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PAUL M. WEINER (senior partner) is the firm's managing partner.
He is a graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo (B.S.,
1971) and New York Law School (J.D., 1975). Bar admissions: New Jersey,
New York; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit;
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, Southern and Eastern Districts
of New York. HOWARD E. BRECHNER (partner) co-manages the Litigation Department and heads the Tort Defense Department. He is a past President of the Board of Trustees of The Valerie Fund, a non-profit corporation providing cancer care and support to children and their families. He is also a State Certified Mediator and a Certified Contract Advisor of the National Football League Player's Association. He is a graduate of Franklin and Marshall College (B.A., 1978) and Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., 1981). Bar admissions: New Jersey; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. LOUIS I. KARP (partner) is a member of the Corporate Law Department and concentrates in corporate and real estate law. He is a graduate of Yeshiva University (B.A., 1978) and Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University (J.D., 1981). Bar admissions: New Jersey, New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; U.S. Tax Court. ALAN J. BARATZ (partner) is a member of the Tort Defense Department and has handled numerous trials of all types of civil matters, including medical, dental and social services malpractice cases, product liability, and civil rights and tort claims brought against public entities and employees. He is a graduate of Susquehanna University (B.A., 1979), where he was honored in Pi Sigma Alpha, Pi Gamma Mu and Alpha Lambda Delta, and Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 1982). Bar admissions: New Jersey; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. GEORGE T. HANLEY (partner) is special and general counsel to municipalities and private corporate entities involving a broad spectrum of issues. He has also represented numerous private real estate developers in large and small commercial and residential developments, including some of the pioneering Affordable Housing and Economic Development efforts in New Jersey. Prior thereto, Mr. Hanley served as Legislative Counsel to the New York State Health Planning Commission and as a Special Consultant, Legislative Counsel and Policy Advisor to the Governor of West Virginia in revising that State's health care regulatory and administrative structure. He has been general counsel and special counsel to county and municipal governments in compliance and adversarial proceedings before the United States Environmental Protection Agency and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, including Federal Clean Water Act audits and CERCLA matters. He is a member of the National Association of Bond Lawyers, has had fifteen years experience in the Bond Counsel field with special emphasis on local government. He has been intimately involved on a day-to-day basis with the capital finance programs of municipalities, school boards and authorities throughout the State of New Jersey. Mr. Hanley is a former member of the Township Committee of East Hanover, having served six years, and a former Mayor, and thus conversant with the practical problems of municipal government and the importance of timing and coordination with local officials. Mr. Hanley is also a charter member of the Growth Connection Task Force, the moving force behind the Newark-Elizabeth-Airport Rail Link. Mr. Hanley is a graduate of the State University of New York at Binghamton (B.A., 1971) and the University of Utah, College of Law, Salt Lake City where he was a Justice Sutherland Memorial Scholar (J.D., 1975) and was honorably discharged from the United States Army in 1968 and the recipient of a Bronze Star for Meritorious Service during his two-year tour of Vietnam. LEONARD H. BERKELEY (partner) was admitted to the bar in 1972 and has spent most of his career in the areas of real estate zoning and planning and commercial litigation, with particular concentration in the area of general equity. In addition, he has expertise in governmental agencies and condemnation. He has served as special counsel to the Essex County Improvement Authority, Essex County Health Agency, and the Essex County Insurance Fund. He is an approved counsel and has represented The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and is approved as special counsel to the Resolution Trust Corporation. Mr. Berkeley previously was an Assistant Essex County Prosecutor (1972-1974), an Assistant Essex County Counsel (1974-1977) and since 1985 has been an approved federal arbitrator with the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. In addition to his bar activities, Mr. Berkeley serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of Monmouth College and is Chairman of its Government Affairs Subcommittee. RICHARD L. RUDIN (partner) co-manages the Litigation Department