LoginMay 15, 2008
New Jersey
OFFICERS
Alan S. Ashkinaze, Esq. (President)
BANKRUPTCY
Forman Holt Eliades & Ravin LLC
218 Route 17 North
Rochelle Park, New Jersey 07662
(201)845-1000
Stephen B. Ravin, Esq. sravin@ravingreenberg.com (Boston University, B.A.; Franklin Pierce Law Center, J.D.; Recipient, various
Pro Bono awards; Member, Board of Directors, 1999-2003 and Chairman, Public Relations,
2001-2003, Turnaround Management Association; Member, Board of Directors and Vice
President, Programs, Turnaround Management Association, New Jersey Chapter; Member:
Essex County Bar Association (Trustee; formerly Co-Chair, Membership Committee,
formerly Co-Chair, Debtor/Creditor Committee); assigned Martindale Hubbell’s highest
AV rating)
DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Donahue, Hagan, Klein,
Newsome & O'Donnell, PC
360 Mt. Kemble Avenue
Morristown, New Jersey 07960
(973) 467-5556
www.dhkno.com
Lynn Newsome, Esq. lnewsome@dhkno.com (Seton Hall University, B.A., J.D.; Member: Morris County (President, 1999-2000;
Chair, Family Law Committee, 1990-1991; Supreme Court Family Practice Committee;
Chair, Rules Subcommittee, 1998-2000), New Jersey State (Second Vice President,
2004-2005; Chair, Family Law Section, 2000-2001; President-Elect, 2006) and American
Bar Associations; Member: The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Family
Law Inns of Court; Morris County Bar Foundation (President, 1997-1998); Worrall
F. Mountain Inns of Court (Barrister/Master); Member: District X Ethics Committee,
1990-1993; Law Secretary to Hon. George P. Helfrich, Superior Court, Morris County,
1981; Certified Matrimonial Law Attorney; Trained Mediator; Frequent Lecturer,
New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, including 1993, 1995, 1999,
2002 and 2003, Family Law Symposium; assigned Martindale Hubbell's highest AV
rating)
Francis Donahue, Esq. fdonohue@dhkno.com (Seton Hall University, B.A., J.D.; Member: New Jersey Family Law Inns of Court
(Founder, Master, First President); Listed in: Best Lawyers in America; NY Times
Ten Best Family Lawyers in North Jersey; NJ Super Lawyers (Top 10 NJ Lawyers);
Lecturer: NJ ICLE; NJ ATLA; Author: N.J. Law Journal; N.J. Family Lawyer; N.J.
Family Law Practice; Member: Essex County, Bergen County, New Jersey State and
American Bar Associations; assigned Martindale Hubbell's highest AV rating)
ELDER LAW
Peggy Sheahan Knee
The Knee Law Firm, L.L.C.
Court Plaza South
21 Main Street
Hackensack, New Jersey 07601
(201) 996-1200
Peggy Sheahan Knee, Esq. psknee@kneelaw.com (Fordham University, B.A., J.D.; New York University School of Law, LL.M. in
Taxation; Member, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel; Certified, Elder
Law Attorney, National Elder Law Foundation; Member: Bergen County (Co-Chair,
Probate Committee), New Jersey State (President-Elect, 2007-; First Vice-President,
2006-2007; Trustee, 1998-2003; Past-Chair, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law
Section; Past-Chair, Women in the Profession Section; Past-Chair, Editorial Board,
New Jersey Lawyer, The Magazine) and American Bar Associations; Past President,
Estate Planning Council of Northern New Jersey, Inc.; Member, New Jersey Supreme
Court Commission on the Rules of Professional Conduct (2001-2002); Member, Bergen
County Estate Planning Council; Recipient: New Jersey ICLE, Distinguished Service
Award, 2000 and New Jersey State Bar Association Legislative Service Award, September,
2000; Lecturer, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education; assigned
Martindale Hubbell’s highest AV rating)
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
The Law Offices of Alan S. Ashkinaze
Three University Plaza
Suite 207
Hackensack, New Jersey 07601
(201) 342-8787
Alan S. Ashkinaze, Esq. ashkinaze@earthlink.net (University of Pennsylvania, B.A.; Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D.;
Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, M.P.A.; Assistant
Corporation Counsel and Environmental Counsel, City of Jersey City (1993-2001);
Attorney, Jersey City Board of Adjustment (2001); Adjunct Professor, Bergen Community
College (2000-2003); Chairman of the New Jersey State Solid Waste Advisory Council
