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

Patrick Papalia

Patrick Papalia practices in the areas of civil litigation, real estate, corporate and business law.

Mr. Papalia has developed an impressive reputation as a tenacious litigator. His experience includes commercial insurance, employment, corporate, and estate matters. Mr. Papalia has skillfully handled many of the firm’s complex corporate management and commercial litigation matters. His experience in the corporate area includes the representation of clients in the purchase and sale of businesses, negotiation of various contracts and advising with regard to many types of corporate and employment matters. Mr. Papalia has extensive experience in all aspects of civil litigation and corporate law, which has enabled him to provide a wide range of seasoned advice to the firm’s diverse clients.

Mr. Papalia received his J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law. Mr. Papalia has a business degree, with honors, from Montclair State University, which enables him to provide focused and helpful advice to the firm’s business clients. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey, New York, District of Columbia, and the United States Federal District Court for the District of New Jersey.

After graduating from law school, Mr. Papalia served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Peter Ciolino, A.J.S.C. of the New Jersey Superior Court, gaining hands-on experience from Bergen County’s highest ranking judge. He also completed judicial internships during law school with the Honorable Maryanne Trump Barry, U.S.D.J. in the United States Federal District Court and with the Honorable Murray G. Simon, J.S.C., the Honorable Irwin I. Kimmelman, J.S.C., and the Honorable Harry A. Margolis, J.S.C. in the Chancery Division of the New Jersey Superior Court.

Mr. Papalia is a member of the Bergen County Bar Association. He is also a graduate of the Justice Pashman Inn of Court, where he honed his litigation and trial skills during a two-year program.

Mr. Papalia has served as a court appointed fiscal agent and discovery master for the New Jersey Superior Court, Law and General Equity Parts. Judges of the New Jersey Superior Court have appointed Mr. Papalia to serve and assist the court on complex legal matters.

Mr. Papalia is fluent in Italian.

Montclair State University
(B.S. 1990)

Seton Hall University School of Law
(J.D. 1993)

New Jersey
New York

District of Columbia

U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey