Basking Ridge Lawyers

Thomas A. Utzinger is a lawyer, consultant, and writer with a background in environmental law, corporate governance, and sustainability. For more than twenty years, Thomas has held various roles in consulting, corporate, law firm, and government settings in the New York metropolitan area and Washington, D.C. His current focus is on climate change-related risks and opportunities facing the energy industry. Thomas has authored and co-authored numerous articles and other works on environmental and energy regulation for the American Bar Association, Thomson Reuters, LexisNexis, and ELR News and Analysis. Thomas earned an LL.M. in Environmental Law from The George Washington University...

Mr. Russomano primarily practices in commercial litigation with a focus on franchised motor vehicle dealer litigation, legal malpractice, oppressed minority shareholder litigation as well as enforcing unit owners’ rights under the New Jersey Condominium Act. Mr. Russomano has represented numerous franchised motor vehicle dealers, protecting their interests under the New Jersey Franchise Practices Act. In addition, Mr. Russomano was successful in assisting motor vehicle dealers retain their franchises and/or obtain a reinstatement of their franchise under Section 747 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2010, Pub. L. No. 111-17, 123 Stat. 3034, 3186-88. Further, Mr. Russomano has successfully...

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...

DEBORAH E. WINSTON, currently residing in Morris Township, New Jersey, was educated RUTGERS LAW SCHOOL-NEWARK, Newark, New Jersey, Received J.D. degree in May 1987 and is a member of the NJ Bar-1987 and NY Bar-1988. Her undergraduate education was at CORNELL UNIVERSITY, School of Arts and Sciences, Ithaca, New York where she eared a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government in May 1983.

Ms. Winston is also a NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT CERTIFIED CIVIL TRIAL ATTORNEY. Her legal experience began as law clerk in the Superior Court of New Jersey for the Honorable Donald E. King. ...

I have had the privilege of representing clients in the Supreme Court of the State of New York and the Superior Court of New Jersey, handling complex litigation. I maintain a vigorous practice pursuing claims on behalf of citizens who have experienced constitutional violations and on behalf of employees in whistleblower and discrimination claims. My courtroom experience is extensive; I have both first and second chaired several civil trials. I am also well-versed in appellate practice, having argued before both the New Jersey and New York appellate courts.

Background Born Springfield, Massachusetts, May 16, 1958; admitted to bar, 1985, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey.

Mr. De Massi concentrates his practice in the areas of criminal law (trial and appeals), municipal law, residential and commercial real estate, zoning and planning and wills and estates. Mr. De Massi, during his 39 years as an attorney, has tried cases in the Superior Court in all but two counties of the State, the Federal District Court of New Jersey, and numerous municipal courts. He has argued before the Appellate Division and New Jersey Supreme Court. Before becoming of counsel to the firm of Schiller & Pittenger in 2007, Mr. De Massi was a partner in the...

Mr. Murray focuses in land use practice including the representation of applicants before planning boards, boards of adjustment, municipal sewerage authorities, boards of health and county planning boards. These matters involve site plans, subdivisions, use and bulk variances, zoning ordinance interpretations, appeals from denials and defenses of appeals from grants of approvals. Previously, he served as an attorney for the Cedar Grove Planning Board for several years. Such representation has resulted in successful litigation, including matters that are reported judicial decisions. Pheasant Bridge v. Township of Warren, 169 N.J. 282 (2001), cert. denied 535 U.S. 1077 (2002), invalidating large lot...

Mr. Schiller concentrates his practice in the areas of business and corporate law, automobile dealership and franchise practice law, banking and land use law. Mr. Schiller specializes in buy-sell transactions relating to businesses, dealerships and real estate, and routinely represents business owners in all facets of their business, from organization, required filings, agreements between shareholders or LLC members, vendor agreements, financing and such other matters business owners must deal with on a daily basis. A fair amount of his time is devoted to representing banks in loan transactions. Mr. Schiller and his partner, Perry Pittenger, created the firm in...

Experienced specialist in criminal, juvenile and municipal court matters throughout the state

Carly DiFrancisco is a Partner at Cadicina Law, LLC. She began practicing matrimonial law in September 2013 following a judicial clerkship with the Honorable Catherine I. Enright, Presiding Judge for the Family Division, Morris County, New Jersey.

Ms. DiFrancisco received her Bachelor of Arts in History from Binghamton University and her Juris Doctorate from Seton Hall University School of Law. While in law school, she interned for Judge Thomas M. Moore in the Superior Court of New Jersey in Essex County, Family Division in the summer of 2010, and she interned for Laufer, Dalena, Cadicina, Jensen & Boyd, LLC in...

Attorney with CADICINA LAW, LLC - A Divorce and Family Law Firm in Morristown, NJ serving Northern NJ

I am an Estate Planning and Elder Law Attorney at Coughlin Midlige & Garland LLP. My practice concentrates in the areas of taxation, trusts and estates, disability law, elder law, special needs trusts, formation and governance of non-profit entities, charitable planning, and advice to closely held businesses. I have over twenty years of experience in taxation, trusts and estates. Before joining Coughlin Midlige & Garland LLP, I was a shareholder with Cestone & Thompson, P.C. from 2010 to 2021. I was an associate in the Tax, Trusts and Estates Practice Group at Coughlin Duffy LLP from 2008 to 2010. I...

Member of HYMOWITZ LAW GROUP, PLLC

Mr. Pittenger devotes substantially all of his practice to the representation of retail automobile dealerships in a wide variety of matters including, but not limited to, all types of consumer litigation, administrative proceedings before the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission and the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance. He draws upon his 25 years of experience in representing auto dealers to provide advice in connection with a number of non-litigation dealer issues such as regulatory compliance, employment issues, advertising regulations, licensing issues, vendor contracts, floor plan and retail credit relationships, finance and...

Paul Pawlowski joined the Law Firm of Schiller & Pittenger, P.C. in 2009. Since then, he has continued to represent companies in several areas, including, but not limited to asset sales, development and real estate transactions. He has also expanded his practice to include representation of automobile dealership companies engaged in New Jerseyâs motor vehicle retail sector. www.sp-lawyers.com