Largest Law Firms
Number of Total Number Number of
Total Number Attorneys in of Staff Staff Members
Firm* of Attorneys N.J. Members in N.J. Firm Administration
360 243 465 362 Chairman: Andrew Berry;
McCarter & English managing partner: Lois Van
Newark Deusen; chief operating
officer: John Brefach
Also Baltimore; Hartford; New York City; Philadelphia;
Stamford; Wilmington
239 224 271 258 Managing director: Michael
Lowenstein Sandler Rodburg; chief administrative
Roseland officer: David Casey
Also New York City; Somerville
170 157 190 185 Managing partner: Glenn
Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Clark; administrator: Jack
Berkowitz
Hyland & Perretti
Morristown
Also New York City; Trenton
160 153 203 195 Managing partner: Steven
Sills Cummis Epstein & Gross; executive director:
William Rebarick
Gross
Newark
Also New York City
177 145 185 159 Managing partner: Edward
McElroy, Deutsch, Deutsch; executive director:
Robert Lincoln
Mulvaney & Carpenter
Morristown
Also Denver; Newark; New York City; Ridgewood
175 143 186 166 Managing partner: Dennis
Pitney Hardin LaFiura; executive director:
Morristown Angela Baron
Also Brussels; New York City
142 137 274 254 Managing partner: John
Wilentz, Goldman & Hoffman; executive director:
Ron Henry
Spitzer
Woodbridge
Also Eatontown; Philadelphia; New York City
2005 figures as of June 1, 2005
Sources: Law firms, law firm Web sites, 2005 New Jersey Lawyers Diary and Manual, Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory 2005;;figures as of June 1, 2005
DND: Did not disclose
* Law firms with 20 or more attorneys permanently based in New Jersey
** As of April 30, 2005
*** As of July 1, 2005
4 NEW JERSEY LEGAL ALMANAC, NOVEMBER 2005 182 N.J.L.J. 432
Largest Law Firms
First-Year
Associates Representative
Key Practice Areas Salaries Clients
Business litigation, construction industry, corporate, debtor/creditor $105,000 plus a $5,000 American Standard Cos., GE Capital
litigation, environmental, financial services litigation, health-care law, sign-on bonus except Corp., Hayward Industries, Lucent
insurance coverage, intellectual property/information technology, labor and New York City and Technologies Inc., Metropolitan Life
employment, private clients, product liability, public finance, real estate, Philadelphia ($115,000 Insurance Co., Novartis Consumer
securities and banking, tax and benefits with no sign-on bonus) Health Inc., Pfizer Inc., Prudential
and Hartford ($102,000 Financial
with no sign-on bonus)
Bankruptcy and financial reorganization and creditors' rights, business $95,000 plus a AT&T Corp., Ciba Specialty Chemicals
litigation, closely held business, construction, corporate, employment, competitive year-end Corp., Georgia Pacific Corp., Lehman
environmental, environmental litigation, insurance, investment bonus program Brothers, Lucent Technologies Inc.,
management, mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance, mortgage Merck & Co. Inc., Schering-Plough
banking and finance, real estate and real estate finance, securities litigation Corp., Unilever
and enforcement, specialty finance, tax, technology and IP and venture
capital, trusts and estates, white-collar criminal defense
Alternative dispute resolution, bankruptcy and reorganization, corporate, $100,000 AXA Versicherungs AG, Bank of
environmental, family law, financial institutions, governmental affairs, health- America, Gerling Global Reinsurance
care law, insurance, intellectual property, labor and employment, litigation, Corporation of America, IBM,
logistics, public finance, public utilities, real estate, school law, taxation, Johnson & Johnson, Lucent
trusts and estates Technologies Inc., Prudential
Insurance Company of America, R.J.
Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Business litigation, class actions, corporate governance/corporate internal DND DND
investigations and business crimes, corporate transactional, employment
and labor, health-care law, intellectual property, product liability defense,
real estate
Banking and finance, construction, corporate compliance, corporate $90,000 with clerkship DuPont, General Motors, The Home
transactions, environmental, fidelity and surety, franchise, insurance, labor plus semi-annual merit Depot, Johnson & Johnson, Medco
and employment, litigation, private client services, real estate, tax, white- bonuses Health Solutions, New Jersey
collar crime Manufacturers Insurance, Verizon,
Zurich American Insurance
Corporate governance and compliance, corporate and securities, $95,000 ($96,000 after Alpharma Inc., The BOC Group,
environmental, financial services, intellectual property and technology, clerkship) Cendant Corp., Cingular Wireless, CIT
labor and employment and benefits, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, Group, PNC Bank, Talbots, United
trusts and estates, white-collar defense Parcel Service
Business/financial services, commercial litigation, commercial real $90,000 plus $5,000 sign- Amboy National Bank, Amerada
estate/redevelopment/land use/environmental, mass tort plaintiff litigation, on bonus Hess, Continental Properties, Gerdau
personal injury/products liability, personal services (criminal, family, trusts Ameriasteel Sayreville Inc., Iron
and estates, workers' compensation), public finance, public utility Mountain Inc., Middlesex County
Improvement Authority, New Jersey
Turnpike Authority, Verizon New
Jersey Inc., Weichert Commercial
Realtors
Sources: Law firms, law firm Web sites, 2005 New Jersey Lawyers Diary and Manual, Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory 2005 figures as of June 1, 2005
Sources: Law firms, law firm Web sites, 2005 New Jersey Lawyers Diary and Manual, Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory 2005; ;figures as of June 1, 2005
DND: Did not disclose
* Law firms with 20 or more attorneys permanently based in New Jersey
** As of April 30, 2005
*** As of July 1, 2005
182 N.J.L.J. 433 NEW JERSEY LEGAL ALMANAC, NOVEMBER 2005 5
Largest Law Firms
Number of Total Number Number of
Total Number Attorneys in of Staff Staff Members
Firm* of Attorneys N.J. Members in N.J. Firm Administration
175 135 184 153 Managing director: Patrick
Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Dunican Jr.
Griffinger & Vecchione
Newark
Also New York City; Philadelphia; Trenton
122 118 143 137 President: Gary Lesneski;
Archer & Greiner chief operating officer:
Haddonfield Michael Corr
Also Flemington; Philadelphia; Princeton; Wilmington
424 118 645 151 Partners in charge: Daniel
Drinker Biddle & Reath O'Connell (Florham Park),
Florham Park Jonathan Epstein
(Princeton); administrators:
Also Berwyn, PA; Chicago; Los Angeles; New York City; Roseann Lentin (Florham
Philadelphia; Princeton; San Francisco; Washington, Park), Kathryn Alexander
DC; Wilmington (Princeton)
104 104 110 110 Managing partner: John
Connell Foley Murray; administrator:
Roseland Thomas Fallone
Also Jersey City; New York City; Philadelphia
100 100 109 109 Managing partner: Paul
Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith Rowe; administrator: Robert
Haas
& Davis
Woodbridge
Also Roseland
98 96 82 81 Managing partner: David L.
Wolff & Samson Schlossberg; executive
West Orange director: James Mortenson
Also New York City; Philadelphia
289 92 390 111 Managing partners: James
Fox Rothschild F.X. Rudy and Daniel
Lawrenceville Ojserkis; administrative
partner: Mark Silow
Also Atlantic City; Exton, PA; Lansdale, PA; New York
City; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; Warrington, PA; West
Palm Beach; Wilmington
93 91 160 153 Co-managing shareholders:
Stark & Stark Lewis Pepperman, John
Lawrenceville Sakson IV; administrator Paul
Blankman
Also Cherry Hill; New York City; Philadelphia
89 89 119 119 Management committee:
Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Michael Forman, Michael
Sirota; chief operating
Forman & Leonard officer: Steven Goldberg
Hackensack
Also New York City
6 NEW JERSEY LEGAL ALMANAC, NOVEMBER 2005 182 N.J.L.J. 434
Largest Law Firms
First-Year
Associates Representative
Key Practice Areas Salaries Clients
Business and commercial litigation, corporate, criminal defense, $97,000 DND
employment, financial restructuring and creditors' rights, government
affairs, intellectual property, product liability, real property and
environmental
Bankruptcy/creditor's rights, commercial litigation, corporate, $85,000 plus $5,000 sign- Bancroft Neurohealth, The Cooper
environmental, estates and trusts, intellectual property, labor and on bonus Health System, Exxon Mobil Corp.,
employment, real estate and land use, tax, matrimonial Holman Enterprises, NL Industries,
Pulte Home Corp.
