Giordano, Halleran Law Firm Profile

Phone: 732-741-3900

Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. is a multi-specialty law firm dedicated to providing sophisticated, complex legal services and solutions. The attorneys maintain personal relationships and gather in-depth knowledge of clients’ businesses and industries to construct both sound legal advice and effective strategies to resolve business issues. With a focus on responsiveness and producing results with outstanding value to their clients’ bottom line, the firm provides experienced legal representation in a wide variety of practice areas, including: Corporate and Business; Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy; Environmental; Healthcare; Intellectual Property and Technology; Labor and Employment; Litigation; Real Estate, Land Use and Development; and Trusts and Estates.

Located in Red Bank, Trenton, and Holmdel New Jersey as well as in New York City, New York, the firm was founded over 50 years ago by John C. Giordano, Jr. Our approach to client service is to build lasting, trusted relationships that produce results with outstanding value for our clients. Strong lines of communication and focus on the bottom-line business objectives remain at the forefront of all our relationships. Clients can be assured that their attorneys are working hard to find solutions and to meet their needs in a resourceful and cost-effective manner.

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Jeri L. Abrams Shareholder Jeri focuses primarily on employment law, with an emphasis on drafting and negotiating complex employment-related documentation, such as executive employment, consulting, restrictive... [email protected] ghclaw.com	John A. Aiello Shareholder John, chair of the Corporate and Securities Law Practice Area, concentrates his practice on corporate and securities matters. His practice focuses on various aspects of corporate finance,... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com
J. Scott Anderson Shareholder Scott, Co-Chair of the Real Estate Practice Area and Chair of the Planned Real Estate Development Practice Area, focuses primarily on the development of residential, commercial and mixed... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com	Kurt E. Anderson Shareholder Kurt's practice focuses on technology and intellectual property. He counsels clients in the following areas: Licensing and US and international transactional matters (e.g., development... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com
James M. Andrews Shareholder Jim Andrews focuses his practice in the areas of corporate/commercial litigation, environmental law, matrimonial law and product liability defense. He has tried over seventy significant... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com

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Justin S. Baumgartner Associate Justin's practice focuses on corporate reorganization and bankruptcy law, including the representation of Chapter 11 debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, indenture trustees, Chapter 7... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com	Anjali N. Baxi Counsel Anjali has been practicing law for 15 years, mainly focused on health care transactional and regulatory matters. She prepares and reviews LOIs, purchase agreements and other transaction... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com
Jay S. Becker Shareholder Jay, chair of the Labor and Employment Practice Area, devotes his practice to labor relations and employment law and litigation on behalf of management. His experience includes conducting... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com	Peter B. Bennett Of Counsel Peter, Chair of the Government Investigations/White Collar Crime Practice Area, devotes his practice to white collar criminal defense, internal corporate investigations and the defense of... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com
Bernard J. Berry, Jr. Of Counsel Mr. Berry is chair of the Banking Practice Area. A business counselor, he integrates the resources of the firm's practice areas to provide optimal service to the firm's clients. He counsels... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com	Catherine J. Bick Shareholder Cathy devotes her practice to commercial and business litigation matters. She represents individuals and entities in the business community on all manners of disputes and stages of... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com
Michael A. Bruno Shareholder Mike, chair of Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla's Redevelopment practice area and co-chair of our Real Estate practice area, focuses his practice area on real estate transactions and... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com	Ari G. Burd Shareholder Ari devotes his time to assisting and defending employers with regard to traditional employment issues. He frequently counsels employers for compliance with New Jersey laws and has... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com

