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• Eleven Cohn Lifland attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2021 edition of New Jersey Super Lawyers, published by Thomson Reuters, which will be featured in New Jersey Monthly magazine. They are:

  • Charles R. Cohen – Business Litigation
  • Joshua P. Cohn – Family Law
  • Jeffrey W. Herrmann – Business Litigation
  • Leonard Z. Kaufmann – Business Litigation
  • Julie L. Kim – Family Law
  • Barry A. Knopf – Medical Malpractice
  • Joseph A. Maurice – Civil Litigation
  • Peter S. Pearlman – Business Litigation
  • Mary Ann Stokes – Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Allen Susser – Business Litigation
  • Amanda S. Trigg – Family Law

  Amanda Trigg has once again been included in the list of Top 100 New Jersey Super Lawyers and Top 50 Women New Jersey Super Lawyers.

  Three of the attorneys — Messrs. Herrmann, Knopf and Pearlman — have been included every year since the list originated in 2005.

  In addition, three attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2021 New Jersey Super Lawyers – Rising Stars:

  • Matthew F. Gately – Class Action & Mass Torts
  • Erika Piccirillo - Family Law
  • Alex Pisarevsky – Employment & Labor

  *The Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists are issued by Thomas Reuters. A description of the selection methodology can be found at Super Lawyers Selection Process. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

   

• The Ridley Tower, located in the Downtown Commercial Historic District in Marion, IN, and described as "beautiful and one-of-a kind," is one of the 52 buildings in Indiana that was established as historic in 1994. A loan from Visana Capital, represented by Cohn Lifland's Allen Susser, will keep the building off the Indiana Landmarks Top 10 Endangered Buildings list. The improvements financed by the loan will enable the building to house 29 apartment units, commercial space and a new restaurant.

 

• Joseph Maurice completed his very eventful term as President of the Bergen County Bar Association. Check out his farewell address: https://bergenbar.org/president-maurice-farewell-address/

 

• Erika Piccirillo had the opportunity to speak about Cohn Lifland and her own legal practice on the Fair Lawn Chamber of Commerce's BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT.

 

• The 2021 Edition of the LexisNexis Practice Guide to New Jersey Personal Injury Litigation – the 15th edition of this seminal publication – has just been published. Barry Knopf and Audra DePaolo created this publication back in 2007, and it is still going strong. The book contains chapters on medical and professional malpractice, automobile accidents, and other personal injury areas of practice.

 

• Bergen County Bar Association President -- and Cohn Lifland Partner -- Joseph Maurice will host the BCBAs CLE seminar "2021 Updates on the Paycheck Protection Program" on January 27. He will also moderate the BCBA's CLE seminar, "Picking a Jury & Trying a Civil or Criminal Case in the COVID Age" on February 3.

 

• Amanda Trigg will be a speaker at NJICLE's webcast, "2021 Family Law Symposium" on January 26-27. For more information click here.

 

• Matthew Gately will moderate FEDERAL CIVIL LITIGATION: TIPS FROM THE BENCH, a Bergen County Bar Association Continuing Legal Education webinar, on Thursday, February 4, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. To register, click here.

 

• Managing Partner Jeffrey W. Herrmann was highlighted by Kean University in an article, “Kean Adjunct Professor is Lawyer by Day and Shakespeare Scholar by Night“

• Cohn Lifland is among the Top 100 New Jersey law firms in The New Jersey Law Journal’s “NJ Law 2020.”

• Allen Susser was quoted in the New Jersey Law Journal’s November 30 article, “Real Estate Lawyers Weigh in on Ruling Affecting Attorney-Review Period for Auctions.”

 

• Cohn Lifland has a team of senior and highly experienced litigators who can serve as mediators or arbitrators. The team includes certified civil trial attorneys and certified matrimonial attorneys. As litigators as well as mediators, they understand the substance of the law and the practical issues of litigation and the mediation process. Cohn Lifland offers several advantages:
  • We have a number of attorneys available to serve clients’ needs.
  Because we can not only mediate or arbitrate, but we have extensive experience in different areas of the law, we are able to understand the matter at hand and can knowledgeable evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of a case.
  • Our offices are open, with multiple conference rooms available, for in-person mediations and arbitrations. For those for whom in-person meetings are not feasible, we have full Zoom capabilities as well.
  • Our rates are fair and reasonable and we can expedite matters at a time when the courts cannot.

 

• Cohn Lifland has been regionally ranked in three practice areas in the U.S. News-Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” rankings. Our firm received a Tier 1 Ranking, the highest level, for the Metropolitan New Jersey area in the category of Commercial Litigation and received Tier 2 Ranking for its Family Law and Family Law Mediation practices.
  The U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys in their field and review of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process.

 

• Cohn Lifland is proud that 22 of our attorneys have been recognized in Bergen Magazine’s “Bergen County’s Top lawyers 2020” edition:
  • Joseph (Jay) B. Brown – Business, Corporate & Commercial
  • Charles R. Cohen – Labor & Employment, Commercial Litigation
  • Joshua P. Cohn – Criminal: Non-White Collar, Matrimonial & Family, Custody
  • Audra DePaolo – Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation
  • Mercedes Diego – Real Estate
  • Matthew F. Gately – Criminal Defense, Commercial Litigation
  • Jordan Goldsmith – Personal Injury, Health Care
  • Lee Goldsmith – Health Care
  • Jeffrey W. Herrmann – Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation
  • Leonard Z. Kaufmann – Environmental
  • Julie L. Kim – Matrimonial & Family, Custody
  • Barry A. Knopf – Personal Injury, Product Liability
  • Andrew R. Macklin – Construction
  • Joseph A. Maurice – Personal Injury. Criminal: Non-White Collar, Commercial Litigation
  • Peter S. Pearlman – Commercial Litigation, Appellate Practice
  • Erika Piccirillo – Labor & Employment
  • Alex Pisarevsky – Labor & Employment, Bankruptcy, Debtor & Creditor
  • Richard A. Schnoll – Personal Injury, Product Liability
  • Geri Landau Squire – Matrimonial & Family, Custody
  • Mary Ann Stokes – Alternative Dispute Resolution, Matrimonial & Family
  • Allen Susser – Business, Corporate & Commercial, Real Estate, Debtor & Creditor
  • Amanda S. Trigg – Matrimonial & Family, Custody

 

• Walter Luers published an article, “Government Transparency in a Novel Time of Pandemic: Law Changes Alter Access to Information in Times of Emergency,” in the October issue of New Jersey Lawyer, a publication of the New Jersey State Bar Association.

