O'Toole Scrivo Hires Partner and Of Counsel

Michael J. Dee

O'Toole Scrivo Fernandez Weiner Van Lieu in Cedar Grove brought on partner Michael J. Dee and of counsel R. Brant Forrest.

Dee represents private and public sector employers in state and federal court, arbitral tribunals and administrative agencies in Title VII, Equal Pay Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act, and other matters. Dee from 2014-2016 was director of the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations, and twice served as chair of the Police and Fire Interest Arbitration Impact Task Force, created by legislation to study the impact of recent amendments to the interest arbitration law for police and fire employees. Dee earned his J.D. from the University of Connecticut (2006) and his B.A. from the College of the Holy Cross (2002), and clerked for Superior Court Judge John J. Coyle Jr. He is admitted in New Jersey and New York, and U.S. District Courts for the District of New Jersey, the Southern District of New

R. Brant Forrest

York, and the Eastern District of New York.

Forrest focuses on complex commercial litigation and business transactions in the construction industry, representing surety companies, developers, contractors, and material suppliers in contract disputes, surety bond claims, delay claims, bid protests, construction defects, bankruptcy matters, mergers and acquisitions, commercial leases, and financing transactions. Forrest previously was an associate at an Am Law 200 firm and, before that, clerked for Presiding Chancery Judge Frank M. Ciuffani in Middlesex County Superior Court. He earned his B.S. from the Pennsylvania State University in 2010, and his J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law in 2013.

Helmer Conley Welcomes Two Of Counsel

Susan H. Curcio and Lee B. Roth joined Helmer, Conley & Kasselman in Haddon Heights as of counsel.

Susan H. Curcio PhotoCredit: christinefoster.Curcio is certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Criminal Trial Attorney. Prior to joining the firm, Curcio served in the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office and most recently in private practice. She will concentrate in juvenile matters and child advocacy, and will work out of the firm’s Somers Point office.

 

 

 

 

 

Lee B. Roth Photo Credit: christinefoster.Roth previously was in private practice for many years in Flemington. He will continue to concentrate his practice in real estate, wills and estates, and municipal government law, and will work in the firm’s newest location in Flemington.

Edelstein Joins Scarinci Hollenbeck’s Real Estate Group

Stephanie D. Edelstein Photo Credit: Copyright 2018 by Alexandra Scelia.Scarinci Hollenbeck in Lyndhurst brought on Stephanie D. Edelstein to the commercial real estate practice group as counsel. Edelstein has more than a decade of experience handling transactional real estate matters, including acquisitions, dispositions and financing. She has advised financial institutions, owners, investors, developers, sponsors and landlords. She said in a statement, “I am thrilled to begin the next chapter of my career as Counsel at Scarinci Hollenbeck. I felt it was time for me to branch out and I found the broad range of practice groups ... which the firm offers to be the perfect fit for me. I am pleased to have joined the firm and I look forward to continuing the development of my practice here."