(1995-1997); Member, Rockaway River Watershed Cabinet (1997-2001)) Member: New
Jersey State Bar Association (Environmental Law Committee), New York State Bar
Association (Environmental Law Committee) and American Bar Association (Environment,
Energy, and Resources Section)
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik LLP
600 South Avenue West
Westfield, New Jersey 07090
(908) 654-5000
Roy H. Wepner, Esq. rwepner@ldlkm.com (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, B.S.M.E., M.M.E.; University of Pennsylvania
Law School, J.D.; Adjunct Professor of Law: Rutgers University Law School-Newark
(1997-2000), Seton Hall University Law School (1993-1995); Member: American Bar
Association (Section on Litigation (Chair, Subcommittee on How To Foster Quality
Improvements in Appellate Brief Writing, 1992-93); Section of Patent, Trademark
and Copyright Law (Chair, Subcommittee on Federal Circuit Rules, 1988-89)); Member:
New Jersey State Bar Association, New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association,
American Intellectual Property Law Association; Co-Author: "The Federal Circuit's
Presumptively Erroneous Presumption of Irreparable Harm," 6 Tulane J. Tech. &
Intell. Prop. 147 (Spring 2004); Author: "Are Federal Appellate Practitioners
Free At Last?," New Jersey Law Journal, Jan 26, 2004, "We'll Miss You, Mr. Rogers,"
New York Law Journal Mar. 6, 2003 and New Jersey Law Journal, July 21, 2003; "Things
Your Mentor Never Taught You About Briefs," New Jersey Law Journal, Sept. 24,
2001; "Patent Lawyers Beware: Submarine Patents Are Still Lurking," New Jersey
Law Journal, July 15, 1996; "Patent Venue: Down and Out in Beverly Hills?" New
Jersey Law Journal, July 25, 1994; "Intent To Use (or Consequences)," New Jersey
Law Journal, Aug. 17, 1992; "Declaratory Judgments: Lifting the Cloud," New Jersey
Law Journal, Dec. 22, 1988; "The Patent Invalidity/Infringement Parallel; Symmetry
or Semantics?" Dickinson Law Review, Fall, 1988 and Journal of the Patent and
Trademark Office Society, Vol. 71, No. 11; "Patent Reexamination Is Reexamined,"
New Jersey Law Journal, Dec. 26, 1985; "Innovation Wins In U.S. Court," Les Nouvelles,
Vol. 20, No. 2, 1985; "Time of Transition For Federal Trademark Registrations,"
New Jersey Law Journal, Feb. 7, 1985; "Determining Where The Claim Arose Under
28 U.S.C. §1391(b) In Multi-State Trademark Infringement Actions," Seton Hall
Law Review, Vol. 12, No. 4, 1982 and the Trademark Reporter, Vol. 72, No. 4, 1982;
"Appellate Review of Patentability," Journal of the Patent Office Society, Vol.
56, Nos. 4 and 5, 1974; assigned Martindale-Hubbell's highest AV rating)
Keith E. Gilman, Esq. kgilman@ldlkm.com (Western New England College, B.S.M.E., with honors; Seton Hall School of Law,
J.D., cum laude; Co-Author, "Special Considerations in Cases Involving Intellectual Property"
(New Jersey Federal Practice Handbook, Institute for Continuing Legal Education,
1996-1999); "New Jersey Federal Practice" (New Jersey Law Journal, 1999-present);
"Provisional Applications: Benefits, But Not Without Risk" (New Jersey Lawyer,
1996); "Inventor Marketing Pitfalls Exposed" (Intellectual Property Law Supplement,
New Jersey Law Journal, August 1993); Master, John C. Lifland American Inn of
Court for IP (Master, 1993-2003); Member: Licensing Executives Society, New Jersey
State, Federal Circuit Bar Association, American Intellectual Property Law Association
and New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association)
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT
(Representing Management)
Jackson Lewis LLP
220 Headquarters Plaza
East Tower
Seventh Floor
Morristown, New Jersey 07960
(973) 538-6890
Richard W. Schey, Esq. scheyr@jacksonlewis.com (Dickinson College, B.A; Villanova University, J.D.; Third Circuit Review Editor,
Villanova Law Review, 1977-1978; Member: New Jersey State Bar Association (Labor
and Employment Law Section); Editor, New Jersey Wage Hour Handbook, A Practical
Guide For Small Business; Co-Author: "What to Do When Workers Can't Work," New
Jersey Law Journal, April 11, 1994)
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT
(Representing Employees)
Resnick Nirenberg & Cash, P.C.
