Starr Gern Partner Jonathan J. Lerner Presents ADR Inn of Court Program
November 2011
Partner Jonathan J. Lerner moderated a debate between retired New Jersey Appellate Division Judges Barbara Byrd Wecker (New Jersey Appellate Division, Retired) and David Landau and presented a program entitled "Whether Mediators Should Testify Regarding Mediated Settlements" at the Justice Marie L. Garibaldi American Inn of Court for Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Starr Gern Partner Stephen R. Urbinato Named Adjunct Professor at Seton Hall Law School
September 2011
Partner Stephen R. Urbinato was selected to be an adjunct professor at Seton Hall Law School. He will be teaching a transactional law skills course in the Spring 2012 semester. The course will be based on the ABA Model Asset Purchase Agreement. The course has been developed by the State Bar Business Law Section, of which Mr. Urbinato is a Board Member.
September 2011
Partner Nick Stevens defended and secured dismissal of an employment and non-competition law suit in Kansas State Court, brought against an international logistics and packaging systems manufacturing firm and its newly hired executive. The plaintiff alleged violations by its former employee of contractual confidentiality, non-competition, employee non-solicitation, and customer non-solicitation provisions, as well as aiding and abetting and tortious interference, seeking injunctive relief and damages in its home state.
Former Superior Court Judge and SGDR Attorney Donald S. Goldman Selected as Federal Mediator
July 2011
Donald S. Goldman, former Judge of the New Jersey Superior Court, who joined Starr, Gern, Davison & Rubin's Alternative Dispute Resolutoin practice in January 2010, was appointed to serve on the panel of Mediators for the Federal District Court for New Jersey.
Firm Wins Arbitration Award in Insurance Joint Venture Case
June 2011
Partner Jonathan Lerner won an $250,000 arbitration award on behalf of an insurance broker following a hearing before the American Arbitration Association. The claim involved a joint venture to sell insurance products. The arbitrator found that the respondent had committed fraud and conversion of joint venture assets.
Starr Gern Lawyers are Panelists at NJAPM Presentation
May 2010
Partners Nick Stevens and Jonathan Lerner were panelists at a presentation entitled "Listening to the Client: What Do End-Users Want From a Mediator?" given for the New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators (NJAPM), where Mr. Stevens just finished his term as a Board Member.
Starr Gern Wins Dismissal of Labor Charge before NLRB
April 2011
Nick Stevens and Larry Cole defended and secured a voluntary dismissal by the National Labor Relations Board, Region 29, of a labor charge against an association of New York private employers for alleged failure to pay increases in benefits contributions.
Nicholas Stevens Elected Chairperson of the Community Health Law Project
March 2011
Partner Nick Stevens was recently elected chairperson of the Community Health Law Project, a $5.5 million non-profit organization. The Law Project's mission is to provide legal and advocacy services, training, education, and related activities to persons with disabilities and to organizations representing their interests, with an emphasis on those most vulnerable and needy.
Nine from Starr Gern Recognized as Top Lawyers by Peers
April 2010
Starr, Gern partners Ira M. Starr, Amos Gern, Ronald L. Davison, Jonathan J. Lerner, Nicholas Stevens, Jeffrey A. Rizika and John J. Ratkowitz were all selected as Super Lawyers by their peers in New Jersey, as reported by New Jersey Monthly Magazine. Additionally, associate James A. Meszaros was named a Rising Star. Ira Starr and partner Edwin S. Rubin were also designated as AV-Preeminent by Lexis Martindale Hubbell.
Starr Gern Expands Taxation and Estate Planning Practice
March 2010
Starr Gern adds three attorneys, Harvey R. Poe, Amy M. Van Fossen and Jeffrey R. Pittard, specializing in Federal and State Taxation, Criminal and Civil Tax Litigation, Estate Planning and Business Counseling.
Starr Gern Lawyers Conduct NJAPM Advanced Mediation Training Seminar
March 2010
Partner Nick Stevens organized and moderated the Annual Advanced Mediation Training Course for the New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators (NJAPM), of which he is a Board Member. Partner Jonathan J. Lerner presented a lecture entitled Case Management: Overcoming Resistance in Court Ordered Mediation.
Former Superior Court Judge Donald S. Goldman Joins Starr Gern
January 2010
Former Judge of the Superior Court, Donald S. Goldman, has joined the SGDR Alternative Dispute Resolution practice group as an arbitrator and mediator. Judge Goldman will also provide the firm with legal counsel in complex litigation matters.
Complex Torts Group Has Major Successes
December 2009
Amos Gern and John Ratkowitz obtained $3.9 Million for two steelworkers injured in a construction site accident, after a two-week trial. They recently obtained over $1.4 Million in an orthopedic malpractice case resolved after jury selection. Both cases were tried in Essex County Superior Court.
Commercial Litigation Group Resolves Major Lanham Act, RICO and Unfair Competition Case in Federal Court
December 2009
Ronald L. Davison and Barbara Drasheff recently settled a significant lawsuit on behalf of a distributor of electronic devices claiming that a competitor had been selling products with counterfeit Underwriters Laboratories labels and which were non-compliant with UL standards.
Starr Gern Successfully Resolves Litigation Over Ownership of $9 Million Morristown Apartment Complex
November 2009
Stephen R. Urbinato and Jonathan J. Lerner successfully resolved an ownership dispute involving a 75 unit apartment complex located in Morristown, New Jersey via suit for specific performance in Morris County Superior Court.
Starr Gern Litigation Group Undertakes Federal Fraud Case Against Nationwide Franchisor
November 2009
Ronald L. Davison and Richard T. Welch brought suit in federal court against a nationwide franchisor claiming that it fraudulently induced a commercial landlord to approve the assignment of a shopping center lease to a shell entity which subsequently defaulted.
Stephen Urbinato Presents Seminar on the Organization and Sale of Business
October 2009
Stephen Urbinato recently presented a seminar entitled Organization and Sale of Business at Seton Hall University School of Law on behalf of the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education.
Estate Wins Significant Recovery in Conversion Case
September 2009
Jonathan J. Lerner and Edwin S. Rubin obtained recovery of approximately $350,000 worth of United Parcel Service stock claimed by the Estate of a deceased Bayonne man to have been converted by his son. The case settled during a trial before Maurice J. Gallipoli, J.S.C. Assignment Judge, Hudson County Superior Court.
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