• With decades of litigation experience, Walter M. Luers has joined Cohn Lifland Pearlman Herrmann & Knopf LLP, in its Saddle Brook office, to establish and grow the Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”) and the Open Public Meetings Act (“OPMA”) practice. In addition to OPRA and OPMA, he enjoys a successful practice in the areas of civil rights law and commercial litigation. Mr. Luers, who formerly had his own practice in Hunterdon County, has represented media organizations and other private entities, non-profit corporations and individuals in cases involving access to public records. His cases have resulted in seven New Jersey Supreme Court opinions, eight published Appellate Division opinions and dozens of other decisions.
• Congratulations to 4 Cohn Lifland attorneys who have been included in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America: Jeffrey Herrmann (Commercial Litigation), Peter Pearlman (Commercial Litigation), Mary Ann Stokes (Family Law Arbitration and Mediation) and Amanda S. Trigg (Family Law). Amanda is also “Lawyer of the Year” in Family Law. Congratulations also to Matthew Gately, recognized as “One to Watch” in Mass Tort Litigation/Class Action – Plaintiffs.

• Allen Susser closed a loan for Visana Capital LLC. It gave a construction loan to SalGino Pub Inc. to renovate a 13,000 square foot mixed-use building, which includes a restaurant operated by the borrower, in Madison, NJ.

• Jeffrey Herrmann and Alex Pisarevsky will present a Zoom webinar, “The Road Back from COVID-19: Exploring Options for Your Business,” on July 9 at 10 a.m. Click here to register.

• Partner Joseph Maurice, who is currently serving as President of the Bergen County Bar Association, has been asked to serve on the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Pandemic Task Force’s Courthouse Operations Committee.

• Cohn Lifland is proud that two of our attorneys have been recognized by The New Jersey Law Journal in its 2020 Professional Excellence Awards. Managing Partner Jeffrey Herrmann was one of only 10 lawyers in the state recognized for his mentoring of younger attorneys. Jordan Goldsmith was selected as one of the Law Journal’s “New Leaders of the Bar.”

• The 14^th Edition of the LexisNexis Practice Guide to New Jersey Personal Injury Litigation is hot off the press! Barry Knopf and Audra DePaolo (pictured) started this publication back in 2007, and it is still going strong. The book contains chapters on medical and professional malpractice, automobile accidents, and other personal injury areas of practice.

  

• Congratulations to our partner, Joseph A. Maurice, who on March 18 became the new President of the Bergen County Bar Association.

• Eleven Cohn Lifland attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2020 edition of New Jersey Super Lawyers, published by Thomson Reuters, which will be featured in New Jersey Monthly magazine. They are:- Charles R. Cohen – Business Litigation- Joshua P. Cohn – Family Law- Jeffrey W. Herrmann – Business Litigation- Leonard Z. Kaufmann – Business Litigation- Julie L. Kim – Family Law- Barry A. Knopf – Medical Malpractice- Joseph A. Maurice – Civil Litigation- Peter S. Pearlman – Business Litigation- Mary Ann Stokes – Alternative Dispute Resolution- Allen Susser – Business Litigation- Amanda S. Trigg – Family LawThree of the attorneys — Messrs. Herrmann, Knopf and Pearlman — have been included every year since the list originated in 2005. In addition, two attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2020 New Jersey Super Lawyers – Rising Stars:- Matthew F. Gately – Class Action & Mass Torts- Alex Pisarevsky – Employment & Labor

  *The Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists are issued by Thomas Reuters. A description of the selection methodology can be found at Super Lawyers Selection Process. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.

• The Bergen County Bar Association is hosting a Continuing Legal Education Seminar, “Federal Civil Litigation: Tips from the Bench,” on April 16, 2020. Cohn Lifland’s Matthew Gately will be the moderator. The panel will be comprised of the Honorable Madeline C. Arleo, USDJ; the Honorable Michael A. Hammer, USMJ; and the Honorable Edward S. Kiel, USMJ. For more information and to register, click here.
• Amanda Trigg co-authored the article “Initial Consults with Clients with Special Needs Children: The Good, the Bad, and the Unnecessary,” in the Winter 2020 issue of Family Advocate. Click here to read the article.
  

• Cohn Lifland was proud to host the Fair Lawn Chamber of Commerce’s first lunch meeting of 2020 at its offices. Jeffrey Herrmann, Erika Piccirillo, Christina Stripp and Alex Pisarevsky welcomed 35 guests to the meeting.

• Joseph Maurice has been named a trustee of The Columbians, a New Jersey based Italian-American Philanthropic Organization founded in 1982 committed to giving back to the Northern NJ community, consisting of professional and business leaders.

• Once again, Cohn Lifland’s attorneys and staff embraced the holiday spirit and gave holiday gifts to 66 local people in need, through the Bergen Volunteer Center’s All Wrapped Up program.

• Cohn Lifland recently held a special celebration at which we rededicated the David Cohn Conference Room as The Founders Room, celebrating both David Cohn, our founder and first managing partner and Albert L. Cohn, his son and managing partner for many years. Following opening remarks from Jeffrey Herrmann, the firm’s current managing partner and name partner Peter Pearlman, the event was hosted by the third generation of the Cohn family, Joshua Cohn, partner and head of the family law practice. As part of the celebration, Herrmann named five new partners to the firm — Jay Brown, Mercedes Diego, Matthew Gately, Alex Pisarevsky and Kelly Purcaro. Joining in the celebration with all the firm’s attorneys and staff were various members of the Cohn family.

• Cohn Lifland is proud that 18 of our attorneys have been recognized in Bergen Magazine’s “Top lawyers” edition:

• Joseph (Jay) B. Brown – Business Law
• Charles R. Cohen – Labor Employment, Commercial Litigation
• Joshua P. Cohn – Criminal Defense, Family Law
• Audra DePaolo – Appellate Law
• Mercedes Diego – Real Estate
• Matthew F. Gately – Criminal Defense, Commercial Litigation
• Jeffrey W. Herrmann – Bankruptcy Workout, Commercial Litigation
• Leonard Z. Kaufmann – Environmental
• Julie L. Kim – Family Law
• Andrew R. Macklin – Construction
• Joseph A. Maurice – DUI/DWI, Criminal Defense
• Peter S. Pearlman – Civil Trial, Commercial Litigation
• Alex Pisarevsky – Labor Employment, Bankruptcy Workout
• Richard A. Schnoll – Product Liability
• Geri Landau Squire – Family Law
• Mary Ann Stokes – Arbitration Mediation, Family Law
• Allen Susser – Business Law, Real Estate
• Amanda S. Trigg – Family Law

• Barry Knopf and Audra DePaolo are working on the 14th edition of their LexisNexis Practice Guide “New Jersey Personal Injury Litigation.” The newest edition will be available in early 2020.

