Gianfranco A. Pietrafesa

Attorney at Law

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BAR ADMISSIONS:
New Jersey, 1989
New York, 1996
District of Columbia, 1991 (inactive status)
U.S. District Court, District of NJ, 1989
U.S. District Court, Southern District of NY, 1996
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1990
U.S. Supreme Court, 2008
U.S. Tax Court, 1992
 

EDUCATION:

Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., 1989
Fairleigh Dickinson University, B.S.,

   summa cum laude, 1986

PROFESSIONAL HONORS, MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES

• AV-rated (Preeminent 5 out of 5) by Martindale-Hubbell.*
• Selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America* in the area of
  Corporate Law (2006-2011), as noted in www.BestLawyers.com and New York Magazine.
• Selected by his peers for inclusion as a Super Lawyer* in the area of Business Litigation (2005)

  and Business/Corporate (2009-2011), as noted in www.SuperLawyers.com and New Jersey

  Monthly magazine.
• Selected as one of Bergen's Top Lawyers in the area of Business Law by (201) Magazine*

  (June 2011).

• Selected as one of 40 distinguished young lawyers (40 under 40)
  by the New Jersey Law Journal (August 26, 2002).

• Author of chapter on “Complaints,” New Jersey Federal Civil Procedure 
  (New Jersey Law Journal Books, 2008 and 2010).
• Author of chapter on “Post Trial Motions,” Trial Tactics Defense Litigation Manual
  (Defense Research Institute, 2006).
• Author of Annual Supplements on Evidence (2002-2006), New Jersey Federal Civil Procedure
  (New Jersey Law Journal Books).

• Quoted in the New Jersey Law Journal on an issue of corporate law (June 15, 2011).

 

• Testified as expert witness in Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen County (2006).
• Retained as expert witness/consultant in legal ethics and malpractice matters (2005- ).

• Hudson-Bergen Inn of Transactional Counsel, Member (2008- ) and Trustee (2009- ).

• Inn of Transactional Counsel (Essex-Morris), Solicitor (2002-2007).
• Justice Pashman American Inn of Court (Bergen County), Pupil (1994-96).
• Worrall F. Mountain American Inn of Court (Morris County), Pupil (1992-93).

• New Jersey State Bar Association (1990- ).
  • Chairman, Business Law Section (2010- ).

  • Secretary, Business Law Section (2008-2010).

  • Director, Business Law Section (2002- ).
  • Co-Chair, Communications Committee (2006-2008).
  • Member, Business Entities Committee (2006- ).

  • Member, Executive Committee, Young Lawyers Division (1995-96).


• Member, Editorial Board, New Jersey Lawyer Magazine (1996-2010).
  • Special Editor, Business Litigation Issue, New Jersey Lawyer Magazine (Feb. 2008).
  • Special Editor, Business Law Issue, New Jersey Lawyer Magazine (June 2006).
  • Special Editor, Corporate Practice Issue, New Jersey Lawyer Magazine (Dec. 2002).
  • Special Editor, Trial Practice Issue, New Jersey Lawyer Magazine (Nov./Dec. 1998).

• Adjunct Faculty, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Paralegal Studies Program, Corporate Law (2003-).

• District XII Fee Arbitration Committee (Union County), Chair (2003-2005);
  Vice Chair (2002-2003); Member (2001-2005).
• District XII Ethics Committee (Union County), Member (1996-2000).


• Appointed a Condemnation Commissioner by the New Jersey Superior Court (1995; 1996; 2005).


• Commercial Arbitrator, Superior Court of New Jersey, Passaic County (1994- ).

• American Bar Association (1990- ).
• Trial Attorneys of New Jersey (1994- ).
• Association of the Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey (1992- ).
  • Member, Special Committee on the Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Protection (2006).
• The District of Columbia Bar (1991- ).
• Defense Research Institute (1996- ).
• Passaic County Bar Association (1992- ).

• Bergen County Bar Association (2008- ).

 

 

* No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the New Jersey Supreme Court. For selection methodology of AV-rating, Best Lawyers and Super Lawyers, please visit www.Martindale.comwww.BestLawyers.com and www.SuperLawyers.com.