 Post Polak is pleased to welcome Scott Reiser as Partner. Scott has significant experience litigating in the State and Federal Courts of New Jersey and New York. He has a broad and diverse litigation practice, including disputes over ownership of closely held businesses, trusts and estates, commercial real estate transactions, Chancery litigation, construction defects, and a wide array of other areas of substantive law. In his everyday practice, he relies on the ten years of business experience he gained prior to starting his career as an attorney. Scott enjoys serving the organized Bar. He is an active leader in the American Bar Association’s Section of Litigation, currently serving as a Division Director after finishing his term as Managing Director. Prior to that, Scott was an active member of the Section’s Council, which sets policies for the Section of Litigation. He has previously served as co-Chair of the Section of Litigation’s Content Management Committee, which manages the Section’s substantive committee publications – Articles and Practice Points. He also served a three-year term as co-Chair of the Section of Litigation’s Ethics & Professionalism Committee. Scott is also an Officer of the Board of Trustees of the Essex County Bar Association, having previously served as a Trustee and as co-Chair of the ECBA’s Chancery Committee, a position he has held since 2016. He is also Vice-Chair of the General Equity Jurisprudence Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association. Scott is a welcome addition to Post Polak’s Corporate/Business Law and Commercial Litigation practices. For more information about Scott, click here. To contact Scott, go to sreiser@postpolak.com or (973) 228-9900 extension 264.  Post Polak is pleased to welcome Christine M. Faustini as Counsel. Christine has extensive experience in New Jersey land use regulation, affordable housing law, and real estate transactions. Her practice also includes redevelopment law, municipal entity representation, contracts, labor and employment law and insurance defense. She has litigation experience in New Jersey state and federal courts, having handled matters from the initial court filings, through the discovery process, until resolution, as well as appellate court practice. Christine is involved in preparing land use development applications, representing developers and objectors before municipal land use boards, and directly interacting with her clients’ professional teams as well as the respective land use board’s secretary, attorney, planner and engineer. She regularly prepares expert witnesses and testimony outlines, as well as Prerogative Writ complaints, motions, orders, briefs, supporting certifications, written discovery demands and responses. In addition, she participates in oral arguments of motions; prepares Appellate Court initial filings, briefs and appendices; and reviews land use board and trial transcripts. Christine has represented clients in the recently-created Affordable Housing Dispute Resolution Program. In her legal career, Christine has been associated with several prominent law firms throughout New Jersey. Christine is a welcome addition to Post Polak’s Land Use/Real Estate/Redevelopment and Municipal/Public Bodies Law practices. For more information about Christine, click here. To contact Christine, go to cfaustini@postpolak.com or (973) 228-9900 extension 215. |