• On October 14, Amanda Trigg will speak on “Practice Development and Social Media: Ethics & Real-Life Tips for Marketing and Advocacy at the 2019 Harold R. Kemp Annual Family Law Symposium, an annual event held by the Ohio Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.

• Four Cohn Lifland attorneys have been included in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.
  • Jeffrey Herrmann – Commercial Litigation
  • Peter Pearlman – Commercial Litigation
  • Mary Ann Stokes – Family Law Arbitration and Family Law Mediation
  • Amanda Trigg – Family Law

  Cohn Lifland was also included in the list of Best Law Firms in the areas of Commercial Litigation and Family Law Mediation.

  

• Cohn Lifland is pleased to name four new partners: Jay Brown, Mercedes Diego, Matthew Gately and Alex Pisarevsky.
  New Partners Jay Brown, Mercedes Diego, Matthew Gately and Alex Pisarevsky flank Managing Partner Jeffrey Herrmann, as they are welcomed to the partnership in the firm’s newly rededicated Founders Room. Pictured behind the new partners and Herrmann are Firm founders David Cohn and Albert Cohn.

• We are proud that 21 Cohn Lifland attorneys – in 19 different areas of practice – were named to (201) Magazine’s list of “Bergen County’s Top Lawyers”:
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution – Mary Ann Stokes
  • Appellate – Audra De Paolo
  • Bankruptcy – Jeffrey Herrmann, Alex Pisarevsky
  • Business, Corporate & Commercial – Jay Brown, Allen Susser
  • Chancery – Charles Cohen, Andrew Macklin
  • Civil Litigation – Joseph Maurice, Peter Pearlman
  • Commercial Litigation – Matthew Gately, Jeffrey Herrmann, Peter Pearlman, Alex Pisarevsky
  • Construction – Andrew Macklin
  • Criminal: Non-White Collar – Joshua Cohn, Joseph Maurice
  • Criminal: White Collar – Joshua Cohn, Matthew Gately
  • Custody – Joshua Cohn, Julie Kim, Geri Landau Squire, Amanda Trigg
  • Environmental – Leonard Kaufmann
  • Labor & Employment – Charles Cohen
  • Litigation – Audra De Paolo
  • Matrimonial & Family – Joshua Cohn, Julie Kim, Geri Landau Squire, Mary Ann Stokes
  • Medical Malpractice – Jordan Goldsmith, Lee Goldsmith, Barry Knopf
  • Personal Injury – Barry Knopf, Joseph Maurice, Richard Schnoll
  • Real Estate – Mercedes Diego, Allen Susser
  • Securities – Jay Brown
• Amanda Trigg has been reappointed to serve on the Executive Committee of the Family Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association, and the Board of the New Jersey Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.

• Cohn Lifland is pleased to welcome its summer law clerks
  From left, Emily Deyring is a student at Seton Hall Law School, John Vergari is a student at Fordham University School of Law, and Maria Grajales is a student at Seton Hall Law School.

• Century Capital Closes $3 Million Loan
  Allen Susser represented Century Capital Partners in closing a $3 million loan to help develop a property in a prime commercial location in Secaucus, NJ, near the Frank R. Lautenberg Rail Station at Secaucus Junction.

• The Family Law Practice of Cohn Lifland hosted Scott Schroeder of the Alimony Protection Group for a discussion on the importance of protecting support obligations in divorce and the 7 common mistakes made with life and disability insurance during divorce.

• Erika Piccirillo discussed the importance of estate planning at a fair sponsored by the Fair Lawn Chamber of Commerce at the Fair Lawn Senior Center.

Seated, left to right: Amanda Trigg, Matthew Gately, Christina Stripp, Julie Kim. Standing, left to right: Andrew Macklin, Kelly Purcaro, Joseph Maurice, Audra De Paolo

• Once again, Cohn Lifland proudly hosted Take Our Children (and Grandchildren) to Work Day. We hosted a record 17 children and grandchildren of our attorneys and staff.

• Amanda S. Trigg will be discussing “Practice Development & Social Media: The Kits Keep on Coming” and “Hidden Assets/Difficult to Value: How to Find What You Can’t See” at the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers/Business Valuation Resources National Divorce Conference, May 8-10 in Las Vegas.

• The Attorney General and NJDEP Commissioner have filed multiple actions against DuPont and 3M for contaminating New Jersey’s natural resources. Cohn Lifland Pearlman Herrmann & Knopf is proud to have been selected as part of the special counsel team assisting the State in this effort. Our special counsel partners are The Law Offices of John K. Dema, and Kelley Drye & Warren. To view the press conference, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWWFCq1SxZk. For more information, please review the following links: https://www.nj.gov/oag/newsreleases19/pr20190327a.html and https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/environment/2019/03/27/dupont-nj-chemours-over-pompton-lakes-nj-pollution-chambers-works-phil-murphy-nrd/3279022002/

• Joseph Maurice has been named President-Elect of the Bergen County Bar Association.

• Ten Cohn Lifland attorneys have been included on the list of New Jersey Super Lawyers 2019:
  • Joshua P. Cohn – Criminal Defense, Family Law, Appellate
  • Jeffrey W. Herrmann – Securities Litigation, Class Action/Mass Torts, Bankruptcy
  • Barry A. Knopf – Personal Injury-Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury-General, Estate & Trust Litigation
  • Charles R. Cohen – Business Litigation, Employment & Labor
  • Leonard Z. Kaufmann – Business Litigation
  • Joseph A. Maurice – Civil Litigation, Business Litigation, Criminal Defense
  • Peter S. Pearlman – Business Litigation, Class Action/Mass Torts
  • Mary Ann T. Stokes – Alternative Dispute Resolution, Family Law
  • Allen Susser – Business Litigation, Real Estate, Creditor Debtor Rights, Business/Corporate
  • Amanda S. Trigg – Family Law

• Four Cohn Lifland attorneys have been included on the list of New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Stars 2019:
  • Matthew F. Gately – Class Action/Mass Torts, Antitrust Litigation, Criminal Defense: White Collar, Civil Litigation, Securities Litigation, Criminal Defense
  • Andrew R. Macklin – Business Litigation, Estate & Trust Litigation, Civil Litigation
  • Alex A. Pisarevsky – Employment & Labor, Class Action/Mass Torts, Business Litigation, Bankruptcy, Consumer Law

• Allen Susser represented Century Capital Partners LLC in closing a $6.5 million construction loan in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The property is the Pond Bay Club, a 15-acre site with 650 feet of direct beachfront on the secluded Chocolate Hole Bay on the Caribbean Sea, currently hosting 26 built villas.

