Approved Special Counsel Lists

Below are the lists of private law firms pre-qualified to provide legal representation through the Division of Law.

Last Updated: 3/12/24

Bond Counsel 2yr Pool

Blank Rome, LLP
Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi, PC
Cozen O’Connor
Day Pitney, LLP
DeCotiis, Fitzpatrick, Cole & Wisler, LLP
Dilworth Paxson, LLP
Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, LLP
Gibbons, PC
Gluck Walrath, LLP
Hawkins Delafield & Wood, LLP
McCarter & English, LLP
McManimon & Scotland, L.L.C
Parker McCay, P.A.
Saul Ewing, LLP
Wilentz Goldman Spitzer, P.A.
Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP
Wolf Block, LLP

Claims Arising from Fatal Accidents

Large Firms

Archer & Greiner
Cooper, Levenson
Florio, Perrucci
Hoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas, LLP
McElroy, Deutsch

Small Firms

Anthony J. Apicelli, Jr., LLC
Michael A. Armstrong & Associates
Arseneault, Whipple
Berman, Sauter
Bernstein, Eric
Childress & Jackson
Dughi & Hewit
Dvorak & Associates
Dwyer, Connell
Hohn & Scheuerle
Lynch & Lynch
Mauro, Savo
Norton, Arpert
Rena Rothfeld, P.C.
Sellar, Richardson
Lewis J. Spitz, Esq.
Tobin, Reitman

Collections

Large Firms

Florio & Perrucci
Mattleman & Weinroth
Morgan & Meluish

Small Firms

Buttafouco, Arce & Price
Mauro, Savo & Camerino
Powell & Birchmeier
Shiriak & Timins

Complex Litigation

Large Firms

Ansa Assuncao, LLP
Archer & Greiner, P.C.
Ballard Sphar, LLP
Barrack, Rodos & Bacine
Berger & Mantague, P.C.
Capehart & Scatchard, PA
Carella, Byrne, Cecchi, Olstein, Brody & Agnello
Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi, PC
Cohen, Placitella & Roth, P.C.
DeCotiis, FitzPatrick & Cole, LLP
Dilworth Paxson, LLP
Duane, Morris LLP
Florio, Perrucci, Steinhardt & Fader, LLC
Fox Rothschild, LLP
Gebhardt & Kiefer, PC
Genova, Burns, Giantomasi & Webster
Gibbons, P.C.
Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.
Hill Wallach, LLP
LeClair, Ryan
Lowenstein, Sandler PC
Lum, Drasco & Positan, LLC
McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP
Milberg, LLP
Morgan, Melhuish, Abrutyn
Nowell, Amoroso, Klein & Bierman, P.A.
Pashman Stein, P.C.
Patton Boggs, LLP
Pomerantz, Haudek, Grossman & Gross, LLP
Post, Polak, Goodsell, MacNeill & Strauchler, P.A.
Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti, LLP
Rivkin, Radler LLP
Saiber, LLC
Schenck, Price, Smith & King, LLP
Schwartz, Simon, Edelstein & Celso, LLC
Seeger Weiss, LLP
Sills, Cummis & Gross, P.C.
Swartz Campbell, LLC
Walder, Hayen & Brogan, P.A.

Small Firms

Arseneault, Whipple, Fassett & Azzarello, LLP
Bathgate, Wegener & Wolf, P.C.
Berman, Sauter, Record & Jardim, P.C.
Brenner & Levine, P.A.
Buttafuoco, Arce & Price, LLC
Carmagnola & Ritardi, LLC
Dughi, Hewit, Domalewski, P.C.
Dvorak & Associates, LLC
Dwyer, Connell & Lisbona
Gallagher & Rowan, P.C.
GluckWalrath, LLP
Greenberg, Dauber, Epstein & Tucker, P.C.
Inglesino, Pearlman, Wyciskala & Taylor, LLC
Kanner & Whiteley, L.L.C.
Keefe, Bartels, LLC
Lite, DePalma, Greenberg, LLC
Mauro, Savo, Camerino, Grant & Schalk, P.A.
Mautone & Horan, P.A.
Potters & Della Pietra, LLP
Powell, Birchmeier & Powell
Roselli, Griegel, Lozier & Lazzaro, PC
Ruprect, Hart, Weeks & Ricciardulli, LLP
Spector, Roseman, Kodroff & Willis, P.C.
Wiley, Malehorn, Sirota & Raynes

