Best Lawyers Near You in Middletown, New Jersey
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John is a premier trial attorney whose career has been defined by his presence in the courtroom. Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney, John has tried jury and non-jury cases in state and federal courts, including over 75 jury cases to verdict. A highly sought-after advocate for the defense of catastrophic injury and other high-exposure cases in the areas of toxic torts, negligence, and public entity liability, John has earned a reputation for representing a s...
Area of Emphasis: Redevelopment: Redevelopment plans, zoning ordinances and designation of renewal areas; Property acquisition including development of appraisals in anticipation of condemnation, negotiation of acquisitions, and condemnation; Contracts between public entity responsible for implementation of redevelopment and private redevelopers (including responses to requests for proposal); Loan and grant applications and agreements in connection with governmental assistance for redevelopme...
Christopher M. Hemrick, a partner of the firm, is a versatile practitioner who strives at all times to provide his clients with pragmatic and common-sense legal counseling. Chris concentrates his practice on all aspects of financial services, risk management and insolvency law, including complex commercial and federal litigation, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights. Chris represents creditors, debtors, chapter 11 trustees, liquidating trustees, asset purchasers, and other interested partie...
Partner Robb Fox has a diverse practice involving compliance counseling, litigation and transactional work for clients in the waste, chemical manufacturing and development industries and on behalf of cities and municipalities. He is known nationally for his work under the federal Superfund law including handling many high profile Superfund matters such as the Keystone Landfill matter, featured on 60 Minutes, and the Gowanus Canal and Newtown Creek sites. He regularly litigates Superfund issue...
Willard C. Shih is a shareholder on the Business and Commercial Litigation team at Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A., concentrating on professional liability and responsibility litigation and other commercial disputes. In his litigation practice, Mr. Shih represents businesses and individuals in complex commercial disputes, including cases involving corporate and partnership disputes, unfair competition and consumer claims, trade secrets, restrictive covenants, and a variety of other matte...
Scott A. Parsons is a highly skilled partner with O’Connor, Parsons, Lane & Noble, LLC. He has been in practice since 1984 and has been recognized as one of the preeminent attorneys in the law profession. He has been named in Best Lawyers in America (from 2007 to the present), and was named in 2013 as Lawyer of the Year in plaintiffs’ medical malpractice for the Newark area. He has also been named as a Super Lawyer by New Jersey Monthly Magazine (Super Lawyer section, 2006 to ...
Mariel L. Belanger maintains a diverse civil litigation practice in state and federal court. With respect to commercial litigation, Mariel has assisted clients in a wide array of industries in matters involving contract disputes, unfair competition, and trade secret and employee mobility issues, among others. Mariel also represents employers in employment-related cases both in court and before administrative agencies and has represented management against single- and multi-employee claims inv...
John B. Bitar has substantial experience in the area of public finance representing issuers, underwriters, and borrowers in taxable and tax-exempt bond financings. He represents banks issuing letters of credit in support of such bonds. Additionally, he has represented banks and business entities in public and private offerings, securities compliance and regulatory matters, and mergers and acquisitions. https://www.windelsmarx.com/people/john-bitar
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...
Tom brings broad-based expertise to his representation of clients in the related areas of employee benefits, executive compensation, ERISA, taxation and employment law. He provides sophisticated counsel to middle market publicly and privately held business owners and employers, senior and C-suite executives, Boards of Directors and Board Committees. He also works closely with finance and human resources executives and external professional advisors and is often engaged by high-level business ...
Steven M. Dalton is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Environmental Law. Steven M. practices law in Red Bank, New Jersey Best Lawyers has recognized Steven M. Dalton since 2019. 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 Steven M. Dalton is held by other lawyers.
Michael F. Schaff is co-chair or the Corporate and Health Law teams at Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A. Mr. Schaff assists healthcare providers and businesses of all sizes in evaluating both the legal and business ramifications of any transaction, contract, agreement or negotiation, leveraging an educational and professional background rooted in business, finance, and taxation. His healthcare practice includes the representation of healthcare professionals and group practices, hospitals, ...
Morris Yamner is a transactional lawyer concentrating on lending, real estate and related corporate matters. As counsel to banks and other lenders, regional shopping centers, industrial parks, developers, landlords and tenants, he is regularly involved in matters relating to real estate financing, land assembly, conveyancing, leasing, mortgaging, zoning and land use.
John A. Hoffman is a shareholder at Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A. Mr. Hoffman has served as general counsel to Middlesex County College for over 50 years and as special counsel to New Brunswick Housing Authority and New Brunswick Parking Authority in major redevelopment projects in the city since the 1970s. He has represented the Middlesex County Improvement Authority and Middlesex County in the acquisition of open space in the County, and the Middlesex County Utilities Authority for o...
