NJLM Legal Team

The League advocates for municipalities through the efforts of its legal team.

Our Legal Department participates in a variety of amicus interventions because they have significant legal precedents affecting municipalities statewide.

The League’s General Counsel, Trishka Cecil, assists the League in monitoring cases that will have an impact on municipalities and conducts a number of training sessions during the year.

 Attorneys and local elected officials alike must continually adapt to this ever-changing legal landscape and our legal department is a strong resource to help them in this task.

GENERAL 
COUNSEL

Trishka CecilTRISHKA CECIL
Mason, Griffin & Pierson
Princeton

ASSISTANT
COUNSEL

Edward J. BuzakEDWARD BUZAK
Surenian, Edwards, Buzak & Nolan
Montville

ASSISTANT COUNSEL

Ed-Schmierer head shotEDWIN W. SCHMIERER
Mason, Griffin & Pierson
Princeton

LABOR COUNSEL
Angelo J. Genova

ANGELO J. GENOVA
Genova Burns
Newark

LABOR COUNSEL

Joseph M Hannon head shotJOSEPH HANNON
Genova Burns
Newark

ASSOCIATE LEGAL COUNSELS

Martin AllenMARTIN ALLEN
DiFrancesco,
Bateman, Kunzman,
Davis, Leher & Flaum
Warren

Mark Anderson head shotMARK ANDERSON
Woolson, Peach,
Anderson
Somerville

John P Belardo head shotJOHN BELARDO
McElroy, Deutsch,
Mulvaney & Carpenter
Morristown

Jennifer Credidio head shotJENNIFER L. CREDIDIO
McManimon Scotland Baumann
Roseland

F. Clifford GibbonsF. CLIFFORD GIBBONS
MUNICIPAL LAND USE CHAIRMAN
Dolan & Dolan
Newton

John C Gillespie cropJOHN C. GILLESPIE
Parker McCay
Mount Laurel

William Harla head shotWILLIAM HARLA
DeCotiis, FitzPatrick,
Cole & Giblin
Teaneck

Jason Holt, Chiesa Shahinian and GiantomasiJASON HOLT
Chiesa, Shahinian & Giantomasi
West Orange

Matthew Jessup head shotMATTHEW D. JESSUP
McManimon, Scotland, Baumann
Roseland

Michael B Lavery, Lavery Selvaggi Abromitis and CohoenMICHAEL B. LAVERY
Lavery, Selvaggi & Cohen
Morristown

John R. Lloyd head shotJOHN R. LLOYD
TAX COUNSEL
Chiesa, Shahinian & Giantomasi
West Orange

NJLM Associate Attorney Leslie ParikhLESLIE A. PARIKH
Gebhardt & Keifer
Annandale

realeSAMUEL "SKIP" REALE
Helmer, Conley,
& Kasselman
Willinboro

Matthew Rogers head shotMATTHEW S. ROGERS
Law Office of
Matthew S. Rogers
Ridgewood

John ScagnelliJOHN M. SCAGNELLI
ENVIRONMENTAL COUNSEL
Scarinci Hollenbeck
Lyndhurst

Tara St. Angelo croppedTARA ANN ST. ANGELO
Gebhardt & Kiefer
Annandale

Fred SemrauFRED SEMRAU
Dorsey & Semrau, LLC
Boonton

Joel ShainJOEL SHAIN
PUBLIC UTILITY COUNSEL
Murphy Orlando
Newark

Jeffrey SurenianJEFFREY SURENIAN
Surenian, Edwards, Buzak & Nolan
Montville

Sharon WeinerSHARON WEINER
Murphy, McKeon
Riverdale

Carl R. Woodward, IIICARL R. WOODWARD III
Carella, Byrne, Cecchi, Olstein, Brody & Agnello, P.C.
Roseland

William John Kearns Jr

WILLIAM JOHN KEARNS JR.
League General Counsel Emeritus; Helmer, Conley & Kasselman
Willingboro