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Craig S. Provorny
Craig Provorny is chair of the firm’s Litigation department. His practice focuses on counseling clients in employment related matters, the representation of both plaintiffs and defendants in trust and estate litigation, environmental cost recovery actions, plaintiff insurance recovery, counseling clients in employment related matters, and general commercial litigation. Craig has appeared in both state and federal courts, including the trial, appellate, and New Jersey Supreme Court.
Representative cases for Mr. Provorny include:
- Trial counsel for purchaser of property defrauded by the seller in obtaining environmental approvals from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
- Trial counsel for gasoline station landlord whose property was contaminated with gasoline discharged by the station operator.
- Trial counsel for family who were partners in a business and whose assets were transferred to two other businesses without their knowledge.
- Trial counsel for individuals whose ERISA pension benefits were wrongfully withheld.
- Trial counsel for corporations seeking to obtain insurance coverage for remediation of contaminated property.
- Trial counsel for individual denied disability insurance.
- Trial counsel for bankrupt corporation suing prior officers and directors for breach of fiduciary duty.
- Trial counsel for individuals suffering personal injury from mold exposure.
Prior to joining Herold Law, P.A. in 1992, Mr. Provorny served in the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety as an Assistant Environmental Prosecutor in the Office of the Environmental Prosecutor, as well as a Deputy Attorney General representing the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
Community Involvement:
Princeton Community Democratic Organization
Princeton Borough District Committeeperson
Coach, Girls Soccer and Softball
Published Decisions:
Trimarco v. Trimarco, Docket No. 4093-05T5 App. Div.
(Parrillo, J.A.D.) (October 15, 2007)
In re Contest of the Democratic Primary Election, 367 N.J. Super. 261
(App. Div. 2004);
Villa Enterprises Management Ltd. v. Federal Insurance Company, 360 N.J. Super. 166 (Law Div. 2002);
In re Cadgene Family Partnership, 286 N.J. Super. 270 (App. Div. 1995);
Regional Recycling, Inc. v. State of N.J. Department of Environmental
Protection, 127 N.J. 568 (1992).
Published Articles:
Note, "The Outer Limits of Section 542 of the Bankruptcy
Code: United States v. Whiting Pools, Inc. Revisited," 7
Cardozo L. Rev. 935 (1986).
Co-Author, "Personal Liability for Shareholders, Officers,"
N.J. Law Journal (June 8, 1992).
Co-Author, "A Guide to Environmental Laws Impacting
Real Estate Development & Construction," N.J. Building
Contractor, Volume 11 (1992).
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Phone:
908 647 1022 x 135 |
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Education:
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Magna Cum Laude, Law Review
Rutgers College |
Professional Associations:
American Bar Association Environmental, Insurance and Litigation Sections
American Trial Lawyer Association
Somerset County Bar Association |
Admissions:
State of New Jersey State of Pennsylvania District of New Jersey
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Western District of New York
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Middle District of Florida |
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