MEMBERS
T.J. Herten
A. Burstein
P.F. Sheridan, Jr.
A.J. Cevasco
T.P. Bottinelli
A.D. Litt
S.B. Harz
P. Papalia
R.J. Contant
S.M. Marra
T.S. McGuire
A.T. Fede
G.A.Pietrafesa
S.D. Jacobson
M.I. Lubin
N.O. DeScherer
D.Y. Gielchinsky

ASSOCIATES
P. Ascolese
L.R. Bicocchi
C.P. Bossong
T.J. Fagan
C.B. Hand
L.J.C. Hardesty, Jr.
M.R. Olszak
D.C. Ritson
K.K. Ruggiero
E.S. Thompson

OF COUNSEL
J.T. Shafron
W.H. Schmidt, Jr.
D.S. Steinberg
L.C. Tomasella
C. Brooks
D.L. Mulligan

SPECIAL COUNSEL
G.C. Escala

DIRECTOR OF
OPERATIONS
D. Polizzotto

ATTORNEY MAIN PAGE

Cynthia Brooks

Cynthia Brooks provides expertise to Herten Burstein clients in the area of commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, like-kind exchanges, office and retail leasing, real estate development, and real estate-related lending. She gained her strong background in commercial real estate law through representation of major regional and national clients, including landlords and tenants of shopping centers and office space. Ms. Brooks enjoyed a prior career as a banker with a major regional bank.

Ms. Brooks is a 1986 graduate of Georgetown University,
Washington, D.C. In 1994, she earned her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, where she was a member of the Georgetown Immigration Law Journal and a member of the Center for Applied Legal Studies Clinic.

As a member of the National Bar Association, Real Estate Property Section, Ms. Brooks served as a panelist for the Association's national leasing seminar. Her other professional associations include the American Bar Association, Women Rainmakers Section; the New Jersey State Bar Association, for which she served on the Young Lawyers Division Executive Committee and received the Community Service Award; and Industrial/Commercial Real Estate Women.
Ms. Brooks is active in her community as well, having served on the Township of Montclair’s Zoning Board of Adjustment and as Secretary to the Board of Trustees of Essex Valley School, Inc. At the state level, Ms. Brooks was Campaign Finance Director for Thom Jackson’s 2005 State Assembly campaign.

Georgetown University
(B.A. 1986)

Georgetown University Law Center
(J.D. 1994)

New Jersey