100 Eagle Rock Avenue
Suite 301
East Hanover, New Jersey 07936
(973) 781-1204
Jonathan I. Nirenberg, Esq. jnirenberg@njemploymentlawfirm.com (University of Rochester, B.A.; Cornell Law School, J.D.; Member, National and
New Jersey Employment Lawyers Association; Published Articles: "Are Some Employees
Entitled to More Than 12 Weeks of Pregnancy Leave Under State and Federal Law"
(New Jersey Labor and Employment Law Quarterly, Spring 2002); "When Is an Employer's
Failure to Provide Notice of FMLA Rights or Designate FMLA Leave Actionable?"
(New Jersey Law Journal, March 29, 2004)
Gerald Jay Resnick, Esq. gresnick@njemploymentlawfirm.com (Bowling Green State University, B.A.; Western New England College of Law, J.D.;
Contributor, New Jersey Law Journal; Certified Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court
of New Jersey, Board on Trial Attorney Certification; Member: National and New
Jersey Employment Lawyers Association; Member, Trial Attorneys of N.J. (Trustee);
Member, Sidney I.Reitman Inns of Court; Member: Middlesex County, New Jersey State
and New York State Bar Associations)
PRODUCT LIABILITY & MEDICAL DEVICE LITIGATION
Law Offices of Robert J. McGuirl
295 Spring Valley Road
Park Ridge, New Jersey 07656
(201) 391-8200
Robert J. McGuirl, Esq. robert.mcguirl@rjmlaw.org (College of the Holy Cross, B.A., cum laude; Georgetown University, J.D.; Assistant
District Attorney, New York County, 1977-1981; Certified by the Supreme Court
of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney; Published Articles: "Following the Trail:
Successor Entity Product Liability," New Jersey Lawyer, Jan. 1993; "Successor
Entity Product Liability," Spray Technology and Marketing, February 1995; "Best
Practice Rules: Case Management Key for Products Litigation," New Jersey Lawyer,
October 2000; "Developing and Using Demonstrative Evidence at Trial," The Bergen
Barrister, Summer 2001; "Laidlow and the Intentional Tort Theory Against the Employer,"
Bergen Barrister, Winter 2005. Seminars: "Products Liability: Reason or Ruin,"
New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (N.J.I.C.L.E.), 1993; "Products
Liability Post Sale Duty to Warn," Bergen County Bar Association, November 1994;
"Products Liability: The Duty to Warn," N.J.I.C.L.E. April 1995; "Handling a Medical
Device Case," BCBA, April 1995; "Identifying and Evaluating Third Party Claims
in a Workplace Setting," BCBA, June 1999; "Handling a Products Liability Case:
Nuts & Bolts", New Jersey Defense Association, January 2001; "A Dialogue on
Product Liability Practice," N.J.I.C.L.E., February 2001; "Bogus Drugs and Medical
Devices," N.J.I.C.L.E., May 2004; "Civil Justice for Victims of Crime," National
Crime Victims Bar Association, September 2004; "Products Liability from A-Z,"
N.J.I.C.L.E. March 2005; "Product Liability: From Intake Through Trial," N.J.I.C.L.E.
