Essex County's Top Lawyers 2020

The best lawyers in Essex County, New Jersey.

June 25, 2020

Site Staff,

TO HELP YOU FIND SOME OF THE BEST ATTORNEYS IN ESSEX COUNTY, across more than 35 specialties, Morris/Essex Health & Life contracted DataJoe Research of Boulder, Colorado to facilitate an online peer-vote process and create a Top Morris County Lawyer list. Attorneys throughout the county were asked to select peers whom they deem are the best within their practice area and whom they would seek out for particular legal needs.

DataJoe checked and confirmed that each published top vote getter had, at the time of review, a current, active license status with the State of New Jersey regulatory board. If they were not able to find evidence of a lawyer’s current, active registration, he or she was excluded from the list. In addition, any lawyer who has been disciplined for an infraction by the State of New Jersey regulatory board was excluded from the list. Finally, DataJoe presented the tallied result to Morris/Essex Health & Life for its final review.

We recognize that there are many good attorneys who are not shown in this representative list. This is only a sampling of the huge array of talented professionals within Essex County.

APPELLATE LAW

Bruce Daniel Greenberg
Lite DePalma
Greenberg LLC
570 Broad St., Suite 1201
Newark, NJ 07102
973.623.3000

Lawrence S. Lustberg
Gibbons PC
One Gateway Center
Newark, NJ 07102
973.596.4500

Jeffrey S. Mandel
Jeffrey S. Mandel LLC
225 Millburn Ave., Suite 207B
Millburn, NJ 07041
973.921.0003

ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION

Ian R. Grodman
Grodman Law and Mediation
515 Valley St., Suite 200
Maplewood, NJ 07079
973.313.2424

Deborah Nelson
Chiesa Shahinian
& Giantomasi PC
1 Boland Dr.
West Orange, NJ 07052
973.530.2390

BANKING AND FINANCIAL

Kimberly E. Lomot
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
One Lowenstein Dr.
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.597.2500

BANKRUPTCY AND WORKOUT

J. Alex Kress
Becker LLC
354 Eisenhower Pkwy.,
Plaza II, Suite 1500
Livingston, NJ 07039
973.422.1100

Bruce H. Levitt
Levitt & Slafkes, PC
515 Valley St., Suite 140
Maplewood, NJ 07040
973.323.2953

Stuart M. Nachbar
Stuart M. Nachbar, PC
354 Eisenhower Pkwy.,
Suite 2025
Livingston, NJ 07039
973.567.0954

BUSINESS LAW

Brian Michael Satz
Genova Burns LLC
494 Broad St.
Newark, NJ 07102
973.533.0777

Alan N. Walter
Alan N. Walter
32 S. Mountain Ave.
Montclair, NJ 07042
973.937.8636

CIVIL LAW LITIGATION

Beth G. Baldinger
Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman
103 Eisenhower Pkwy., 2nd Floor
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.228.9898

Cheryll Calderon
Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman
103 Eisenhower Pkwy., 2nd Floor
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.228.9898

Adam M. Epstein
Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman
103 Eisenhower Pkwy., 2nd Floor
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.228.9898

Amos Gern
Starr Gern Davison & Rubin PC
105 Eisenhower Pkwy., Suite 401
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.403.9200

Jennifer Mara
Baldassare & Mara, LLC
570 Broad St.
Newark, NJ 07102
973.200.4066

David A. Mazie
Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman
103 Eisenhower Pkwy., 2nd Floor
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.228.9898

Matthew R. Mendelsohn
Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman
103 Eisenhower Pkwy., 2nd Floor
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.228.9898

Bruce H. Nagel
Nagel Rice LLP
103 Eisenhower Pkwy.
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.618.0400

Andrew L. O’Connor
Nagel Rice LLP
103 Eisenhower Pkwy.
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.618.0400

CIVIL LAW TRANSACTIONAL

Arthur M. Owens
Lum Drasco & Positan LLC
103 Eisenhower Pkwy., Suite 401
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.403.9000

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

Matthew E. Beck
Chiesa Shahinian
& Giantomasi PC
1 Boland Dr.
West Orange, NJ 07052
973.325.1500

