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HIGHLIGHTS
	Named in the 2010 Edition of Best Lawyers in America. The only attorney in Monmouth and Ocean Counties selected in the field of Commercial Litigation. Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney. Only 2% of attorneys in New Jersey are certified as Civil Trial Attorneys by the Supreme Court.
	Holds an “AV” rating- the highest rating available - from Martindale-Hubbell. Martindale-Hubbell is the oldest nationally recognized legal reference in the country. An “AV” rating signifies that a lawyer has reached the heights of professional excellence and is recognized for the highest levels of skill and integrity by the bench and bar.
	Named a Super Lawyer by New Jersey Monthly magazine in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2010. John has been awarded this designation in the field of Mediation/Alternative Dispute Resolution.
	Is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. One of the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers in the US, Membership is limited to attorneys who have won million and multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements.Fewer than 1% of US lawyers are members.

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John F. Gelson

Partner

Mr. Gelson is a senior member of the Firm and has been Certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Civil Trial Attorney since 1994. He concentrates his practice in complex commercial litigation and dispute resolution. Mr. Gelson litigates and tries contested cases in State and Federal Courts. He has represented both Plaintiffs and Defendants in contractual and corporate disputes involving construction, employment and franchise contracts.

Mr. Gelson also devotes a substantial part of his practice in negotiating and drafting agreements of all types relating to construction projects, including construction management agreements, general contractor agreements and design/build agreements with design professionals. Mr. Gelson has represented the Saint Barnabas Health Care System in preparing construction documents, information technology and licensing agreements for the System’s hospitals and nursing homes for the past twenty (20) years. Mr. Gelson also served as appointed counsel in one of the leading Right To Die cases in the country in 1987. In 2000, Mr. Gelson obtained a jury verdict of $3 Million dollars in a Wrongful Death case.

Since 1995, Mr. Gelson has served as a Mediation neutral in more than 800 matters in assisting parties to resolve disputes outside of the litigation process. He has been named in New Jersey Monthly magazine as one of the top ten attorneys in the State in the field of mediation/arbitration in 2005, 2006, 2007 2008 and 2009. Mr. Gelson was the only non-retired Federal or State Court judge to be named in 2008.

As a reflection of his expertise and experience, Mr. Gelson has been awarded the highest rating in the Martindale-Hubbell law directory (”AV”) for more than a decade.

SELECTED DECISIONS

• Totaro, Duffy, Cannova & Co., LLC vs. Lane, Middleton & Co., LLC 191 N.J. 1 (2007)
• Livingstone vs. Abraham & Straus, Inc., 111 N.J. 89, 543 A.2d 45 (1988)
• Matter of Farrell, 108 N.J. 335, 529 A.2d 404 (1987)
• Ellenheath Condominium Assn, Inc. v. Pearlman 294 N.J. Super. 381, 683 A.2d 582 (App. Div.1996)
• American Fire & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Manzo 347 N.J. Super. 100, 788 A.2d 925 (App. Div. 2007)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/CIVIC AFFILIATIONS

• Notre Dame Alumni Association of New Jersey (Jersey Shore), President, 1993-1995; Trustee, 1990-Present
• Delbarton School Alumni Representative, 2000-2004
• Past Chair Ocean County Civil Practice Committee, 1995-1996
• District III Ethics Committee of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1992-1996

EDUCATION

• University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, B.A. English, 1977
• University of Notre Dame Law School, London School of Economics, London, England (Programme in International Law, 1980)
• Drake University Law School, Des Moines, Iowa, J.D., 1981
• Georgian Court College, Adjunct Professor, 1983-1989

MILITARY/GOVERNMENT SERVICE

• Commissioned Officer in United States Navy
  (Honorable Discharge 1981)
• Correction Officer: Essex County Jail (1977-1978)

John F. Gelson

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