The Firm practices: bankruptcy, corporate restructuring, commercial litigation, insurance coverage/bad faith litigation, government affairs, real estate and leasing, land use and zoning, and labor and employment.
Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring
Its attorneys practice in all types of bankruptcy proceedings, including federal and state judicial insolvency proceedings and out-of-court restructuring, and in all types of courts, including state courts, bankruptcy courts, district courts, and circuit courts throughout the country. Further, the Firm represents all types of clients, including:
- Debtors
- Chapter 11 trustees
- Chapter 7 trustees
- Official Committees
- Secured and Unsecured Creditors
- Reorganization Plan Proponents
- Landlords
- Governmental Entities
- Promoters
- Equity Interest Holders
- Bondholders
- Insurance Carriers
- Franchisors and Franchisees
- Class Action Members
- Other Parties in Interest
In addition, partners of the Firm have served as Custodial Receivers and Assignees for the Benefit of Creditors.
Commercial Litigation
The Firm maintains a highly diverse commercial litigation practice in federal courts throughout the country and state courts in New Jersey, New York, Arizona, California, Nevada, and Pennsylvania. This practice includes representation in cases involving contracts, guarantees, foreclosures, notes, fraudulent conveyances, lender liability issues, receiverships, and many other issues.
Insurance Coverage/Bad Faith Litigation
The Firm offers coverage advice and defends insurers in complex, high-exposure insurance coverage and related litigation often involving unusual legal and factual issues The Firm represents insurers in state and federal courts throughout the United States in all lines, including commercial general liability, environmental, professional liability, directors and officers, errors and omissions, excess and surplus, commercial property, surety, commercial lines, blue water and inland marine, and personal lines. The Firm provides pre-litigation coverage advice, prosecutes declaratory judgment, contribution, recovery and subrogation actions on behalf of its clients and defends them in insurance coverage and bad faith litigation.
Government Affairs
The Firm represents both public and private entities in a wide range of matters, including debtor-creditor cases, tax collection cases, tax appeals, tort claims cases, and public bidding controversies. Also, it acts as general and special counsel to governing bodies and their members.
Real Estate and Leasing
The Firm represents a number of developers in matters involving commercial strip centers, manufacturing and warehouse facilities, free standing retail locations, and vacant property throughout New Jersey and New York. Its real estate and leasing department negotiates and drafts leases, ground leases, easement agreements, sale contracts and qualified like-kind exchange trust agreements, and when necessary, institutes and prosecutes appropriate eviction actions.
Land Use and Zoning
The Firm provides development advice and assistance and appears before municipal planning, zoning boards, and county and state regulatory agencies. Also, the Firm prosecutes and defends appeals from local boards and agencies and vigorously litigates compliance issues.
Employment
The Firm represents both public and private entities in all types of employment matters, including wrongful discharge, discrimination, wage and hour, and sexual harassment, in state and federal courts and administrative agencies. The Firm provides early case assessment and cost-effective litigation management intended to assist clients in deciding whether to vigorously defend a case or settle. Also, the Firm provides insightful and business-minded counseling on employment issues, including preservation of confidential and proprietary business information and enforcement of restrictive covenants.
Labor
The Firm represents both public and private entities in all aspects of traditional labor law including cases before the National Labor Relations Board, the New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, and the New York State Employment Relations Board. Also, the Firm counsels clients on strategies for winning union organizing campaigns and for avoiding the commission of unfair labor practices. Finally, the Firm has broad experience in the negotiation and administration of collective bargaining agreements, including the arbitration of both interest and rights disputes.