• Lee Goldsmith authored “An MD/Attorney Reveals: 5 Top Reasons Patients Sue Doctors,” which appeared on Medscape.com on October 23, 2018. As both an attorney and a physician, Lee offered his unique insights as to the real reasons why patients sue their physicians for medical malpractice. Medscape is a website providing access to medical information for clinicians.

• Barry Knopf and Audra DePaolo have just published the 13th edition of the LexisNexis Practice Guide “New Jersey Personal Injury Litigation.” Their first edition was published back in 2007.

• Amanda S. Trigg has joined Cohn Lifland’s growing family law practice as a partner. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and a Past President of its New Jersey Chapter. Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney, Amanda has served as Chair of the Family Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association. Amanda has also been trained by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers as a Matrimonial Law Arbitrator.

• Allen Susser represented Century Capital Partners LLC in closing a $2.5 million construction loan in Totowa, NJ. The property is a four-story mixed-use commercial stand-alone office building with scenic mountaintop view of the town below and of New York City. The loan will be used to add two floors to the existing building for a catering/banquet hall business.

• Barry Knopf and Peter Pearlman, senior partners, were recently notified that the Supreme Court of New Jersey Board on Attorney Certification has recertified them as New Jersey Civil Trial Attorneys. Knopf and Pearlman were originally certified in 1982 when the state first began certifying attorneys. They have been recertified every five years since that time, so at the end of their recent recertification, in 2023, they will have had their recertification for 41 years.While they are the longest such certified attorneys at Cohn Lifland, they are among five litigators who are Certified Civil Trial Attorneys. The others are Charles Cohen, Leonard Kaufmann and Joseph Maurice. Five Certified attorneys among 13 partners at the firm is an unusually high percentage.An attorney must meet the following requirements to become certified:
  • has been a member in good standing of the New Jersey Bar for at least five years;
  • has taken a specific number of continuing legal education courses in the three years prior to filing an application;
  • demonstrates substantial involvement in preparation and trial of litigated matters;
  • demonstrates an unblemished reputation by submitting a list of attorneys and judges who will attest to the applicant’s character and ability; and
  • passes a written examination covering various aspects of practice in the designated specialty.

• Once again, Cohn Lifland’s attorneys and staff joined together to support the All Wrapped Up holiday gift giving program run by the Bergen Volunteer Center. We bought, wrapped and delivered gifts to 56 people in families in need throughout Bergen County.

• Lee Goldsmith and Jordan Goldsmith achieved a jury award of $860,000 in the medical malpractice case of Tedder v. Carrieri in New Jersey Superior Court. The award nearly doubled the amount projected by the plaintiff’s economist.

• Barry Knopf and Audra DePaolo are working on the new edition of the LexisNexis Practice Guide “New Jersey Personal Injury Litigation.” Their first edition was published back in 2007, and their 13 ^th edition should be hot off the press in early 2019.
  • Bergen County’s Top Lawyers 2018 – Congratulations to our many attorneys who were listed in Bergen magazine’s “Bergen County’s Top Lawyers 2018”:
    • Appellate Law – Audra DePaolo, Peter Pearlman
    • Arbitration and Mediation – Mary Ann Stokes
    • Bankruptcy and Workout – Mercedes Diego, Jeffrey Herrmann, Alex Pisarevsky
    • Business Law – Jay Brown, Allen Susser
    • Civil Law/Litigation – Jeffrey Herrmann, Leonard Kaufmann, Joseph Maurice, Peter Pearlman
    • Commercial Litigation – Matthew Gately, Jeffrey Herrmann, Peter Pearlman, Alex Pisarevsky
    • Construction – Andrew Macklin
    • Criminal Defense – Joshua Cohn, Joseph Maurice
    • Family Law – Joshua Cohn, Julie Kim, Geri Landau Squire, Mary Ann Stokes
    • Labor and Employment – Charles Cohen, Alex Pisarevsky
    • Land Use and Environmental – Leonard Kaufmann
    • Product Liability – Richard Schnoll
    • Real Estate – Mercedes Diego, Allen Susser
    • Securities Law – Jay Brown, Matthew Gately
    • Traffic Law – Joseph Maurice
• Lee Goldsmith wrote from his unique perspective as an attorney and a doctor in his article, “An MD/Attorney Reveals 5 Top Reasons Patients Sue Doctors,” which appeared on the Medscape.com website. Click here to read the article.
  

• Jordan Goldsmith is teaching a course, “Compliance, Regulatory and Legal Issues in Healthcare,” to undergraduates at the Teaneck campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University. The course covers the broad range of topics affected by health law and regulation, ranging from patient rights to corporate responsibilities. Public and private health care regulatory agencies are examined, as well as their impact on the operation of health care as a business. Legal issues ranging from professional malpractice to corporate wrongdoing are also discussed.

  

• Allen Susser represented Century Capital Partners LLC in two recent transactions, with the help of local counsel. The company closed a deal with GA Views Management, LLC for a loan of $2,125,000 on a property located in one of the most desired areas of Washington, D.C. The borrower intends to build a rental apartment complex; the completed project is valued at more than $10 million. In a second deal, the company closed a deal with Raj Consultants for a loan of $1,080,000. The collateral is a property in Bayside, Queens, NY.

  

• Two Cohn Lifland attorneys have recently been selected by their peers to become presidents of local Business Network International (BNI) chapters. Alex Pisarevsky is President of the BNI Achieving Advantage chapter, based in Hackensack, and Andrew Macklin is President of the BNI Crossroads chapter, based in Paramus.With over 240,000 members in 8,500-plus chapters worldwide, BNI is the world’s leading referral organization.

• Allen Susser represented Century Capital Partners LLC in a $965,000 financing of a former gas station property in Midland Park, NJ. The borrower is an experienced investor, with a portfolio of 20 properties, who has been buying properties in New Jersey.

  

• Andrew Macklin won summary judgment for an individual voiding a Subordination Agreement that we alleged — and proved — was a forgery and, therefore, void as a matter of law. As a result, the bank that relied on that forged document is behind our client in the line of mortgages on the property at issue. We also successfully resolved our claim to recover counsel fees and costs against the people who were found to have participated in the forgery. The client owned the mixed-use property on which he operated a business for a number of years, and which also contained a house that had belonged to his parents.

  

  In another case, Mr. Macklin brought suit in the Bergen County Chancery Division against a divorce litigant and his parents. The divorce litigant had been ordered to liquidate a bank account and pay the money to our client, his former spouse. Instead, he liquidated the account and paid the proceeds to his parents. Following a trial, the Court entered judgment against the parents for the full amount of the fraudulent transfer. We also won an order directing the parents’ bank to pay over the proceeds of one of their accounts which contained a substantial portion of the fraudulently-transferred funds.