and heads the Commercial Litigation Division. He is the former Deputy Attorney General and Chief Counsel for the New Jersey Department of Transportation, 1975-1988, and has extensive trial and appellate experience. He is a member of the Group Council of Legal Resources, Washington, D.C., and served as Chairman, Committee on Transportation Law, 1985-1988. He is a graduate of Rutgers University (B.A., 1966) and Seton Hall School of Law (J.D., 1969). Bar admissions: New Jersey, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. JACQUELINE A. DeGREGORIO (partner) is a member of the Tort Defense Department handling complex tort and public entity cases. She is a former Lead/Senior Deputy Attorney General for the State of New Jersey with experience in actions involving the Tort Claims Act, the Federal Employers Liability Act, the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, labor/employment law and federal and state civil rights statutes. She is a graduate of Seton Hall University (B.S. in Mathematics, 1975) and a graduate of Seton Hall Law School (J.D., 1982). She served as a law clerk to The Honorable Virginia Long, Justice Supreme Court and The Honorable Burton Ironson, J.S.C. She has served on the State Accident Review Board, the Supreme Court Task Force on Women in the Courts, the Supreme Court Task Force on Civil Commitments and as a barrister on the Arthur T. Vanderbilt Inn of Court. Bar Admissions: New Jersey; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. ARNOLD R. GERST (partner) is a member of the Commercial Litigation Department. He is a Certified Civil Trial attorney. He is an honors graduate of Rutgers College (B.A., 1974) and a graduate of the Suffolk University School of Law (J.D., 1977). He has extensive administrative, trial and appellate experience in complex litigation, environmental litigation, environmental prosecution, personal injury, professional malpractice, products liability, premises liability, corporate and commercial litigation areas. He has also appeared as a legal expert for Silver King Broadcasting. Bar admissions: New Jersey and Pennsylvania; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. GLENN C. KIENZ (partner) is a member of the Corporate Law Department specializing in zoning, planning and land use development along with environmental and municipal law. He has also served as a condemnation commissioner, the Chair of the Land Use Section of the New Jersey Bar Association and regularly teaches as an adjunct faculty member for Rutgers University. Mr. Kienz is also an Officer of the New Jersey Institute of Municipal Attorneys and Associate Counsel to the New Jersey Planning Officials. He has also edited and written numerous articles in the field, including a recently revised edition of "A Guide to Planning and Zoning Boards of Adjustment (1990, newly revised 2000). He graduated from Lafayette College (B.A., 1975), Pennsylvania State University (M.R.P., 1977), and Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 1981). Bar admissions: New Jersey; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. BRIAN M. HAK (partner) is a member of the Corporate Law Department and concentrates in municipal law, Sewerage Authority law, real property tax appeals, condemnation and all related litigation. He served as law clerk to the Honorable David E. Crabtree, Judge, Tax Court of New Jersey. Mr. Hak is a graduate of the University of Hartford (B.S/B.A., 1985) and New York Law School (J.D., 1988). Bar admissions: New Jersey; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. MARK A. TABAKIN (partner) is a member of the Commercial Litigation Department and co-chair of the Labor and Education Departments. He has concentrated his entire legal career in the area of school law and labor/employment law, and has served as counsel to a number of school districts throughout the state. He is a past member of the Board of Directors, Morris County Urban League. Mr. Tabakin is a graduate of University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Cum Laude (B.A., 1986) and Seton Hall School of Law (J.D., 1990). Bar admissions: New Jersey, United States District Court of New Jersey, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. JOSEPH F. RANIERI (partner) is a member of the Corporate Law Department and concentrates in public housing authority law, Section 8 voucher and certificate programs, eminent domain, landlord/tenant litigation, real estate transactions and general civil litigation. He has served as corporate counsel for the Housing Authority of the City of Paterson since January 1996 and also serves in the capacity as local counsel for the Authority's HOPE VI Revitalization project. He is a graduate of State University of New York (B.A., 1988) and Pace University School of Law, (J.D., 1991 with honors). Bar admissions: New Jersey; U.S. District Court JEFFREY D. SINGER (partner) is a member of the Corporate Law Department specializing in real estate law; zoning, planning and land use development; construction contracts and brokerage agreements. He has published numerous