Somerville Lawyers

Ronald J. Cappuccio, J.D., LL.M.(Tax), Tax Lawyer, is a Business and Tax Attorney emphasizing Personal and Business IRS Tax Negotiation and controversies, past-due taxes, Offers In Compromise, Installment Agreements, as well as Audits, Delinquent Tax, and Tax Collections Issues, Employee and Independent Contractor issues, Payroll Taxes, Tax Liens, Wage Levy Release, Bank Levies and Seizures. NJ Tax Court, US Tax and US Court of Federal Claims representation. We can help you start a Limited Liability Company ( LLC ) which can be the best form of business organization, as well as establish Corporations, S Corporations, Partnerships, Limited Partnerships and Non-Profit...

Joseph L. Messa, Jr. is the founding partner of Messa & Associates, P.C. He is an AV-rated attorney (highest rating available), listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. Mr. Messa handles cases involving medical malpractice, products liability, transportation accidents, construction and workplace injuries, fire, medical device, drug products liability, and other fields of complex personal injury litigation. He has represented clients from around the country and received seven and eight-figure verdicts and settlements in medical malpractice, products liability, fire, and construction/work injury matters. Mr. Messa also serves the legal community by presenting lectures on medical malpractice, products liability, managed...

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Mr. Santangelo is a compassionate attorney who has helped many people in pro bono clinics for bankruptcy, domestic violence and tax preparation. He is a graduate of the prestigious school of business at NYU and has an MBA from Seton Hall.

Mr. Santangelo served as Law Clerk to Francis J. Orlando, Jr., Assignment Judge for Camden County and as an Intern for Jack M. Sabatino, J.A.D. His experience includes work as a Litigation Associate for the firm of...

Ed concentrates his practice in personal injury and commercial litigation. He has represented companies and individuals in various cases including, personal injury, unfair competition, trade libel, trade disparagement, breach of contract, tortious interference with contract, civil conspiracy, ERISA claims, employment discrimination, partnership disputes, real estate disputes, highway design, land development and Section 1983 actions. He has also represented insurance companies in a variety of areas, including insurance coverage and bad faith. He has additionally defended national corporations in litigation concerning products liability, toxic tort, property damage, catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death and employment discrimination. Ed has tried cases in the...

John S. Han is a criminal defense lawyer with prior experience as a: Federal Prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice Trial lawyer in the DOJ's Organized Crime and Gangs Section Military Trial Judge with the Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary Assistant DA with the Philadelphia District Attorney's office Public defender in the U.S. Navy He represents clients facing investigation and prosecution by State and Federal Law Enforcement authorities throughout Pennsylvania, including Montgomery, Bucks, Philadelphia, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Berks, Lehigh, and Northampton counties. For 15 years as a federal prosecutor, John handled the most complex and wide-ranging RICO cases against the Mafia and other organized crime groups. He...

Highly experienced and certified trial attorney with integrity. Knowledgeable in the areas of malpractice and personal injury. Very professional and is a relentless advocate for his clients. Other lawyers trust him with their cases when they need help. Clients and lawyers can feel confident when they have Ray on their side.

Kevin is a family law and litigation attorney focusing his practice primarily on matrimonial law, including divorce, custody, child and spousal support, asset and business valuation, out-of-state relocation, cohabitation disputes, and domestic violence restraining order hearings. He also has extensive experience handling quasi-criminal and juvenile matters adjudicated in the Family Part.

Kevin is well-known for his responsiveness and dedication to his clients. He relishes the opportunity to defend the interests of clients being bullied by the opposing party or treated unfairly by the court system. Kevin handles family law cases from the initial consultation through the entry of a final judgment....

The focus of our practice is the representation of individual and institutional investors in arbitrations and litigations involving claims of breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, mismanagement, stock fraud, suitability, unauthorized trading, negligence and churning.

I also regularly represent those who work in the financial services regarding recruiting practices including issues relating to the Protocol for Broker Recruiting; non-solicit, non-compete and other restrictive covenants; customer privacy and other regulatory issues; best-practices for preserving a book of business through a transition; Form U5 negotiations; responding to FINRA inquiries; promissory notes; bonus disputes; team disputes; temporary restraining orders (TROs); expedited FINRA arbitrations;...

Timothy L. Horn, Partner, has more than 19 years of legal experience in a variety of practice areas. Timothy L. Horn is a former judicial law clerk to the Honorable Edward J. Turnbach, J.S.C. and completed an externship during law school with the United States Attorney’s office in Camden giving him a tremendous background in criminal law. Mr. Horn handles matters including: Criminal Defense, DWI/DUI, Motor Vehicle violations, Non-indictable offenses, Ordinance violations, Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Law - Liquor Licenses, Corporate/Small Business, Commercial and Residential Real Estate.