Division of Investment

Alternative Investments

Lowenstein Sandler LLP
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Fox Rothschild LLP
Reed Smith LLP
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Locke Lord LLP
ArentFox Schiff LLP
Nixon Peabody LLP
Gibbons P.C.
Foster Garvey PC
Day Pitney LLP

Complex Transactions

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Day Pitney LLP
Gibbons P.C.
Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Federal Securities

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Day Pitney LLP
Lowenstein Sandler LLP
Nixon Peabody LLP

International Tax and Securities

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Employment Litigation

Large Firms

Archer & Greiner, P.C.
Bressler Amery & Ross. P.C
Brown & Connery, LLP
Capehart & Scatchard, P.A.
Chasan Lamparello Mallon & Cappuzzo, P.C.
Cleary Giacobbe Alfieri & Jacobs, LLC
DeCotiis, FitzPatrick Cole & Giblin, LLP
Florio Perrucci Steinhardt Cappelli Tipton & Taylor, LLC
Genova Burns, LLC
Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis, LLP
Kaufman, Dolowich & Volyck, LLP
Kent/McBride, P.C.
Malamut & Associates, LLC
Marks O’Neill O’Brien Doherty & Kelly, P.C.
Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin
McElroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP
Methfessel & Werbel
Norris McLaughlin, P.A.
O’Toole Scrivo, LLC
Parker McCay P.A.
Rawle & Henderson LLP
Riker Danzig LLP
Saiber, LLC
Weiner Law Group LLP
Wood Smith Henning & Berman, LLP

Small Firms

Anderson Shah
Barker Gelfand James & Sarvas, P.C.
Brian J. Aloia Law Offices
Carmagnola & Ritardi, LLC
Flahive Mueller, Attorneys at Law, LLC
Gluck Walrath LLP
Greenberg Dauber Epstein & Tucker
Hanrahan Pack, LLC
Hatfield Schwartz Law Group
Hohn & Scheuerle Law Offices
Inglesino Webster Wyciskala & Taylor LLC
Jasinski, P.C.
KSBranigan Law P.C.
Law Office of Jarred S. Freeman
Lite DePalma Greenberg & Afanador, LLC
Lum Drasco and Positan LLC
MarKorlaw LLC
Michael A. Armstrong & Associates, LLC
Moustakas Nelson, LLC
PostPolak, P.A.
PRB Attorneys at Law
Ruprecht Hart Ricciardelli & Sherman, LLP
Schaffer Shain Jalloh, PC
Trenk Isabel Siddiqi & Shahdanian P.C.
Trimboli & Prusinowski, LLC
Whipple Azzarello, LLC
Wiley Malehorn Sirota & Raynes

Federal Energy Matters

Duncan Weinber Genzer & Pembroke, P.C.
Kaye Scholer, LLP

Federal Funding Compliance

Lowenstein Sandler LLP
Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP

Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority

DeCotiis, Fitzpatrick & Cole, LLP
Florio Perrucci Steinhardt & Fader, LLC
Hill Wallack, LLP
McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvanney & Carpenter, LLP
McManimon & Scotland, LLC
Riker, Danzig, Scherer Hyland Perretti, LLP