Bankruptcy, class actions, commercial litigation, corporate and securities, $110,000 ($105,000 base The BISYS Group Inc., The Chubb
environmental, fiduciaries and fiduciary litigation, insurance, intellectual plus a $5,000 Corp., Cingular Wireless,
property, labor and employment, product liability, real estate, tax-exempt nondiscretionary bonus GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson &
entities, trusts and estates and $7,500 stipend) Johnson, Matrix Realty Inc.,
Somerset Medical Center, Travelers
Insurance Co.
Appellate practice, banking and finance, bankruptcy, commercial litigation, $95,000 ACE Insurance, Anheuser Busch,
corporate and transactions, environmental, federal litigation, health care Cendant, CNA, New Jersey
and medical practice, insurance coverage and defense, intellectual Manufacturers Insurance Co., Seton
property, Internet and information technology, labor and employment, Hall University, Shell Oil, Target,
litigation, public finance, real estate and land use, reorganization and Travelers/St. Paul
creditors' rights, taxation and estate planning
Alternative dispute resolution, banking and creditors' rights, construction, $95,000 DND
corporate, employee benefits, environmental, labor and employment, land
use, litigation, planned real estate, real estate, redevelopment, tax and
trusts and estates, technology and intellectual property, white-collar
criminal defense
Banking, bankruptcy and creditors' rights, construction, corporate and $107,000 including DND
securities, corporate travel, employment, environmental, ERISA and bonus based on billable
employee benefits, fidelity and surety, health law, intellectual property, hours
litigation, product liability and toxic tort, public finance, real estate,
securities litigation and regulatory enforcement, taxation, technology, trusts
and estates
Corporate, financial services, labor and employment, litigation, real estate, $110,000 plus a $5,000 DND
tax and estates stipend and all fees for
bar review and exam
Accident and personal injury, alternative dispute resolution, banking and $70,000 ($72,000 with DND
financial services, bankruptcy and creditors' rights, broker-dealer clerkship)
regulation, business and corporate, business succession planning,
collections, community associations, condemnation, construction litigation,
corporate investigation and white-collar, criminal and municipal, divorce,
employment, environmental, franchise, hedge fund, insurance coverage and
liability, intellectual property, investment adviser regulation, land use,
litigation, nonprofit organizations, nursing home litigation, real estate,
securities compliance and arbitration, shareholder and partner disputes,
traumatic brain injury, trusts and estates, workers' compensation, zoning
Administrative and municipal, arbitration and mediation, bankruptcy and $92,500 plus $2,500 sign- The Home Depot Inc., Inserra
corporate restructuring, corporate and business transactions, directors' on bonus Supermarkets Inc., Parmalat USA
and officers' liability, employment, environmental, errors and omissions, Corp., NY Waterway, Safeco
estate planning and estate administration, insurance, intellectual property, Insurance Cos. of America, Suburban
litigation, personal injury, real estate and land use, special education, surety Propane Partners, UBS Financial
and fidelity, tax, white-collar criminal defense Services Inc., Vornado Realty Trust
182 N.J.L.J. 435 NEW JERSEY LEGAL ALMANAC, NOVEMBER 2005 7
Largest Law Firms
Number of Total Number Number of
Total Number Attorneys in of Staff Staff Members
Firm* of Attorneys N.J. Members in N.J. Firm Administration
87 87 77 77 Managing partners: M.
DeCotiis, FitzPatrick, Cole Robert DeCotiis, Michael
Cole, Eric Wisler;
& Wisler administrator: Dawn DeCotiis
Teaneck
Also Trenton
92 86 172 157 Managing principal: D.
Porzio, Bromberg & Jeffrey Campbell; executive
director/finance and
Newman administrative services:
Laura Lande; executive
Morristown director/personnel services:
Also Brick; New York City Karen Moore-Negast
91 82 100 95 Chief operating officer:
Budd Larner Mitchell Rait
Short Hills
Also, Atlanta; Cherry Hill; New York City; Philadelphia
90 82 194 170 Managing member: John
Norris McLaughlin & Eagan
Marcus
Bridgewater
80 80 100 100 Managing shareholder and
Parker McCay chief executive officer: Philip
Marlton Norcross; administrative
shareholder and chief
Also Lawrenceville operating officer: Stephen
Mushinski
316 76 446 96 Chairman: Mark Alderman;
WolfBlock Brach Eichler managing director: Alan
Roseland Cutler; managing partners:
Hersh Kozlov (Cherry Hill),
Also (as WolfBlock) Boston; Cherry Hill; Harrisburg; John Fanburg (Roseland)
New York; Norristown, PA; Philadelphia; Wilmington;
(as WolfBlock Government Relations) Harrisburg; (as
WolfBlock Public Strategies) Washington, DC
77 75 69 69 Managing partner: Gary
Hoagland Longo Moran Hoagland; director of
operations: Greg Deatz
Dunst & Doukas
New Brunswick
Also Buffalo; Clinton; New York City; Wall
370 71 872 158 Managing shareholders:
Marshall, Dennehey, James Graham (Cherry Hill),
Joseph Manning (Roseland);
Warner, Coleman & Goggin president and chief
executive officer: Thomas
Brophy; chairman and chief
operating officer: Peter
Cherry Hill Miller; executive committee
chairman: Philip Toran
Also Akron, Ohio; Doylestown, PA; Erie, PA; Fort
Lauderdale; Harrisburg; Jacksonville; King of Prussia,
PA; Orlando; Pittsburgh; Roseland; Scranton; Tampa;
Williamsport, PA; Wilmington
8 NEW JERSEY LEGAL ALMANAC, NOVEMBER 2005 182 N.J.L.J. 436
Largest Law Firms
First-Year
Associates Representative
Key Practice Areas Salaries Clients
Banking, corporate, environmental, finance and real estate, land use and DND DND
development, litigation, local government, securities
Bankruptcy and financial restructuring, business disputes and counseling, $95,000 plus $5,000 Cisco Systems, Conoco Phillips,
corporate, dispute resolution, education, employment and labor, starting bonus Ingersoll-Rand, Johnson & Johnson,
environmental, environmental litigation, governmental affairs, insurance Pfizer Inc., Putnam Group (USA) Inc.,
coverage, intellectual property, land use and real estate and construction, Wal-Mart, Wyeth
mergers and acquisitions, personal injury, pharmaceutical marketing and
sales compliance, pharmaceutical and medical device, product liability and
mass tort and toxic tort, securities, transportation and motor carrier
Appellate, banking and financial transactions, commercial litigation, $87,500 ($89,000 after DND
computer law, corporate and finance, creditors' rights, environmental, clerkship) (2005 salary
family and matrimonial, insurance and reinsurance, intellectual property, to be announced)
labor and employment, land use and zoning and real estate, personal injury,
property insurance
Antitrust/trade regulation, banking and financial services, bankruptcy and $85,000 Bayer AG, DRS Technologies Inc.,
creditors' rights, commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution, JPMorgan Chase Bank, K. Hovnanian
construction, corporate, criminal, e-commerce and information technology, Companies of New Jersey, Pfizer,
environmental, estate planning and administration, health care, immigration, Robert Wood Johnson University
insurance coverage, intellectual property, international, labor and Hospital, Toyota Motor Sales USA,
employment, matrimonial, mergers and acquisitions, product liability Wachovia Bank/National Association
defense, professional liability and malpractice, public utility, real estate and
land use, securities, taxation, telecommunications, white-collar
Banking and commercial, business, education and labor and employment, DND Commerce Bank N.A., Cooper
litigation, public finance, real estate and land use and environmental, state Hospital/University Medical Center,
and local government Healthcare Insurance Co.
