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Alan S. Naar is a partner of the firm, where he is Vice Chair of its Litigation Department. He serves as chair of the Dispute Resolution Practice Group and is a member of the Redevelopment Practice Group and Technology Practice Group. Mr. Naar has a practice concentration in commercial litigation representing a variety of corporate, partnership, and individual clients. He has been engaged in all aspects of civil litigation from the pre-commencement phase through the appeal process in both the federal and state courts. His broad experience includes, but is not limited to, litigation, arbitration and mediation in the following diverse areas: corporate and partnership disputes, trademark and unfair trade practices, trade secrets, antitrust, business torts, professional malpractice, land use and redevelopment, and trust and estate litigation. Mr. Naar has also been involved in major product liability litigation in both the federal and state courts in New Jersey representing a major tobacco company and was on the trial team in Cipollone v. Liggett Group Inc., et al., a nationally reported product liability action commenced in the U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. He has also acted as New Jersey counsel for a number of international clients including, for example, the Republic of the Philippines in litigation against U.S. companies alleging fraud and bribery in connection with the awarding of contracts relating to the construction of the first nuclear power plant in the Philippines. He has also been retained by a number of New York City and Washington, D.C. law firms to be New Jersey counsel for their clients because of his expertise in New Jersey federal and state court practice. Mr. Naar is also listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the Commercial Litigation category. Mr. Naar is a summa cum laude graduate of Rutgers College (1973) where he was a Henry Rutgers Scholar. He received his law degree from Columbia Law School (1976), where he was an associate editor of the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law. He joined the firm in 1982. Mr. Naar has lectured on various litigation related topics. He was appointed to the first panel of certified mediators for the U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. He is also on the panel of certified arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association and the United States District Court, District of New Jersey. In addition, Mr. Naar has served as vice chair of the Product Liability Law Section of the Essex County Bar Association and has been a member of the Executive Committee of the Federal Practice and Procedure Committee of NJSBA. Mr. Naar has had a variety of articles published in professional journals on litigation practice. He is presently a trustee of the Association of the Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey, and a director of the Columbia Law School Alumni Association. Mr. Naar is admitted to practice in New Jersey and before the U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey (1976). He is also a member of the bars of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second, Third and Sixth Circuits, and the U.S. Supreme Court. | 