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Kyle J. Campanile Associate Kyle Campanile is an Associate in the firm's Real Estate, Redevelopment and Planned Real Estate Development Practice Area. Mr. Campanile focuses his practice on commercial real estate and... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com/	Donald F. Campbell Jr. Shareholder Mr. Campbell focuses his practice in the areas of bankruptcy, bankruptcy litigation, commercial foreclosures, receiverships, creditors rights, workouts, commercial loans and related... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com
Michael J. Canning Shareholder Mr. Canning, co-chair of the Litigation Practice Area, has been certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a civil trial attorney. He devotes his practice primarily to commercial... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com	Michael P. Castore Associate Michael focuses his practice on a variety of environmental and land use matters. He navigates his clients through the land use approval process and environmental matters related thereto... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com
Monica J. Ceres Of Counsel Ms. Ceres devotes her practice to the negotiation of commercial real estate leases and the registration of planned real estate developments. Specifically, Ms. Ceres counsels individual and... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com	Beth Christian Shareholder Ms. Christian's practice is devoted to Health Care Law and legal issues facing Health Care facilities licensed professionals and non-profit organizations. She has over twenty years of... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com
Frank R. Ciesla Of Counsel Mr. Ciesla is Chair Emeritus of the firm's Health Care Law Practice Area. His practice is primarily devoted to Health Care and Government Contracts Law. He counsels clients on legal... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com	Paul T. Colella Co-Managing Shareholder/Chief Financial Officer Paul's practice is devoted primarily to Business Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Corporate Finance. Paul's Business Law practice includes counseling clients in the formation and... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com
Patrick S. Convery Shareholder Pat's practice is devoted primarily to Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Business Transactions and Business Litigation. He has counseled clients on a wide variety of business matters... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com	Steven J. Corodemus Of Counsel Steve focuses his practice on government affairs, transactional, and real estate development. As Chairman of the law firm's Government Affairs Department, he seeks to identify expeditious... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com

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Steven M. Dalton Shareholder Steve's primary practice is in Environmental Law. He is able to utilize his background in environmental sciences to anticipate, understand and address the issues that his clients confront.... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com	Timothy J. DeHaut Shareholder Tim, Co-Chair of the Construction Law & Litigation Department, maintains a broad-based transactional and commercial litigation practice, with particular focus on construction, real... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com
Timothy J. Dengler Shareholder Tim focuses his practice on all aspects of trust and estate planning, estate administration, estate litigation and taxation. His clients include high net worth individuals and families with... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com

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Afiyfa H. Ellington

Counsel

Afiyfa focuses her practice in litigation and appeals with an emphasis on contract, business, commercial, environmental and land use. She analyzes case law pertinent to a variety of legal...

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Robert J. Feinberg Shareholder A member of the firm's Policy Committee, Mr. Feinberg focuses his practice on complex business and real estate litigation, the representation of corporations, shareholders and executive... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com	Matthew N. Fiorovanti Shareholder Matt focuses his practice on complex business and commercial litigation, involving all aspects of a business, such as rent disputes, partnership, shareholder and LLC breakups, issues... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com
Philip D. Forlenza Shareholder Phil's practice is devoted primarily to Corporate Finance/Securities Law, Acquisitions/ Mergers and Business Law. Phil counsels clients with respect to the raising of capital in the public... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com

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Michael J. Gross Shareholder/Managing Partner Mike, chair of the Environmental Law Practice Area, handles all aspects of New Jersey and federal environmental law, including permitting and litigation, CAFRA, sewage disposal and water... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com	John A. Giunco Shareholder John devotes his practice to the acquisition, development, sale and financing of real estate. He has a substantial background in business law and real property taxation. He advises clients... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com
Steven P. Gouin Associate Steve is a shareholder and member of the firm’s Real Estate and Renewable Energy practice groups. Across all aspects of his practice, Steve strives to provide clients with quick, efficient... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com	Carmella M. Gubbiotti Associate Carmella focuses her practice on a variety of environmental and land use matters, including remediation, development, redevelopment, zoning, business counseling, corporate transactions, as... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com

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Heath Care Practice Group Giordano Law Firm

The attorneys in the Health Care Practice Area counsel clients on a broad range of problems, integrating traditional legal principles with the special body of federal and state law...

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Craig Ismaili

Associate

Craig, an associate in the firm's Corporate and Business Practice Area, focuses his practice on various business transactions, including Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Finance, and...

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Alexandra Kukuyev

Associate

Alexandra is an associate in our Corporate and Business and Labor and Employment practice areas. In the area of Corporate and Business law, Alexandra focuses her practice on various...