articles and is a frequent lecturer on various real estate topics. Mr. Singer is a graduate of the University of Maryland (B.A., 1973) and Loyola University School of Law (J.D., 1976). Bar admissions: New Jersey; New York; District of Columbia; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. GEORGE T. IMPERIAL (partner) is certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney and is a Rule 1:40-12 Court-Approved Mediator, Civil, General Equity and Probate matters. He has served as Municipal Court Judge for Lincoln Park, New Jersey and Caldwell, New Jersey. He has also served as Assistant Essex County Prosecutor and First Assistant Essex County Public Defender. He was formerly Mayor of Caldwell, New Jersey and Vice President of the New Jersey Conference of Mayors. Mr. Imperial received his Juris Doctorate Degree from Rutgers University, School of Law. JOSEPH T. DALY (partner) is a member of the Corporate Law Department concentrating in the areas of land use development, zoning, planning, real estate transactions, general civil litigation, estate administration. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable Alfred M. Cozzi, Judge of the Hudson County Court. He served as special counsel to the New Jersey Commissioner of Insurance from 1972 to 1981. He is a graduate Seton Hall University (B.A., 1965) and Seton Hall Law School (J.D., 1968). Bar admissions: New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit LOUIS M. MASUCCI, JR. (partner) heads the Workers' Compensation Department. He is an experienced litigator with general practice background. He has concentrated his practice exclusively in workers' compensation since 1989. In addition, he also handles insurance fraud claims and has acted as a risk management consultant. He is a frequent lecturer for clients and the workers' compensation bar. Mr. Masucci is a graduate of Seton Hall University (B.S., 1978) and Seton Hall University, School of Law (J.D., 1981). He was the Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable John A. Marzulli, J.S.C. (1981-1982). Bar admissions: New Jersey; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. RICHARD BRIGLIADORO (partner) is a member of the Corporate Law Department and concentrates in municipal law, zoning, planning, land use development, real estate and school law for private and public entities. He is a former municipal prosecutor for the Borough of Wanaque, 1988 to 1990. Mr. Brigliadoro also serves as a commissioner on the Totowa Borough Board of Adjustment, 1992 to the present. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable Joseph J. Salerno, Judge, Superior Court of New Jersey. He is a graduate of William Paterson College (B.A., 1974); John Jay College of Criminal Justice (M.P.A., 1978) and Delaware Law School of Widener University (J.D., 1982). Bar admissions: New Jersey; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. ADAM KENNY (partner) is a member of the Tort Defense Department. He is a graduate of Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 1994). Bar Admissions: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, United States District Court - District of New Jersey, United States Court of Appeals - Third Circuit, United States Supreme Court. JEANNE ANN McMANUS (partner) is a member of the Corporate Law Department, concenrating in Land Use and Zoning Law. Her practice has included representation of private developers and redevelopers, as well as land use boards, governing bodies and other public and governmental entities. She previosly served as counsel to the Newark Economic Development Corporation. Ms. McManus is a graduate of Seton Hall University (B.A) and Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 1984), where she was a Member and Associate Editor of Seton Hall Law Review (1982 - 1984). She received a certificate as a Diplomate in Municipal Law from the New Jersey Institute of Municipal Attorneys in October 1991. Bar admissions: New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and United States Supreme Court. RONALD A. BERUTTI (partner) is a member of the Litigation Department concentrating on complex matters including business litigation, real estate litigation, defense of insurance producers, defense of financial professionals, employee benefits and pensions, disability, ERISA, construction litigation, employment litigation and appeals. He is licensed and practices in both the State and Federal courts of New Jersey and New York, and is also admitted to the United States Court of Appeals for both the Second and Third Circuits. He previously served as a law clerk to the Honorable Conrad N. Koch, a Judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey. Mr. Berutti is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts (B.S., 1988), and of Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 1992). ARTHUR D. BROMBERG (partner) co-manages the Toxic Tort Department. He practices extensively in the area of Toxic Torts and Products Liability Law. He lectures on Mass Torts, Toxic Torts and Asbestos-related medical issues. He is