Watchung Lawyers

Jessica S. Swenson, Esq. joined Townsend, Tomaio & Newmark, L.L.C. in October 2018. Ms. Swenson received her Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from Rutgers University in 2004 and her Juris Doctorate from Seton Hall University School of Law in 2007.

After graduating from law school, Ms. Swenson clerked for the Honorable Michael K. Diamond, P.J.F.P. and the Honorable George E. Sabbath, J.S.C. in the Passaic County Superior Court, Family Division, from September 2007 until August 2008.

Since completing her clerkship, Ms. Swenson has dedicated her practice to matrimonial and family law where she represents clients in matters related to...

Attorney Charles Dawkins Jr. practices Federal and State Law appeals law, Criminal Law, and Personal Injury law. The Attorney has been practicing law for over 20 years. The Attorney has trial experience in municipal court, NJ. State and Federal Criminal Court; and State Civil Court. Attorney Charles Dawkins Jr. has successfully argued before the N.J. Supreme Court, S.T. v. 1515 Broad St., LLC 241 N.J. 257 (N.J. 2020). The Attorney has filed briefs for the N.J. Third Circuit Court of Appeals, and N.J. Superior Court Appellate Court. Attorney Charles Dawkins Jr. attempts to take CLE continuing education courses that will...

Patrick T. Collins brings to Skoloff & Wolfe his vast experience in family law and commercial litigation.

Patrick is one of only four attorneys in New Jersey to have been qualified by the Supreme Court as both a Certified Civil Trial Attorney and a Certified Matrimonial Attorney, and guides his clients with more than 35 years of experience across all areas of family law, including divorce, prenuptial agreements, business and other asset valuations, child custody and visitation, child and spousal support, alimony and equitable distribution, post-judgement modifications, and all aspects of high conflict divorces. He has handled high profile cases and...

I am Brett M. Rosen, Esq., a dedicated attorney from New Jersey, committed to providing vigorous defense representation to individuals facing criminal charges, DUI/DWI offenses, and serious traffic violations across the state. I am honored to be certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Criminal Trial Attorney, a title held by less than 1% of attorneys in NJ. I understand how daunting the legal system can appear, and I am dedicated to guiding my clients through every step with clear communication and steadfast advocacy. I manage a broad range of cases, from indictable offenses (felonies) in New Jersey...

Peter Michael, Esq., is the Founding Partner at Peter Michael Law, LLC., who focuses his practice primarily on Personal Injury litigation, Criminal Defense, Traffic & Municipal Court matters, and Real Estate Transactions.

Mr. Michael strives in his practice to provide vigorous and efficient representation tailored to each client’s particular needs and goals. Prior to forming Beralo and Michael, Mr. Michael worked extensively on various civil litigation matters, including Landlord-Tenant issues, commercial litigation, and workers compensation matters for two mid-size New Jersey Law Firms. As a member of Beralo & Michael, Mr. Michael appears regularly within the Superior Court and...

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...

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...

QUALIFIED and COMMITTED to EXCELLENCE . . . Carol Perez has been a practicing attorney for over thirty (30) years. Previously Carol was a partner in a 50+ attorney law firm before taking on her present partnership role in 1998. During her career Carol has committed herself to fighting in court for the rights of victims of workplace accidents and protecting our clients long-term well-being and financial security. INDUSTRY RECOGNITION . . . Carol has been the acting Chair of the Workers Compensation Certification Committee since 2013. Additionally, Carol is Certified by the Supreme Court of New...

NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED . . . Robert Young was recently recognized by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel as “Top One Percent” of the Nation’s Attorneys. Robert has also been selected as a New Jersey Superlawyer for 11 consecutive years an award given to less than 5 percent of the attorneys in the state. Robert also has a “perfect” 10.0 rating from Avvo. Additionally, Robert was selected to New Jersey’s Top-Rated Lawyers list for 2015, a qualification which is based upon peer review ratings collected by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell. This distinguished achievement is only bestowed upon attorneys who have achieved a...