Communications, corporate/securities, employment services, employee DND Bally Gaming, Comcast, The Kamson
benefits, environmental and land use, family law, financial services, gaming, Corp., New Jersey Society of
health law, intellectual property/information technology, litigation, private Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical
client services, real estate, tax, utility regulation Centers, Perini Building Corp.,
Resorts International Hotel & Casino,
Silver Line Building Products
Corporation, Toll Brothers
Construction litigation, health-care law, insurance defense litigation, land DND Borg Warner, CNA, Coca Cola
use and development, legal and accounting malpractice, mass tort/toxic Bottling of New York, First Energy
tort, municipal litigation Cos., Fisher Scientific, New Jersey
Manufacturers, OneBeacon, Yellow
Roadway Corp.
Casualty, health-care liability, professional liability, workers' compensation DND ACE, AIG, Allstate Insurance, CNA,
DaimlerChrysler, New Jersey
Manufacturers, Marriott Corp., U.S.
Liability Insurance
182 N.J.L.J. 437 NEW JERSEY LEGAL ALMANAC, NOVEMBER 2005 9
Largest Law Firms
Number of Total Number Number of
Total Number Attorneys in of Staff Staff Members
Firm* of Attorneys N.J. Members in N.J. Firm Administration
961 71 1,333 65 New Jersey market
Reed Smith managing partner: Steven
Princeton Picco; administrative
manager: Judith Cristella
Also Century City, CA; Falls Church, VA; Leesburg, VA; (Princeton)
London; Los Angeles; Midlands, U.K.; Munich; New York
City; Newark; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; Oakland, CA;
Richmond; San Francisco; Washington, DC; Wilmington
80 62 107 80 Managing partner: David
Bressler, Amery & Ross Schneider
Florham Park
Also Miramar, FL; New York City
60 60 130 130 Executive committee; chief
Cooper Levenson April operating officer: Kenneth
Calemmo Jr.
Niedelman & Wagenheim
Atlantic City
Also Cherry Hill; Cape May Court House; Northfield;
Princeton
60 60 50 50 Managing partner: Bruce
Saiber Schlesinger Satz & Goldstein; executive director:
Karen Steinberger
Goldstein
Newark
Also New York City
59 59 39 39 Managing partner: Edward
Schenck, Price, Smith & Ahart
King
Morristown
743 56 DND 44 Managing partner: James
Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Crawford Orr; administrator:
Geraldine Rodola
Edelman & Dicker
Newark
Also Albany; Baltimore; Boston; Chicago; Garden City,
NY; Houston; London; Los Angeles; McLean, VA; Miami;
New York City; Philadelphia
54 54 82 82 Managing partner: William
Lerner, David, Littenberg, Mentlik; director of finance
and administration: Ray
Krumholz & Mentlik Janeczek; attorney
development and marketing
Westfield
manager: Brady Peters
120 53 175 53 Managing partner: Michael
Margolis Edelstein McKenna
Westmont
Also Berkeley Heights; Camp Hill, PA; Philadelphia;
Pittsburgh; Scranton, PA; Wilmington
10 NEW JERSEY LEGAL ALMANAC, NOVEMBER 2005 182 N.J.L.J. 438
Largest Law Firms
First-Year
Associates Representative
Key Practice Areas Salaries Clients
Bankruptcy, commercial and business litigation, construction, corporate, $115,000 (Princeton and Bank of America, Bristol-Myers
environmental, financial services, health-care law, informational Newark) Squibb, Caithness Energy, Chase
technology, intellectual property, labor and employment, life sciences Manhattan Mortgage Corp.,
transactions, mergers and acquisitions, product liability, real estate, Corporate Express, Inspire
securities and venture capital Pharmaceuticals, Meridian Health
Systems, United Water Resources
Commercial litigation, corporate and business, creditors' rights and $95,000 plus $5,000 BASF Corp., Citigroup, CNA
bankruptcy, employment, environmental, family law, franchise law, bonus Insurance, Kemper Insurance, Merrill
insurance law and litigation, intellectual property, personal injury, Lynch, Morgan Stanley, New Jersey
professional liability defense, securities, taxation, toxic torts and product Property Liability Insurance Guaranty
liability, trusts and estates, workers' compensation Association, Underwriters at Lloyds
Casino law, tax and business, real estate, employment, environmental, DND Children's Hospital of Philadelphia,
commercial litigation, insurance defense, health-care law, workers' Commerce Bank, Conectiv Power
compensation Delivery, North American Risk
Services, South Jersey
Transportation Authority, Sun
National Bank, Trump Hotels &
Casino Resorts, Verizon
Banking litigation, bankruptcy and creditors' rights, business counseling, DND DND
business litigation, corporate, employment and labor, environmental
compliance and litigation, gaming, insurance coverage litigation, intellectual
property, mass tort litigation, professional liability counseling and litigation,
real estate, reinsurance litigation, securities regulation and litigation,
taxation and trusts and estates
Appellate practice, asbestos defense, banking and finance, commercial real DND Atlantic Health System Inc.,
estate, corporate and commercial litigation, corporate governance, e- Cablevision Systems Corp.,
business and telecommunications, elder law/disability law, environmental, Commerce Bank N.A., Fujifilm Group,
health-care law, insurance coverage and defense, labor and employment, Jefferson Township Planning Board,
product liability defense, school law, special education, trusts and estate Jersey Central Power & Light, Morris
litigation Hills Regional District Board of
Education, New Jersey Transit Rail
Operations
Accountants, admiralty, agents and brokers, alternative dispute resolution, DND DND
appellate practice, architects and engineers, asbestos, aviation,
construction, corporate and commercial, corporate directors and officers,
creditors' rights and bankruptcy, defamation, employment,
environmental/toxic tort, general liability, governmental affairs/lobbying,
health care, insurance corporate and regulatory, insurance coverage and
bad faith, intellectual property, lawyers' malpractice, marine, medical
malpractice, miscellaneous professional liability, municipal, product liability,
professional liability, real estate, surety bonds, transportation and cargo,
trucking, trusts and estates, zoning and land use
Intellectual property $125,000 Baker Norton Pharmaceuticals, Bed
Bath & Beyond Procurement Co. Inc.,
Howmedica Osteonics Corp., L'Oreal
Recherché, Party City Corp., Rutgers
University, Sony Corp. of America,
Tessera Inc.