a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University (B.A., 1972) and the University of Baltimore Law School (J.D., 1979). He was Chairman of the Moot Court Board at the University of Baltimore. He served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Harold M. Nitto, Judge, Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division. Bar admissions: New Jersey; New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. ANNA M. DILONARDO (partner) is co-chair of the Toxic Tort Practice Group in the New York office. She is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati (B.B.A., 1985) and the University of Cincinnati College of Law (J.D., 1988). She is admitted to practice law before the Courts of New York and Ohio and the Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of New York. COLLEEN M. CRONIN (partner) is a member of the Toxic Torts Practice Group in the New York office. She is a graduate of the State University of New York at Albany (B.A., 1990) and Hofstra University School of Law (J.D., 1993). She is admitted to practice law before the Courts of New York and New Jersey and the Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of New York. BRIAN J. ALOIA (partner) is a member of the Commercial Litigation Department. He is a graduate of the University of Scranton (B.S., 1992) and Quinnipiac College School of Law (J.D., 1996). He serves as the Municipal Prosecutor for the Township of Verona, 2003 to the present. Bar admissions: New Jersey, U. S. District Court, District of New Jersey; New York. RONALD D. CUCCHIARO (partner) is a member of the Corporate Law Department and concentrates in zoning, planning, land use development and municipal law. He served as law clerk to the Honorable Douglas K. Wolfson, Judge Superior Court of New Jersey. He is a graduate of Rutgers University, New Brunswick (B.A., with honors 1995) and Rutgers School of Law, Newark (J.D., 1998). Bar admissions: New Jersey, U. S. District Court, District of New Jersey. ANDREW M. WARSHAUER (partner) is a member of the Toxic Tort Practice Group in the New York office. He is a graduate of the State University of New York at Binghamton, with a B.A. in History and Political Science (1990 with honors), and the George Washington University School of Law (J.D., 1994). Bar admissions: New York, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York. BRYANT GONZALEZ (partner) is a member of the Corporate Law Department, Land Use Division. He is a graduate of Rutgers University (B.A., 1994) and George Washington University School of Law (J.D., 1999). He served as a law clerk to the Honorable Nestor F. Guzman, P.J.S.C., Superior Court of New Jersey. Bar admissions: New Jersey, U. S. District Court, District of New Jersey and U.S. Supreme Court. EDWARD J. SEAVER (partner) is a member of the Litigation Practice Area, primarily handling complex tort, product and premises liability cases for self-insured corporations and / or for liability insurers on behalf of their insureds. He has considerable experience in actions involving toxic torts, including various reactive chemicals, radioactive materials and asbestos, both prosecution and defense of subrogation and self-insured claims for property loss caused by fire, explosion, claimed defective equipment and products and other causes. He has argued before the New Jersey Supreme Court on application of the Tort Claims Act, and the appellate courts on various issues of premises liability, general tort law, contribution and joint tortfeasor issues, and land use regulations. He has litigation experience in both the State and Federal Courts. He is a graduate of University of Lowell (B.S., 1978) and Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 1981). Bar admissions: New Jersey, U. S. District Court, District of New Jersey. MARGARET A. MILLER (partner) is a member of the Commercial Litigation Department. She is a graduate of Rutgers University (B.A., 1995) and Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 1998). She served as law clerk to the Honorable Harriet Dreman, J.S.C., Superior Court of New Jersey. Bar admissions: New Jersey, U. S. District Court, District of New Jersey. SUSAN M. SIMON-SPADA is a member of the Corporate Law Department. She was recipient of the Outstanding Service Award from Essex-Newark Legal Services Volunteer Lawyers Project and is a member of the Young Lawyer's Section Seminar Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association. She is a graduate of Rutgers University/Douglass College (B.A., 1979 with honors), where she was a member of Pi Sigma Alpha and Phi Alpha Theta, and the John Marshall Law School (J.D., 1982). Bar admissions: New Jersey; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. MARY BETH EHALT is a member of the Tort Defense Department concentrating in premises liability. She is a graduate of Seton Hall University (B.A., 1989 and J.D., 1994). Bar Admissions: New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey BRAD M. WEINTRAUB is a member of the Tort Defense Department. He is a graduate of Rutgers College (B.A., 1988) and Rutgers School of Law - Newark (J.D., 1992). Bar admissions: New Jersey; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. THERESE H. CUBBA is a member of the Corporate Law Department. She is a graduate of William Paterson College (B.A., 1996), the University of Missouri (M.A., 1971), Montclair State College (M.A., 1983) and Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 1991). She served as law clerk to the Honorable Edwin H. Stern, J.A.D., Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division. Bar admissions: New Jersey, U. S. District Court, District of New Jersey. MITCHELL J. BLOOM is a member of the Worker’s Compensation Department. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (B.A., 2000) and Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 2003). He served as law clerk to the Honorable Rachel N. Davidson, J.S.C., Superior Court of New Jersey. Bar admissions: New Jersey; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. JOHN M. NOVELLA is a member of the Worker’s Compensation Department. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland (B.A., 1992) and Catholic University of America (J.D., 1995). Bar admissions: New Jersey; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. JAMES E. HAJEL is a member of the Tort Defense Department. He is a graduate of the University of South Carolina (B.A. in Political Science, 1994) and Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D. 2001). He served as law clerk to the Honorable Richard S. Camp, J.S.C., Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex County. Bar admissions: New Jersey; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. JULIA O. DONOHUE is a member of the Corporate Law Department, Land Use Division. She is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College (B.A., 1997) and Seton Hall University, School of Law (J.D., 2004). She served as law clerk to the Honorable B. Theodore Bozonelis, A.J.S.C., Superior Court of New Jersey. Bar admissions: New Jersey; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. NORIEL SANTA MARIA is a member of the Toxic Tort Practice Group in the New York office. He is a graduate of the City University of New York (B.S. in Biomedical Sciences, 1990), State University of New York, Health Science Center at Brooklyn (M.D., 1992), and Fordham University School of Law (J.D., 1999). Bar admissions: New York. BERNARD MERCADO is a member of the Corporate Law Department. He is a graduate of Saint Peter's College (B.A., 1995) and Seton Hall Law School (J.D., 2004). Bar admissions: New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, New York EMILY J. WEINER is a member of the Corporate Law Department, Land Use Division. She is a graduate of Syracuse University (B.S., 2001) and Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 2006). Bar admissions: New Jersey; U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; Florida. HELEN GRIFF CHALIER is a member of the Toxic Tort Practice Group and the Tort Defense Department, including medical malpractice defense. She is a graduate of New York University (B.S. and Physical Therapy Certificate) and Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D. 1998, Health Law Concentration). Ms. Chalier has contributed to two book chapters in Nursing Malpractice, Patrica Iyer (ed.) under her former name, Weisgal. Memberships [current/prior]: New Jersey State Bar Association and New York County Bar Association. Bar Admissions: New Jersey, New York, U.S. District Courts: District of New Jersey, Southern District of New York and Eastern District of New York. JULIE MER is a member of the Toxic Tort Practice Group in the New York office. She is a graduate of Fordham University School of Law (J.D. 2003). Bar Admissions: New York, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. GWENDOLYN K. O'HERRON is a member of the Worker's Compensation Practice Group. She is a graduate of Thomas Jefferson School of Law (J.D. 2006). Bar Admissions: New Jersey, California CHRISTIAN MERLINO is a member of the Tort Defense Department. He is a graduate of Quinnipiac University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Bar Admissions: New Jersey FELICE K. VAZQUEZ is a member of the Corporate Law Practice Group. Prior to joining the firm, she held several titles during her employment with the City of Elizabeth, including Legislative Aid to the Mayor and Assistant Director of Planning and Community Development, heading the Economic Development, Public Information and Constituent Services Divisions. She is a graduate of Rutgers University, School of Law (J.D. 2007). Bar Admissions: New Jersey VICTORIA WILLIAMS DONATH is a member of the Toxic Tort Practice Group. She is a graduate of Rutgers University School of Law (J.D., 2004). Bar Admissions: New Jersey, New York, U.S. District Courts: District of New Jersey, Southern District of New York Bar Admissions: New Jersey SARAH A. MAKUCH is a member of the Corporate Law Department. She is a graduate of Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 2007). Bar Admissions: New Jersey, New York. |