Ronald L. Davison
Starr Gern Davison
& Rubin PC
105 Eisenhower Pkwy., Suite 401
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.403.9200

David Marc Freeman
Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman
103 Eisenhower Pkwy., 2nd Floor
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.228.9898

Ronald Lawrence Israel
Chiesa Shahinian
& Giantomasi PC
1 Boland Dr.
West Orange, NJ 07052
973.325.1500

CONSTRUCTION

Jonathan Spencer Bondy
Chiesa Shahinian
& Giantomasi PC
1 Boland Dr.
West Orange, NJ 07052
973.325.1500

Lisa Lombardo
Gibbons PC
One Gateway Center
Newark, NJ 07102
973.596.4500

CONSUMER DEBT

Jerome F. O’Brien
O’Brien & Taylor
175 Fairfield Ave.
West Caldwell, NJ 07007
973.226.0900

Francis M. Taylor
O’Brien & Taylor
175 Fairfield Ave.
West Caldwell, NJ 07007
973.226.0900

CORPORATE COUNSEL

Gregory J. Castano
Castano Quigley, LLC
155 Passaic Ave., Suite 340
Fairfield, NJ 07004
973.808.1234

Leslie A. Farber
Leslie A Farber, LLC
33 Plymouth St., Suite 204
Montclair, NJ 07042
973.509.8500

Stephen R. Loeb
Chiesa Shahinian
& Giantomasi PC
1 Boland Dr.
West Orange, NJ 07052
973.530.2018

Eric Harris Melzer
Berkowitz Lichtstein
Kuritsky Giasullo & Gross, LLC
75 Livingston Ave.
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.325.7800

CORPORATE FINANCE, MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

Stephen George Cordaro
Chiesa Shahinian
& Giantomasi PC
1 Boland Dr.
West Orange, NJ 07052
973.325.1500

Michelle J. Delaney
Chiesa Shahinian
& Giantomasi PC
1 Boland Dr.
West Orange, NJ 07052
973.530.2134

Laurence M. Smith
Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC
1 Boland Dr.
West Orange, NJ 07052
973.325.1500

Edward B. Stevenson
Chiesa Shahinian
& Giantomasi PC
1 Boland Dr.
West Orange, NJ 07052
973.325.1500

CRIMINAL DEFENSE

Michael Angelo Baldassare
Baldassare & Mara, LLC
570 Broad St.
Newark, NJ 07102
973.200.4066

Damian P. Conforti
Mandelbaum Salsburg PC
3 Becker Farm Rd., Suite 105
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.736.4600

Marco Aurelio Laracca
Bio & Laracca, PC
331 Central Ave.
Orange, NJ 07050
973.675.6006

Mary Frances Palisano
Gibbons PC
One Gateway Center
Newark, NJ 07102
973.596.4500

Ricardo Solano Jr.
Friedman Kaplan Seiler
& Adelman LLP
One Gateway Center, 25th Floor
Newark, NJ 07102
973.877.6421

Remi Lee Spencer
Spencer & Associates, LLC
414 Eagle Rock Ave.,
Suite 305
West Orange, NJ 07052
973.731.2161

EDUCATION

George Massey Holland
Law Offices of
George M. Holland
8 Hillside Ave., Suite 103
Montclair, NJ 07042
973.893.5467

ELDER LAW

Eric R. Goldberg
Mandelbaum Salsburg PC
3 Becker Farm Rd., Suite 105
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.228.1795

Yale S. Hauptman
Hauptman & Hauptman, PC
354 Eisenhower Pkwy.,
Plaza 1, 2nd Floor
Livingston, NJ 07039
973.994.2287

Richard I. Miller
Mandelbaum Salsburg PC
3 Becker Farm Rd., Suite
105 Roseland, NJ 07068
973.736.4600

FAMILY LAW

Melissa Cipriano
Cipriano Law Offices, PC
175 Fairfield Ave., Suite 4C/D
West Caldwell, NJ 07006
973.852.3346