Bankruptcy, domestic relations, commercial litigation, corporate, estates DND AIG, Erie, Kemper (Broadspire), Penn
and trusts, insurance defense, labor, plaintiffs' personal injury, real estate, National, Royal, Selective
subrogation, workers' compensation,
182 N.J.L.J. 439 NEW JERSEY LEGAL ALMANAC, NOVEMBER 2005 11
Largest Law Firms
Number of Total Number Number of
Total Number Attorneys in of Staff Staff Members
Firm* of Attorneys N.J. Members in N.J. Firm Administration
53 53 55 55 Managing partner: Kenneth
Scarinci & Hollenbeck Hollenbeck; executive
Lyndhurst director: Lawrence Kraft
Also New York City
68 51 63 54 Managing principal:
Grotta, Glassman & Theodore Eisenberg;
administrator: Mary Ellen
Hoffman Dolan
Roseland
Also Los Angeles; Melville, NY; New York City; San
Francisco
50 50 59 59 Managing partner: Michael
Giordano, Halleran & Gross; executive director:
Bruce Campbell
Ciesla
Red Bank
Also Middletown; Trenton
48 48 DND DND Managing partner: Robert
Hill Wallack Bacso
Princeton
50 48 DND DND Managing partner: Barry
Mandelbaum Salsburg Mandelbaum; administrator:
West Orange Judy Fitzgerald
Also Elizabeth; New Brunswick; Port St. Lucie, FL; Red
Bank
47 47 54 54 Managing shareholder: Peter
Capehart Scatchard Bejsiuk; administrator: Victor
Mount Laurel Valponi
Also Trenton
47 47 55 55 Managing shareholder: Peter
Flaster/Greenberg Spirgel; executive director:
Cherry Hill Gail Ruopp
Also Egg Harbor Township; Philadelphia; Wilmington;
Vineland
47 47 88 88 Executive director: Jaime
Lindabury, McCormick & Martinez
Estabrook
Westfield
Also New York City
12 NEW JERSEY LEGAL ALMANAC, NOVEMBER 2005 182 N.J.L.J. 440
Largest Law Firms
First-Year
Associates Representative
Key Practice Areas Salaries Clients
Business, commercial real estate, environmental and land use, labor and DND DND
employment, litigation, public law
Affirmative action, corporate immigration, employee benefits, employment, DND Caesars Entertainment, Cendant
employment litigation, employment training, employment counseling, labor Corp., Duane Reade, Hackensack
relations and bargaining, public sector University Medical Center, Liz
Claiborne Inc., Princeton University,
Robert Wood Johnson University
Hospital
Business and banking, civil and commercial litigation, corporate finance DND Centex Homes LLC, Commerce Bank
and securities, environmental, government investigations and white-collar N.A., Foodarama Supermarkets Inc.,
crime, health and hospital law, intellectual property and technology, labor Home Depot Inc., Hovnanian
and employment, land use and development, planned real estate Enterprises, OENJ Cherokee
development, trusts and estates planning Corporation, Wellspring
Pharmaceutical Corp., Saint
Barnabas Health Care System
Administrative/government procurement, automobile dealers business and DND DND
liability, arbitration and mediation, banking and secured transactions, civil
and constitutional litigation, community association, construction industry,
creditors' rights/bankruptcy, domestic relations, eminent domain,
employment and labor, environmental, immigration, land use division,
municipal, public finance, real estate, regulatory and governmental affairs,
school law, tax and corporate and business, trial and insurance, wills and
trusts and estates, workers' compensation
Commercial litigation, corporate, labor and employment, land use, DND Brian Trematore Plumbing & Heating,
matrimonial, personal injury, real estate Century 21 Construction Corp.,
Hudson United Bank, Joseph Natoli
Construction Corp., Rubenstein
Properties, Sterling Properties LLC,
Valley National Bank, Woodmont
Properties LLC
Banking and financial services, bankruptcy/creditors' rights, business and DND Bombardier Capital Inc., Harleysville
tax, commercial, environmental/OSHA, franchising, labor and employment, Insurance, Rutgers University, Saint
litigation, public finance, real estate and land use, regulatory and Barnabas Hospital, Volkswagen of
governmental affairs, school law and special education, transportation, America Inc.
wills and estates and trusts, workers' compensation
Alternative dispute resolution, bankruptcy, business and corporate services, $91,000 plus 10% bonus DND
commercial litigation, commercial real estate, construction, emerging on originations
businesses, employee benefits, environmental, estate planning and
administration, family law and adoption, federal and state taxation, financial
workouts, health-care law, intellectual property (patents, trademark and
copyright), labor and employment, land use, mergers and acquisitions,
redevelopment, securities, technology
Alternative dispute resolution, automotive, banking and finance, business $72,000+ BMW of North America Inc., Great
counsel and transactions, construction, corporate, education, employee American Insurance Co., Lincoln
benefits, energy and utility, environmental, family law, fidelity and surety, Technical Institute, Lucent
health-care law, immigration, insurance coverage and defense, labor and Technologies Inc., Princeton
employment, litigation, medical malpractice, real estate and land use, tax, Insurance Co., Mechanical
trusts and estates Contractors Association of New
Jersey Inc., Trinitas Hospital, PNC
Bank
182 N.J.L.J. 441 NEW JERSEY LEGAL ALMANAC, NOVEMBER 2005 13
Largest Law Firms
Number of Total Number Number of
Total Number Attorneys in of Staff Staff Members
Firm* of Attorneys N.J. Members in N.J. Firm Administration
45 45 80 80 Managing partner: Lawrence
Schwartz Simon Edelstein Schwartz; administrator:
Doreen Formato
Celso & Kessler
Florham Park
Also Boca Raton; Hamilton Square; New York City
46 44 85 80 Managing partner and
Coughlin Duffy administrator: Kevin Coughlin
Morristown
Also New York City
430 42 584 47 Managing partner: Benjamin
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Levin; administrator: Kathy
Graham
Ingersoll
Voorhees
Also Baltimore; Denver; Philadelphia; Salt Lake City;
Washington, DC; Wilmington
42 42 DND DND Executive committee
Carella, Byrne, Bain, chairman: Charles Carella
Gilfillan, Cecchi, Stewart
& Olstein
Roseland
95 41 92 38 Managing partner: Robert
Windels Marx Lane & Luddy; administrator (NY): Al
Cepeda
Mittendorf
New Brunswick
Also Bonita Springs, FL; Florham Park; New York City;
Princeton
40 40 66 66 Managing partner: Peter
Graham, Curtin & Sheridan Laughlin; administrator:
Morristown Janice Faenza
Also Trenton
40 40 51 51 Managing partner: Frank
Harwood Lloyd Lloyd; office manager:
Hackensack Christine Taenzer
Also New York City
536 38 724 31 Managing partners: Walter
Duane Morris Greenhalgh (Newark), Frank
Princeton and Newark Luchak (Princeton)
Also Allentown, PA; Atlanta; Boston; Chicago;
Harrisburg; Houston; London; Miami; New York City;
Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; San Diego; San Francisco;
Washington, DC; Westchester, NY; Wilmington
45 38 100 95 Managing partners: David
St. John & Wayne Freinberg, Joseph
Newark Lagrotterria; administrator:
Helen Simmons
Also New York City; Philadelphia; Rochester, NY
14 NEW JERSEY LEGAL ALMANAC, NOVEMBER 2005 182 N.J.L.J. 442
Largest Law Firms
First-Year
Associates Representative
Key Practice Areas Salaries Clients
Complex litigation, commercial, construction, corporate and real estate, Competitive DND
education, employment, employment litigation, insurance matters, labor
Appellate practice, commercial litigation, construction and surety, $90,000 plus merit- ADT Security, Atlantic Mutual
corporate and business organizations, employment, environmental and toxic based bonus at year Insurance Co., Bayer Corp., CNA
tort, insurance and reinsurance, pharmaceutical and product liability, real end Insurance Co., Lloyd's of London,
estate and land use, securities litigation, taxation and trusts and estates, Phillips Fox, PMA Group, Symrise
white-collar criminal defense and corporate investigations Inc., Zurich
Business and finance, labor and employment, litigation, real estate and land $110,000 (Voorhees) DuPont, Getty Petroleum Marketing,
use and environmental GlaxoSmithKline, McDonald's, PNC
Bank N.A., Summit Ventures,
Tropicana Casino and Resort
Administrative, bond counsel, corporate and transactional and financial, DND Engelhard Industries, Ingersoll-Rand,
general and complex litigation, governmental/public policy, health care, Merrill Lynch, New Jersey Institute of
intellectual property Technology, New Jersey Natural Gas
Company, Prudential Insurance Co.,
Ricoh Corp., Textile Workers &
Pension Fund
Corporate, financial transactions, litigation and redevelopment, real estate, DND DND
regulatory, trusts and estates
Corporate, litigation, real estate, tax and trusts and estates DND CNA, Honeywell International Inc.,
The Hartford, Mercedes-Benz USA
LLC, S.C. Johnson and Son Inc., St.
Paul Travelers, Tommy Hilfiger,
Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc.