Attorney John E. Molinari is known for his work in personal injury and product liability cases.

Ernest H. Ehling, Jr., Esq. is an experienced attorney, tax and financial professional. He concentrates his practice in serving the needs of high-net-worth individuals in the areas of tax and estate planning, estate and trust administration, international tax and estate planning, business succession planning, asset protection planning, and estate and trust litigation.

Upon graduating from law school, Mr. Ehling began his legal career as in-house counsel with Travelers Insurance Company in Philadelphia, PA. He later joined the tax consulting practice of Big 4 accounting and tax consulting firm, Deloitte & Touche, LLP in Philadelphia, PA. After his time with Deloitte,...

Mr. Abramowitz has over 40 years’ experience in various aspects of corporate reorganizations and workouts, as well as commercial litigation and is widely recognized as a leader of the bankruptcy bar. He has successfully reorganized numerous debtors and has represented creditors’ committees, secured and unsecured creditors and trustees. Mr. Abramowitz has also served as trustee in a number of Chapter 11 cases. A substantial part of his practice is related to both in court and out of court workouts involving debtors, guarantors and lenders. He has been involved in mass tort cases relating to asbestos, as well as diet supplements....

Bruce Luckman is a Shareholder and General Counsel at Sherman Silverstein. His practice areas include General Commercial Litigation, Financial Services Industry/Banking, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Commercial Foreclosures, Corporate, Business & Financial Services, and Fair Credit Reporting Act Compliance. He is an accomplished commercial litigator with experience and success in jury, non-jury, and arbitration cases. Mr. Luckman has been praised by clients for both his pragmatic, strategic approach and exceptional courtroom presence. He is dedicated to providing comprehensive advocacy for your legal needs.

Mr. Luckman received a B.A.in English Literature from Boston University. In 1983, he earned his J.D. from Suffolk University....

Zev Rose is the senior shareholder and President of Sherman Silverstein and ex-officio member of the Firm's Management Committee. Mr. Rose is a preeminent attorney, advisor, and community leader. He has practiced real estate law for more than 50 years. He has represented major clients in the acquisition, financing, development, management, and sale of shopping centers, apartment complexes, office buildings, and residential projects throughout the eastern seaboard. Mr. Rose also has consummate expertise in corporate, partnership, business and financing law and transactions.

Before entering private law practice, Mr. Rose was Law Secretary to the Honorable Mitchell H. Cohen, US District Court,...

Leily Schoenhaus is an attorney in the litigation department of Sherman Silverstein Attorneys at Law. She has handled significant matters in federal and state courts in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and elsewhere, at the trial and appellate level, as well as the Vaccine Court and the Court of Federal Claims. She has experience in a variety of substantive areas, including contract disputes and business torts and representing injured parties in cases involving product liability litigation, personal injury and medical/professional malpractice. She has assisted in obtaining significant settlements from pharmaceutical companies on behalf of individuals who have suffered injuries in clinical...

I have been a Lawyer for over 20 years.  But, as a second generation Lawyer I feel as though I have been interested and involved in the Law for my entire life.  Fighting for justice for my clients is my passion.  I have dedicated my practice to providing honest advice and determined representation to my clients that have entrusted me with their case.
Throughout my career, I have successfully represented clients in every county in the State of New Jersey, before New Jersey Federal District Courts, State Administrative Agencies, State Commissions, Zoning and Planning Boards, Municipal Governments and hundreds of Municipal Courts throughout...

Cherry Hill criminal defense attorney Michele Finizio has been practicing criminal law since 2006. Michele Finizio graduated from the Widener University School of Law and has her Masters in Science from Drexel University. Attorney Michele Finizio’s primary areas of focus are in criminal law and municipal court, including DWI, shoplifting, traffic violations, drug offenses, disorderly conduct offenses and all indictable charges. She is devoted to providing each and every client with aggressive and skilled legal representation. Ms. Finizio understands that clients come to the law office often facing the most trying times in their live’s and is always willing to...

The Law Office of John J. Ryan, Jr. will handle your real estate closing or other legal matter in a quick, efficient and economical manner. Mr. Ryan has been practicing law in the State of New Jersey since 1984 and has successfully handled and closed thousands of legal matters and real estate transactions. All legal matters are handled by Mr. Ryan, personally and your telephone call or email message will be promptly returned. You rights will be carefully explained to you in a comfortable and understandable way. Mr. Ryan is experienced in successfully working with real estate...

