53 Sills Cummis & Gross attorneys are included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, including 3 “Lawyer of the Year” recipients. In addition, 11 attorneys are included in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America.
Named to The Best Lawyers in America 2025
Ivette P. Alvarado – Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law
Allan C. Bell – Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Joseph L. Buckley – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Banking and Finance Law
Grace A. Byrd – Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
Michael S. Carucci – Commercial Litigation
David L. Cook – Commercial Litigation
Max Crane – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Trent S. Dickey – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Labor and Employment
Mark E. Duckstein – Commercial Litigation
Richard H. Epstein – Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance
Charles J. Falletta – Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
Michael B. Goldsmith – Corporate Law
Meryl A.G. Gonchar – Land Use and Zoning Law, Litigation – Land Use and Zoning, Litigation – Real Estate, Real Estate Law
Hervé Gouraige – Commercial Litigation
Jeffrey J. Greenbaum – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Banking and Finance, Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions, Litigation – Real Estate, Litigation – Securities, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Action – Defendants
Jason K. Gross – Corporate Law
Steven E. Gross – Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Law, Insurance Law, International Trade and Finance Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Mitchell D. Haddad – Commercial Litigation, Real Estate Law
Keith R. Hemming – Commercial Litigation
Robert R. Hempstead – Real Estate Law
Victor J. Herlinsky, Jr. – Cannabis Law
James M. Hirschhorn – Commercial Litigation
Joshua N. Howley – Commercial Litigation
Ahmed J. Kassim – Commercial Litigation
Cecilia I. Lassiter – Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law
Michael R. Leighton – Real Estate Law
Mark S. Levenson – Real Estate Law
Simon Levin – Tax Law
Boris I. Mankovetskiy – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
Jeffrey Meltzer – Real Estate Law
Jeffrey Hugh Newman – Real Estate Law
Thomas S. Novak – Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Insurance Law
Kenneth F. Oettle – Gaming Law
Mark S. Olinsky – Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Litigation – Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
Patricia M. Prezioso – Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
Thomas H. Prol – Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental, Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law
Andrew B. Robins – Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
Beth S. Rose – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, Commercial Litigation, Electronic Discovery and Information Management Law, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Ira A. Rosenberg – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Richard J. Sapinski – Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Litigation and Controversy – Tax, Tax Law
Joseph P. Scorese – Tax Law, Trusts and Estates
Alan E. Sherman – Tax Law
Andrew H. Sherman – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy
Joseph B. Shumofsky – Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Jason L. Sobel – Real Estate Law
Jason Teele – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Frederic M. Tudor – Corporate Law
Peter G. Verniero – Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Frank J. Vitolo – Real Estate Law
Lori M. Waldron – Corporate Law
Morris Yamner – Real Estate Law
Ted Zangari – Real Estate Law, Land Use and Zoning Law
Jerold L. Zaro – Corporate Law, Real Estate Law
“Lawyer of the Year” 2025 Recipients
Meryl A.G. Gonchar – Litigation – Land Use and Zoning in Newark
Steven E. Gross – Banking and Finance Law in Newark
Andrew H. Sherman – Litigation – Bankruptcy in Newark
Named to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America 2025
Michael P. Crowley – Commercial Litigation
Adam J. Faiella – Real Estate Law
Jeffrey Gaskill – Real Estate Law
Corey Klein – Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law
Stephen M. Klein – Commercial Litigation
Gregory A. Kopacz – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Katherine M. Lieb – Commercial Litigation
Hannah M. Lynch – Insurance Law
Jordan E. Pace – Labor and Employment Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
Matthew P. Posada – Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law, Environmental Law
William L. Wilkins – Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Banking and Finance Law
The Best Lawyers in America: Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America list are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers based on professional expertise and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing.
“Lawyer of the Year”: Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.” These lawyers are selected based on voting averages received during the peer review assessments.
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America: This category recognizes associates and other lawyers who are earlier in their careers for their outstanding professional excellence in private practice. They are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are vetted by their peers and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing.
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