Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.

Sills Cummis colleagues had a wonderful time celebrating the Firm’s and our attorneys’ numerous achievements at the New Jersey Law Journal's New Jersey Legal Awards on October 29. Highlights include: ▪️ Tom Prol being named “Attorney of the Year" ▪️ The Employment and Labor Practice Group being named “Litigation Department of the Year – Labor and Employment" ▪️ Matt Posada being recognized as one of the “New Leaders of the Bar" In addition, Sills Cummis was a finalist in the following categories: ▪️ Law Firm of the Year ▪️ Litigation Department of the Year – General ▪️ Real Estate Firm of the Year ▪️ Cannabis Law Practice of the Year Award methodology: https://bit.ly/3Mm0zRF or https://bit.ly/3CjvVUp. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. #NewJerseyLegalAwards

A Superior Court judge yesterday granted an order to show cause in connection with a lawsuit filed by 21 municipalities challenging the fourth-round rules of affordable housing obligations. As a result, the State and other defendants will have to show why the Court should not Order for the legislation enacting the fourth-round rules and all obligations of New Jersey municipalities under the legislation to be stayed pending final judgment of the Court. The viability and, if they survive, the timing of the fourth-round rules are now in limbo. Learn more in this RedevelopNJ blog post: https://lnkd.in/eduSSQpn

A big congratulations to Sills Cummis’ Thomas Prol on being named “Attorney of the Year” by the New Jersey Law Journal at last night’s 2024 New Jersey Legal Awards! Read more about Prol – https://lnkd.in/gB4ZSHxS NJLJ Article “Thomas Prol Building Bridges, Inspiring Others” – https://lnkd.in/dRr7CVNG NJ Legal Awards 2024: Attorney of the Year – https://lnkd.in/dsSFZJur Award methodology: https://bit.ly/3Mm0zRF or https://bit.ly/3CjvVUp. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. #NewJerseyLegalAwards #AttorneyoftheYear

On November 13, Sills Cummis’ Scott Greenspan is presenting a Practising Law Institute webinar entitled “Optimize Your Insurance Recovery: A Policyholder’s Guide to Hurricanes Helene and Milton-Related Business Interruption and Other Insurance Claims.” This presentation will equip commercial policyholders with a strategic toolkit to maximize insurance recovery after a major hurricane like Helene or Milton. For more information, visit: https://lnkd.in/ehJqykrZ

Sills Cummis & Gross has been engaged by the Women’s National Football Conference to represent the League in connection with its ongoing financing and other League expansion activities. The Sills Cummis team is led by Lori Waldron, J.D., MBA, a Member of the Sills Cummis Corporate Department.

Congratulations to the 15 Sills Cummis attorneys named to the 2024 New York Metro Super Lawyers and New York Metro Rising Stars lists, published by Thomson Reuters. For more information and to view our recognized lawyers, visit: https://lnkd.in/eQ3HEbxR Award methodology: https://bit.ly/3eo1X9K or https://bit.ly/3CjvVUp. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. #NYMetroSuperLawyers #NYMetroRisingStars #LawyerstoBusinessandIndustry

On November 6, Sills Cummis’ Scott Greenspan is presenting a one-hour Practising Law Institute webinar entitled “When the Insurer Provides a Defense in Name Only – Current Issues Over Insurer Tactics to Limit Their Defense Obligation.” The webinar will explore key insurer tactics to minimize or to recover their defense costs, policyholder responses to them, and the courts’ treatment of them. For more information, visit: https://lnkd.in/ePzyKcnZ

Congratulations to Sills Cummis’ Thomas Prol, a finalist for the New Jersey Law Journal’s “Attorney of the Year” recognition. Prol is highlighted in a New Jersey Law Journal article, which focuses on his efforts building bridges within the legal community and inspiring others through his work. Throughout his legal career, Prol has been a vocal advocate on issues of equity and access to justice. He is a member of the American Bar Association (ABA)’s House of Delegates and was elevated to the ABA’s Board of Governors in August, sitting as one of 43 attorneys overseeing the organization’s operations. He also served as President of the New Jersey State Bar Association from 2016-2017, its first-ever openly gay leader. As a founding and current executive board member of Garden State Equality, Prol has helped lead Garden State Equality, New Jersey’s largest LGBTQ+ rights organization, for two decades. Read more about Prol: https://lnkd.in/gB4ZSHxS Link to New Jersey Law Journal article: https://lnkd.in/g_AKNCdG. The winner will be announced at the New Jersey Legal Awards ceremony on October 29.

Sills Cummis Chair of New York Real Estate Litigation Mitchell Haddad is speaking at the Practising Law Institute’s 26th Annual Commercial Real Estate Institute, which runs November 4-5. Join him on November 5 for a presentation entitled “Real Estate Litigation: A Toolkit for Transactional Lawyers,” which will cover the courts’ interpretation of key contract provisions and litigation triggers that all transactional lawyers should know. For more information, visit: https://lnkd.in/gTEKiqt3 #RealEstateLitigation #PLI

By now, most residential and mixed-use developers doing business in New Jersey have read that the Department of Community Affairs late last Friday released its report calculating regional and municipal obligations for the fourth round of affordable housing units that must be built. The fourth-round rules cover the time period of 2025-2035. What do they mean for developers and what comes next? Learn more in this RedevelopNJ blog post: https://lnkd.in/dvz6kgke