This is an exciting time to be the Managing Partner of Wells, Jaworski & Liebman. This year, our Firm is celebrating its 20th Anniversary. I have been the Managing Partner for the past 10 years. Tom Wells is the founding Partner of the Firm and served as Managing Partner for our first 10 years. From […]
“Until Death Do Us Part”, an expression most often heard in wedding vows. But did you know that the concept also applies to a jury verdict for commission of fraud and conspiracy? Lawyers for Kenneth Lay successfully argued to a US District Judge that Lay’s conviction for fraud and conspiracy in the Enron case should […]
Governor McGreevey has decided that “suburban sprawl” is bad. The Governor has also decided that “smart growth” is good. What is suburban sprawl? What is smart growth? The answers are unclear. Perhaps a map would help. But which map to use? There is the State Plan map created in 1992 at the time that the […]
As most of the readers of our Legal Update know, WJ&L, LLP has had the good fortune to assist many civic and other not-for-profit entities with their business and legal affairs, including real estate and zoning matters. Within this group of clients, there are many religious institutions. On September 22nd of this year a new […]
Can a licensed real estate salesperson or broker prepare contracts and leases relating to commercial properties in New Jersey without violating the general proscriptions against non-lawyers engaging in the practice of law? The New Jersey Real Estate Commission has asked the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on the unauthorized practice of law to consider this […]
In January of 1996, the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court handed down a decision which every owner of Real Estate in New Jersey should be aware of. In the case of Tower Center Associates v. Township of East Brunswick, the Appellate Court upheld the decision of the Tax Court which prohibited a […]