Family Law

• Divorce
  Matthew Podolnick is a shareholder and a member of the Firm's Management Committee. He concentrates his practice in the areas of divorce and family law. Mr. Podolnick offers his mediation clients a blend of legal knowledge, business sense and compassion. He is resolution oriented and committed to helping people avoid court and the costs, financial and otherwise, associated with litigation. Because of these notable skills, Mr. Podolnick can help his mediation clients navigate to a speedy conclusion to a difficult time In their lives. Jeffrey Resnick
• Child Support
  We help clients develop a sensible, workable parenting plan aligned with the best interest of their children. The parenting plan establishes legal custody (who makes the decisions regarding the health, welfare and education of the children), physical custody (where the children live), and parenting time (giving the non-custodial parent appropriate time with the children). Child support payments are structured to make sure both parents pay their fair share.
• Child Custody and Visitation
  Our firm handles divorces, separations, child custody and visitation matters, support issues, and property distribution. We recognize that family law issues are complex, and we have a reputation for combining compassionate and highly personalized representation with tenacious advocacy. For example, we can help a parent set up an appropriate parenting plan for a child that will establish legal custody, physical custody, and parenting time. A parent to whom legal custody is granted can make decisions about the child’s education, medical care, and well-being. New Jersey requires a parenting plan to align with a child’s best interests. When a couple has a high net worth, a divorce can become contentious. New Jersey follows the rule of equitable distribution when distributing marital property. We assist our clients in obtaining values for the assets accumulated throughout the marriage, including prized possessions, bank accounts, business interests, retirement funds, and real estate. Estate Planning & Administration
• Adoption
• Paternity
• Premarital Agreement
  More couples are marrying (or re-marrying) later in life, after they have accumulated assets or debt. We craft prenuptial and post-nuptial agreements detailing how those assets and debts will be handled if the new marriage fails. Co-Habitation Agreements
• Guardianship
  Full-service estate administration and guidance, and planning in trusts, wills, power of attorneys, guardianships, Medicaid planning, asset protection, and estates enables you to: pass down and preserve wealth, provide for business succession and continuity, make gifts including charitable giving, and provide care for yourself and loved ones.
• Spousal Support
  When financial conditions improve or worsen, or when a child becomes emancipated, we guide our clients through prospective changes in alimony or child support payments.
• Legal Separation

Criminal Law

• DUI/DWI
• Fraud
• Restraining Order
  No one has the right to physically or mentally abuse another person. Our attorneys respond quickly and aggressively to protect our clients and their children, obtaining restraining orders and pursuing enforcement of same as may be necessary to keep our clients safe. We also defend wrongful claims asserted against our clients with respect to those matters.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  For any business, a clear understanding among key players—such as owners, key employees, and investors—helps create or reinforce a shared vision, aligning the business for success and reducing the potential for disputes. We develop these vital relationships through carefully prepared and planned organizational documents, including shareholder agreements, limited liability company operating agreements, and partnership agreements designed to specifically address our clients' needs and with the appropriate foresight to effectively manage unplanned circumstances.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  This robust legal practice supports businesses through entity selection, formation, ongoing operations, financing, succession planning and mergers and acquisitions.
• Business Disputes
  We advise, from inception through funding, clients receiving as well as contributing venture capital and private equity. We structure, write, and negotiate term sheets and definitive agreements. Business Disputes
• Limited Liability Companies
  We counsel on, and structure all types of entities, including profit and non-profit corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships. We confer regularly with clients and their other professional advisors to plan tax and business strategy.

Employment Law

• Wrongful Termination
  We advise clients with respect to wrongful termination and discrimination claims, and represent them before state and federal agencies (including the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission) and in the courts.
• Employment Contract
  Our labor and employment group counsels clients regarding rapidly changing laws and regulations (FMLA, ADA, COBRA), informs and manages personnel through policy craftmanship, wrongful termination and discrimination claims, as well as addresses challenges related to employment agreements.
• Employment Litigation

