Practice Areas

• Commercial Litigation
• Construction Law
• Surety and Fidelity
• Appellate Practice
• Insurance
• General Liability
• Employment Law
• Environmental Law

Admitted

• New Jersey
• New York
• Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
• U.S. District Court, Western District of New York
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
• United States Court of Federal Claims

Education

• Vanderbilt University, J.D., 1990
• University of Rochester, B.A., cum laude, with high distinction in Philosophy, 1987
• University of Rochester, Certificate in International Relations

Member

• American Bar Association
  • Tort and Insurance Practice Section
    • American Bar Association, Vice-Chair of the Fidelity and Surety Law Committee of the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) 2016-Present
    • Fidelity and Surety Law Committee
  • Litigation Section
  • Construction Industry Forum
  • Public Contract Law Section

• New Jersey State Bar Association
  • Fidelity and Surety Law Section
  • Construction and Public Contract Law Section
  • Women in the Profession Section
• New York State Bar Association
  • Commercial & Federal Litigation Section
  • Torts, Insurance & Compensation Law

• New Jersey Women Lawyers
• Professional Women in Construction
• National Association of Professional Women
• National Bond Claims Association
• Philadelphia Surety Claims Association

Biography

• Speaker “Decision time: The Surety’s Obligations After a Contractor Default and the Time for Exercising Such Options”, ABA TIPS Fidelity & Surety, Spring Program, May 2017
• Co-Author,  The Annotated AIA 312 Performance Bond Chapter 3 “The Surety’s Option After a Default” a publication of the American Bar Association Tort Trial and Practice Section’s Fidelity and Surety Law Committee (May 2017)
• Moderator: “The AIA A-311, Miller Act, Little Miller Act, and Non-Standard Performance Bond Forms”, ABA TIPS Fidelity & Surety, Spring Program, May 2017
• Speaker 'The Default - Has the Starting Gun Been Fired?' ABA TIPS Fidelity & Surety, Spring Program, May 2014
• Co-Authored and Speaker 'Built on Trust: An Overview of Construction Trust Funds', Eastern Bond Claims Review Conference in May 2007
• League of Women Voters (Berkeley Heights, New Providence & Summit Chapter)
• Phi Alpha Delta (Chief Justice)

Reported Cases

• Mark IV Transportation & Logistics v. Lightning Logistics, 705 Fed. Appx. 103 (3d Cir.2017)
• Mark IV Transp. & Logistics, Inc. v. Lightning Logistics, LLC, 2012 WL 4506470 (Dist. N.J. Sept. 28, 2012).
• Anabarasan v. 53-54 Palisades Hudson Associates, LLC, et al, 2012 WL 1108418 (N.J. Super. A.D. April 4, 2012)
• Travelers Cas. and Sur. Co. v. Dormitory Authority-State of New York, 735 F.Supp.2d 42 (S.D.N.Y. 2010)
• Travelers Cas. and Sur. Co. v. Dormitory Authority-State of New York, 2011 WL 500068 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 14, 2011)
• Premier-New York, Inc. v. Travelers Property Cas. Corp., 20 Misc.3d 1115(A) (Sup. Ct., N.Y. 2008)
• Travelers Cas. and Sur. Co. v. Dormitory Authority-State of New York, 2008 WL 4861910 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 5, 2008)
• In re G.M. Crocetti, Inc., 2008 WL 4601278 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 15, 2008)
• Travelers Casualty and Surety Company v. Dormitory of the State of New York, et al., 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9415 (S.D.N.Y. 2005)
• State of Tennessee ex rel T.H. v. Minn., 802 S.W. 2d 625 (Tenn. App. 1990)