Areas of Practice
Michael Stein, co-founder and head of the firm’s litigation practice, specializes in general commercial litigation, chancery litigation, legal ethics and appellate advocacy.  He has substantial trial and appellate experience in both state and federal courts.  He also serves as an advisor to the firm’s corporate clients on such matters as partnership and shareholder agreements, intellectual property rights, lender liability issues, land use requirements, contracts, restrictive covenants and chancery law.

Professional/Civic Activities
• Member, Editorial Board, New Jersey Law Journal
• Member, Professional Responsibility Rules Committee
• Past Member, Civil Practice Rules Committee
• Past Chair, District II-B Ethics Committee
• Supreme Court Approved Mediator
• Past Chair and Present Member, Montclair Cooperative School, Board of
Trustees

Bar/Court Admissions
• New Jersey, 1989
• United States District Court, District of New Jersey, 1989
• United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 2001
• United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2000

Education
• J.D., Rutgers University School of Law at Newark, 1989
• B.A., Duke University, 1984