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Our New Jersey business lawyers assist clients with both basic and complex real estate disputes and transactions, deploying technical acumen and a real-world perspective. We represent buyers, sellers, borrowers, brokers, lenders, landlords, tenants, investors, developers, builders, and entrepreneurs of various sizes and types. Very specific laws govern the rights and obligations of parties in the real estate industry. For example, under New Jersey lease laws, landlords are restricted to asking for 1½ months’ rent for a security deposit, which needs to be returned within 30 days of the lease being terminated. Furthermore, New Jersey landlords are not permitted to discriminate against tenants based on race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, and several other traits. Corporate, Business & Financial Services
• Construction Litigation
  The Firm also oversees the submission of first party insurance benefits such as medical bills, wage loss, and property damage, to make sure our clients receive full compensation for the injuries they have suffered. Construction Litigation
• Real Estate Transactions
  We provide assistance through all phases of the purchase and sale of real estate assets, from contract negotiations, to due diligence, to governmental compliance, through closing. We represent clients involved in virtually every real estate category, from multi-family, multi-state portfolios to regional and local owner occupied single asset properties, from retail shopping centers to office building owners. We represent investors, developers and REITs in all aspects of their real estate acquisition and disposition matters. We have decades of experience in handling every possible real estate sale or acquisition related problem regardless of the business cycle, including troubled debt restructuring, creative financing, sale/leaseback transactions, purchase money financing, and environmental related matters. We consider ourselves an integral part of any team assembled to get the deal closed and protect the interests of our client. Construction and Development
• Eminent Domain
  Offering a comprehensive suite: acquisitions and sales, construction and development, real estate finance (public and private), eminent domain and condemnation, foreclosure, leases, planned communities and condominiums, real estate tax, titles and title insurance, workouts, as well as zoning and land use. Recognized Expertise
• Land Use and Zoning
  We appear before and negotiate with municipal and county planning and zoning boards, and their professionals, to overcome hurdles and obtain...
• Property Damage

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Litigation services covers an extensive range of general commercial litigation practices representing you in state and federal courts as well as in administrative and arbitration proceedings. Some litigation areas include business, estate, employment, consumer finance (Fair Credit Reporting Act defense), products liability, personal injury, shareholder and partnership disputes, restrictive covenants, and construction. Commercial Litigation
• Medicaid Planning
  For persons who are unable to handle their own affairs, or who have special needs, we offer detailed knowledge of the federal laws relating to the availability of--and eligibility for--government benefits. We draft the necessary special needs trusts and guardianships. Elder Law and Medicaid Planning

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Often, conflicts surface among a decedent’s surviving family members and friends. Our fullservice firm has helped clients achieve their long-term estate planning goals for more than 25 years. We guide clients with regard to wills, trusts, and estates, with attention to passing down and preserving wealth, providing for business succession and continuity, making gifts, and providing care for their loved ones and them as they age. Among the issues to be considered during estate planning are the federal and state taxes at issue, the advantages and limitations of transferring, protecting, and controlling assets, and the role and availability of annuities and insurance. An adequate consideration of these issues ensures that property is transferred in an orderly way and reduces any tax burdens. Health Law
• Wills
• Trusts
  We create the vehicles for charitable giving, whether via a will as an outright gift, charitable trust, or gift annuity, or by forming a private, tax-exempt foundation. Administration
• Power of Attorney
  We help our clients plan ahead for lifetime events that may render them unable to act for themselves. To protect and manage their assets, and honor their wishes regarding medical treatment, we prepare...
• Probate

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
  The firm’s bankruptcy, insolvency and workout department provides experienced counseling for various insolvency related issues including litigation, mediation, state court receiverships, business workouts, bankruptcy reorganizations, and acting as counsel for debtors and creditors in financially distressed situations. The firm has substantial experience in all aspects of bankruptcy reorganizations and bankruptcy litigation.
• Foreclosure
  Our real estate group represents owners of condemned property. We coordinate condemnation matters with appraisers, land planners, engineers, and consultants on condemnation and regulatory matters. Our experience ranges from takings of land for development to projects involving improved residential, commercial, and industrial properties, to representation concerning compensation for taken property. We work with our litigation practice group in fighting challenges to condemnation, and working to obtain just compensation, analyzing and pursuing relocation claims. Foreclosure
• Tax Law
  Litigation involving clinical trials has escalated in recent years. Each year, nearly 100,000 volunteers enroll in clinical trials. Thousands of these trials are conducted at universities, hospitals, and research institutions, but the experiments usually involve new surgical procedures, devices, and drugs. These may be therapeutic or nontherapeutic experiments. However, in some cases, these trials go awry and cause catastrophic injuries or death. Our firm has earned a strong national reputation in bioethics and clinical trials litigation. We have played a pioneering role in these types of cases. For example, we represented the family of a young man killed in a gene therapy experiment. We have also been asked to consult with major institutions, physician groups, and IRBs about the requirements for and conduct of research on human subjects. Tax Planning & Strategies
• Debt Collection
  Bruce has also been lead counsel in over 100 mediations and settlement conferences in over 25 state and federal jurisdictions. The cases include FCRA vendor disputes, FCRA and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act individual and class actions, commercial litigation, and business divorces. He recently received a certification after completing the Harvard Law School Executive Education intensive 5-day mediation program in Cambridge, MA. Matthew Podolnick