Gerald H. Clark has been Certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Civil Trial Attorney and he is a Member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He is the principal of the Clark Law Firm, PC. His practice concentrates on complex litigation, class actions, civil rights and personal injury with an emphasis on traumatic brain and construction injury cases. Gerald has also served as a lead attorney on a number of mass tort and class action lawsuits including the largest groundwater contamination case in the State of New Jersey. He played a key role...

I have handled complex cases with successful results for personal injury clients for over 25 years. My cases range from automobile accidents to complex workplace and products liability claims. My firm is proud that so many of our clients have been pleased with our representation that they refer their friends and family members to us. We often take on tough cases that other firms shy away from.

Attorney Adam M. Lustberg focuses his practice exclusively on the defense of those being investigated for or accused of crimes. His passion for criminal defense began while interning for the Essex County Public Defender's Office as a first-year law student through Seton Hall University Law School’s Pro Bono Program. As a third-year law student he returned to the Public Defender's Office through Seton Hall's Juvenile Justice Clinic, representing countless juveniles at initial proceedings. Since that time, he has represented clients at each and every stage of the criminal justice system, from arraignment to trial by jury. He has argued on...

Jeffrey Zenna is an experienced plaintiff personal injury lawyer. He joined forces with Blume Forte Fried Zerres & Molinari in 1995. Zenna practices law in automobile accident, premises liability, product liability, construction accident, and both medical and legal malpractice cases.

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 recovery/contribution litigation and mediation, environmental insurance coverage litigation, environmental enforcement defense, defense of toxic torts, asbestos and vapor intrusion claims, and government compliance environmental investigations and audits. She handles site remediation negotiations with...

In more than 35 years of practicing health law, I have advised a wide variety of clients, including hospitals and their medical staffs, nursing homes, IPAs, physician groups and individual clients. My practice ranges broadly in the health care law environment, from drafting organizational bylaws to sales of medical practices and from physician contracts to litigation. An experienced litigator, I have successfully defended physicians against allegations of insurance fraud and of professional misconduct before the New Jersey State Board of medical Examiners and the New York Office of Professional Medical Conduct. I have also favorably argued six cases before the Supreme...

I practice in Brach Eichler's Health Care Practice Group. My practice is focused on the representation of a variety of health care providers, including ambulatory care facilities, hospitals and physician groups. I counsel individuals and entities in a variety of transactional matters, including entity formation, asset purchases, stock purchases, mergers, shareholder agreements, partnership agreements, operating agreements, employment agreements, and regulatory compliance matters.

Anthony Juliano has a broad civil litigation practice. He concentrates his practice in complex commercial litigation, and personal injury litigation. Anthony has represented clients successfully in business tort, contract, restrictive covenant, antitrust, consumer fraud and professional negligence lawsuits. He has represented one of the country's largest independent real estate companies for many years and has earned varied litigation experience representing a wide range of other clients such as medical practices, hospitals, building maintenance companies and their senior management personnel. Anthony represents clients in state and federal court, in arbitrations and before various administrative agencies including the New Jersey Division on...

I am a commercial real estate attorney and strive to achieve exceptional results for my clients in the most time and cost efficient manner. I focus on acquisitions, dispositions and financing of single-asset and portfolios of multifamily, retail, industrial, office, and hotel properties nationwide, sophisticated corporate and partnership documentation, and leasing of office and retail space. Specialties: Acquisitions, dispositions, mortgage financing, mortgage refinancing, CMBS financing, preferred equity financing, defeasances, partnership and LLC agreements, corporate documentation, leasing, title and survey review, contracts, estoppels, SNDAs, easement agreements, residential purchase and sales closings.

Eric Magnelli concentrates his practice in labor and employment matters and a broad range of complex litigation. He counsels clients on a wide range of labor and employment issues such as discrimination, harassment, whistleblowing, discipline and discharge, layoffs, collective bargaining agreements, reasonable accommodations for disabled employees, compliance with state and federal family and medical leave acts, applicable wage and hour laws and ERISA. He also conducts training in these areas for executives, directors, managers, supervisors and employees and conducts internal investigations of employee complaints. Eric drafts and provides advice on employment contracts, employment manuals, personnel policies and procedures, restrictive covenants...

When businesses, corporations and individuals need representation in commercial disputes, they turn to attorney Theodore J. McEvoy. His courtroom experience includes successful jury trials as well as appeals to the New Jersey Courts. A passionate and formidable trial lawyer, Mr. McEvoy represents clients in a broad variety of matters involving complex business and commercial litigation matters in both state and federal courts throughout New York and New Jersey. His practice focuses primarily on various aspects of general and complex commercial litigation, including factual investigation, discovery and strategy, legal research, and briefing and motions practice in connection with class action defense, consumer...