Stacey A. Cozewith
Snyder Sarno D’Aniello
Maceri Da Costa
425 Eagle Rock Ave., Suite 202
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.274.5200

Jerry S. D’Aniello
Snyder Sarno D’Aniello
Maceri Da Costa
425 Eagle Rock Ave., Suite 202
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.274.5200

Thomas Joseph Decataldo Jr.
Skoloff & Wolfe, PC
293 Eisenhower Pkwy.
Livingston, NJ 07039
973.992.0900

Laura Guinta Gencarelli
Snyder Sarno D’Aniello
Maceri Da Costa
425 Eagle Rock Ave., Suite 202
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.274.5200

Jo Anne Juliano Giger
Newman McDonough
Schofel & Giger, PC
101 Eisenhower Pkwy.
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.403.9292

Alexandra Maria Kachala
Ziegler & Zemsky, LLC
651 Old W. Mount Pleasant Ave.
Livingston, NJ 07039
973.878.4373

Bruce M. Pitman
Starr Gern Davison
& Rubin PC
105 Eisenhower Pkwy., Suite 401
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.403.9200

Steven Resnick
Ziegler & Zemsky, LLC
651 Old W. Mount Pleasant Ave.
Livingston, NJ 07039
973.878.4373

Adelaide Riggi
Snyder Sarno D’Aniello
Maceri Da Costa
425 Eagle Rock Ave., Suite 202
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.274.5200

Maritza Rodriguez
Rodríguez Law LLC
744 Broad St., Suite 1600
Newark, NJ 07102
862.241.1228

Mark H. Sobel
Greenbaum Rowe
Smith & Davis, LLP
75 Livingston Ave.
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.535.1600

GENERAL PRACTICE

Paul Jason Burr
Burr Legal Services LLC
41 Watchung Plaza, Suite 341
Montclair, NJ 07042
973.783.5088

Selina M. Ellis
Walsh Pizzi O’Reilly
Falanga LLP
100 Mulberry St., 15th Floor
Newark, NJ 07102
973.757.1100

Christine I. Gannon
Walsh Pizzi O’Reilly Falanga LLP
100 Mulberry St., 15th Floor
Newark, NJ 07102
973.757.1100

Lawrence A. Goldman
Gibbons PC
One Gateway Center
Newark, NJ 07102
973.596.4500

Paul G. Jemas
Township of West Caldwell
30 Clinton Rd.
West Caldwell, NJ 07006
973.226.2300

GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE

Victor Alexander Afanador
Lite DePalma
Greenberg LLC
570 Broad St., Suite
1201 Newark, NJ 07102
973.623.3000

HEALTHCARE LAW

David M. Estes
Mazie Slater Katz
& Freeman
103 Eisenhower Pkwy., 2nd Floor
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.228.9898

Sharmila D. Jaipersaud
RWJBarnabas Health
95 Old Short Hills Rd.
West Orange, NJ 07052
973.322.4828

Eric David Katz
Mazie Slater Katz
& Freeman
103 Eisenhower Pkwy., 2nd Floor
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.228.9898

Barry D. Liss
Gibbons PC
One Gateway Center
Newark, NJ 07102
973.596.4500

IMMIGRATION LAW

Rupal Parikh Aristimuno
Rupal Aristimuno LLC
33 Park St., Suite 2
Montclair, NJ 07042
973.577.6564

Carmen Veronica Carrillo
Carmen V. Carrilllo, Esq.
24 Commerce St.,
Suite 1825
Newark, NJ 07102
973.596.6900

Cesar Martin Estela
Cesar Martin Estela
24 Commerce St., Suite 1729
Newark, NJ 07102
973.733.4940

INSURANCE

Thomas G. Rantas
Morgan Melhuish Abrutyn
651 W. Mount Pleasant Ave.,
Suite 200
Livingston, NJ 07039
973.994.2500

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Michael Jeffrey Brown
Michael J. Brown
Law Office LLC
354 Eisenhower Pkwy.,
Plaza I, 2nd Floor
Livingston, NJ 07039
973.577.6300