• In July, partner Charles Cohen returned to Europe for another mountain climbing holiday. After hiking in the Italian Dolomites with his wife, Charles climbed Gran Paradiso (13,323 ft). He then traveled to the Mont Blanc massif bordering Switzerland, Italy and France, where he summited Dent du Geant (13,166 ft), Pyramide du Tacul (11,378 ft) and completed a “leisurely” traverse of the Aiguilles Marbrées (1,1598 ft).

• In its food drive, Cohn Lifland gathered enough food and monetary donations to provide approximately 14,000 meals to Bergen County families for this school year, nearly 6 times what a typical food drive collects. The three week-long drive, spearheaded by litigator Kelly Purcaro, rallied the firm, as well as businesses and residents in Ms. Purcaro’s hometown, Westwood, and the surrounding communities.

• Jordan Goldsmith has joined the Board of Trustees of the Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative.
• Christina Stripp has joined The Justice Morris Pashman American Inn of Court as a student. Cohn Lifland’s Barry Knopf and Lee Goldsmith are Masters in the Pashman American Inn of Court, and Jordan Goldsmith is a Barrister. Cohn Lifland was a founding member of this Inn of Court, one of the first in New Jersey.
• Three Cohn Lifland attorneys have been included in the 2019 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Jeffrey Herrmann – Commercial Litigation
  Peter Pearlman – Commercial Litigation
  Mary Ann Stokes – Family Law Arbitration and Family Law Mediation

• Barry Knopf will be a speaker at the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education (NJICLE) 2018 Tort Law Conference on October 8, at the New Jersey Law Center in New Brunswick. For more information, or to register, click here.
• Cohn Lifland was proud to assist our former staff member, Samantha Laliker, by providing school supplies for her students at Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Teaneck. Photo: Donna Smith, Samantha Laliker, Fran Terrebonne

• Cohn Lifland is supporting the community in a variety of ways: We are supporting the Center for Food Action by sponsoring a food drive until September 6. The drive will support Bergen County school children and their families who don’t have enough to eat. We are also supporting Samantha Laliker, a former member of our File Room team, in her role as a teacher of disabled students, many of them from low-income families, at the Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Teaneck. We are donating school supplies needed by the students. In addition, we are, once again, joining with Park 80 West to sponsor a drive to support Dress for Success, an organization helping low-income women job seekers prepare for career success.We are asking Park 80 West tenants to donate clean, interview-appropriate women’s attire or accessories between August 16 and 31.
• Alex Pisarevsky has been chosen by The New Jersey Law Journal as one of its 2018 “New Leaders of the Bar.”

  

• Twenty-two Cohn Lifland attorneys in 21 different areas of practice were included in (201) Magazine’s 2018 list of Bergen’s “Top Lawyers”:
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution – Mary Ann Stokes
  • Appellate Practice – Audra DePaolo
  • Bankruptcy – Jeffrey Herrmann, Alex Pisarevsky
  • Business, Corporate & Commercial – Joseph Brown, Allen Susser
  • Chancery Practice – Charles Cohen, Andrew Macklin
  • Civil Litigation – Joseph Maurice, Peter Pearlman
  • Commercial Litigation – Charles Cohen, Matthew Gately, Jeffrey Herrmann, Peter Pearlman
  • Construction – Andrew Macklin
  • Criminal Defense (Non-White Collar) – Joseph Maurice
  • Criminal Defense (White Collar) – Joshua Cohn
  • Custody – Julie Kim, Geri Landau Squire
  • Environmental – Leonard Kaufmann
  • Labor & Employment – Charles Cohen, Alex Pisarevsky
  • Litigation – Audra DePaolo, Alex Pisarevsky, Matthew Gately, Barry Knopf
  • Matrimonial & Family Law – Joshua Cohn, Julie Kim, Geri Landau Squire, Mary Ann Stokes
  • Medical Malpractice – Jordan Goldsmith, Barry Knopf, Richard Schnoll
  • Negligence – Richard Schnoll
  • Personal Injury – Barry Knopf
  • Product Liability – Richard Schnoll
  • Real Estate – Mercedes Diego, Allen Susser
  • Securities – Joseph Brown

• What are the smart young fashionistas wearing these days? Young Samuel Brock chooses to wear his Cohn Lifland tie.

• For the tenth year, Cohn Lifland was delighted to welcome our children and grandchildren to attend Take Our Children to Work Day.

• QUEST DIAGNOSTICS – BILLS NOT PAID? CALL US!Lee S. Goldsmith, M.D., LLBWe have learned that when patients sent by their doctor with a prescription go to laboratory facilities to have blood tests, there are problems. The patient goes, the tests are done, the doctor who orders the tests gets the results and your insurance company will not pay the bill.When that bill is not paid by the insurance company and QUEST comes looking for money from you. Call us.
• Three major petroleum conglomerates — Shell, BP and Sunoco — have agreed to pay the State of New Jersey $196.5 million to settle claims that they damaged the state’s environment and natural resources by producing gasoline laced with the additive methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE). Added to previous settlements, New Jersey has secured more than $350 million from defendant companies. Our firm’s partner, Leonard Kaufmann, in his capacity as Special Counsel to the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, was one of the lawyers who, along with the Office of the Attorney General, has litigated this matter on behalf of the State.In 2007, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection initiated the litigation against nearly 50 petroleum refiners and distributors, gasoline sellers and chemical manufacturers, in which it has claimed that waterways throughout the state have been contaminated by gasoline containing MTBE. The state continues to pursue damage claims against additional defendants.

• Thirteen Cohn Lifland attorneys have been recognized by New Jersey Super Lawyers in 2018. Eight attorneys are included in the annual list of New Jersey Super Lawyers; five attorneys have been recognized as New Jersey Rising Stars, more than have ever been recognized before. Attorneys on the list of Super Lawyers are: Charles Cohen, for Business Litigation and Employment & Labor; Joshua Cohn, for Criminal Defense, Family Law and Appellate; Jeffrey Herrmann for Securities Litigation, Class Action/Mass Torts and Bankruptcy; Barry Knopf, for Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury – General and Estate & Trust Litigation; Joseph Maurice, for Civil Litigation, Business Litigation and Criminal Defense; Peter Pearlman, for Business Litigation and Class Action/Mass Torts; Mary Ann Stokes, for Alternative Dispute Resolution and Family Law; and Allen Susser, for Business Litigation, Real Estate, Creditor-Debtor Rights and Business/Corporate.