Dmitriy Shakhnevich represents clients in Criminal and Personal Injury cases. He is a graduate of New York Law School and the managing member of The Law Firm of Dmitriy Shakhnevich. He began his legal career in college, as a personal injury paralegal. Since then, he has worked extensively in criminal law in college and law school while at the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office and the offices of notable criminal defense attorneys. Upon graduation from law school, Dmitriy was hired by and ultimately became lead law clerk for a prominent white collar crime attorney before opening his own law practice. Dmitriy...

Patrick L. Falcon grew up in Monmouth County, New Jersey and attended St. John Vianney High School in Holmdel. He founded Falcon Law Firm, LLC in 1995 with the primary focus on representing the rights of injured individuals, striving to maximize settlement values to fairly compensate clients for the harm they suffered. Patrick has handled thousands of personal injury cases throughout New Jersey including cases in Atlantic County, Burlington County, Essex County, Middlesex County, Monmouth County, Morris County, Ocean County, Somerset County, and Union County. He has recovered millions of dollars for his clients. Prior to practicing law, Patrick...

Joseph Nitti is a partner at Nitti & Nitti Attorneys at Law and a dedicated family law lawyer in Roseland. He is a certified mediator and collaboratively trained lawyer who dedicates his time helping families who are going through a divorce. He attended Fairleigh Dickinson University for his degree in Accounting. He went on to New England Law for his Juris Doctorate. Since then, Attorney Nitti has helped clients obtain favorable divorce settlements and is a member of organizations such as the American Bar Association, the State of New Jersey Bar Association, and the Essex County Bar Association, Family Law...

Edward Ellersick is a highly experienced practitioner in the area of No Fault Insurance, where he commonly represents medical providers against insurance carriers through PIP arbitration. He has successfully represented and recovered millions of dollars for his clients including individuals, ambulatory care facilities, hospitals, physician groups, and healthcare entrepreneurs. He has lectured for New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education concerning insurance-related matters and his highly regarded in his practice. Prior to joining Brach Eichler, Ed spent more than 20 years of his career in the No Fault Insurance space at law firms as well as 5 years as the managing attorney...

Lindsay Cambron’s primary area of practice is environmental law. She advises clients on regulatory matters and compliance at local, state, and federal levels and has extensive litigation experience, representing clients in cost recovery actions, toxic tort claims, and appeals of agency decisions. In particular, Lindsay counsels environmental and real estate clients on the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Industrial Site Recovery Act (ISRA), the Site Remediation Reform Act, the New Jersey Spill and Compensation Act as well as other environmental laws and regulations. She handles matters involving wetlands, brownfield redevelopment, vapor intrusion, permitting, and compliance. Lindsay...

Shannon Carroll’s practice focuses on healthcare litigation, complex commercial litigation, compliance, and healthcare fraud. She represents clients from the outset of their matters through trial and appeal. Shannon represents doctors and other healthcare providers in civil and administrative actions involving fraud allegations, reimbursement issues, and state licensing matters. She also represents healthcare clients in disputes involving contracts, restrictive covenants, shareholder oppression, and unfair competition. Shannon counsels healthcare providers, hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and medical staffs on peer review, fair hearing, credentialing and privileging matters. Shannon also counsels providers and facilities on state and federal regulatory issues. Her practice includes...

Jonathan Davis is a transactional attorney concentrating in commercial real estate. His practice includes all aspects of commercial leasing including office, retail, warehouse, industrial, and ground leases. He also works closely with our Healthcare department on Medical office and surgery center leases. Jonathan’s practice also includes the representation of institutional and private lenders in mortgage loans and other secured transactions. His practice also includes managing environmental issues in leasing, financing and sale transactions.

