Allendale Lawyers

José R. Torres is experienced in real estate, bankruptcy and criminal defense. He also counsels clients in customs clearance and international trade law. Mr. Torres is admitted to practice law before the New Jersey and Florida Courts as well as the United States Court of International Trade and the United States Supreme Court.

Mr. Torres is also experienced in the areas of International Banking Compliance and Securities Investigations gained while working at the office of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in Manhattan. He has also served as fellow of the American Caribbean Law Initiative where he consulted...

Peter is the founder and owner of Law Offices of Peter G. Aziz & Associates LLC. Peter graduated from Widener University School of Law at the age of 23, making him one of the youngest graduates in the history of the law school. Peter has extensive trial experience and has successfully tried hundreds of cases to verdict as lead trial counsel, and has argued and won before both municipal and State Courts. In addition to trial experience, Peter manages the firm with a simple mantra: "What would I expect from my attorney if I were his client?" As owner of...

Sedita, Campisano & Campisano LLC is an established NJ law firm specializing in NJ Elder Law, Estate Law, Business Law, Employment Law and Environmental Law. Based in Wayne NJ for 25 years, the firm prides itself on compassion, results, and a focus on clients, not cases.

Areas of Practice Joy Hodge focuses her practice on taxation law, with a particular emphasis on business advice, succession and estate planning. Ms. Hodge drafts complex commercial documents, trusts, wills and business succession plans in order to maximize the wealth of current principals and preserve closely-held and family businesses for the next generation of ownership. She also serves as an advisor to corporate clients on such matters as partnership and shareholder agreements, protection of trademarks and copyrights, corporate/commercial transactions, including the formation, purchase, sale and restructuring of businesses and professional practices, and general corporate agreements.

Certified Civil Trial Lawyers. Millions won for our Clients. Admitted in New Jersey and New York. Expertise in Personal Injury, Libel and Defamation, Qualified Divorce and Family Mediators and Lawyers.
Verdicts:
$1.8 million, Essex County
$1.5 million, Hudson County
Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Certified Mediator in federal and state courts.
Former Supreme Court of New Jersey Law Clerk.

Instructor, Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College, 2001-2017.
Graduate, Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College, 1997
Graduate, National Institute of Trial Advocacy

I provide legal advice and representation to individual and business clients throughout the northern New Jersey area, particularly Hudson and Bergen counties. The firm's practice includes, but is not limited to: criminal law; municipal court practice; residential real estate purchase and sales; commercial real estate purchase and sales, short sales, zoning and development law.

Neil Dornbaum, Co-chair of Connell Foley's Corporate Immigration and Global Mobility practice, is recognized as one of the most active and distinguished immigration attorneys in New Jersey. Prior to joining the firm, Neil was a partner at Dornbaum & Peregoy, where he dedicated his practice for over 30 years to immigration and nationality matters, with a special emphasis on employment-based immigration. He has served as National Chair of the American Bar Association's (ABA) Immigration Committee under the General Practice Section and was appointed to the ABA's Commission on Immigration. He has also chaired the NJSBA's Immigration Section and the American Immigration...

DWI/Traffic Ticket/Municipal Court Specialist * Certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Municipal Court Attorney * B.A. (Psychology, Magna Cum Laude), 1987: Fairleigh Dickinson University, * 1986 Interaction Between Law & Psychology, 1986: Harvard University * Juris Doctor (J.D.), 1990: Seton Hall University School of Law.

Michael P. Burakoff has been an attorney representing accident victims in the State of New Jersey for over 30 years. His personal injury law practice is devoted to protecting the rights of accident victims and their families who have sustained catastrophic and serious injuries and related economic losses as a result of the careless and negligent conduct of others.

For more than thirty years, Michael P. Burakoff has recovered millions of dollars from Allstate, State Farm, New Jersey Manufacturers, and other major insurance companies throughout the country on behalf of his injured clients and their families. If you have been injured...

