Gibbons P.C. announced on Thursday the return of Michael Noveck to the firm in a dual leadership capacity. Noveck will serve as the executive director of the John J. Gibbons Fellowship in Public Interest & Constitutional Law and as a director in the White Collar & Investigations Group, based in the Newark office.
Noveck’s return marks a significant boost for the Gibbons Fellowship, which carries a 35-year legacy of pro bono representation in cutting-edge cases involving constitutional and individual rights.
Noveck brings extensive litigation experience across a range of high-impact areas, including criminal justice, Megan’s Law registration, police accountability, and education. In his new role, he will guide the Fellowship’s mission while also representing clients in both criminal and civil litigation and enforcement matters.
He rejoins Gibbons after serving as a deputy public defender at the New Jersey Office of the Public Defender. In that position, he managed and led the agency’s new Civil Rights practice within the Special Litigation Unit, litigating cases that impacted clients throughout the criminal legal system on issues such as discovery, conditions of confinement, and sex offender registration. He also briefed and argued matters before the New Jersey Supreme Court and Appellate Division.
Noveck is familiar with the firm, having previously spent two years with the John J. Gibbons Fellowship providing pro bono representation to nonprofit organizations and low-income individuals.
His background also includes serving as a housing staff attorney at Northeast New Jersey Legal Services, and as an associate at a New York City law firm. Additionally, he completed distinguished clerkships for the Honorable Victor Marrero (Southern District of New York) and the Honorable Stuart J. Rabner (Supreme Court of New Jersey).
Noveck is a highly accomplished legal professional, having earned his J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where he was Executive Editor for Article Selection for the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, and his A.B., summa cum laude, from Princeton University. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York, among several federal courts.
