Best Lawyers Near You in Ridgewood, New Jersey
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Rosemary Gousman is the managing partner of the firm's New Jersey office and has devoted her extensive career to the practice of labor and employment law. Rosemary’s diverse practice includes both litigation and counseling of employers. She litigates cases involving discrimination, wrongful discharge, whistleblower claims, wage and hour laws, common law contract and tort claims, traditional labor law involving union-management relations, and employee benefits disputes. Rosemary has sign...
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...
Brian L. Petrequin is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Brian L., who practices law in Florham Park, New Jersey, has been recognized since 2017. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Brian L. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Charles J. Falletta is a Member of the Firm’s Litigation Department with over 25 years of experience in defending complex commercial and class action litigations, as well as product liability and mass tort litigations for a variety of regulated products including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, consumer products and foods. Mr. Falletta also has extensive experience providing clients with unique value coordinating e-discovery in high-stakes litigations to execute efficient and cost-eff...
Anthony J. Zarillo, Jr. is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law and Litigation - Insurance. Anthony J., who practices law in Madison, New Jersey, has been recognized since 2018. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Anthony J. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Andrew B. Robins uses his wide range of environmental law experience to counsel clients in regulatory compliance, cost recovery litigation, redevelopment, brownfields, transaction negotiation and risk analysis. His broad background includes environmental and brownfield redevelopment matters involving solid and hazardous waste regulations, the LSRP program, ISRA/ECRA, CAFRA, voluntary cleanups, medical waste regulations, wetlands regulations, Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, underground storage...
Lori M. Waldron is Chair of the Sills Cummis & Gross Life Sciences Practice Group. Her practice focuses on the representation of both emerging growth and well-established public and private companies in sophisticated business transactions, with a particular emphasis on the life sciences and biotech industries. Ms. Waldron has extensive experience representing clients through all phases of their business cycles and advising them how to best take advantage of varying business opportunities,...
Mr. Fersko is the Chair of the firm's Real Estate Department. His practice reflects his extensive experience as a commercial real estate and general business lawyer. His legal services emphasize industrial and commercial real estate activities, with a particular focus on industrial leasing, project financing, sustainable development and alternative energy initiatives, urban redevelopment, and the impact of environmental laws on commercial real estate transactions, including the acquisition an...
Paul M. da Costa, Esq. is a partner at Sarno da Costa D’Aniello Maceri and is the head of the firm’s Medical Malpractice/Personal Injury Department. He is a certified civil trial attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. The New Jersey Law Journal has selected Paul as a finalist for the 2022 New Jersey Legal Awards “Attorney of the Year.” In their profile article, “Paul da Costa Harnesses ‘Immense Power to Cause Change’ as a Trial Litigator ,&rdquo...
Jeffrey Meltzer 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 lenders and borrowers in commercial mortgage loan transactions (both conventio...
Cheryl Ritter assists clients in the development and implementation of estate and gift planning matters including wills, trusts, financial powers of attorney, living wills, and health care agent designations. In this role, Cheryl counsels individual clients on the tax-efficient transfer of wealth using a variety of strategies, including dynasty trusts, life insurance trusts (individual and survivorship), qualified personal residence trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts, charitable trusts, ...
Lee Vartan is a highly regarded criminal defense and trial attorney who handles high-stakes investigations and litigation in New Jersey and throughout the region. He regularly represents individuals in significant prosecutions brought by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, Attorney Generals’ Offices, and local prosecutors, as well as companies in high-stakes investigations brought by criminal and civil regulators. Clients choose Lee not only because he has successfully tried more than a doze...
Robert E. Levy is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Criminal Defense: General Practice. Robert E., who practices law in Little Falls, New Jersey, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Robert E. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Michael Dee is a strategic partner to public and private employers for their most challenging labor and employment problems. Whether that partnership involves traditional labor matters, compliance with the ever-evolving regulatory schemes affecting employers, or the many phases of litigation, he takes a proactive approach to achieve the best result for his client efficiently. Mr. Dee concentrates his practice on representing and counseling private and public sector employers in all aspects of...