Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP

About this office:

Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP serves clients in the United States, Latin America, Europe and Asia. Domestically, we rank among the American Lawyer 100 and The National Law Journal's Top 50 law firms. For more than 25 years, we have provided our clients with a full range of experienced and innovative legal services. At Wilson Elser, we offer clients a strong national presence, with offices in 20 cities across the United States. The firm provides international scope through our office in London, as well as through our network of affiliate firms in France and Germany.

The lawyers of Wilson Elser enjoy a strong reputation among judges and fellow lawyers in each of their respective markets. Dedicated to providing experienced and cost effective client representation, our lawyers also participate in a variety of local, national and international legal organizations that set the standards for the profession. In addition to being recognized as leaders in today's legal profession, some of our lawyers are experienced accountants, architects, former judges and engineers along with legal nurse consultants. With state-of-the-art support systems and technology at their disposal, Wilson Elser lawyers provide timely and efficient legal solutions to all clients.

With more than 60 attorneys based in the New Jersey office, our firm enjoys a stellar reputation in the state's legal community. Our attorneys have diverse backgrounds, including experience in various county prosecutors' offices, counsel to gubernatorial campaigns and service on town planning boards and town councils. Members of our firm also are active in nonprofit organizations, including the YMCA, Multiple Sclerosis Society and Boys & Girls Clubs of New Jersey.

The office opened in 1983 and our attorneys' skills and judgment have been honed in this demanding and result-driven legal arena. Several of our attorneys have pioneered joint defense of parties, as coordinating counsel in multiple-party complex environmental matters. New Jersey is also on the forefront of developing principles regarding insurance coverage, another area in which our attorneys have an active involvement. We advise a diverse client base in their shifting responsibilities under local, state and federal regulations pertaining to insurance coverage.

The New Jersey office defends a wide spectrum of general litigation matters and clients. We represent public and private landlords, commercial businesses, transportation companies, contractors, governmental entities and virtually all other types of businesses and individuals in a wide variety of actions. Claims seeking recovery for personal injuries arising out of the condition of premises, toxic exposures, defective design, construction activities or lack of security are routinely handled by our attorneys.

Our commercial litigation clients include national banking institutions and finance companies. The New Jersey attorneys handle everything from complex contract disputes to defending parties in claims of civil fraud, lender liability and violations of the Consumer Fraud Act. The office has a strong labor, employment and immigration department to assist our corporate clients.

We have participated in virtually all substantive areas of litigation, including auto liability, construction claims, education law, employment liability, environmental liability, immigration law, product liability, insurance coverage disputes, municipal liability and toxic torts liability. We regularly defend professional malpractice suits in the medical, legal and accounting professions. We also defend architects, designers, engineers and brokers in these kinds of cases. In response to clients' needs, the office also provides business advice and handles a wide variety of transactional services.

Accounting Liability, Admiralty Law, Agents and Brokers Liability, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Appellate Practice, Architects and Engineers Liability, Asbestos Defense, Aviation Law, Commercial Law, Construction Law, D&O Liability, Employment Law, Environmental Law, General Liability, Health Care, Insurance Bad Faith, Insurance Coverage, Intellectual Property, Lawyers' Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Municipal Law, Product Liability, Professional Liability, Toxic Torts, Trucking Law, Transportation Liability.

Federal Efforts to Reduce Greenhouse-Gas Emissions
Michael J. Naughton, Robert D. Sullivan, Carl Pernicore, May 30, 2009
On April 17, 2009, the Obama administration's Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") issued two proposed findings regarding the following greenhouse gases ("GHGs"): carbon dioxide; methane; nitrous oxide; hydrofluorocarbons; perfluorocarbons; and sulfur hexafluoride.

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