PinilisHalpern, LLP is located in Morristown, New Jersey. Both Mr. Pinilis and Mr. Halpern are certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as Civil Trial Attorneys. We have handled a large number of significant matters, and have collectively recovered millions of dollars for our clients. All you need to do is click HERE and fill out a referral form. Within twenty-four hours you will receive a return phone call from a lawyer at PinilisHalpern, LLP.
Partners
William J. Pinilis | Gabriel H. Halpern
Mr. Pinilis concentrates primarily in handling class action litigation, consumer fraud claims, commercial litigation, and personal injury/negligence actions involving significant injuries.
Mr. Pinilis has served as an adjunct professor at Seton Hall School of Law since 1995. He also lectures with the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education. He has lectured on Consumer Fraud Litigation and regularly teaches the mandatory continuing legal education course Civil Trial Preparation.
Published articles:
“The Lampf Decision: An appropriate Period of Limitations?” New Jersey Trial Lawyer, May 1992; “Consumer Fraud Act Permits Private Enforcement,” New Jersey Law Journal, Aug. 23, 1993; “Lawyer-Politicians Should Be Sanctioned for Jeering Judges,” New Jersey Law Journal, July 1, 1996; “No Complaint, No Memo – No Whistle-Blower Suit,” New Jersey Law Journal, Sept. 16, 1996; and “Work-Product Privilege Doctrine Clarified,” New Jersey Lawyer, Aug. 2, 1999.
Education:
- J.D., Benjamin Cardozo School of Law (1992)
B.A., Hobart College (1989)Bar affiliations and court admissions:
Professional affiliations:
- New Jersey Bar
- State Bar of New York
- United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Morris County Bar Association
- New Jersey Bar Association
- Graduate, Brennan Inn of Court
Mr. Halpern concentrates on complex commercial and personal injury litigation. He has had a broad range of experience in litigating matters in state and federal courts. Mr. Halpern has also served as litigation counsel for municipal government in all aspects of litigation.
Mr. Halpern has lectured on consumer contacts, commercial collections and New Jersey Foreclosure Practice. He is a certified legal instructor to the New Jersey Board of Master Plumbers.
Mr. Halpern’s litigation experience includes cases involving partnership and shareholder disputes, personal injury and negligence cases, architect/engineer malpractice; construction defects; product liability; employment agreements (trade secret agreements and restrictive covenants); employment discrimination matters; UCC agreements (sale contracts, letters of credit, security agreements); insurance coverage matters; zoning and planning matters; lender liability matters; franchise agreements; brokerage commission disputes, environmental litigation and other commercial disputes.
Education:
- J.D. (cum laude), Georgetown University School of Law (1985)
- B.A. (summa cum laude), Fairleigh Dickinson University (1982)
Bar affiliations and court admissions:
Professional affiliations:
- New Jersey Bar, 1985
- United States District Court, District of New Jersey, 1985
- United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1989
- United States Tax Court, 1990
- American Bar Association
- New Jersey Bar Association
- Morris County Bar Association
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- Association of Trial Lawyers of New Jersey
William J. Pinilis | Gabriel H. Halpern
PINILISHALPERN,
LLP
237 South Street
Morristown, NJ 07960
Phone: (973) 401-1111
Fax: (973) 401-1114
E-Mail: wpinilis@certifiedciviltrialattorney.com
E-Mail: ghalpern@certifiedciviltrialattorney.com