Banking and commercial transactions, corporate, insurance defense, real DND AIG, Allstate Insurance Co., Bank of
estate, wills and trusts and estates New York, Cambrex Corp., Commerce
Bank, New Jersey Manufacturers
Insurance Co., New York Daily News,
World Finer Foods
Bankruptcy and reorganization, commercial litigation, complex financial Varies DND
transactions, corporate, employment, general litigation and agent and
broker liability litigation, health-care law, information technology and
telecommunications, insurance and reinsurance litigation, intellectual
property, international, marine and aviation litigation, patents, personal
injury, real estate, securities and mergers and acquisitions, trademarks,
trusts and estates
commercial real estate, corporate, corporate finance, health-care, labor DND American Airlines, BASF Corp.,
and employment, litigation, securities Citibank NA, The Movado Group,
Seiko Corp., UMDNJ, Wyeth, Yum!
Brands
182 N.J.L.J. 443 NEW JERSEY LEGAL ALMANAC, NOVEMBER 2005 15
Largest Law Firms
Number of Total Number Number of
Total Number Attorneys in of Staff Staff Members
Firm* of Attorneys N.J. Members in N.J. Firm Administration
37 37 50 50 President: Jerold Zaro;
Ansell Zaro Grimm & Aaron administrator: Theresa
Ocean Siegle
Also Clifton; Newark; Suffern, NY
595 36 710 31 Managing partner: Marvin
Proskauer Rose Goldstein; administrator:
Newark Angela Houghton
Also Boca Raton; Boston; Los Angeles; New Orleans;
New York City; Paris; Washington, DC
36 36 DND DND Managing partner: Paul
Weiner Lesniak Weiner; office manager:
Parsippany Valerie Farrow
35 35 35 35 Managing partner: Donald
DiFrancesco, Bateman, DiFrancesco
Coley, Yospin, Kunzman,
Davis & Lehrer
Warren
950 35 1,500 39 Administrative partner:
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Anthony La Rocco;
administrator: Michele
Nicholson Graham Bowens
Newark
Also Boston; Dallas; Harrisburg; London; Los Angeles;
Miami; New York City; Palo Alto, CA; Pittsburgh; San
Francisco; Washington, DC
35 35 42 42 Managing partner: William
Sterns & Weinroth Bigham; director of
Trenton administration: Robert
Gardiner
Also Princeton
37 34 63 59 Managing partner: James
Genova Burns & Vernoia Burns; administrator: Karen
Livingston Mirro
Also Red Bank; New York City
44 34 55 49 Managing partner: Mark
Hardin, Kundla, McKeon & Kundla; administrator: Kathy
Gardner
Poletto
Springfield
Also Allentown, PA; New York City
34 34 62 55 Managing partners; John
Methfessel & Werbel Methfessel Jr., Joel Werbel;
Edison director of operations:
Michael Urban
Also New York City
16 NEW JERSEY LEGAL ALMANAC, NOVEMBER 2005 182 N.J.L.J. 444
Largest Law Firms
First-Year
Associates Representative
Key Practice Areas Salaries Clients
Commercial litigation, commercial real estate, municipal and criminal DND ARC Properties Inc., City of Asbury
Park, City of Long Branch, Commerce
Bank, Exxon Co. USA, Food Circus
Supermarkets/Foodtown, K.
Hovnanian Companies, Work Out
World-WOW!
Employee benefits, employment, immigration, labor DND Ajilon, Amerada Hess Corp.,
American Eagle Outfitters, AT&T,
Avis, Bank Hapoalim, Bear Stearns &
Co. Inc., Bed Bath & Beyond
Corporate and real estate, labor and employment, litigation and DND DND
environmental
Insurance defense, municipal and governmental, real estate and land use DND DND
Betting and gaming, corporate, employment, environmental, homeland $112,000 DND
security, health care, insurance coverage, land use planning and zoning,
litigation, real estate, white-collar defense
Administrative/governmental, bankruptcy/creditors' rights, gaming, $65,000 American Insurance Association, The
litigation, real estate/transactional BOC Group Inc., D.R. Horton, Diocese
of Trenton, Hitachi Capital America
Corp., The Morris Cos., National
Bank, Trump Entertainment Resorts
Inc.
Commercial real estate and redevelopment, corporate political activity, $60,000-$70,000 City of Newark, First Energy, Johnson
labor and employment, litigation and insurance & Johnson, Keyspan Services Inc.,
NJ Sports & Exposition Authority,
PSE&G, Verizon
Civil litigation, construction litigation, insurance, medical malpractice DND ACE Westchester Specialty Group,
(physicians, nurses, hospital liability), product liability and warranty, CNA Insurance Co., Crum & Forster
professional liability (attorneys', insurance and real estate brokers' E&O, Insurance, DaimlerChrysler,
directors' and officers' liability), real estate and commercial transactions, Princeton Insurance Co., St. Paul
toxic tort and environmental Travelers, Suburban Propane, Volvo
Cars of North America
Insurance law (auto liability, first-and third-party coverage, fraud, $55,000 plus DND
professional liability, products liability, subrogation) performance bonus
182 N.J.L.J. 445 NEW JERSEY LEGAL ALMANAC, NOVEMBER 2005 17
Largest Law Firms
Number of Total Number Number of
Total Number Attorneys in of Staff Staff Members
Firm* of Attorneys N.J. Members in N.J. Firm Administration
41 34 52 45 Managing partner: Elliott
Morgan, Melhuish, Abrutyn; administrator: Rose
English
Monaghan, Arvidson,
Abrutyn & Lisowski
Livingston
Also New York City
95 34 73 49 Managing partner: Robert
Peckar & Abramson Peckar; administrator:
River Edge Julianne Huettinger
Also Fort Lauderdale; Los Angeles; Miami; New York
City; San Francisco; Washington, DC
34 34 75 75 Managing partner: John
Waters, McPherson, McNeill; administrator: Jean
Serpico
McNeill
Secaucus
Also Trenton; New York City
33 33 33 33 Administrator: Andrew
Brown & Connery Martin
Westmont
Also Camden; Woodbury
143 33 152 21 Executive committee
Herrick, Feinstein chairman: Harvey Feuerstein;
Newark managing director: George
Wolf Jr.; administrator:
Also New York City; Princeton Susanne Fullam
33 33 68 68 Managing partner: Ira Miller
Pellettieri, Rabstein &
Altman
Princeton
Also Mount Holly; Nutley
849 32 906 29 Managing partner (NJ):
Dechert James Marino; regional
Princeton office manager (NJ): Mary
Ann McDonagh
Also Boston; Brussels; Charlotte; Frankfurt; Harrisburg;
Hartford; London; Luxembourg; Munich; New York City;
Newport Beach, CA; Palo Alto, CA; Paris; Philadelphia;
San Francisco; Washington, DC
1,366 32 1,934 32 Managing partner (NJ):
Greenberg Traurig Philip Sellinger; office
Florham Park administrator (NJ): Kerry
Jean Moore
Also Albany; Amsterdam; Atlanta; Boca Raton; Boston;
Brussels (strategic alliance); Chicago; Costa Mesa, CA;
Dallas; Denver; Fort Lauderdale; Houston; Las Vegas;
London (strategic alliance); Los Angeles; McLean, VA;
Miami; Milan; New York City; Orlando; Palo Alto, CA;
Philadelphia; Phoenix; Rome; Tallahassee; Tokyo
(office/strategic alliance); Washington, DC; West Palm
Beach; Wilmington; Zurich
18 NEW JERSEY LEGAL ALMANAC, NOVEMBER 2005 182 N.J.L.J. 446
Largest Law Firms
First-Year
Associates Representative
Key Practice Areas Salaries Clients
Civil practice, commercial, construction litigation, environmental litigation, DND Cambridge Integrated Services,
insurance coverage, insurance defense and litigation, matrimonial, Coregis, Fireman's Fund, Liberty
municipal and corporate, probate, product liability litigation, professional International Ins., Novartis, Ohio
liability litigation, real estate, trial and appellate litigation Casualty, One Beacon Insurance Co.,
Rider Insurance Co., USF Insurance
Construction, labor relations and employment, government contract law DND DND
Corporate, environmental, finance, real estate, regulatory DND ConocoPhillips Co., Engelhard Corp.,
Hartz Mountain Industries Inc., Home
Depot Inc., SBC Communications, The
Simon Property Group, United Water
New Jersey Inc., Wal-Mart Stores
Inc.
