Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
• Business Disputes
• Business Transactions
  Media Law. In addition to libel cases (discussed separately below), we have dealt with a wide range of commercial transactions and First Amendment issues affecting the media. Examples of commercial transactions we have handled are computer and printing press acquisitions, contracts relating to printing, subscription fulfillment, advertising, and distribution. With respect to First Amendment issues, we have handled cases involving access to courts and public records, confidentiality of reporter's sources and information, and regulation of newspaper honor boxes. We have also handled newspaper and magazine publishing company acquisitions and sales.
• Limited Liability Companies
  Professional Practices. As attorneys for physicians, dentists, accountants, architects, engineers, environmental consultants, and other professionals, we have formed professional corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships, and we have negotiated and drafted agreements between physicians, hospitals and health care management organizations, agreements for the sale, purchase or reorganization of professional practices and medical clinics, and related stockholder, partnership, and limited liability company agreements, and employment agreements, including restrictive covenants and retirement benefit plans.
• Construction Contracts

Employment Law

• Employment Contract
  Corporate and Commercial Law. Through representation of many corporations, automobile dealerships and other commercial clients, we have gained significant expertise in handling a great variety of corporate and commercial matters. Our experience in this area includes formation, reorganization and dissolution of corporations and limited liability companies; stock and asset acquisitions, sales, and mergers; commercial leases; partnership agreements; corporate financing; executive employment contracts; restrictive covenants; protection of confidential information; licensing of proprietary interests; franchises and agreements pertaining to agency, distributorships and sales representations.
• Sexual Harassment
  Higher Education Law. Our expertise stems from our current and past representation of major institutions of higher education as set forth on the list of representative clients and in the individual profiles. Specific areas of service have included faculty and staff matters; student rights and discipline; labor relations; Section 504 and ADA compliance; sexual harassment matters; purchasing and bidding; contract negotiations; educational service, clinical affiliation, articulation and consortium agreements; compliance with open public meetings and record access laws; drafting institutional policies; and representation in related litigation and administrative proceedings.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Mr. Schneider is recognized for his expertise in land use law, including representation of private clients in telecommunication land use matters. A substantial portion of Mr. Schneider's practice is devoted to representation of licensed FCC telecommunication carriers and other communication companies before municipal planning boards, boards of adjustment and governing bodies throughout the entire State of New Jersey. Mr. Schneider also represents the telecommunication clients in leasing and regulatory matters. He also currently serves as attorney for the Randolph Township Board of Adjustment, Franklin Township Land Use Board, and Liberty Township Land Use Board. Mr. Schneider also has extensive experience handling commercial and residential real estate matters.
• Construction Litigation
• Real Estate Transactions
  We normally bill monthly where the fee is based on an hourly rate or where the client has entered into an annual retainer arrangement. For real estate transactions and or for fixed fee matters we bill for legal services at the conclusion of the transaction or matter.
• Land Use and Zoning
  Mr. Soloway joined the law firm in May 1988. His primary involvement is in residential and commercial real estate, leasing and financing, and land use law. Since joining our firm, Mr. Soloway has provided transactional and litigation representation to corporate clients, and public entity clients. Mr. Soloway has extensive experience in representing FCC licensed telecommunication carriers and private developers in connection with applications before zoning and planning boards. He has also represented quarries in licensing matters and in obtaining approvals for quarry reclamation plans. He serves as attorney for the Newton Planning Board and the Fredon Township Board of Adjustment and as special environmental counsel to the Town of Morristown.
• Landlord-Tenant Disputes
  Mr. Molica focuses on land use development and zoning matters. He represents clients seeking land use development approvals before local planning and zoning boards of adjustment. He also represents certain planning and zoning boards. Mr. Molica has significant experience in the litigation of land use matters. A substantial part of Mr. Molica’s practice involves residential and commercial real estate transactions, and landlord-tenant matters. Mr. Molica provides transactional representation to a variety of corporate clients in northern New Jersey.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  General Litigation/Appeals. Our litigation practice, in both State and Federal courts and before administrative agencies, covers all of the areas listed above, as well as business disputes, personal injury, negligence, construction contracts and disputes. Likewise, our appellate practice covers all of the above areas and extends to State and Federal appellate courts.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Wills and Trusts; Probate and Estate Administration. We provide estate planning advice and draft wills and various trusts for modest and substantial estates. We also serve as counsel to executors and trustees in connection with the administration of estates and trusts. We provide representation in will contest and estate administration litigation.
• Wills
  Mr. Chait is recognized for his special expertise in the fields of higher education and school law, public construction projects, public sector labor relations, corporate law, professional practices, media law, and land use and development matters. He has extensive experience handling substantial stock and asset acquisition transactions, commercial and residential real estate transactions, as well as in drafting wills and trusts and in estate and trust administration.
• Trusts
• Probate