PAUL N. GILBERT, ESQ. manages and operates his own law firm, as he has since 1982. From 1977 until 1982, he was a General Attorney with the United States Department of Justice, Immigration & Naturalization Service, Newark, New Jersey District Office. Mr. Gilbert holds a J.D. degree cum laude from Rutgers University, and a B.A. degree in sociology from Rutgers College.

Mr. Gilbert practices law and offers experience in:

U.S. Immigration and Nationality Law, including:

• employment and family based immigration, including applications for alien employment certification and visa petitions and applications for adjustment of status;
• non-immigrant visas;
• representation of employers in “employer sanction”...

Brendan Sweeney specializes in employment-related trial matters and class actions on behalf of both employers and employees. His deep experience on the employer side, and inside the legal departments of large companies, allows him to quickly assess matters and help clients understand their rights. After graduating near the top of his class from Villanova Law School, Brendan was a law clerk to a federal District Court Judge in Philadelphia. Beginning in 1998, Brendan was an Associate in the Labor and Employment law departments at Morgan Lewis and Seyfarth Shaw. In 2005, he became in-house counsel for Morgan Stanley. In 2007, he...

Samantha K. Massenzio (formerly Samantha K. Boos). is an attorney at Weinberger Divorce & Family Law Group. Ms. Massenzio exclusively concentrates her practice on matrimonial and family law matters, including divorce, separation, child custody, child support, alimony, division of assets, and guardianship of incapacitated adults. She is deeply committed to providing her clients with compassionate, knowledgeable guidance through what she knows can be an extremely difficult time in their lives.

Whether Ms. Massenzio is litigating a complex family law dispute or negotiating a settlement agreement, protecting her clients’ best interests is her top priority. She is a highly skilled advocate and...

Attorney in the states of New Jersey and New York, and admitted to practice in the District Court of New Jersey. I predominately provide legal services to creditors throughout every stage of their claims. My commercial litigation services are designed to assist creditors in obtaining judgments against defaulting parties, ensuring that your interests are vigorously represented in court. Additionally, I offer bankruptcy services tailored specifically for creditors, addressing the complexities of bankruptcy proceedings and enhancing your recovery prospects. By managing both litigation and bankruptcy processes, I efficiently handle multiple aspects of your case, eliminating the hassle of coordinating between different legal...

For over 30 years, Lucy Agostini, Esq. has prided herself on providing high-quality legal representation to her clients. Since 1979, she has successfully handled hundreds of contested family law matters. In addition, she has routinely represented clients in residential real estate purchases, sales and refinances, and in the preparation of wills. She has demonstrated a consistent pattern of success, evidenced by the fact that the majority of her firmâs business is derived from former clients and other attorneys. Mrs. Agostini's law firm, Agostini & Slattery, is committed to providing a personalized approach to each case and to building...

ISLN: 901921671 Member Donna Russo graduated in 1981 from Villanova University School of Law and has been actively engaged in the practice of law since her admission to the Bar in 1981. She is certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney. Ms. Russo has extensive experience in civil litigation having been a civil litigator for over 25 years. She presently devotes her practice to litigation of corporate disputes, denial of disability or health insurance benefits, employment discrimination, insurance coverage issues, nursing home and assisted living abuse and neglect, personal injury and property claims. Practice Areas Civil Litigation; Employment Discrimination;...

Today my practice focuses on, but is not limited to mediation, arbitration and collaborative dispute resolution (see below). My clients find this to be faster, less stressful and much more affordable. Moreover, people who participate in processes, such as mediation and collaborative law, appreciate it as a private, compassionate and dignified way to divorce.

Since 1983, Attorney Bob Davies has provided caring and responsive representation to clients and their children throughout the process of divorce. He has handled a wide variety of legal issues in divorce, custody litigation, equitable distribution, privately held businesses, interference with custody, domestic violence, and DCPP matters. Bob Davies has successfully fought in court to get fair and equal parenting time for fathers who wanted to participate fully in raising their children. The old stereotype that the father gets to see the children only every other weekend IS NO LONGER THE LAW. Mr. Davies will fight to help...