Marc Denis Haefner
Walsh Pizzi O’Reilly Falanga LLP
100 Mulberry St., 15th Floor
Newark, NJ 07102
973.757.1100

Peter Nussbaum
Chiesa Shahinian
& Giantomasi PC
1 Boland Dr.
West Orange, NJ 07052
973.325.1500

INTERNATIONAL LAW

Scott Stephen Christie
McCarter & English LLP
Four Gateway Center,
100 Mulberry St.
Newark, NJ 07102
973.622.4444

Stephen L. Dreyfuss
Hellring Lindeman Goldstein
& Siegal LLP
One Gateway Center, 8th Floor
Newark, NJ 07102
973.621.9020

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

Christine A. Amalfe
Gibbons PC
One Gateway Center
Newark, NJ 07102
973.596.4500

Matthew Michael Collins
Brach Eichler LLC
101 Eisenhower Pkwy.
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.228.5700

Ty Hyderally
Hyderally & Associates, PC
33 Plymouth St., Suite 202
Montclair, NJ 07042
973.509.8500

Eric Magnelli
Brach Eichler LLC
101 Eisenhower Pkwy.
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.228.5700

Jennifer Roselle
Genova Burns LLC
494 Broad St.
Newark, NJ 07102
973.533.0777

Alix R. Rubin
Alix Rubin Law LLC,
D/B/A Rubin Employment Law
695 Route 46 West,
Suite 404
Fairfield, NJ 07004
973.787.8442

Melissa Anne Salimbene
Chiesa Shahinian
& Giantomasi PC
1 Boland Dr.
West Orange, NJ 07052
973.325.1500

Michael A. Shadiack
Connell Foley LLP
56 Livingston Ave.
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.535.0500

Kristin D. Sostowski
Gibbons PC
One Gateway Center
Newark, NJ 07102
973.596.4500

LAND USE AND ENVIRONMENT

Lawrence Scott Cutalo
O’Toole Scrivo, LLC
14 Village Park Rd.
Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
973.239.5700

Susan R. Rubright
Brach Eichler LLC
101 Eisenhower Pkwy.
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.228.5700

Frances B. Stella
Brach Eichler LLC
101 Eisenhower Pkwy.
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.228.5700

Michael D. Sullivan
Stickel Koenig
Sullivan & Drill LLC
571 Pompton Ave.
Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
973.239.8800

PRODUCT LIABILITY

Edward Joseph Fanning Jr.
McCarter & English LLP
Four Gateway Center,
100 Mulberry St.
Newark, NJ 07102
973.622.4444

David R. Kott
McCarter & English LLP
Four Gateway Center,
100 Mulberry St.
Newark, NJ 07102
973.622.4444

Adam M. Slater
Mazie Slater Katz
& Freeman
103 Eisenhower Pkwy., 2nd Floor
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.228.9898

PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE NON-MEDICAL DEFENSE

Paul Manuel DaCosta
Snyder Sarno D’Aniello
Maceri Da Costa
425 Eagle Rock Ave., Suite 202
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.274.5200

Petar Kuridza
Morgan Melhuish Abrutyn
651 W. Mount Pleasant Ave.,
Suite 200
Livingston, NJ 07039
973.994.2500

Matthew Patrick O’Malley
Tompkins McGuire
Wachenfeld & Barry
3 Becker Farm Rd., 4th Floor
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.622.3000

REAL ESTATE

Edward John Butler Jr.
McCarter & English LLP
Four Gateway Center,
100 Mulberry St.
Newark, NJ 07102
973.622.4444

Martin Foley Dowd
McCarter & English LLP
Four Gateway Center,
100 Mulberry St.
Newark, NJ 07102
973.622.4444

Francis J. Giantomasi
Chiesa Shahinian
& Giantomasi PC
1 Boland Dr.
West Orange, NJ 07052
973.325.1500

Gemma Marie Giantomasi
Chiesa Shahinian
& Giantomasi PC
1 Boland Dr.
West Orange, NJ 07052
973.325.1500