• Four Cohn Lifland attorneys have been recognized as New Jersey Rising Stars by the New Jersey Super Lawyers organization. They are: Matthew Gately in Class Action/Mass Torts, Antitrust Litigation, Criminal Defense: White Collar, Civil /Litigation, Securities Litigation and Criminal Defense; Andrew Macklin, in Business Litigation, Estate & Trust Litigation and Civil Litigation; Alex Pisarevsky in Employment & Labor.

• The 2018 Edition of the Practice Guide to New Jersey Personal Injury Litigation was just published by LexisNexis. Cohn Lifland’s Barry Knopf and Audra DePaolo are the Co-Editors and Contributing Authors for this publication. This is the 12th edition of their book, which has been published since 2007.

  

• In early September, partner Charles Cohen traveled to Italy for one week, hoping to climb the Matterhorn. Although an early snowstorm thwarted that ascent, Charles climbed several other notable peaks in Italy: Monte Argentera (with an elevation of 10,817 feet, the highest peak in the Maritime Alps); Monte Viso (12,602 feet, the highest mountain of the Cottian Alps) and the Western Summit of the Breithorn, located on the border between Switzerland and Italy. (13,661 feet.) He hopes to have better weather when he returns to attempt the Matterhorn again, next year.

• Englewood Cliffs may change the zoning in the B-3 Zone, located in the southern section of the borough, to make it easier for property owners to rehabilitate, utilize and develop their properties, although no specific parameters for the zoning have been decided on yet. Some borough residents have expressed concerns that one family, the Cioffis, which owns several houses in the area, will benefit disproportionately from the change. As reported in northjersey.com, Cohn Lifland’s Jay Brown, who represents the Cioffi family, has contested that charge, and he indicated that such a change would improve and benefit the entire borough.

• Peter S. Pearlman has been selected by the Association of the Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey and the New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law as a recipient of a 2017 Professional Lawyer of the Year Award. Professionalism Awards are presented annually to selected lawyers from bar associations across by state who, by virtue of their exemplary conduct, competence, diligence and demeanor, set a positive example for others. The award will be presented at the Commission’s Professionalism Awards Luncheon on November 9.

• Cohn Lifland, in association with the management of Park 80 West, completed a successful campaign to benefit Dress for Success of Morris County. The effort, led by Cohn Lifland’s Kelly Purcaro, collected over 300 items of gently used women’s business clothing, which will be donated to women in need who are striving to join (or rejoin) the workforce.

 

• Lisa Dalesandra, a member of our medical malpractice team, has been certified as a critical care nurse.
• On October 12, the Bergen County Bar Association is presenting a Continuing Legal Education Seminar, “Practicing in Federal Court: Tips from the Bench.” The program will feature a panel comprised of The Honorable Madeline Cox Arleo (United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey), The Honorable Michael A. Hammer (United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Newc Jersey) and The Honorable Leda Dunn Wettre (United States Magistrate Judge for the District of New Jersey). Cohn Lifland’s Matthew Gately, Co-Chair of the Bergen County Bar Association’s Federal Practice Committee will moderate.

• Allen Susser represented Century Capital in the closing of a $1.58 million construction loan for 177 Lefferts Place, in Brooklyn. The building plans call for a future developmental site for a 15-unit condominium.

• Three Cohn Lifland attorneys have been included in the list of 2017 New Jersey Best Lawyers: Jeffrey Herrmann and Peter Pearlman, in Commercial Litigation, and Mary Ann Stokes, in Family Law Arbitration.

• Matthew Gately has been named Co-Chair of the Federal Practice Committee of the Bergen County Bar Association.

• Lee Goldsmith represents the family of Anna B. Burkhart, an elderly woman from Bergenfield who developed a large, painful and deadly bedsore while in the care of doctors and staff at Oradell Health Care Center. The lawsuit alleges “reckless indifference and deliberate disregard” which caused the patient to develop the bedsore while at Oradell Health Care Center. After she was discharged, the victim was rushed to Englewood Hospital , where doctors determined the bedsore had developed sepsis; she died in the care of hospice workers after her discharge from the hospital.

• In association with Park 80 West, Cohn Lifland is sponsoring a clothing drive to benefit Dress for Success Morris County, August 16-31. Dress for Success empowers women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and development tools to help women thrive in work and in life. Tenants of Park 80 West are encouraged to bring donations to the building’s Management Office. Donations include interview-appropriate women’s attire, including suits, dresses, pants, blouses/shells, jackets, skirts, shoes, handbags, briefcases, jewelry and pantyhose. All clothing must be clean and in great condition.

• Matthew Gately has been invited to become an Associate Fellow of Litigation Counsel of New Jersey. He is only the second Associate Fellow in New Jersey.

• Leonard Kaufmann successfully defended the appeal of a $1.5 million jury verdict. In Krill v. I.D.T., our client maintained that I.D.T. has breached an oral contract by refusing to pay $1.5 million of a $2.5 million agreement. The jury held in favor of Krill, awarding the full $1.5 million sought. I.D.T. appealed. The Appellate Division on July 21, 2017 affirmed the decision, and denied I.D.T.’s request for a reversal of the jury verdict or a new trial.

• Barry A. Knopf was featured on NJ.com for his part in a high-profile personal injury case involving Lap-Band surgery.

• Matthew Gately’s article, “Return of State Court ‘Statutory’ Class Actions: The True Legacy of ‘Spokeo v. Robins,'” appeared in the New Jersey Law Journal on June 19, 2017.