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Labor Employment Giordano The attorneys in the Labor & Employment Practice Area represent clients on all aspects of traditional labor and corporate employment law matters. We recognize that employers are... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com	Gerald P. Lally Shareholder Jerry is a transactional lawyer who has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, securities law, business law and tax law. He represents acquirers and sellers of... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com
Linda M. Lee Associate inda focuses her practice on development, redevelopment, environmental compliance cases, corporate transactional matters, land use, zoning and business counseling. She also focuses on... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com/	Litigation Practice Group Giordano The attorneys in the Litigation Practice Area are devoted to pursuing the claims of and defending the rights and interests of our clients in various commercial, contract, and regulatory... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com
Kristen Lyons Associate Kristen, an Associate in the firm's Planned Real Estate Development Department, focuses her practice on the preparation of governing documents for communities as well as applications for... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com

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Christopher J. Marino Associate Chris has a bi-coastal litigation practice focusing on general commercial and business disputes, trademark law, copyright law, trade secret law and unfair business practices, and... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com	Donna A. McBarron Of Counsel Donna is of-counsel to the Real Estate and Leasing Departments. She has over 20 years of experience dealing with complex commercial real estate matters, negotiating commercial leases, and... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com
C. Justin McCarthy Shareholder Justin, a shareholder in the Land Use & Development Practice Group, focuses his practice on matters associated with residential and commercial real estate including, but not limited to... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com	David J. Miller Shareholder Dave is an environmental attorney with experience in the private and public sectors who focuses his practice on environmental regulatory, real estate and corporate transactional matters. He... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com

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Marc D. Policastro

Shareholder

Marc, Chair of the Environmental Department, is a transactional, business attorney, who focuses his practice in development, redevelopment, environmental compliance cases, corporate...

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Sean E. Regan

Shareholder

Sean focuses his practice on commercial litigation and general litigation. He is primarily involved in real estate, construction and corporate disputes. With regard to real estate, Sean...

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Laurence I. Rothstein

Shareholder

Larry, co-chair of the firm's Leasing Practice Group, focuses his practice in the areas of commercial real estate leasing and land use and development. He handles a variety of matters...

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John A. Sarto Associate John is a shareholder in the Land Use & Development Law, and Affordable Housing practice areas of the firm. He represents property owners, investors, and commercial and residential... [email protected]om www.ghclaw.com	Paul H. Schneider Shareholder Paul, Chair of the Environmental & Land Use Litigation Practice Area, focuses his practice in environmental, redevelopment, land use, regulatory, real estate and affordable housing law... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com
Courtney G. Schroeder Associate Courtney's practice focuses on corporate reorganization and bankruptcy law, including the representation of Chapter 11 debtors, secured and unsecured creditors, indenture trustees, Chapter... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com	Brian J. Shemesh Associate Brian, an Associate in the firm's Real Estate Practice Area, focuses his practice on all land-related matters, including redevelopment projects, commercial real estate transactions, and... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com
John Sikora Associate John assists clients with the planning and organization of businesses, with corporate governance matters, and with various business transactions, including sales and purchases of businesses... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com	Melissa V. Skrocki Shareholder Melissa focuses her practice on counseling business clients through various transactions with an emphasis on intellectual property issues. Melissa's business law practice includes the... [email protected] www.ghclaw.com

State and Local Law

NJ Flood Hazard Rulemaking

The National Law Review names Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. and authors Michael J. Gross, Marc D. Policastro, Paul H. Schneider, Steven M. Dalton, David J. Miller, and Afiyfa H. Ellington as Go-To Thought Leaders in the field of State and Local Law. The firm’s May 2022 article, “NJDEP Announces FHA Emergency Rulemaking,” gained considerable traction for its coverage of the latest developments in New Jersey flood hazard rulemaking, demonstrating the firm’s impressive depth of knowledge with their timely and relevant thought leadership.

2020 NLR Thought Leadership Award Winner

Environmental Law

New Jersey Environmental & Land Use Law

Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla’s New Jersey Environmental Law & Land Use practice group is recognized as a Go-To Thought Leader for their coverage and analysis of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“NJDEP”) permit extensions, including extensions for remediation activities, environmental compliance updates due to the COVID-19 public health emergency, amendments to surface water quality and other environmental standards and statutory and common law environmental cleanup claims. Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla's Environmental and Land Use team provides timely regulatory and litigation updates which are invaluable to construction, real estate professionals and other parties interested in New Jersey environmental standard. Giordano Environmental and Land Use Practice Group legal editors include Michael J. Gross, Marc D. Policastro, Paul H. Schneider, Steven M. Dalton, David J. Miller and Afiyfa H. Ellington.

2018 NLR Thought Leadership Award Winner

Health Law

New Jersey Health Care

Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. has been selected for a 2018 NLR Go-To Thought Leadership award for their coverage of New Jersey Health Care regulatory developments. The attorney-authors at Giordano write regular updates on New Jersey Health Care Regulations, keeping NLR readers up to date on the information they need to know.