General Litigation

Large Firms

Archer & Greiner, P.C.
Barrack, Rodos & Bacine
Capehart & Scatchard, P.A.
Carella, Byrne, Cecchi, Olstein, Brody & Agnello, P.C.
Carroll McNulty Kull, LLC
Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi, P.C.
Cohn Lifland Pearlman Herrmann & Knopf, LLP
Cooper Levenson, P.A.
DeCotiis, FitzPatrick & Cole, LLP
Dilworth Paxson, LLP
Dughi, Hewit & Domalewski, P.C.
Gordon, Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP
Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis, LLP
Kent/McBride
LeClair Ryan
Lum, Drasco & Positan, LLC
McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP
McManimon, Scotland & Baumann, LLC
Methfessel & Werbel, P.C.
Morgan Melhuish Abrutyn
Pashman Stein, PC
Post, Polak, Goodsell, MacNeill & Strauchler, P.A.
Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti, LLP
Schenck, Price, Smith & King, LLP
Schwartz Simon Edelstein & Celso, LLC

Small Firms

Birchmeier & Powell, LLC
Blumberg & Wolk, LLC
Borrus, Goldin, Foley, Vignuolo, Hyman & Stahl
Carmagnola & Ritardi, LLC
Childress & Jackson, LLC
Drake Law Firm, P.C.
Dvorak & Associates, LLC
Dwyer, Connell & Lisbona
Fleming Ruvoldt, PLLC
Freidel & Kramer, P.C.
GluckWalrath, LLP
Gordon & Gordon, P.C.
Greenberg Dauber Epstein & Tucker, P.C.
Inglesino, Webster, Wyciskala & Taylor, LLC
Jardim, Meisner & Susser, P.C.
Keenan & Doris, LLC
Law Office of Brian J. Levine
Law Office of William P. Flahive, LLC
Lenox, Socey, Formidoni, Giordano, Cooley, Lang & Casey, LLC
Lite DePalma Greenberg, LLC
Mauro, Savo, Camerino, Grant & Schalk, P.A.
McDermott & McGee, LLP
Michael A. Armstrong & Associates, LLC
Murphy Orlando, LLC
Ruprecht Hart Weeks & Ricciardulli, LLP
Whipple Azzarello, LLC

HCFFA Bond Counsel

Archer & Greiner, P.C.
Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi, P.C.
DeCotiis, FitzPatrick & Cole, LLP
Gibbons, P.C.
Gluck Walrath, LLP
McManimon, Scotland & Baumann, LLC
Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel, LLP
Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A.
Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP

HMFA Bond Counsel

Archer & Greiner
Blank Rome
Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi
Cozen O’Connor
DeCotiis, FitzPatrick & Cole
Duane Morris
Frohling & Associates
GluckWalrath
Gibbons
Hawkins Delafield & Wood
Hill Wallack
McManimon, Scotland & Baumann
Nowell Amoroso Klein Bierman
Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel
Parker McCay
Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti
Saul Ewing

Intellectual Property Matters

Large Firms

Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi, P.C.
Gibbons, P.C.
Sterns & Weinroth
Volpe and Koenig, P.C.

Small Firms

Cobos, Ellington, Maduabum & McKenzie, LLC
Greenberg, Dauber, Epstein & Tucker
Robertson, Freilich, Bruno &n Cohen, LLC
Watov & Kipnes

Labor Counsel

Large Firms

Archer & Greiner, P.C.
Brown & Connery, LLP
Chasan Lamparello Mallon & Cappuzzo, PC
Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi, P.C.
Cooper Levenson, P.A.
Decotiis, Fitzpatrick Cole & Giblin, LLP
Genova Burns, LLC
Gibbons, P.C.
Lum, Drasco & Positan, LLC
Mcelroy Deutsch Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP
Methfessel & Werbel
Montgomery Mccracken Walker & Rhoads, LLP

Small Firms

Bridges & Snell, LLC
Murphy Orlando, LLC

Medical Malpractice

Large Firms

Dughi, Hewit & Domalewski, P.C
Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis
Hall Booth Smith
Hardin Kundla McKeon & Poletto
Marks O”Neill O’Brien Doherty & Kelly
Marshall Dennehey
O’Brien & Ryan
Schenck Price Smith & King
Weber Gallagher