Armando R. Horta, Esq. is a highly experienced New Jersey Divorce & Family Law attorney. He represents clients throughout Northern & Central New Jersey in connection with Divorce, Family Law & Domestic Violence matters. He is fluent in English & Spanish. After graduating from Seton Hall Law School in 2010, he accepted the prestigious position as Law Clerk for the Honorable Bonnie Mizdol (retired), the then Presiding Judge of the Family Part in Bergen County. Thereafter, Armando worked as an associate in the Family Law Department at Budd Larner, P.C., a large New Jersey law firm. He...

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...

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 over 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 acquisition, ownership, management, and operation of investment properties, primarily multifamily complexes, throughout New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania. He is also recognized for...

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.

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Jonathan Mincis has been practicing law in New Jersey for over 25 years and has served as a Public Defender for the city of Hackensack and in the capacity of a Public Defender in the Paramus Municipal Court.

He has obtained favorable results for clients charged throughout New Jersey with DWI, Traffic Tickets and Criminal Complaints.

We have meeting locations located throughout New Jersey for the convenience of our clients.

First Ever Attorney in NJ to win "Immigration Lawyer of the Year" from Best Lawyers, Harlan York is Former Immigration Chair, NJ State Bar Association and Former Co-Chair, NY State Bar Association CFLS Committee on Immigration. He served on the American Immigration Lawyers Association National Practice Management Committee. His book Three Degrees of Law debuted at #6 in Law Office Education and #4 in Immigration on Amazon.com. Mr. York has lectured for the Federal Bar Association, the NJ Institute for Continuing Legal Education, at Columbia, New York, Rutgers and Seton Hall Law Schools, as well as Lawline.com...

Michelle Amelia Ferrer, Esq., M.B.A. is the Founding Partner of Ferrer Goldfine Law Group. Michelle is a business and trust and estates attorney. In addition to providing legal and business counsel to companies, she focuses her practice on advising individuals and business owners on all aspects of estate planning. Using her law and business degrees, as well as her first-hand experience as a business owner, she is able to understand clients' issues and concerns and provide them with legal solutions based on their individual needs. Michelle’s practice includes creating estate planning documents such as wills, trusts, and...

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.

E. Carr Cornog, III ("Woody" to his friends and colleagues), joined Kearns Rotolo Law in 1999. In addition to focusing on Workers' Compensation law, Woody handles Municipal Court matters and Personal Injury cases. Prior to joining Kearns Rotolo Law, Mr. Cornog was a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Edmund R. Bernhard, J.S.C., in Hunterdon County. Mr. Cornog earned his J.D. degree at Rutgers University School of Law (Newark) in 1998. He graduated from Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts in 1993, where he received a B.A. in English. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey and the U.S. District Court for the District...

Abdulrehman Ahmed joined Ibrahim A. Law Group after serving as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Robert J. Gilson, J.A.D., in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division. Prior to attending Rutgers Law School, Mr. Ahmed earned his B.S. and M.S. degree from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, graduating cum laude with honors in civil engineering. Subsequently, he spent more than two years as a civil engineer for a construction management firm. During law school, Mr. Ahmed was a finalist in the Nathan Baker Mock Trial Competition. Furthermore, he served as a clinical student attorney at the Rutgers...

At the law firm of Houston & Totaro we represent consumers across the state of New Jersey in cases involving consumer fraud, unconscionable conduct and illegal practices by car dealers, banks, mortgage servicers, landlords, credit reporting agencies and other types of businesses. We use a combination of e-mail communications, telephone conferences and Zoom to accommodate clients from all counties and appear in courts throughout the state of New Jersey, state and federal. We take the vast majority of our cases on a contingency basis to enable consumers to pursue meritorious claims even when legal representation would...

Michael T. Stewart is a founding member of the law firm of Peri & Stewart, LLC, where he concentrates his practice in the areas of business transactions, corporate law, business-related dispute resolutions and real estate.

Lindsay Sewekow, of Medford Lakes, NJ, earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Caldwell College (now Caldwell University) in 2012 as a recipient of the Presidential Scholarship. She went on to study at Widener University School of Law and graduated cum laude with her Juris Doctor degree in 2015. She was inducted into the Phi Delta Phi International Honor Society in recognition of her commitment to scholarship, service and legal ethics.