Civil litigation, commercial, estate planning, governmental, hospital, labor DND DND
and employment, land use, personal injury
Art, bankruptcy, corporate, construction, employment and employee DND DND
benefits, government relations, health care, insurance and reinsurance
practice, intellectual property, Internet and technology, litigation, real
estate, sports and entertainment, tax, tax-exempt organizations, trusts and
estates
Business litigation, civil rights litigation, criminal, divorce and child custody DND DND
litigation, employment litigation, estate litigation, general civil litigation,
insurance litigation, labor, malpractice litigation, mass torts and class action
litigation, personal injury litigation, pharmaceutical litigation, product
liability litigation, real estate and land use litigation, shareholder and
partnership litigation, toxic tort litigation, trials and appeals in all courts,
workers' compensation and disability litigation
Corporate (venture financings, public offerings, strategic alliances, mergers $125,000 American Water Works Co. Inc.,
and acquisitions), employment and securities litigation, health care, mass Campbell Soup Co., Philip Morris USA
torts litigation, patent litigation, product liability litigation Inc., Wegmans Food Markets Inc.,
Wyeth
Class actions, corporate and securities, construction litigation, financial DND American Express, Celanese, Hitachi,
institutions, insurance recovery and advisory, labor and employment, Pliva, Toshiba, Verizon Wireless,
litigation, reorganization and bankruptcy and restructuring, tax, technology Wells Fargo Bank
and media and telecommunications, trusts and estates
182 N.J.L.J. 447 NEW JERSEY LEGAL ALMANAC, NOVEMBER 2005 19
Largest Law Firms
Number of Total Number Number of
Total Number Attorneys in of Staff Staff Members
Firm* of Attorneys N.J. Members in N.J. Firm Administration
32 32 26 26 Managing partner: Wayne
Lum, Danzis, Drasco & Positan; administrator: Lupe
Recalde
Positan
Roseland
Also New York City
1,231 32 1,607 22 Managing partner: Robert
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius White
Princeton
Also Boston; Brussels; Chicago; Dallas; Frankfurt;
Harrisburg; Irvine, CA; London; Los Angeles; Miami;
New York City; Palo Alto, CA; Paris; Philadelphia;
Pittsburgh; San Francisco; Tokyo; Washington, DC
1,680 31 2,074 39 Managing partner: David
Latham & Watkins McLean; administrator:
Newark Angela Segal
Also Boston; Brussels; Chicago; Costa Mesa, CA;
Frankfurt; Hamburg; Hong Kong; London; Los Angeles;
Menlo Park, CA; Milan; Moscow; New York City; Paris;
Reston, VA; San Diego; San Francisco; Shanghai;
Singapore; Tokyo; Washington, DC
51 30 55 2 President: David Pudlin;
Hangley Aronchick Segal managing partner: Richard
Goldstein; director of
& Pudlin administration: Janet Walker
Cherry Hill
Also Harrisburg; Philadelphia
30 30 21 21 Managing partner: J. Barry
Podvey, Meanor, Cocoziello; administrator:
Carol Gabriele
Catenacci, Hildner,
Cocoziello & Chattman
Newark
Also New York City
29 29 65 65 Managing partner: Martin
Beattie Padovano Kafafian; administrator:
Montvale Patricia McGovern
29 29 29 29 Managing partner: Ralph
Chasan Leyner & Lamparello; director of
administration: Sara Diaz
Lamparello
Secaucus
375 29 457 25 Managing partner: Carmine
Epstein Becker & Green Iannaccone; administrator:
Newark Stacy Rosell
Also Atlanta; Chicago; Dallas; Houston; Los Angeles;
Miami; New York City; Stamford; San Francisco;
Washington, DC
20 NEW JERSEY LEGAL ALMANAC, NOVEMBER 2005 182 N.J.L.J. 448
Largest Law Firms
First-Year
Associates Representative
Key Practice Areas Salaries Clients
Business, condemnation, construction, labor and employment (management $75,000 plus potential Essex County College, Marotta
and defense), litigation business origination Controls Inc., Northeast Auto-Marine
bonuses Terminal, Pepsi Bottling Group, Port
Liberte Condominium Association,
UMDNJ, Valley National Bank, Vital
Signs Inc.
Business and finance, labor and employment, litigation DND DND
Antitrust and health-care fraud and abuse, complex business litigation, $125,000 Avaya, Campbell Soup Co.;
product liability and toxic tort defense, securities and professional liability, ExxonMobil; Monsanto;
white-collar and government enforcement MorganStanley;
PricewaterhouseCoopers; PSE&G;
Safeway
Bankruptcy, business/corporate, litigation, real estate, tax and estates $115,000 DND
Commercial litigation, corporate, insurance practices DND DND
Commercial real estate, commercial litigation, corporate, trusts and estates, DND DND
general litigation defense, land use, matrimonial, taxation
Alternative dispute resolution, banking and securities, commercial, DND American Airlines, Allstate Insurance
commercial real estate/leasing, corporate and business, criminal, Co., County of Bergen, County of
education, family law, governmental, insurance coverage and defense Hudson, Haven Savings Bank, New
litigation, labor, personal injury and medical malpractice, wills and trusts Jersey Manufacturer's Insurance Co.,
and estates planning and administration, workers' compensation defense Passaic Valley Sewerage
Commissioners, Township of North
Bergen
Commercial litigation, corporate and securities, elder law and estate DND DND
planning, government contracts and procurement, health-care and life
sciences, immigration, intellectual property, labor and employment, product
liability
182 N.J.L.J. 449 NEW JERSEY LEGAL ALMANAC, NOVEMBER 2005 21
Largest Law Firms
Number of Total Number Number of
Total Number Attorneys in of Staff Staff Members
Firm* of Attorneys N.J. Members in N.J. Firm Administration
29 29 20 20 Managing partner: Daniel
Nowell Amoroso Klein Nowell; administrator:
Stephanie Cirigliano
Bierman
Hackensack
28 28 105 105 Managing shareholder:
Fein, Such, Kahn & James Shepard;
administrator: Kathy Reuter
Shepard
Parsippany
Also Chestnut Ridge, NY; Rochester, NY
28 28 68 68 Managing partner: Donald
Lomurro, Davison, Eastman Lomurro
& Munoz
Freehold
28 28 24 24 Managing partner: Joseph
McManimon & Scotland Baumann Jr.; director of
Newark administration: Helen
Lysaght
376 27 433 22 Managing partner: Richard
Jackson Lewis Schey; office administrator:
Morristown Susan Carrigan
Also Atlanta; Boston; Cary, NC; Chicago; Dallas;
Greenville, SC; Hartford; Los Angeles; Melville, NY;
Miami; Minneapolis; New York City; Orlando; Pittsburgh;
Sacramento; San Francisco; Seattle; Stamford; Vienna,
VA; White Plains, NY
27 27 19 19 Managing partner: William B.