Small Firms

Blumberg & Wolk
Buckley Theroux Kline & Cooley
Drake Law Firm
Farkas & Donohue
Daniel German, Esq.
Krompier & Tamn
Law Office of Daniel J. McCarey, LLC
Law Offices of Joseph DiCroce, LLC
Law Office of Michael J. Lunga, LLC
MacNeill O’Neill Riveles & Spitzer
Orlovsky Moody Schaaff & Conlon, LLC
Ruprecht Hart Ricciardulli & Sherman
Stahl DeLaurentis, PC
Vasios Strollo & Duran

Motor Vehicle Commission Fatal Accidents

Large Firms

Hoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas, LLP

Small Firms

Anthony J. Apicelli, Jr., LLC
April & Maudsley, P.A.
Michael A. Armstrong & Associates
Bounadonna & Benson
Law Office of Thomas H.E. Hallett
Franzblau & Dratch, P.C.
Joel M. Miklacki, Esq.
Powell, Birchmeier & Powell
Rena Rothfeld, P.C.
Lewis J. Spitz, Esq.
Strasser & Associates
Kenneth Vercammen & Associates, P.C.

Municipal Court

Large Firms

Carella, Byrne, Cecchi, Olstein, Brody & Agnello, PC
DeCotiis, Fitzpatrick & Cole, LLP
Kent/McBride
Pashman Stein, PC

Small Firms

Aloia Law Firm, LLC
Childress & Jackson, LLC
Freidel & Kramer, PC
Gordon & Gordon, PC
Inglesino, Webster, Wyciskala & Taylor, LLC
Joseph M. Wenzel, Attorney at Law, LLC
Kenneth Vercammen & Associates, PC
Law Offices of Malcolm Blum
Marcia Y. Phillips, Esq., LLM & Associates, LLC
Michael A. Armstrong & Associates, LLC
Whipple Azzarello, LLC

Natural Resource Damages Litigation

Medium/Large Firms

Baron & Budd, P.C.
Berger Montague, P.C.
Cohn, Lifland, Pearlman, Hermann & Knopf, LLP
Florio, Perrucci, Steinhardt, Cappelli, Tipton & Taylor, LLC
Grant & Eisenhofer, P.C.
Hausfeld, LLP
Kelley Drye & Warren, LLP
The Lanier Law Firm/The Locks Firm
McManimon Scotland & Baumann, LLC
Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, PLLC
Motley Rice, LLC
Seeger Weiss, LLP
Taft Stettinius & Hoillister, LLP

Small Firms

John K. Dema, P.C.
Kanner & Whiteley, LLC
Matsikoudis & Fanciullo, LLC
Miller & Axline, P.C.
Sher Edling, LLP

NJEDA Bond Counsel Pool (Conduit Financings)

Archer & Greiner
Clark Hill
Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott
Gluck Walrath
Hawkins Delafield & Wood
McCarter & English
M. Jeremy Ostow, Esq.
Nixon Peabody
Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel
Pearlman and Miranda
Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr

NJEFA Bond Counsel Pool (Conduit Financings)

Nixon Peabody
Hawkins Delafield & WoodSaul Ewing
McCarter & English
Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC
GluckWalrath LLP
M. Jeremy Ostow, Esq.
McManimon, Scotland & Baumann
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott
Kutak Rock
Greenberg Traurig
Pearlman & Miranda
Gibbons, P.C.
Cozen O’Connor
Dilworth Paxson
Archer & Greiner
DeCotiis, FitzPatrick & Cole
Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel
Hill Wallack

NJ NTransit 3rd Party Rail, Bus and Light Rail Claims

Large Firms

Capehart & Scatchard
DeCotiis, Fitzpatrick & Cole
Florio Perrucci Steinhardt & Fader
Gebhardt & Keifer
Hardin Kundla McKeon & Poletto
Kent/McBride
McGivney & Kluger
Pashman SteinWalder Hayden
Swartz Campbell