I am a general litigator. I practice law in the Central and Northern New Jersey area. The key practice areas I am involved in include: -General Commercial -Real Estate -Real Estate Foreclosure for lenders -Complex Construction -Health Care -Insurance coverage -Insurance Defense -Professional negligence -Personal Injury -Counseling of insurance companies in run-off operations My approach with clients is one of practicality to solve their most complex problems

I have been working in the Real Estate and mortgage lending field for the past 27 years representing commercial property owners and lenders. I have worked on a wide range of deals involving multi-family apartment buildings/complexes, retail, office and industrial buildings and large portfolio deals. My lending work has been primarily representing mortgage-based lenders, but I have also represented a number of mezzanine lenders and asset-based lenders as well.

Susan has comprehesive experience in representing commercial developers and individuals in obtaining site plan, subdivision and zoning variance approvals, obtaining approvals for such clients as national pharmacy stores, retail centers, national renal dialysis providers and other medical providers, as well as apartment and multifamily developers, group homes and single family developers. She takes special pride in solving land use problems for individuals, small business owners and non-profit groups. She appears before planning and zoning boards throughout northern and central New Jersey, regularly appearing in Livingston, West Caldwell, West Orange, Florham Park, Wayne, Paterson, Newark, Flemington and Tewksbury. Susan litigates land...

For more than twenty (20) years, Sean takes the time to listen to his clients and provide crisp, clear guidance that is actionable. A seasoned litigator, Sean focuses his practice on representing both individuals and corporations in their personal, business and commercial matters, including complex high-net-worth matrimonial matters. Sean has honed his extensive litigation skills to effectively represent clients in all aspects of their lives by custom-tailoring solutions to their complicated, and often sensitive, problems. Sean regularly represents clients in matters involving healthcare regulatory and statutory disputes; multifamily property matters; and family services including estate and tax planning, prenuptial agreements,...

Carl Soranno came to the practice of law following a 10-year career in finance, securities, and investment banking. Carl has combined that experience with 27 years as a multidisciplinary commercial litigator which has shaped him into a formidable litigator and trial attorney, Carl has litigated well over 1,000 large and small actions, including disputes related to complex family matters, child custody, commercial transactions, contracts between debtors and creditors, commercial lending/workouts, foreclosure, bankruptcy, trademark infringement, consumer fraud, employment, shareholder claims, restrictive covenant claims, and tort-related actions.

Amy M. Van Fossen is an Associate in Brach Eichler’s Tax and Estate Planning & Administration groups. Amy has considerable experience in sophisticated estate planning and administration. She assists clients in developing effective estate planning strategies to minimize transfer taxes, and is well-versed in employing the full range of estate planning tools, such as wills, revocable trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts, and other vehicles to protect high net worth individuals and multi-generational wealth. Amy also counsels private foundation clients, assisting with tax compliance, operational requirements, and other specific charitable entity concerns. Amy completed her LL.M. in Tax Law at the Villanova University...

Jonathan Walzman concentrates his practice on representing healthcare providers and other businesses in transactional and corporate matters, with a focus on managing all aspects of corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions and sales, joint ventures, private equity transaction, management services arrangements, affiliation transactions and financing transactions. Jonathan also advises health care practitioners, hospitals, medical practices and other providers in regulatory compliance and licensure matters. Jonathan counsels clients on a wide array of health care fraud and abuse issues, including Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute compliance. In addition, Jonathan advises clients in all aspects of contract drafting and negotiation, including employment agreements, independent...

Justin focuses his practice on the litigation of workers’ compensation and personal injury cases in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. His aggressive style and diligent efforts have helped him to recover significant benefits for his clients. Prior to joining the Kotlar, Hernandez & Cohen, LLC , Justin worked in Philadelphia on substantial personal injury and medical malpractice cases. Justin’s exposure to complex civil litigation matters from an early point in his career helped to cultivate and enhance his skills as a trial attorney.

Justin graduated from Rutgers University in 2011 with a dual JD/MBA degree. Justin received his bachelor’s degree in American...

Michael R. Griffith concentrates his practice in litigation, specializing in mass torts, products liability, personal injury. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Griffith served as law clerk to the Honorable Robert P. Contillo, P.J. Ch. and the Honorable Menelaos W. Toskos, P.J.Ch., Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, General Equity Part. Mr. Griffith has been published for his research on international mediation in Institute and the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution. Mr. Griffith is a graduate of Rutgers University School of Law where he was the Senior Notes Editor of the Women’s Rights Law Reporter and a two year...