Tompkins, McGuire, McGuire; administrator:
Carol Zieleniewski
Wachenfeld & Barry
Newark
Also New York City
539 26 754 27 Office managing partner
Cozen O'Connor (Cherry Hill): Thomas McKay
Cherry Hill III
Also Atlanta; Charlotte; Chicago; Dallas; Denver;
Houston; Las Vegas; London; Los Angeles; Newark;
New York City; Philadelphia; San Diego; San Francisco;
Seattle; Toronto; Trenton; Washington, DC; West
Conshohocken, PA; Wichita; Wilmington
255 26 357 23 Managing partner: Stephen
Saul Ewing Aichele; administrator:
Princeton Timothy Stevens
Also Baltimore; Chesterbrook, PA; Harrisburg; Newark;
Philadelphia; Washington, DC; Wilmington
22 NEW JERSEY LEGAL ALMANAC, NOVEMBER 2005 182 N.J.L.J. 450
Largest Law Firms
First-Year
Associates Representative
Key Practice Areas Salaries Clients
Civil trial practice, environmental, product liability DND DND
business, collections, commercial and real estate litigation, corporate and DND DND
transactions, creditors' rights , elder law, estate planning and
administration, real estate
Appeals, alternative dispute resolution, business litigation/disputes, $60,000 Caesars Boardwalk Regency Hotel,
business formations and acquisitions and sales (corporations, partnerships, Commonwealth Land Title Insurance
LLCs), commercial, commercial loans, commercial real estate, Co., Chicago Title Insurance Co., ESIS
condemnation/eminent domain, condominium law, community association Inc., Gallagher Bassett & Co., New
law, construction litigation, contract disputes, criminal matters, domestic Jersey Natural Gas Co./New Jersey
partnership, domestic violence, DWI, elder law, employment, entertainment, Resources, PMA Insurance Co., U.S.
estate planning/wills, estate administration, family law, insurance litigation, Filter Corp., Wyeth-Ayerst
juvenile, land use, living wills, malpractice, municipal court violations, Pharmaceuticals
municipal, personal injury, product liability, real estate, riparian rights, tax
appeals (commercial only), tax planning, title law/litigation, wills and estates
Banking, corporate, energy (supply and conservation), litigation, private DND DND
sector infrastructure (finance and regulation), public finance,
redevelopment and economic development, real estate, solid and hazardous
waste, tax
Representing management exclusively in workplace law and related $90,000 (NJ) Atlantic Health Systems, The New
litigation York Times, Sony Electronics, Toys "R"
Us, UBS Financial Services Inc.
Estate, insurance defense, trust and probate, workers' compensation $73,000 AIG Technical Services Inc.,
American Intl. Adjustment Co. Inc.,
D'Amato & Lynch, Gannett Outdoor
Co. Inc., Lord Bissell & Brook, North
American Risk Services, Nussbaum &
Wald, Sebring Associates
Bankruptcy and insolvency and restructuring, business matters and $110,000 plus $5,000 AIG, Atlantic City Sewerage
securities, commercial litigation, estate planning and administration, health stipend (DE, NJ, NY, Authority, Chubb, First Group America
law, insurance practice (defense, coverage and subrogation), labor and PA) Inc., New Jersey American Water
employment, public and project finance, real estate, taxation, utilities law Co., South Jersey Industries Inc.,
Zurich
Business, real estate, litigation $115,000 (DND bonus DND
information)
182 N.J.L.J. 451 NEW JERSEY LEGAL ALMANAC, NOVEMBER 2005 23
Largest Law Firms
Number of Total Number Number of
Total Number Attorneys in of Staff Staff Members
Firm* of Attorneys N.J. Members in N.J. Firm Administration
59 25 72 34 Managing member (NJ):
Landman Corsi Ballaine & John Bonventre
Ford
Newark
Also Philadelphia; New York City
25 25 49 49 Managing partner: Sanders
Orloff, Lowenbach, Chattman; administrative
manager: Phyllis Bonanno
Stifelman & Siegel
Roseland
25 25 30 30 Managing partner: Justin
Walder Hayden & Brogan Walder
Roseland
24 24 (3 split time 55 55 Managing partners: Francis
Garrity, Graham, Favetta & between NY Garrity, Michael Graham,
and NJ) Thomas Flinn, James Scott
Flinn Murphy
Montclair
Also New York City
24 24 53 53 Managing partner: Andrew
Herten, Burstein, Sheridan, Cevasco; administrator:
David Polizzotto
Cevasco, Bottinelli, Litt,
Toskos & Harz
Hackensack
405 24 650 28 Co-managing partners:
Pepper Hamilton Dennis Casale, Michael
Princeton Mann (Princeton); office
administrator: Katherine
Also Berwyn, PA; Detroit; Harrisburg; Irvine, CA; New Seaman (Princeton)
York City; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; Washington, DC;
Wilmington
24 24 55 55 Managing partner: Steven
Sherman, Silverstein, Kohl, Podolsky; office manager:
Rita Engleman
Rose & Podolsky
Pennsauken
31 23 29 18 Managing partners:
Carroll, McNulty & Kull Christopher Carroll, Joseph
Basking Ridge McNulty Jr., Gary Kull;
human resources manager:
Also New York City Patricia Pernini; finance
manager: Sharon Mulrine;
office manager (NY): Theresa
Schmidt
24 NEW JERSEY LEGAL ALMANAC, NOVEMBER 2005 182 N.J.L.J. 452
Largest Law Firms
First-Year
Associates Representative
Key Practice Areas Salaries Clients
Civil rights, constitutional law, construction law, commercial and banking DND DND
litigation, environmental litigation, insurance coverage, intellectual property,
labor and employment discrimination, product liability, professional liability
defense, property and subrogation, railroad and general liability litigation,
toxic torts
Corporate, litigation, real estate, tax, trusts and estates DND DND
Attorney ethics, banking and commercial lending, copyright, corporate and DND Chicago Underwiting Group,
tax, employment, employment practices, environmental, estate planning and Engelhard Corp., Hartz Mountain
probate, general complex commercial civil, family law, insurance, Industries, NEC America Inc., Old
intellectual property, internal investigations for employers, municipal land Republic Insurance Co., Ronson
use and development, personal injury, professional licensing and Corp., The Trust Company of New
malpractice, real estate, trial and appellate practice in state and federal Jersey, Tuscan Dairy Farms Inc.
courts, state and federal administrative agencies, technology licensing,
trademark and unfair competition, trusts, white-collar criminal defense
Arbitration and audits and mediation services, automobile defense litigation, DND DND
corporate defense and commercial services, construction (coverage and
defense litigation), employment related practices, environmental and toxic
tort and multidistrict litigation, family law, financial lines coverage and
defense litigation, health-care malpractice and hospital professional liability
(domestic and international), insurance and reinsurance coverage and
litigation, legal malpractice defense and coverage, miscellaneous
professional liability defense and coverage, pharmaceutical and medical
device, premises and security liability, product liability, professional liability,
real estate, transportation, trusts and estates
Business litigation, corporate, estate planning, labor, DND DND
municipal/governmental land use, patent/copyright, personal injury, real
estate
Banking and financial services, corporate and securities, employee $115,000 Educational Testing Service, Merrill
benefits, environmental, labor and employment, litigation, real estate, trusts Lynch, Rider University, Yardville
and estates National Bank
Commercial litigation, corporate, estate planning, health care, real estate, DND DND
tax
Alternative dispute resolution, appellate practice, business counseling, DND DND
commercial disputes, commercial transactions, construction and surety,
employment, estate planning and administration, family law, insurance
coverage and defense litigation, real estate, wills and trusts
182 N.J.L.J. 453 NEW JERSEY LEGAL ALMANAC, NOVEMBER 2005 25
Largest Law Firms
Number of Total Number Number of
Total Number Attorneys in of Staff Staff Members
Firm* of Attorneys N.J. Members in N.J. Firm Administration
23 23 DND DND Office administrator: Sharon
Hellring Lindeman Edelson
Goldstein & Siegal
Newark
24 23 23 22 Managing partner: Bruce
McCusker, Anselmi, Rosen; administrator:
Patricia Gold
Rosen, Carvelli & Walsh
Chatham
Also New York City; Toms River
360 23 374 12 Managing partner: Michael
Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Tanenbaum (Newark);
administrator: Suzanne Horn
Arnold (Newark)
Newark
Also Chicago; Dallas; Irvine, CA; London; Los Angeles;
New York City; Paris; San Francisco; Zurich
22 22 21 21 Managing partner: Mary
Dillon, Bitar & Luther Powers; administrator:
Morristown Arlene Novack
22 22 DND DND Managing partner: Michael
Gallo Geffner Fenster Gallo; administrator: Denise
Paramus Ashenden
475 21 741 27 Managing partners: David
Blank Rome Norcross (Trenton), Steven
Cherry Hill Weinstein (Cherry Hill);
administrators: Maureen
Also Allentown, PA; Boca Raton; Philadelphia; New Austin (Cherry Hill), Carol
York City; Trenton; Washington, DC; Wilmington Miller (Trenton)
21 21 50 50 Managing partner: Albert
Cohn Lifland Pearlman Cohn; administrator: Carolyn
Centurione
Herrmann & Knopf
Saddle Brook
21 21 22 22 Managing director: Sheryl
Herold and Haines Schwartz; administrator:
Warren Jean Cadman
21 21 DND DND Administrative partner:
Einhorn, Harris, Ascher, Bonnie Frost
Barbarito, Frost & Ironson
Denville
26 NEW JERSEY LEGAL ALMANAC, NOVEMBER 2005 182 N.J.L.J. 454
Largest Law Firms
First-Year
Associates Representative
Key Practice Areas Salaries Clients
Bankruptcy, civil litigation, commercial, corporate, matrimonial, white collar- DND DND
criminal defense
Commercial litigation, employment, environmental, First Amendment DND ABC Inc., Champion Mortgage,
litigation, white-collar crime Corning Inc., Exxon Mobil Corp.,
Lucent Technologies, Novartis
Pharmaceuticals Corp., New York
Times Co., Valley National Bank
Class actions, commercial counseling and litigation, employment and labor, $110,000 plus bonus up Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Caterpillar
environmental and toxic tort, general litigation, mass torts and complex to approximately Inc., ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil
litigation, multidistrict litigation, personal injury, pharmaceutical and $33,500 Corp., FMC Corp., General Electric
medical device litigation, product liability Co., G-I Holdings Inc., OneSource
Facilities Inc.