Small Firms

Arsenault & Fassett
Birchmeier & Powell
Dvorak & Associates
Freidel & Kramer
GluckWalrath
Hohn & Scheuerle
Law Office of Brian Levine
Law Office of Dolores Rocco-Kulp
Lite DePalma Greenberg
Lynch & Lynch
Kaufman Semeraro & Leibman
Ruprecht HartWeeks & Ricciardulli

NJ Transit ARC/Tunnel Project

Riker Danzig
DeCotiis Fitzpatrick
John J. Curley, LLC

NJ Transit FELA Claims

Large Firms

Capehart & Scatchard
DeCotiis, Fitzpatrick & Cole
Florio Perrucci Steinhardt & Fader
McElroy Deutsch Mulvany & Carpenter

Small Firms

Hohn & Scheuerle
Law Office of Dolores Rocco-Kulp
Ruprecht HartWeeks & Ricciardulli

NJ Transit Property Acquisitions

John Curley, Esq.
Duane Morris
Caroline Edwards, Esq.
Gibbons, P.C.
Hill Wallack
Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti

NJ Transit Special Rail Counsel

Archer & Greiner
Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell, LLP
K & L – Gates
Thomspon Coburn

NJ Transit - NY Waterways and Related Matters

Gibbons

Out-of-State-Tort

Large Firms

Archer & Greiner
Brown & Connery
Capehart & Scatchard
DeCotiis, Fitzpatrick & Cole
Hardin, Kundla, McKeon & Poletto
Kent/McBride, P.C.
Swartz Campbell
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker

Small Firms

Chance & McCann
Freidel & Kramer
Greenberg Dauber Epstein & Tucker
Hohn & Scheuerle
Inglesino WebsterWyciskala & Taylor
Spiro Harrison
Whipple Azzarello

Real Estate

Large Firms

Cohn, Lifland, Pearlman, Herrmann & Knopf, LLP
Cooper, Levenson, April, Nidelman & Wagenheim, PA
Florio, Perrucci, Steinhardt & Fader, L.L.C.
Gibbons, P.C.
Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis, LLP
Herten, Burstein, Sheridan, Cevasco, Bottinelli Litt & Harz, LLC
Hill & Wallack, LLP
Lum, Drasco & Positan, LLC
Saiber LLC
Windels, Marx, Lane & Mittendorf, LLP

Small Firms

Michael A. Armstrong & Associates, LLC
Arseneault, Whipple, Farmer, Fassett & Azzarello, LLP
Backes & Hill, L.L.P.
Bathgate, Wegener & Wolf
Greenberg, Dauber, Epstein & Tucker
Kaufman, Bern, Deutsch & Leibman, L.L.P.
Lawrence B. Litwin, PC
Love and Long, LLP
Piekarsky & Associates
Saldutti, LLC

Securities Fraud

Bathgate Wegener & Wolf P.C./Berger & Montague, P.C.
Bernstein Liebhard, LLP
Carella, Byrne, Cecchi, Olstein, Brody & Agnello P.C./Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
Cohn Lifland Pearlman Herrmann & Knopf LLP/Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, LLP
Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi, P.C.
Gibbons P.C./Cohen Milstein Sellars & Toll, PLLC
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, LLP
Kroll Heineman Carton, LLC/Milberg LLP
Lite DePalma & Greenberg, LLC/Labaton Sucharow, LLP
Lite DePalma & Greenberg, LLC/Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP
Lowenstein Sandler, P.C./Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman, LLP
Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP/Stone Bonner & Rocco, LLP
Saxena White, P.A.
Spector Roseman Kodroff & Willis, P.C.
Windels, Marx, Lane & Mittendorf, LLP/Kirby McInerney, LLP
Wolf Popper, LLP