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

Jason T. Shafron

Jason T. Shafron provides extensive and varied expertise to Herten Burstein as counsel to the firm in the areas of business law and litigation; employment, real estate and personal injury litigation; and government law. He is also experienced in zoning, planning, and land use issues, and he possesses insight into the codes and complex regulations that effect property use in New Jersey today. His work for the firm has included matters such as product liability, construction, trade secret, employment, and real estate cases in State and Federal trial and appellate courts, and representation of individuals and companies in diverse business disputes.

A 1988 graduate of Bucknell University, Mr. Shafron earned B.A. degrees in both Economics and Political Science. During his studies at Villanova University School of Law, he served as a research assistant in bankruptcy and tax law, as well as studying in London, England. After he received his J.D. in 1991, Mr. Shafron served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Thomas S. O'Brien, J.A.D., of the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division.

Mr. Shafron’s New Jersey and New York legal experience at the firm was broadened by further practicing law in San Francisco, California, before returning to Herten Burstein. Mr. Shafron has gained invaluable experience from Silicon Valley where he represented numerous types of businesses from start-ups to Fortune 50 corporations. He successfully has litigated ERISA; insurance coverage; stock option dispute; product liability; real estate; and class action cases. Mr. Shafron has also provided his seasoned advice and representation to financial institutions, private lenders, developers, and brokers in varied real estate-related transactions and litigation.

Mr. Shafron is a member of the Bergen County, New Jersey, and American Bar Associations. He has participated in the Bergen County Bar Association’s Annual Land Use Symposium, where he lectured regarding the impact of a U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on eminent domain and development in New Jersey, and serves as a judge for the Bar Association’s Mock Trial Competition. As a member of the Justice William J. Brennan Jr. Chapter of the American Inns of Court, Mr. Shafron further honed his litigation skills during a two year training program.

Extremely active in the community, Mr. Shafron serves as Capital Campaign Chair for Reed Academy, is a Member of the Board of Trustees of the UJA Federation of Northern New Jersey, and Commissioner of the Northwest Bergen County Utilities Authority.

Bucknell University
(B.A. 1988)

Villanova University School of Law
(J.D. 1991)

New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
California

U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey

U.S. District Courts Northern District
of California

U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court