Former Deputy Attorney General and Law School Professor focusing on dispute resolution through mediation. Mediates business, commercial, construction, employment and tenure, real estate, condominium, and probate disputes. Transactional attorney for real estate and commercial matters. Trustee, New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators Trustee, Northeastern New Jersey Legal Services

Located in the heart of West Milford Twp. for 20 years. Served West Milford Twp. as Public Defender for 17 years, and Butler Borough as Public Defender for 5 years. After serving as a clerk for the New York State Supreme Court and a stint in the legal department of Towers Financial in NYC, Mr. Affinito decided to practice law in New Jersey where he presently serves the citizens of Passaic, Morris, Bergen and Sussex Counties.

At EM LAW our clients and the pursuit of justice are superior to everything else. EM LAW pursues justice in civil matters. When feasible, we strive for resolution rather than unnecessary confrontation. EM LAW is dedicated to the rights and interests of clients. We believe that efficient dispute resolution leads to satisfied clients and alternative dispute resolution methods, such as negotiation, mediation and arbitration, are often more efficient than litigation. However, sometimes an amicable out-of-court resolution is not possible, so we can aggressively pursue a resolution in court. EM LAW focuses on consumer fraud, business, and real estate matters. Injury and...

John F. Hipp has been a New Jersey licensed attorney for over three decades. He was admitted to the Bar of the New Jersey State Courts and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey in 1985; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in 1986 and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 1987. His experience undertaking professional responsibility in complex commercial litigation includes representing New Jersey public entities, business owners and residential property owners in a wide range of environmental matters including permit violations, underground oil storage tank remediation, off-site contamination and...

Chair, Healthcare Law and Co-Chair, Cannabis Industry. John D. Fanburg has more than 35 years of experience in health and hospital law, with an emphasis on corporate, transactional, and regulatory matters for physicians and healthcare institutions. John is known for providing strategic advice and transactional legal guidance in corporate M&A and regulatory matters. John’s clients include major hospitals, multi-specialty and single specialty medical groups, ACOs, ambulatory surgery centers, ambulatory care facilities, investors in private equity transactions, imagery centers, laboratories, physician specialty organizations and IVF providers. His clients include local and national health care providers. John helps healthcare providers position themselves to...

Carl Soranno came to the practice of law following a 10-year career in finance, securities, and investment banking. Carl has combined that experience with 27 years as a multidisciplinary commercial litigator which has shaped him into a formidable litigator and trial attorney, Carl has litigated well over 1,000 large and small actions, including disputes related to complex family matters, child custody, commercial transactions, contracts between debtors and creditors, commercial lending/workouts, foreclosure, bankruptcy, trademark infringement, consumer fraud, employment, shareholder claims, restrictive covenant claims, and tort-related actions.

For more than twenty (20) years, Sean takes the time to listen to his clients and provide crisp, clear guidance that is actionable. A seasoned litigator, Sean focuses his practice on representing both individuals and corporations in their personal, business and commercial matters, including complex high-net-worth matrimonial matters. Sean has honed his extensive litigation skills to effectively represent clients in all aspects of their lives by custom-tailoring solutions to their complicated, and often sensitive, problems. Sean regularly represents clients in matters involving healthcare regulatory and statutory disputes; multifamily property matters; and family services including estate and tax planning, prenuptial agreements,...

I have been working in the Real Estate and mortgage lending field for the past 27 years representing commercial property owners and lenders. I have worked on a wide range of deals involving multi-family apartment buildings/complexes, retail, office and industrial buildings and large portfolio deals. My lending work has been primarily representing mortgage-based lenders, but I have also represented a number of mezzanine lenders and asset-based lenders as well.