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HIGHLIGHTS:
Successfully opposed injunction application and defeated dispositive motion seeking to permanently restrain client from using corporate name containing last name of former shareholder
Successful representation of client in recovery of entire principal of $1.5 million, plus costs and counsel fees, following loan default.
Obtained jury verdict of no cause on $200,000 breach of contract claim and verdict of $45,000 in favor of client on counterclaim; secured summary judgment prior to trial dismissing other claim totaling approximately $200,000
Trial verdict overturning will on the grounds of undue influence and removing executrix for bias; prevailed on post-trial motions by removed executrix seeking to charge her counsel fees to the Estate
Persuaded federal court to enjoin infringement of client’s trademark, including the unauthorized use of the trademark on the Internet
Prevailed in arbitration of interpretation of rent escalation provision in commercial lease
Local counsel to State of Alaska in Clymer v. Summit Bancorp., 171 N.J. 57 (2002)
Secured appellate reversal of adverse trial court judgment in excess of $3.5 million
EDUCATION:
The Cornell Law School
J.D. 1985
Rutgers Graduate School of Management
M.B.A. 2001 [Finance and Entrepreneurial Management]
University of Pennsylvania
B.A. (magna cum laude) 1981
BAR ADMISSIONS:
States:
New York 1986
New Jersey 1986
Federal:
District of New Jersey
Southern District of New York
Northern District of New York
OTHER EXPERIENCE:
Authored article, Managing Internal Investigations with the View of Preserving Evidentiary Privileges, New Jersey Lawyer magazine, December 2001
New Jersey State Bar Association,
Equity Jurisprudence Committee,
Member: 1995-present
Supreme Court of New Jersey District
Ethics Committee, District V-B,
Member, 1995-1999
Vice Chair, 1998
Chair, 1999
Secretary, 2000-2001
AV peer-rating in Martindale-Hubbell
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE:
Shareholder and partnership disputes
Probate and trust litigation
Employment contracts and counseling
Real estate litigation, including commercial leasehold issues, actions for possession and damages for breach of leases and other real estate contracts
Attorneys’ and accountants’ malpractice
Contract disputes
Civil RICO claims
Products liability
Environmental litigation
Preliminary injunctions and other
equity matters
Securities litigation and arbitration
Hospital medical staff privileges and health care practice disputes
Trade practice (consumer and competitor claims)
Unfair competition and other business torts
Creditors’ rights
Franchise and distributorship practices
Counseling in litigation avoidance and pre-litigation strategy
Class action defense
Shareholder derivative action defense
Internal investigations and corporate special litigation committees
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