Banking, business, business litigation, commercial litigation, commercial DND DND
real estate, corporate, employment litigation, internal corporate controls
and investigations, land use, residential real estate, securities litigation,
securities regulatory enforcement and arbitration, taxation, trusts and
estates
Banking, corporate, corporate finance, creditors' rights and bankruptcy, DND City National Bank of New Jersey,
litigation, professional activities/public interest work, real estate/land use, Fleet National Bank, Liberty Mutual
taxation/trusts and estates Insurance Co., New Jersey
Manufacturer's Insurance Cos.,
NorCrown Bank, Sovereign Bank,
Summit Business Capital Corp., The
Trust Company of New Jersey
Administrative, appellate, bankruptcy and creditors' rights, commercial $115,000 plus minimum Archway Programs, Commerce Bank,
litigation, corporate, corporate litigation, environmental, environmental $5,000 bonus (based on Campbell Soup Co., L-3
litigation, financial services, general litigation, government relations, reaching billable hours Communications, J&J Snack Foods,
immigration, insurance defense, intellectual property litigation, labor and target) and origination Subaru, Tekmark Global Solutions,
employee relations, matrimonial, product liability, public finance/municipal bonus of 10% of fees Transtech
bond, real estate, securities, white-collar criminal and government billed
investigations
Class actions, commercial litigation, complex litigation, contested probate DND DND
matters, employment, environmental, estate planning, family law, litigation
(civil and criminal trial and appeals, state and federal), personal injury,
professional negligence (malpractice), real estate transactions, toxic torts
Bankruptcy and business reorganization, corporate and banking, employee DND ADESA Corp., Atlantic States Cast
benefits, environmental, estate planning and probate, federal and state Iron Pipe Co., Bel-Ray Co. Inc.,
taxation, litigation, labor and employment, real estate and land use Celanese LLP, Cytec Industries,
Deutsche Bank, Hatco Corp.,
Ingersoll-Rand Inc., Lucent
Technologies Inc.
Civil litigation, corporate and commercial, criminal, health and hospitals, DND American Resurgens Management
matrimonial, personal injury and workers' compensation, real estate, wills Corp., Craigmeur Corp., Denville
and trusts and estates, zoning and land use Nissan, New Jersey Natural Gas,
Northwest Covenant Medical Center,
Olnick-Fisher Development
Associates, Summerfield Hotel Corp.,
ZM Development
182 N.J.L.J. 455 NEW JERSEY LEGAL ALMANAC, NOVEMBER 2005 27
Largest Law Firms
Number of Total Number Number of
Total Number Attorneys in of Staff Staff Members
Firm* of Attorneys N.J. Members in N.J. Firm Administration
21 21 29 29 Managing partner: Thomas
Purcell, Ries, Shannon, Mulcahy; administrator: Gary
Molloy
Mulcahy & O'Neill
Bedminster
21 21 45 45 Managing partner: Barry
Szaferman, Lakind, Szaferman; administrator:
Paula Rossi
Blumstein, Blader &
Lehmann
Lawrenceville
21 21 21 21 Managing partner: Joseph
Winne, Banta, Basralian
Hetherington, Basralian &
Kahn
Hackensack
20 20 55 55 Managing partners: Brian
Braff, Harris, & Sukoneck Harris, Ira Sukoneck;
Livingston administrator: Fran Puntillo
350 20 440 19 Partner in charge (NJ):
Edwards & Angell Robert Novak; office
Short Hills administrator (NJ): Libby
Bernier-Spiess
Also Boston; Fort Lauderdale; Hartford; New York City;
Providence; Stamford; West Palm Beach; Wilmington
20 20 DND DND Managing partner: Henry
Farer Fersko Farer; administrator: Mariann
Westfield Stamm
20 20 28 28 Office administrator:
Gebhardt & Kiefer Kathleen Fasciano
Clinton
Also Bridgewater
20 20 61 61 Managing partner: Joseph
Hoffman DiMuzio Hoffman Jr.; administrator:
Woodbury Bridget Benjamin
Also Franklinville; Sewell
28 NEW JERSEY LEGAL ALMANAC, NOVEMBER 2005 182 N.J.L.J. 456
Largest Law Firms
First-Year
Associates Representative
Key Practice Areas Salaries Clients
Alternate dispute resolution, corporate, insurance coverage, labor and $70,000-$80,000 Crum & Forster, The Hartford, Heil
employment, land use, litigation, regulatory Corp., New Jersey Manufacturers,
NSBAIG, PPG, Siemens
Business, commercial and general litigation, commercial and residential $50,000-$60,000 Communication Workers of America,
real estate, family law, labor, personal injury, tax, trusts and estates The Eagle Group, Grand Bank, Post
Buckley Schuh & Jernigan,
Sovereign Bank, Territorial Properties
Inc., Water's Edge of New Jersey,
Yardville National Bank
Banking services, corporation services, employment, health care, insurance $75,000 DND
defense, FiSCA, intellectual property, litigation, personal injury, real estate
and land use, supplementary services, trusts and estates
Complex civil and commercial litigation, employment, professional liability, $70,000 ACE USA, American International
public entity litigation, workers' compensation Group, Chubb Insurance Co., Lancer
Claim Services, RLI Insurance Co.,
Sentry Insurance Co., St. Paul
Travelers, Westport Insurance Co.
Corporate, financial services, insurance, litigation, private equity and $100,000 Bank of America, CVS, Dobson
venture capital, real estate, technology, trusts and estates Communications, G Tech Holdings
Corp., Mass Mutual, Pfizer,
Providence Equity Partners, Sharp
Corp.
Environmental and brownfields redevelopment, real estate and business, DND Bel Fuse Inc., K. Hovnanian Cos.,
litigation and condemnation and land use Mack-Cali Realty Corp., Pathmark
Stores, PSEG Resources Inc.,
Township of Burlington
Banking and medical, civil rights, commercial, corporate, employment, DND Bank of America, BMW of North
environmental, estate planning, insurance, matrimonial, municipal, America, Exxon Corp., Harley
negligence, personal injury, probate elder law, real estate, tax, trials and Davidson, High Point Insurance Co.,
appeals, zoning and land use Mobil Corp., Selective Insurance Co.,
Toll Brothers Inc.
Bankruptcy, commercial, criminal defense, divorce, family law, medical $45,000 DND
malpractice, municipal court, personal injury, product liability, real estate,
social security, wills and estates, workers' compensation, zoning and
planning
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