Adam Kessler
Kessler Law, LLC
354 Eisenhower Pkwy.,
Plaza 1, Suite 2250
Livingston, NJ 07039
973.773.1200

David Ian Kessler
Kessler Law, LLC
354 Eisenhower Pkwy.,
Plaza 1, Suite 2250
Livingston, NJ 07039
973.773.1200

Jeffrey Allen Petit
McCarter & English LLP
Four Gateway Center,
100 Mulberry St.
Newark, NJ 07102
973.622.4444

SECURITIES LAW

Christopher W. Gerold
New Jersey Bureau
of Securities
153 Halsey St., 6th Floor
Newark, NJ 07102
973.504.3600

Jonathan L. Goldstein
Hellring Lindeman
Goldstein & Siegal LLP
One Gateway Center,
8th Floor Newark, NJ 07102
973.621.9020

SEXUAL ABUSE

Bradley L. Rice
Nagel Rice LLP
103 Eisenhower Pkwy.
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.618.0400

Diane E. Sammons
Nagel Rice LLP
103 Eisenhower Pkwy
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.618.0400

TAX LAW

Bozena M. Diaz
Chiesa Shahinian
& Giantomasi PC
1 Boland Dr.
West Orange, NJ 07052
973.325.1500

Michael A. Guariglia
McCarter & English LLP
Four Gateway Center,
100 Mulberry St.
Newark, NJ 07102
973.622.4444

Peter J. Ulrich
Gibbons PC
One Gateway Center
Newark, NJ 07102
973.596.4500

Stephen M. Vajtay Jr.
McCarter & English LLP
Four Gateway Center,
100 Mulberry St.
Newark, NJ 07102
973.622.4444

TECHNOLOGY, VIRTUAL

Peter J. Pizzi
Walsh Pizzi O’Reilly Falanga LLP
100 Mulberry St., 15th Floor
Newark, NJ 07102
973.757.1100

TRAFFIC LAW

Joseph J. Donatiello
Joseph Donatiello
Attorney at Law
405 Centre St.
Nutley, NJ 07110
908.693.9201

WILLS, TRUSTS AND ESTATES

Rita M. Danylchuk
Gibbons PC
One Gateway Center
Newark, NJ 07102
973.596.4500

Laurie A. Hauptman
Hauptman & Hauptman, PC
354 Eisenhower Pkwy.,
Plaza 1, 2nd Floor
Livingston, NJ 07039
973.994.2287

Tara Lynne Lotito
Chiesa Shahinian
& Giantomasi PC
1 Boland Dr.
West Orange, NJ 07052
973.530.2159

David J. Ritter
Brach Eichler LLC
101 Eisenhower Pkwy.
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.228.5700

David James Ritter
Brach Eichler LLC
101 Eisenhower Pkwy.
Roseland, NJ 07068
973.228.5700

Samuel Abraham Stein
Randall & Stein, PA
70 South Orange Ave., Suite 100
Livingston, NJ 07039
973.994.4710

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

Pablo N. Blanco
The Blanco Law Firm, LLC
33 Plymouth St., Suite
205 Montclair, NJ 07042
973.744.1630

Frank R. DiMarzio
Livingston DiMarzio, LLP
661 Franklin Ave.
Nutley, NJ 07110
973.718.5173

Angelo Roberto Giacchi
Tompkins McGuire
Wachenfeld & Barry
3 Becker Farm Rd.,
4th Floor Roseland, NJ 07068
973.622.3000

Michael R. Griffinger
Gibbons PC
One Gateway Center
Newark, NJ 07102
973.596.4500

Craig H. Livingston
Livingston DiMarzio, LLP
661 Franklin Ave.
Nutley, NJ 07110
973.943.4106

Richard B. Rubenstein
Rothenberg Rubenstein
Berliner & Shinrod, LLC
70 S. Orange Ave., Suite 205
Livingston, NJ 07039
908.291.7480

Richard C. Weinbaum
MetroLaw
91 Pacific St.
Newark, NJ 07105
973.721.9984

Richard S. Zackin
Gibbons PC
One Gateway Center
Newark, NJ 07102
973.596.4500

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