Gianfranco A. Pietrafesa

Gianfranco A. Pietrafesa

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TEL: (201) 342-6000 X269
FAX: (201) 342-6611
gpietrafesa@hertenburstein.com

Gianfranco (Franco) A. Pietrafesa is a business lawyer and litigator. He is the Chairman of Herten Burstein’s Business Law Group.

As a business lawyer, Mr. Pietrafesa represents clients in corporate, business, employment and real estate matters. His extensive experience includes the formation of business entities (e.g., limited liability companies and corporations), mergers and acquisitions (e.g., purchase and sale of businesses), the preparation and negotiation of contracts, and advice to clients on general matters involving business and employment law. He also handles the purchase and sale of commercial real estate, the preparation and negotiation of leases, and commercial mortgage lending.

Mr. Pietrafesa also represents clients involved in litigation in the trial and appellate courts, in both the state and federal courts. Currently, he focuses his litigation practice on business matters, such as lawsuits involving breach of contract, business torts, and disputes among business owners. He has significant trial and appellate experience.

Mr. Pietrafesa is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Business Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association. He is also a Trustee of the Hudson-Bergen Inn of Transactional Counsel. His peers have selected him to be listed among The Best Lawyers in America® in the area of Corporate Law and as a Super Lawyer® in the area of Business/Corporate Law.

In addition to his hands-on experience, Mr. Pietrafesa has lectured on the topics of corporate law, litigation, and legal ethics. He also has taught corporate law at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He is the author of numerous articles on corporate law and litigation topics that have appeared in such legal periodicals as the New Jersey Law Journal and New Jersey Lawyer Magazine. He is a contributing author, on the subject of drafting complaints, to New Jersey Federal Civil Procedure 2d, published by New Jersey Law Journal Books. He is also the author of the post trial motions chapter in Trial Tactics Defense Litigation Manual, published by the Defense Research Institute. He also serves on the Editorial Board of New Jersey Lawyer Magazine. His articles can be found at www.GianfrancoPietrafesa.com.

Mr. Pietrafesa has been appointed by the Supreme Court of New Jersey to serve on both a district fee arbitration committee, where he served as the committee chairman for two years, and a district ethics committee. In 2002, Mr. Pietrafesa was recognized by the New Jersey Law Journal as one of the 40 outstanding attorneys under the age of 40 in New Jersey.

Mr. Pietrafesa received his J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law, where he was an editor of the Seton Hall Legislative Journal. He received his B.S. in accounting, summa cum laude, from Fairleigh Dickinson University, which better enables him to provide advice to business clients.

Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Pietrafesa served as a Law Secretary to the Honorable Nicholas G. Mandak, the Assignment Judge for the Passaic County Vicinage of the Superior Court of New Jersey.

Mr. Pietrafesa is actively involved in his community. He has coached baseball, softball, and soccer. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Louis Bay 2d Library in Hawthorne. He was a member of the Hawthorne Board of Education for many years, and served as its Vice President. He has also served as general counsel to the St. Anthony Education Foundation, and the Hawthorne Education Foundation, both New Jersey Nonprofit Corporations.


Published Articles by Gianfranco A. Pietrafesa

 PRACTICE AREAS
Business Law
Labor & Employment
Litigation
Commercial Lending

EDUCATION
Fairleigh Dickinson University (B.S. 1986)

Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D. 1989)

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
New Jersey
New York
U.S. District Court,
District of New Jersey
U.S. District Court,
Southern District of New York
U.S. Court of Appeals,
Third Circuit
U.S. Tax Court