• Nineteen Cohn Lifland attorneys in 20 areas of practice were included in the list of “Bergen’s Top Lawyers” in (201) Magazine :
  • Charles Cohen – Labor & Employment; Litigation
  • Joshua Cohn – Criminal Defense (White Collar and Non-White Collar); Matrimonial & Family
  • Audra DePaolo – Litigation
  • Jeffrey Herrmann – Bankruptcy; Civil Litigation
  • Leonard Kaufmann – Civil Litigation; Environmental
  • Julie Kim – Custody; Matrimonial & Family
  • Barry Knopf – Litigation; Personal Injury
  • Andrew Macklin – Chancery Practice; Construction
  • Joseph Maurice – Criminal Defense (White Collar and Non-White Collar); Litigation
  • Peter Pearlman – Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation
  • Richard Schnoll – Medical Malpractice; Negligence; Product Liability
  • Geri Landau Squire – Custody; Matrimonial & Family
  • Mary Ann Stokes – Alternative Dispute Resolution; Matrimonial & Family
  • Allen Susser – Business, Corporate & Commercial; Real Estate
  • Jay Brown – Business, Corporate & Commercial; Securities
  • Matthew Gately – Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense (White Collar)
  • Mercedes Diego – Real Estate
  • Alex Pisarevsky – Bankruptcy; Commercial Litigation
  • Kelly Purcaro – Commercial Litigation
  • Barry Knopf has been selected as a speaker at the Tort Law Conference, October 9, at the New Jersey Law Center in East Brunswick. The program panel is comprised of well-respected New Jersey tort lawyers. Barry is a Certified Civil Trial Attorney, having been first certified in 1982. An author of several books on negligence and malpractice law, Barry concentrates his practices in civil litigation.
  • Peter Pearlman will be a speaker at “Precision Advocacy: Reinventing Motion Practice to Win,” presented by the ABA Section of Litigation, on June 29 in Newark.
  • Cohn Lifland attorneys take a break from CLE seminars to attend the Bergen County dinner at Resorts, at the New Jersey State Bar Association convention.
  • Peter Pearlman and Kelly Purcaro are members of a panel discussing “The Future of Class Actions in New Jersey,” part of the Certified Civil Trial Credit Track at the New Jersey State Bar Association 2017 Annual Meeting and Convention.
  • Cohn Lifland celebrated Law Day by setting up a booth both at Westfield Garden State Plaza and in our own building at Park 80 West to let the community know about the meaning of Law Day, legal services available to the community and Cohn Lifland’s own services.
  • Cohn Lifland hosted an enjoyable Take Your Children to Work Day for children and grandchildren in the Cohn Lifland family.
  • Joseph Maurice has been installed as Second Vice President of the Bergen County Bar Association.
  • Lee Goldsmith and Jordan Goldsmith will be presenting a webinar, “The Hidden Medical Records in Medical Negligence Cases,” for the American Association for Justice on May 31.
  • Eight Cohn Lifland attorneys appear on the 2017 list of New Jersey Super Lawyers: Charles Cohen, Joshua Cohn, Jeffrey Herrmann, Barry Knopf, Joseph Maurice, Peter Pearlman, Mary Ann Stokes and Allen Susser. In addition, three Cohn Lifland attorneys are New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Stars: Matthew Gately, Andrew Macklin and Kelly Purcaro.
  • As reported in Law360, Cohn Lifland’s Jeffrey Herrmann and Audra DePaolo recently filed Leslie et al v. Quest Diagnostics, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The suit was brought on behalf of a potential class of Quest Diagnostics customers, who accuse the New Jersey lab company of overcharging them for tests not covered by insurance and not being transparent about its pricing. The patients allege that when insurance companies refuse to cover tests performed by Quest, the prices charged to Quest customers are excessive compared to what the insurance company or government would have paid and far above market value.
  • Lee Goldsmith and Jordan Goldsmith will present a webinar, “The Hidden Medical Records in Medical Negligence Cases,” on May 31. The webinar is sponsored by the American Association for Justice and the New Jersey Association for Justice.
  • Cohn Lifland attorneys Mercedes Diego, Audra DePaolo, Julie Kim, Joseph Maurice and Andrew Macklin congratulate Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir Grewal, recipient of the Diversity in the Profession award, presented by the Diversity in the Profession Committee of the Bergen County Bar Association.
  • Matthew Gately visited the 7th grade at Visitation Academy in Paramus to speak about constitutional rights.
  • Cohn Lifland’s Joshua Cohn was quoted in an article in The New York Times about three New Jersey men sentences in a hacking and spamming scheme.
  • LexisNexis Practice Guide’s 2017 edition of “New Jersey Personal Injury Litigation,” authored by Cohn Lifland’s Barry Knopf and Audra DePaolo, has been published.
  • Lee Goldsmith has joined the board of directors of I-ELCAP (the International Early Lung and Cardiac Action Program), an international, collaborative group consisting of experts on lung cancer and related issues from around the world to achieve early diagnosis, treatment and ultimate cure of lung cancer through rapid dissemination and advancement of research among a diversified and collaborative network.
  • Cohn Lifland represented Century Pacific Street Partners LLC in financing a $1.9 million construction loan in Brooklyn, NY. The borrower, 1266 Pacific LLC, plans to build a five-story building with 10 residential apartments in it. The property is the heart of Crown Heights in Brooklyn.
  • The firm represented Century Point Pleasant Partners LLC in the financing of a $1.35 million commercial mortgage loan secured by nine properties in Ocean and Hunterdon Counties, NJ and Bucks and Monroe Counties, PA. The loan provided working capital for the borrower for the improvement of one of the properties and included release prices of each of the properties that formed the security for the loan. The borrower was The Cam Trust.
  • Cohn Lifland represented Century Beth Penn Partners LLC in the financing of a $950,000 short-term bridge loan for the borrower, Shree Ram Holdings-PA LLC. The loan was requested by the borrower on a short-term basis to allow sufficient time between purchase of a subdivided lot and the condominiumization of same. It is expected that the loan will be paid off within a few weeks and lots released from the lien of the mortgage upon receipt of agreed upon release prices.
  • Cohn Lifland adopted seven families for the holidays through Bergen County Head Start and the Department of Child Protection and Permanency, as part of the Bergen Volunteer Center’s All Wrapped Up program. The attorneys and staff purchased and wrapped presents for 19 people. Participants included: Shannon Kelly, Allen Susser, Donna Smith, Denise Clemens, Barbara Blumberg, Fran Terrebonne, Jeffrey Herrmann (Managing Partner), Mercedes Diego, Jesse Osbun, Christina Stripp, Kelly Purcaro, Margaret Cambridge, Diana Jacunski, Mary Ann Stokes, Janice Frollo and Lisa Ervolino.
  • Allen Susser represented Century Capital Partners, a New Jersey asset-based lending company, in funding a bailout loan in Defiance, OH. A multi-family 16-unit apartment building was in possible foreclosure and Century Capital’s loan enabled the owner to pay his debt and renovate and build two more apartment buildings.
  • Cohn Lifland serves as special counsel to the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey in a number of environmental litigations. On behalf of this client, Leonard Kaufmann successfully tried a matter brought by Cumberland Farms Inc., which claimed that they settled their liability for natural resource damages at 54 sites in New Jersey. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) maintained there was no final settlement. After a two-day bench trial, the court found in favor of the NJDEP, which Cumberland Farms appealed. Mr. Kaufmann argued the matter in front of the Appellate Division. In a published opinion, dated November 2, the Appellate Division upheld the decision and completely vindicated the position of our client.
