Maurice W. McLaughlin is a founding member of McLaughlin & Nardi, LLC. He handles a wide range of matters including complex negotiations, litigation and transactions. Maurice leads the firm’s litigation practice. Maurice is admitted to the bars of New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts and the United States Supreme Court. He has practiced in state, federal and administrative courts throughout the Northeast.
Maurice brings a broad legal background from his many years as a litigator, prior to which he served with the Superior Court of New Jersey in Hudson County as a law clerk for Judges Barbara A. Curran and Frances L. Antonin. Maurice has considerable experience as a litigator, both in trying cases and negotiating settlements.
Maurice also serves as a mediator. He mediates disputes between private parties and is appointed by the Superior Court of New Jersey to matters being litigated there. The Superior Court has also appointed Maurice as a mentor to train new mediators.
Maurice was an adjunct professor with the Public Administration Institute of Farleigh Dickinson University from 1999 through 2010, teaching courses in law, ethics and communications. Maurice served as a United States Naval officer when he participated in Operation Earnest Will during the Iran-Iraq Tanker War. Maurice also served as a United States Merchant Marine officer.
Maurice is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association. He is a member of its commercial and employment law sections, and Pro Bono Committee. Maurice was chair of the Pro Bono Committee from 2006 through 2010. Maurice is also a Trustee of the Suburban Essex Chamber of Commerce, serving Bloomfield, Glen Ridge and Belleville, New Jersey. Maurice is also a leader with Cub Scout Pack 22, of St. Thomas the Apostle School in Bloomfield, New Jersey. Maurice is on the Saint Thomas The Apostle School Sports Association.
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Construction Law
- Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business - Arbitration/Mediation, Consumer - Arbitration/Mediation, Family - Arbitration/Mediation
- Massachusetts
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- New Jersey
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- New York
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
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- United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
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- United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
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- United States Tax Court
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- English
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- Gann Law Books
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- Founding Member
- McLaughlin & Nardi LLC
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- Adjunct Professor
- Farleigh Dickinson University
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- Litigation Attorney
- Cohn Lifland Pearlman Herrmann & Knopf, LLP
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- United States Naval Officer
- United States Navy
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- Reserve 1990 - 1993
- Mount Saint Mary's University
- B.A. | Political Science, minor in business
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- New York Law School
- J.D.
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- Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- 2012, 2016, 2017
- New Jersey State Bar
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- New Jersey State Bar Association - Commercial and Employment Law Sections and Pro Bono Committee
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- New York State Bar
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- Massachusetts State Bar
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- New Jersey Association for Justice
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- New Jersey Public Employment Law
- Gann Law Books
- The Questionable Validity of the New Business Rule as a Bar to Lost Profits
- New Jersey State Bar Association Business Law Newsletter
- Overview of Construction Law
- McLaughlin & Nardi, LLC
- Drastic Changes to New Jersey's Tenure System
- N.J. Law Journal
- A Justice Gap and a Bar’s Response
- In re Magazine, New Jersey Lawyer
