DeCotiis, FitzPatrick, Cole & Giblin, LLP

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Established in 1985
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DeCotiis, FitzPatrick & Cole, LLP, is a sixty five-lawyer, full-service firm headquartered in Paramus, New Jersey. We are a group of exceptionally skilled, experienced attorneys, who practice in a wide variety of specialties.
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Our firm was founded by our current Chairman, M. Robert DeCotiis, as DeCotiis & Pinto, in Hackensack in 1986. Bob had experience as a partner at other New Jersey firms, primarily representing municipalities. Since then, Bob has expanded his practice and become a leader in the New Jersey government, legal and business communities. Our firm has also grown and added other legal and business leaders.

• In 1992, Alfred DeCotiis and Edward FitzPatrick joined the firm when Bob DeCotiis joined the administration of New Jersey Governor Jim Florio. The firm expanded from the original founding group to approximately 25 attorneys, and added the litigation and criminal defense practices.

• In 1994, DeCotiis merged with another New Jersey firm, adding 7 more attorneys with practices in municipal finance, and began to rapidly expand its work with the State of New Jersey, including the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, which is still a client today.

• In 1997, Michael Cole joined the firm, and our practice expanded into administrative law, as well as experiencing very rapid growth in our trial and appellate litigation practice, representing numerous private and public sector clients. The firm expanded to 40 attorneys.

• This rapid growth continued through 2001, by which time the firm had doubled in size. The scope of our practices expanded as well, adding in particular a substantial real estate and redevelopment practice, along with several other specialties.

Today, the firm is still led by Firm Chairman, M. Robert DeCotiis with Managing Partners Joseph and Michael DeCotiis and leading White Collar Criminal Defense lawyer Alfred DeCotiis, along with an Executive Committee. The firm continues to grow in breadth and depth of expertise in corporate transactional work, finance, tax, environmental and labor & employment, while at the same time adding to our base of skilled litigators and government lawyers with unparalleled expertise in regulatory affairs, public/private partnerships and municipal law and in numerous industries, including real estate, energy, financial services, healthcare, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, retail and others.

Specific Practice Area and Industry Group Details across multiple offices:

Administrative Law
Banking Law
Bankruptcy
Business Law
Cannabis Law
Civil Rights
Commercial Law
Constitutional Law
Construction Law
Contracts
Corporate Law
Creditors Rights
Election Campaign
Eminent Domain
Employee Benefits
Entertainment Law
Environmental Law
Finance
Financial Reorganization
Government
Health Care
Independent Authority
Insurance
Labor and Employment
Land Use
Legal Malpractice
Litigation
Medical Malpractice
Mergers And Acquisitions
Municipal Bonds
Planning Law
Political Law
Probate
Professional Liability
Public Contracts
Public Finance
Real Estate
Real Estate Redevelopment
Regulatory Law
Securities
Solid Waste
Sports Law
Tax Appeals
Tax Credits
Taxation
Trusts and Estates
White Collar Litigation
Wills
Zoning Law

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Lonnie Hinton, Jr.

Associate

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Paramus, NJ

Litigation

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Thomas A. Abbate

Equity Partner

4.6

11 Reviews

Paramus, NJ

Civil and Commercial Litigation

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Alice M. Bergen

Contract Partner

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Paramus, NJ

Litigation

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Frank J. Borin

Equity Partner

4.8

17 Reviews

Paramus, NJ

Government and Regulatory Affairs, Public Utilities, Development and Redevelopment, Environmental Law, Insurance View More

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Terry P. Bottinelli

Contract Partner

5.0

Paramus, NJ

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Benjamin Clarke

Equity Partner

5.0

Paramus, NJ

Litigation, Construction Law

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Joseph M. DeCotiis

Co-Managing Partner

4.8

12 Reviews

Paramus, NJ

Public Procurement and Contracting, Redevelopment Law

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M. Robert DeCotiis

Founder and Chairman

5.0

Paramus, NJ

Transactional and Business Law, Government and Regulatory Affairs, Environmental Law, Municipal Law View More

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4.9/5.0 (106 reviews)

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5.0/5.0 Review for Thomas A. Abbate by a Government Counsel on 01/21/13 in Government

Tom has repeatedly proven to this client his ability to analyze, complex matter and bring them to an efficient and productive conclusion.

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5.0/5.0 Review for Thomas A. Abbate by a Associate on 01/07/13 in Complex Litigation

Thomas Abbate is an excellent attorney who is able to handle even the most complicated of legal matters with ease.

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5.0/5.0 Review for Frank J. Borin by a Partner on 09/09/14 in Government Affairs

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5.0/5.0 Review for Frank J. Borin by a Partner on 09/02/14 in Financial Services Regulation

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5.0/5.0 Review for Frank J. Borin by a Partner on 08/26/14 in Insurance Litigation

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5.0/5.0 Review for Frank J. Borin by a Partner on 08/26/14 in Environmental Law

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5.0/5.0 Review for Frank J. Borin by a Partner on 08/26/14 in Regulatory Law

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5.0/5.0 Review for Frank J. Borin by a Partner on 08/26/14 in Government Affairs

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5.0/5.0 Review for Frank J. Borin by a Associate/Assistant General Counsel on 08/22/14 in Civil Litigation

See my previous comments. They apply here as well.

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5.0/5.0 Review for Frank J. Borin by a Associate/Assistant General Counsel on 08/22/14 in Complex Litigation

I have nothing but good things to say about Frank. He is truly a credit to the profession.

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