Mitch Berkey
Member
CSG Law
Well versed in all asset classes, he capitalizes on his combined business and legal acumen to navigate all aspects of real estate ventures and transactions, including acquisitions, sales, financing, development, leasing, management, loan workouts, ownership restructuring, and resolution of intraownership disputes.
Tony Coscia
Partner
Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf
His continued role in everything relating to the Gateway Tunnel (he is vice chair of GDC and chair of Amtrak) cannot be overstated. Few leaders in the state are as universally respected.
Mike DeCotiis
Managing Partner
DeCotiis Doyle
He represents numerous public and private clients in real estate and business transactions, including redevelopment of blighted properties, brownfields, transitoriented development, opportunity zones, and waterfront development.
Martin Dowd
Partner
McCarter & English
His extensive experience structuring sophisticated leasing, acquisitions and dispositions — locally and nationally — combined with an ability to respond to shifts in the landscape, makes him a go-to choice for many.
Jack Fersko
Partner, Co-chair of Real Estate Development
Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis
His extensive experience as a commercial real estate and general business attorney leads to what he calls “creative lawyering” — the ability to react to any issue that arises.
Craig Gianetti
Co-chair of the Real Estate, Environmental and Land Use Practice
Day Pitney
The state’s evergrowing focus on redevelopment and inclusionary housing makes him all the more valuable to developers, as he is widely recognized as an expert in all aspects of municipal compliance with affordable housing laws.
Frank Giantomasi
Member
CSG Law
A veteran attorney and a true Hall of Famer not only as a real estate attorney but as a builder of communities. He remains active in all things Newark, including serving as chair of Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.
John Inglesino
Founding and Managing Partner
Inglesino & Taylor
He has more than three decades of experience representing many of the state’s largest developers in redevelopment, landuse law, affordable housing litigation, real estate transactions, and municipal/government law.
Bob Klausner
Partner
Fox Rothschild
An expert in all asset classes, he is a nobrainer on the list because of his decades of success and a client list that is the envy of all — not to mention transactions representing more than 100 million square feet of space.
Jennifer Mazawey Vinosky
Partner
K&L Gates
She is not only an expert in all aspects of commercial real estate, land use and construction law, but she also gives back to the community (a leader with the Newark Regional Business Partnership and numerous real estate groups) and serves as a mentor to the next generation.
W. Nevins McCann
Partner, Co-chair, Real Estate and Land Use
Connell Foley
He continues to be a fixture in Jersey City, where he has been a key attorney for decades, but his influence goes far beyond the city limits — and outside of real estate law. He is a true influencer and power player in the state.
Steven Mlenak
Co-chair of Redevelopment & Land Use
Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis
He played a role in securing a nearly $90 million Aspire taxcredit award and a subsequent $200 million financing package for a 360unit Journal Square tower — one of the larger recent deals in the redevelopment-heavy district.
Chris Murphy; Matt Schiller; Kellen Murphy; Charles Wilkes
Partners
Murphy Schiller & Wilkes
The firm continues its rapid growth, elevating Thomas Garlick to partner in January and adding two more partners and two associates in June, along with a counsel-level land-use hire in the fall.
Gene Paolino; Gerard Pizzillo
Partners
Genova Burns
They are key leaders of the firm’s real estate efforts in Newark, Jersey City and across the region.
Donald Pepe
Partner and Chair of Commercial Real Estate Practice
Scarinci Hollenbeck
The firm’s real estate practice continues to expand rapidly around Pepe, adding a six-attorney team in June to build out an already highly regarded statewide practice.
Jennifer Phillips Smith
Co-chair, Real Property Group
Gibbons P.C.
Highly regarded in land use, redevelopment, transactional real estate, liquor licensing, affordable housing, environmental permitting and regulatory matters, she was a key player in the first phase of the Metropark Station redevelopment.
Nicholas Racioppi
Partner, Chair of Real Estate Group
Riker Danzig
Highly regarded, he brings decades of experience to various projects, including the development of the Red Bulls’ new training complex in Morris Township, which served as the training facility during the World.
Calvin Souder
Founding Partner
Souder Law Group
The firm has a new name but continues its leading role in Newark — and around the region and country.
Nick Talvacchia
Chair, Land Use
Cooper Levenson
He is involved in seemingly all of the major real estate development in Atlantic City, representing casinos, real estate developers, healthcare institutions and commercial developers.
Ted Zangari
Chair, Real Estate Department
Sills Cummis & Gross
The ultimate nobrainer on the list, he continues to be involved in deals big and small around Newark and across the state. A power player whose influence extends beyond his law practice.
