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Jane J. Felton is an associate of the firm in its Litigation Department, where she handles all aspects of litigation, including matters in both the trial and appellate courts. Ms. Felton represents diverse clients, including a national bank, trade industry associations, New Jersey homeowners’ associations, real estate brokerage firms, as well as mid-sized and closely-held businesses. She concentrates her practice in complex commercial litigation, with particular emphases on real estate-related matters and appellate work. Ms. Felton’s recent cases include her representation of a pharmaceutical industry consulting corporation in an appeal to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, where she argued the applicability of the commercial bribery statute as a defense to a contract claim. In a trial venued in the Chancery Division, General Equity, Ms. Felton served as lead trial counsel in the successful defense a corporate trustee accused of mismanaging trust assets. Additionally, she appeared before the New Jersey Supreme Court in the notable case of Committee for a Better Twin Rivers v. Twin Rivers Homeowners’ Association, successfully briefing an array of constitutional property and speech rights on behalf of a large New Jersey homeowners’ association. As a member of the firm’s Real Estate Brokerage Practice Group, Ms. Felton has represented numerous real estate brokers and other industry clients in claims involving breach of contract, statutory and common law fraud, commission disputes and regulatory matters. She strives to achieve positive results for her clients at every stage of litigation in the most cost-effective way possible. This includes being responsive to clients’ concerns, sensitive to their goals and zealous in her efforts to achieve those goals. Ms. Felton joined the firm in 2004 after practicing in Los Angeles with the California law firm of Folger, Levin & Kahn LLP. She is a graduate of Tufts University (1994) and received her law degree from the University of Southern California Law School (1999), where she was a member of the Hale Moot Court Honors Program and the Review of Law and Women’s Studies. She is a member of the state Bar Associations of New Jersey and California, as well as the Middlesex County Bar Association. She is admitted to practice before state and federal courts in New Jersey and California, as well as the Third and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals. | 