March 2007; Member: Bergen County (Chairman, Products Liability Committee, 1994—);
New Jersey State (Chairman, Products Liability and Toxic Torts Section; Board
of Directors and General Council Delegate, 1994-2000) and American (Vice-Chairman,
Committee on Professional Officer's and Director's Liability, 1987-1989; Member,
Products, General Liability and Consumer Law Section; Member and Contributing
Editor, Self-Insurers and Risk Managers Committee, 1990) Bar Associations; Member,
Defense Research Institute (Member, Products Liability Committee, 1988—); assigned
Martindale Hubbell's highest AV rating)
TAXATION & ESTATE PLANNING
Korf & Rosenblatt
North Tower
12th Floor
89 Headquarters Plaza
Morristown, New Jersey 07960
(973) 993-1738
Gene R. Korf, Esq. gkorf@korfrosenblatt.com (Hunter College of the City University of New York, B.A., summa cum laude; Brooklyn Law School, J.D.; New York University, LL.M., Taxation; Phi Beta Kappa;
Co-Author: "How an Estate Planning Practice Is Affected by the Economic Recovery
Tax Act of 1981," 8 Estate Planning 329-334; "How to Handle Employer Benefits
and Other Special Assets of the Corporate Executive," 10 Estate Planning 214-219;
Speaker, New Jersey ICLE program, "Counseling the Elderly," 1984; "Confronting
the Generation-Skipping Tax," Fairleigh Dickinson University Tax Institute, 1989;
Member, Board of Directors: Roundabout Theatre, New York; Blanche & Irving
Laurie Foundation; Harold Wetterberg Foundation; Schulman Family Foundation; Member:
American Bar Association (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section;
Section of Taxation, Exempt Organizations Committee); assigned Martindale Hubbell’s
highest AV rating)
Allan L. Rosenblatt, Esq. arosenblatt@korfrosenblatt.com (University of California-Los Angeles, B.A., cum laude; Boston University, J.D.; Author, "Characterization of Payments on Shared Appreciation
Mortgages," 57 Journal of Taxation 20, July, 1982)
FORENSIC ACCOUNTING
Rosenfarb Winters, LLC
101 Eisenhower Parkway
Roseland, New Jersey 07068
(973) 618-0800
www.rosenfarbwinters.com
Keith S. Balla, CPA (Rutgers University, B.A. (Accounting and Economics); frequently lectures on
various tax and white-collar crime investigation issues, including seminars for
certified fraud examiners and New Jersey Department of Insurance Auditors, and
the League of Municipalities; served as Treasurer of the SELC District of the
Lutheran Church Missouri Synod for over 12 years; hosted the cable television
program, “It’s All About Money”, appeared on NJN, News 12 and CN8; featured in
“Practical Accountant” magazine; appeared on Dateline NBC as an expert regarding
an investigation into the lavish lifestyle and extravagant spending of a televangelist;
Professional Affiliations: Treasurer, New Jersey State Board of Accountancy; American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants; New Jersey Society of Certified Public
Accountants; New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants; Past Treasurer,
The Drumthwacket Foundation, Inc.; Treasurer, Island Beach State Park Preservation
Foundation, Inc.; Treasurer, SELC District Lutheran Church Missouri Synod; Former
Board of Director, YMCA of Newark, New Jersey; Member, NJSSCPA Committee for Governmental
Accounting and Auditing; Member, NYSSCPA Litigation Services Committee, Trustee,
NJSSCPA Political Action Committee; Past-President, Zion Lutheran Church in Clark,
NJ; Past President, Rotary Club of Newark; Founder, African American Cultural
and Education Center, Inc.; Former Board Director, Teen Challenge of New Jersey;
Past Treasurer and Trustee, Donald Jackson Neighborhood Corporation of Newark,
NJ; Board of Director, DARE New Jersey, Inc.)
Daniel Davitt Jr., CPA (Seton Hall University, B.S. (Accounting), cum laude; Professional Affiliations: American Institute of Certified Public Accountants;
New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants; Treasurer, Rolling Greens
Homeowner Association; Past Chair, Morris County Chamber of Commerce Small Business
Committee; Professional Presentations: Workpaper Standardization and Engagement
Quality Control Documents; Accounting, Tax and Legal Considerations of FSC/DISC;
COSO: Internal Control Over Financial Reporting; Preparation of Projected and
Forecasted Financial Statements; ISO 9000: International Standards for Quality
Management; Understanding Financial Statements for Non-Financial Executives)
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