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What’s In A Name?
By: Lindsey Moskowitz Medvin Very often the first piece of information that we have about a person is their name. A name helps you to form [...]
Navigating the Modification or Termination of Alimony Upon Retirement
An Article by: Janine Danks Fox, Esq. In September of 2014, N.J.S.A. § 2A:34-23 was amended to clarify the standard that New Jersey Courts must rely [...]
Assisted Suicide Law Effective in New Jersey
An Article By: Scott P. Borsack, Esq. On August 1, 2019, New Jersey became the eighth state in the country to pass legislation that allows terminally [...]
Award in Breach of Contract Case Exceeds $1 Million
Dan Sweetser won a jury award of $805,000 for our client, Intercon Enterprises, in Newark’s US District Court. With interest, the award amount totaled $1,085,000. Intercon is [...]
Success Stories: Environmental Law
Atlantic City Electric Co. v. Bardin, 145 N.J. Super. 438 (App. Div. 1976) Arnold Lakind representing the Natural Resource Council Atlantic City Electric Company appealed a determination [...]
Arnold Lakind Represents Business Owner’s Wife Relieving Her of Liability After Employee Accident
Macysyn v. Hensler, 329 N.J. Super. 476 (App. Div. 2000) Arnold Lakind representing Kathryn Hensler A little known provision of the workers compensation act imposes personal liability [...]
Why Hire An Attorney?
Get the Compensation You Deserve…That You Need Injury by the negligence of another is often accompanied by lost time from work, lost wages, an accumulation of [...]
Five Former SDA Employees File Federal Lawsuit Claiming Political Discrimination
NJSDA is accused of firing longtime employees in order to hire political supporters. Five former employees of the New Jersey Schools Development Authority filed a lawsuit [...]
New Tax on Short Terms Property Rentals Threatens Shore Communities
While most of us were distracted by the potential for a New Jersey government shutdown over Governor Murphy’s demand for revisions to the so-called millionaire’s tax [...]
The Alimony Reform Statute and the Impact on Cohabitation Claims
By: Janine Danks Fox On September 10, 2014, N.J.S.A. 2A:34-23 was amended to reformthe alimony statute. Since thepassage of the statute, there has been considerable debate [...]
Fall Into Tax Appeals – The Value of Starting Early
An Article by: Jeffrey M. Hall Welcome to the second segment of our Tax Appeals advice! In Article 1, we explained some of the concepts and math [...]
Fall Into Tax Appeals – Calculating Presumed Market Value
An Article by: Jeffrey M. Hall A few months ago, new property tax bills were mailed and probably filed away only to be pulled out when [...]
Firm News
Three Szaferman Lakind Attorneys Receive Amicus Awards
Craig J. Hubert and Thomas J. Manzo Receive Amicus Award for their Work Preserving the Rights [...]
Szaferman Lakind Partners with Arc Mercer to Provide Opportunities for Americans with Disabilities
Szaferman Lakind understands that Americans with disabilities bring their individual skills and talents to the workplace [...]
Schwartz Family Law Merges with Szaferman Lakind
Szaferman Lakind is pleased to welcome the attorneys Brian M. Schwartz and Jayde A. Divito to [...]
Recent Verdicts & Settlements
Bid Protest Upheld in Multi-Million Dollar State Contract
Jeffrey P. Blumstein successfully protested the proposed award of a multi-million dollar, multi-year State contract to provide [...]
Appellate Court Allows Construction of a Taco Bell in Trenton
Szaferman Lakind prevailed on an appeal before the Superior Court, Appellate Division, on an issue of [...]
Favorable NJ Supreme Court Decision Issued in Non-Solicitation Case
Szaferman Lakind prevailed on an appeal to the Supreme Court of New Jersey seeking to reverse a [...]