Best Lawyers Near You in Watchung, New Jersey
Select a practice area from the list below to find the best legal talent for your needs.
Practice Areas
Frances Stella has over 25 years of experience in federal and state environmental litigation, site remediation and environmental regulatory compliance and permitting, counseling in real estate redevelopment and transactions. Her environmental practice includes handling CERCLA, RCRA, CWA and associated state laws and regulations, including New Jersey Spill Act and ISRA claims and compliance issues, NYSDEC and NYSDOH site remediation and compliance issues, natural resource damage claims, cost r...
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 ...
John Lloyd has 30 years of experience in all aspects of real property taxation including counseling, litigation and legislation. John represents taxpayers, municipalities, and related interest groups on real property taxation matters. He has thirty-two reported decisions, three of which were argued before the New Jersey Supreme Court. John has handled matters for all types of real property including regional shopping malls, four-star hotels, corporate headquarters, office buildings, multi-fam...
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, ...
Cecilia I. Lassiter, Chair of the Sills Cummis & Gross State and Local Incentives Law Practice, focuses on state and local public incentives and real estate matters, with a particular emphasis on redevelopment, zoning and land use. Ms. Lassiter has extensive experience in redevelopment matters, including the designation of areas in need of redevelopment or areas in need of rehabilitation, and the negotiation and preparation of complex redevelopment agreements, purchase and sale agreements...
When there is a complex real estate deal to be done, whether it is a purchase or sale, tax appeal, or other legal matter, prominent real estate developers and investors call on Alan Hammer. For nearly 50 years, Alan has concentrated his practice in the areas of investment real estate transactions and tax appeals, representing the purchasers and sellers of office buildings, shopping centers, industrial facilities, apartment complexes, and vacant land. Alan is also personally active in the acqu...
James M. McDonnell is a principal in the Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. He represents management exclusively in all aspects of employment litigation, including restrictive covenants, class-actions, harassment, retaliation, discrimination and wage and hour claims. Jim regularly represents employers in federal and state courts and administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the New Jersey Division of Civil Rights, the United States...
Mr. Feeney practices exclusively in the area of family law mediation and litigation. He is a trained family law mediator and regularly participates in the mediation of all types of matrimonial and family law disputes, both pre- and post-judgment. Mr. Feeney is also on the New Jersey Judiciary Roster of Mediators for Economic Aspects of Family Law Cases. As a litigator, Mr. Feeney has experience in a wide range of matters impacting divorcing parties and families, including child custody and su...
Steven E. Gross is Chairman Emeritus of Sills Cummis & Gross. He has served as Chair of the Firm’s Securities and Capital Markets and Banking and Finance Practice Groups. His sophisticated approach to any legal matter has drawn clients to him on a national and international level. Mr. Gross has counseled public companies and senior executives in mergers and acquisitions and securities offerings involving multi-million dollar transactions. In addition, he has advised boards of direct...
Kenneth A. Porro, has over forty years of governmental, land use, real estate and business litigation experience practicing throughout the State of New Jersey. Ken is General Corporate Counsel to the Meadowlands Municipal Mayors Committee; Meadowlands Construction Officials Association; GOP Ironworks, LLC; Lyndhurst Little League Inc. and Indian Hills Boys Soccer Boosters Assoc. He has previously served as general counsel to the Lyndhurst Board of Education and the Town of Secaucus. Ken was t...
Alan L. Zegas and his associates practice criminal, appellate, and commercial litigation in the State and Federal courts of New Jersey and New York. Mr. Zegas received an MBA degree from the Harvard Business School and a B.S. degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the co-editor of "New Jersey Evidence", published by Gann Law Books, and served as the editor of "NJ Criminal Procedure", published by Lexis/Nexis. Mr. Zegas has served as an adjunct professor at Rut...
Diane D. Reynolds is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law. Diane D., who practices law in Florham Park, New Jersey, has been recognized since 2015. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Diane D. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Jenny Berse is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Family Law and Family Law Mediation. Jenny, who practices law in Westfield, New Jersey, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jenny is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
John T. Kelly is a shareholder on the Public Finance team at Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A., concentrating his practice in public and corporate finance transactions. Mr. Kelly has participated in numerous financings completed by numerous cities, counties, agencies, authorities and other political subdivisions in the State of New Jersey and elsewhere throughout the nation.Mr. Kelly has served as bond counsel, underwriters’ counsel, disclosure counsel, general counsel and trustee&rs...