In 2015, Lindsay won the William J. Conner Memorial Award for Administrative Law for academic excellence in administrative law, along with the William Connor Memorial Scholarship.

Ms. Sewekow first...

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Jeffrey Ragone is an associate at McOmber McOmber & Luber, P.C. and practices out of the firm’s Marlton, New Jersey office.  Mr. Ragone’s primary areas of practice are civil litigation and employment law, including but not limited to matters involving discrimination, retaliation, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, and whistleblower claims.

Mr. Ragone served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Faustino J. Fernandez-Vina of the Supreme Court of New Jersey.  In the judicial term prior, he served as a law clerk for the Honorable Richard S. Hoffman, J.A.D., of the Appellate Division of New Jersey.  Mr....

David is a Partner with Calcagni & Kanefsky. A veteran New Jersey prosecutor and former Trial Chief in the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, David’s skill in the courtroom is second to none. He brings his extensive litigation and trial experience to bear on types of criminal and employment-related matters, including white collar criminal defense, representing clients facing internal and government investigations, and employment disputes. David also represents crime victims, and advocates for them in court. Over the course of his 25-year career as a state prosecutor, David handled every kind of criminal case, tried nearly 60...

With over 25 years experience in providing clients with quality legal representation in a wide variety of legal matters in Federal, State and Municipal Courts, Kevin C. Orr, Esq. can handle your toughest civil, criminal or family law case. Call (973) 824-5520 to schedule a consultation. Kevin serves on a number of Boards and Committees, including the Office of Attorney Ethics of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, District VB (Essex County - Suburban Essex) Ethics Committee, serving as its Vice Chair . Also, he holds elected office in Bernards Township and Somerset County.

Admitted In New Jersey & Pennsylvania Ms. Alston is an associate with McOmber McOmber & Luber, P.C. in the firm’s Marlton, New Jersey office. Ms. Alston primarily focuses her practice on employment law and civil litigation, representing clients in matters involving discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, and whistleblower claims. Ms. Alston graduated magna cum laude from Rutgers University in 2020, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and a minor in Legal Studies. Ms. Alston graduated as part of Rutgers’ Bachelors/Juris Doctor Dual Degree program which allowed her to complete both degrees in six years, rather than...

Mr. Azar is an associate with McOmber McOmber & Luber, P.C. who practices in the firm’s Newark, New Jersey office. Mr. Azar primarily practices in the area of employment law, which includes but is not limited to matters involving discrimination, wrongful termination, retaliation, sexual harassment, and whistleblowing. Mr. Azar graduated from Seton Hall University in 2019 as a member of the University Honors Program. There, he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. While pursuing his undergraduate studies, Mr. Azar worked as a law clerk for a personal injury firm. There, Mr. Azar...

Ms. Hill serves as an associate in McOmber McOmber & Luber, P.C.’s Red Bank office. She handles all aspects of employment litigation, including discrimination, retaliation, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, and whistleblower claims. Ms. Hill is a zealous advocate who believes that every individual should enjoy a workplace free from discrimination.

Ms. Hill graduated from The College of New Jersey in 2016, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration with a specialization in Management, and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. Upon graduation, Ms. Hill attended Rutgers Law School in Camden, New Jersey on a Dean’s Merit...

Ms. Malandre is an associate at McOmber McOmber & Luber, P.C. and practices out of the firm’s Red Bank, New Jersey office. Ms. Malandre concentrates her practice on all aspects of employment litigation, including but not limited to matters involving discrimination, retaliation, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, and whistleblower claims. Ms. Malandre has extensive experience in the representation of clients in federal, state, and administrative proceedings. Prior to joining McOmber McOmber & Luber, P.C., Ms. Malandre was extensively involved in the representation of management in all aspects of labor and employment law and municipal law. Ms. Malandre has represented public entities in...