  • When he’s not practicing law, Cohn Lifland Managing Partner Jeffrey Herrmann is an adjunct professor at Kean University, teaching a survey course on Shakespeare to undergraduates. The Columbia University graduate had an inspiring and memorable professor who instilled in him a passion for Shakespeare. “Most courses you forget a minute after the class ends. If you’re lucky, a handful stick,” says Herrmann, “For me, it was Shakespeare.” While at Columbia Law School, Herrmann would cut law school classes to audit Shakespeare on the other side of Amsterdam Avenue. Forty years later, he has the opportunity to share his love through his course. He points to the themes in so many of the great Shakespearean plays – power, love, man’s relationship with God. Herrmann will be studying six Shakespeare plays with his students. To cap off the semester, he will take his class to see a performance of Richard III at the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival. Adds Herrmann, “I bring a great deal of enthusiasm to the course I teach. If, years from now, my students drag their spouses to see a Shakespeare play, I will consider my efforts a success.
  • Partner Charles Cohen climbed to the summit of the Grand Teton (13,776 feet) on September 10, 2016 – and lived to tell the tale.
  • Barry Knopf and Audra DePaolo are working on the new edition of the LexisNexis Practice Guide New Jersey Personal Injury Litigation, which they expect to be released in early 2017.
  • Three Cohn Lifland attorneys have been included in the list of 2017 New Jersey Best Lawyers: Jeffrey Herrmann and Peter Pearlman, in Commercial Litigation, and Mary Ann Stokes, in Family Law Arbitration.
  • Allen Susser represented Century Capital Partners in securing funding and closing on a $2.5 million deal that allowed the International Soccer Academy the option to repurchase its 23,500 square foot property in Smithtown, Long Island.
  • Andrew Macklin graduated with the Bergen LEADS Class of 2016.
  • Kelly Purcaro, Erika Piccirillo, Jay Brown and Peter Pearlman successfully defended a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction in the District of New Jersey. Cohn Lifland represented the plaintiff, MaxLite, Inc., in this case. MaxLite filed suit against three former employees, and the competitor company located in California, which hired all three, for breach of the employees’ non-compete agreements, unfair competition, tortious interference with contractual relationships and business relationships, among other things. United States District Judge John Michael Vazquez found, in part, that the defendant company was aware that its conduct could subject it to the jurisdiction of New Jersey. The Court dismissed the defendant’s motion, allowing MaxLite to proceed with its case here in New Jersey.
  • (201) Magazine published its list of Bergen’s “Top Lawyers 2016.” Included on this list are 20 Cohn Lifland attorneys. They are:
    Charles Cohen – Chancery Practice, Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment, Litigation
    Joshua Cohn – White Collar Crime
    Audra DePaolo – Appellate Practice, Litigation
    Jeffrey Herrmann – Bankruptcy, Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation…
    Leonard Kaufmann – Civil Litigation, Environmental
    Julie Kim – Custody, Matrimonial & Family, Municipal
    Barry Knopf – Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury
    Andrew Macklin – Chancery Practice, Construction
    Joseph Maurice – Civil Litigation, Criminal Litigation, Litigation, Personal Injury
    Peter Pearlman – Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation
    Richard Schnoll – Medical Malpractice, Negligence, Personal Injury, Product Liability
    Geri Landau Squire – Custody, Matrimonial & Family
    Mary Ann Stokes – Alternative Dispute Resolution, Matrimonial & Family
    Allen Susser – Business, Corporate & Commercial, Real Estate
    Jay Brown – Business, Corporate & Commercial, Securities
    Matthew Gately – Commercial Litigation, Litigation, White Collar Crime
    Lee Goldsmith – Medical Malpractice
    Mercedes Diego – Real Estate
    Alex Pisarevsky – Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment
    Kelly Purcaro – Commercial Litigation, General Practice
  • Matthew Gately has been named by The New Jersey Law Journal as one of its “New Leaders of the Bar” for 2016. See Awards and Honors Methodology .
  • Cohn Lifland and its 90-year history were spotlighted in the Community Newspapers.
  • Andrew Macklin successfully represented homeowners in Alpine, NJ who were sued based on work done by contractors they hired to remove two trees from the rear of their property. In a freak accident, a pedestrian was struck and killed by a falling limb. Cohn Lifland’s clients were dismissed from the case on summary judgment when Mr. Macklin successfully argued under existing precedent that the homeowners could not be held liable for the alleged negligence of their independent contractors except in certain narrow circumstances not present in the case.
  • Allen Susser represented commercial real estate lender Century Capital Partner LLC in making a $4.7 million loan to developer Roll 60 Street, Inc., for the completion of its 26-room New Hotel project sandwiched between Brooklyn’s Boro Park and Chinatown.
  • Allen Susser represented commercial real estate lender Century Capital Partners LLC in making a $75,000 interest-free loan to help Rabbi Yehouda Ben Betena Congregation (“RYBBC”) restore and renovate the congregation’s synagogue. RYBBC is a congregation of Syrian Jews located in Brooklyn. Although the common practice in commercial real estate lending requires the borrower to pay the lender’s legal fees, Cohn Lifland worked on and completed the transaction on a pro bono basis.
  • Matthew Gately has joined the firm as Of Counsel. Matthew concentrates his practice in business litigation, criminal litigation and class & collective action.
  • The Bergen County Bar Association e-Discovery Committee will present an ethics CLE seminar entitled, “e-Discovery: What is Technological Competence?” on December 2 at the Bergen County Bar Association headquarters. Alex Pisarevsky will be a featured speaker.
  • Barry Knopf and Audra DePaolo successfully represented a client in a lawsuit involving the competency of an individual to enter into a complicated estate plan. They prevailed following a hotly contested, two-year litigation and a seven-day trial in Union County before the Hon. Katherine Dupuis.
  • Lee Goldsmith and Jordan Goldsmith resolved a New York medical malpractice action venued in Nassau County for $6.1 million. The matter involved a major New York hospital, neurosurgical spinal surgery and intra-operative monitoring.
  • Cohn Lifland welcomed a group of our children and grandchildren to Take Our Children to Work Day. In addition to learning about the workings of our law firm, the children did crafts projects and made get well cards for children at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which the firm sent, along with a donation, to the hospital for distribution to its patients.
  • Allen Susser represented commercial real estate lender Century Capital Partners, a New Jersey asset-based lending company, in a $7.7 million deal for a construction loan for a proposed development consisting of five residential full-floor condominiums and one retail condominium.
  • Partner Joseph Maurice has received the designation of Certified Civil Trial Attorney from the Supreme Court of New Jersey Board on Attorney Certification. Such designation is granted to those who are able to demonstrate a high level of experience and skill at trial and are proficient at pursuing litigation through trial.
  • Cohn Lifland is pleased to announce that Audra DePaolo, Julie Kim and Andrew Macklin have been named partners of the firm.