Gibbons P.C.

Managing Director: Peter J. Torcicollo

Firm Overview

With headquarters in Newark, New Jersey and seven other thriving offices in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Washington, DC, and Florida, Gibbons P.C. has a presence that lends itself to exceptional regional coverage, whether firm attorneys are closing major, complex deals or devising strategies for wide-ranging litigations.Gibbons is recognized nationally for its work, as well as regionally. The New Jersey Law Journal has awarded Gibbons a ‘Litigation Practice of the Year’ designation five times in recent years, in the employment and labor, class actions, products liability, and commercial litigation categories and with the overall ‘General Litigation Practice of the Year’ honor. The firm has been certified as a great workplace by the independent analysts at the Great Place to Work® organization.

Legal Services:

Business & Commercial Litigation

Handling sophisticated and complex commercial litigation, including securities class actions, antitrust, RICO actions, shareholder and partnership disputes, contract disputes, Consumer Fraud Act claims, Lanham Act, restrictive covenants, business torts, bankruptcy litigation, class action defense, construction litigation, insurance, general equity, and appellate. Active e-discovery task force helping companies to prevent document retention and electronic discovery problems and solve such problems that arise. Focused privacy and data security team assisting clients in effectively managing data and corresponding risks throughout the information life cycle, providing practical advice and strategic solutions for clients’ data security and privacy challenges and relying on extensive experience with the complex framework of local, national, sectoral, and international legal requirements.

Contact: Frederick W. Alworth

Corporate

Advising leading area and global corporations and other businesses and financial institutions on the full range of corporate law matters, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, cross-border transactions, restructurings, joint ventures, licensing, corporate finance, commercial lending, capital raising, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, tax, and complex business transactions requiring novel solutions. Serving as outside general counsel.

Contact: Frank T. Cannone

Employment & Labor Law

Representing employers in federal and state courts, in litigation involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour, employment contract, restrictive covenant, wrongful discharge, employee benefits, and ERISA claims. Providing preventive and compliance counseling and training, addressing discipline and discharge, harassment, disability-related leaves and accommodations, workforce restructurings, restrictive covenants, and executive compensation. Handling workplace investigations and audits of employment practices. Addressing the full range of labor issues.

Contact: Christine A. Amalfe

Environmental:

Handling all areas of environmental law, most recently playing leading roles in multi-party remediation matters arising in large, complex sediment remediation sites in New Jersey and New York. Undertaking multifaceted environmental litigation, including service as common counsel or lead counsel in developing strategy for groups of potentially responsible parties in significant landfill and sediment cases throughout the region.

Contact: Camille V. Otero

Financial Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights

Representing creditors, debtors, and various fiduciaries in all aspects of complex business insolvency issues and proceedings, including federal bankruptcy proceedings; state court litigation involving receiverships, attachments, replevins and foreclosures; out-of-court ‘workouts’ and related debtor and creditor relations counseling to resolve insolvency issues; and disputes outside of formal proceedings.

Contact: Robert K. Malone

Government & Regulatory Affairs

Counseling entities in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors on state and federal government relations issues, including legislative lobbying, regulatory counseling, and interaction with state agencies.

Contacts: David J. Pascrell

Intellectual Property

Providing a full range of patent, trademark, copyright, unfair competition, e-commerce, trade secret, and computer and internet law experience in the areas of litigation, strategic licensing and transactional work, patent prosecution, trademark and copyright registrations, corporate due diligence, intellectual property audits, and general intellectual property counseling.

Contact: David E. De Lorenzi

Products Liability

Representing product manufacturers in a variety of industries in individual and class actions. Defending pharmaceutical and medical/surgical device manufacturers, as well as diagnostic laboratories, in complex matters involving issues such as purported adverse effects; design, warnings and/or manufacturing defects; and results of laboratory analyses. Defending industrial equipment, automotive and consumer product manufacturers in a wide variety of claims relating to products liability issues.

Contact: Kim M. Catullo

Real Property

Providing real estate counseling and litigation services for all types of properties. Extensive real property practice handling sales, purchases, and development of properties, including office buildings, industrial and flex buildings, retail centers, apartment buildings, and hotels.

Contacts: Douglas J. Janacek, Jennifer Phillips Smith

White Collar & Investigations

Investigating and defending against allegations of business, accounting, securities, bank, insurance, tax, healthcare, and government contract fraud. Defending clients in many high-profile investigations and prosecutions of alleged political corruption and business crime, particularly in the pharmaceutical and communications industries.

Contacts: Lawrence S. Lustberg, Ricardo Solano, Jr.

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Facilitating compromise and fostering settlements as mediators, presiding over complex arbitrations, serving as special masters as quasi-judicial officers executing significant court directives, or as compliance monitors acting to resolve and implement government enforcement actions. Representing clients in high-stakes disputes in a broad range of ADR forums, including the American Arbitration Association (AAA), JAMS, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and numerous other voluntary and/or court ordered ADR proceedings.

Contact: Noel L. Hillman