’s largest and most respected companies in all stages of litigation— in both federal and state courts — involving intellectual property infringement, trade secrets, trademarks, trade dress, unfair competition, product liability, ...
David L. Cook is a Member of the Sills Cummis & Gross Litigation Department. He primarily represents corporations and banks in litigation involving complex commercial disputes in state and federal courts throughout the United States. His extensive background involves a broad range of experience including representing Fortune 500 companies in antitrust class actions, major international banks and corporations in U.S. sanctions and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigations, media compani...
Gerhard Buehning focuses his practice in business and commercial litigation, with additional work in construction law, education, intellectual property and labor and employment. Gerhard has significant experience in employment-related cases both in court and before administrative agencies and has represented management against claims involving, among other things, workplace discrimination, harassment, whistleblower retaliation, unequal pay, and wage payment violations. In addition to serving ...
Robert B. Spawn is Of Counsel to the Sills Cummis & Gross Litigation Department. He concentrates his practice on commercial and business litigation matters, including corporate, partnership and LLC disputes; fraud claims; complex contract disputes; real estate litigation; and professional liability claims. He has experience handling these matters at all stages of litigation from pleading through trial and appeal in both state and federal courts.
Patrick S. Salamea focuses his practice on business and commercial litigation. Patrick served as a law clerk to the Honorable Michael A. Shipp, United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, and the Honorable Richard J. Geiger of the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division. Prior to joining the firm, Patrick was an associate at a boutique law firm. Patrick earned his J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law, where he was a Senior Editor of the Seton Hall Law Review. H...
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