Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

Chairman: Paul A Rowe

Managing Partner: W Raymond Felton

Number of partners: 58

Number of total lawyers: 98

Firm Overview:

The firm marked its 100th anniversary in 2014, serving a broad range of local, regional and national clients with interests in New Jersey and surrounding areas. Client trust and loyalty are earned through creative and cost-effective representation, proactive strategies, attention to detail and relationship-oriented service. Nine core departments and numerous interdisciplinary practice groups create an integrated profile that meets the needs of entrepreneurs, small and mid-market businesses, large corporations, public entities, and individuals.

Main Areas of Practice:

• Litigation
• Criminal & White Collar
• Corporate
• Employment
• Environmental & Energy
• Healthcare
• Real Estate
• Redevelopment & Land Use
• Construction
• Tax, Trusts & Estates
• Family

Litigation:

Commercial and business litigation including matters related to employment, real estate, environmental, estate, healthcare, product liability, bankruptcy, banking, creditors’ rights, public entity liability, personal injury, chancery practice and ADR. Complex and ‘bet the company’ litigation and more routine cases. Federal, state and appellate expertise. Litigation and risk management support to small, middle market, multinational and institutional companies in a variety of industries. Clients include public and private sector entities and individuals.

Criminal & White Collar:

Representation in criminal and quasi-criminal investigations, administrative enforcement proceedings, criminal prosecutions in federal, state, and municipal courts. Conduct and defend against internal investigations targeting alleged offenses including financial fraud, corruption, FCPA violations breaches of fiduciary duty, environmental violations. Counsel related to regulatory compliance issues including those involving the OAE and BME. Clients include private corporations, public institutions, senior executives, public officials.

Corporate:

Services include mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions, securities offerings and franchise law. General counsel to companies lacking in-house legal resources. Clients include individuals, entrepreneurs, mid-market companies, family-owned businesses and large corporations in manufacturing, food and beverage, retail, automotive, real estate, transportation, energy, healthcare, banking and finance.

Employment:

Employment counseling, compliance, litigation and risk avoidance with primary focus on management. Experience encompasses discrimination, harassment, unlawful retaliation, whistleblower, wrongful discharge, workplace torts, wage and hour issues, and disputes arising from employment agreements. Counseling focuses on employment practices and policies, compliance issues, HR audits, investigations, benefits, executive compensation, training, agreements and handbooks. Clients include private and public sector entities.

Environmental & Energy:

Focus on impact of environmental laws and regulations on real estate and business transactions and operations. Transactional issues, financing and cost recovery in contaminated property cleanups and redevelopment, Superfund, environmental land use, transaction-triggered laws, disclosure obligations, enforcement proceedings, environmental due diligence, risk allocation, environmental insurance, EHS compliance. Sustainable building, alternative and renewable energy projects, energy regulation, utility interconnection, property acquisition, related agreements. Clients include developers, property owners, manufacturers, REITs, lenders.

Healthcare:

Expertise in healthcare regulatory and compliance issues, litigation and appeals, transactional matters. Representation encompasses mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, Medicare, Medicaid, disproportionate hospital reimbursement matters, healthcare private equity transactions, compliance issues under HIPAA, Stark Law, federal and state anti-kickback laws, regulatory approvals, licensure and certification issues, CHAPA and cy presapprovals, corporate practice of medicine, insurance fraud defense. Clients include healthcare systems, hospitals, medical facilities, other healthcare entities.

Real Estate:

Acquisition, disposition, leasing and renovation of commercial, industrial and residential real estate. Project financing, incentives, energy efficiency, commercial tax appeals, planned real estate, brokerage law, restructuring and workouts, cannabis and environmental issues. Expertise encompasses office buildings, warehouse facilities, retail, hospitality, apartment buildings, condominiums, mixed use properties, portfolio transactions, solar and green building.Clients include buyers, sellers, lenders, owners, landlords, tenants, investors, corporations and REITs.

Redevelopment & Land Use:

Representation in projects including residential, industrial, retail, office and mixed-use. Services include project siting, property acquisition, financing, incentives, public-private partnerships, construction and environmental issues, zoning, land use, due diligence, permits, appearances and appeals before boards and regulatory agencies, litigation. Clients include private developers and public sector entities.

Construction:

Construction contracting and risk management services spanning gamut of project delivery systems for wide variety of projects. Construction-related legal disputes and adversarial proceedings. Clients include property and business owners, construction managers, contractors, architects, suppliers, common interest communities, public entities.

Tax, Trusts & Estates:

Services related to business and personal tax issues and disputes, estate planning and administration, wealth preservation, asset protection, succession planning, elder law, employee benefits, executive compensation, and estate litigation. Clients include individuals, corporate executives, and nonprofit entities.

Family Law:

Boutique service backed by a full-service business law firm. Representation encompasses divorce, custody and guardianship, child support, spousal maintenance, equitable distribution, domestic violence, adoption, pre- and post-nuptial agreements, post judgment enforcement and modifications, and planning issues for special needs individuals.