New Jersey Legal Projects

Saranne (Sara) is the owner and founder of S. Weimer Law, LLC. Sara has over a decade of experience practicing at prominent law firms. Prior to opening S. Weimer Law, Sara spent several years at a premiere international law firm representing companies and their leaders in every facet of the employment relationship. Sara has represented entities of all sizes, including some of the largest Fortune 500 companies, small start-ups, and key executives. Sara's experiences spans across various industries, including pharmaceutical, medical device, healthcare, financial services, technology, transportation, telecommunication, entertainment, non-profit, hospitality, and private equity. Sara has successfully represented her clients in single-plaintiff litigations, multi-plaintiff litigations, class and collective actions, agency charges, government audits, and disputes with competitors. Sara has extensive experience handling claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, leave interference, pay equity, medical and religious accommodations, wage and hour issues, whistleblower allegations, non-competes, restrictive covenants, and wrongful termination. Sara is also regularly retained to conduct internal investigations, respond to government inquiries, conduct workplace training, and negotiate executive agreements.

After graduating Columbia University and The University of Pennsylvania Law School, Allan Kassenoff spent 25 years as a litigator representing Fortune 100 companies, first at Kaye Scholer, LLP and then as a partner at Greenberg Traurig, LLP. Amongst the many awards he has received over the years, Allan has been named one of the “Leading Litigators in America” by Lawdragon 500 and a “Local/National Litigation Star” by Benchmark Litigation.

I am Dan C. Pelletier, founder of Ocean Avenue Land & Legacy, a New Jersey law practice based in Asbury Park. Admitted in 1997, I bring nearly three decades of experience spanning real estate law, asset management, business transactions, commercial litigation, and estate planning. My background combines private legal practice with the business responsibilities of managing real estate investments—a perspective that informs how I evaluate risk, negotiate agreements, protect ownership interests, and plan for what comes next. I founded Ocean Avenue to bring that experience together. Property decisions rarely stand alone. They affect businesses, families, financial security, and the transfer of wealth and responsibility between generations. Ocean Avenue’s two foundations—Land and Legacy—reflect those connections: strategic counsel for real estate professionals and property owners, paired with planning that helps people preserve what they have built. My career has included building a residential real estate practice, advising businesses and individuals through consequential transactions and disputes, and serving in real estate asset management with Delaware Community Investment Corporation (DCIC). That work included exposure to Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and New Markets Tax Credit investments, bringing an institutional investment perspective to a career grounded in individual client representation. Earlier in private practice, I received the Star Award at Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. in 2000. --Real Estate and Asset Management-- Real estate has been the central thread of my professional life. My experience includes residential and commercial transactions, commercial leasing, investment properties, multifamily acquisitions, purchase and sale agreements, attorney review, inspection negotiations, property transfers, and closing coordination. I have also worked on short sales and acquisitions involving Section 1031 exchanges, coordinating the legal transaction with qualified intermediaries and other professionals. My asset-management background adds a practical dimension to that work. A property is simultaneously a legal interest, an operating asset, a financial commitment, and often someone’s most significant investment. I consider how a transaction’s documents and ownership structure will function after signing—when financing obligations, tenants, maintenance, business operations, and changing circumstances become the everyday reality. Through Ocean Avenue, I also advise real estate professionals on transaction risk and business decisions, helping them recognize legal issues early and obtain informed guidance while a matter can still be managed constructively. --Business Transactions and Commercial Counsel-- My business experience includes entity formation, LLC ownership arrangements, membership agreements, commercial contracts, confidentiality agreements, and the negotiation of business relationships. My work also includes small-business merger and acquisition matters and proposed business combinations, where ownership, contractual obligations, premises, and the relationships behind the business all require attention. I approach these matters with an understanding that an agreement must do more than capture terms. It must establish workable expectations, allocate responsibility, and address what happens when circumstances change. Particularly for closely held businesses, the quality of those arrangements can influence both the value of the enterprise and the relationships on which it depends. --Litigation and Dispute Resolution-- My background includes civil and commercial litigation, landlord-tenant matters, contract disputes, and insurance-claim advocacy. Experience with contested matters informs my transactional judgment: ambiguity, incomplete documentation, and unresolved expectations can become expensive long after an agreement is signed. That perspective shapes how I negotiate and draft. I look for the issues that could later become points of conflict and help clients assess their options with a clear understanding of both practical consequences and legal exposure. --Estate Planning and Legacy-- My estate-planning work includes wills, powers of attorney, advance directives, and planning for the succession and transfer of real property. I help clients consider how ownership arrangements and legal documents fit their family circumstances, intentions, and longer-term goals. Legacy planning brings together many of the questions that arise throughout a lifetime of property ownership and business activity: who will have authority, who will assume responsibility, what should be preserved, and how a transition should occur. My experience across real estate, business, and asset management helps me approach those questions as connected parts of a client’s life. --Education and Professional Foundation-- I earned my law degree at Widener University School of Law, now Delaware Law School. My legal education included international study in Geneva involving GATT and the United Nations and participation in the Delaware Civil Law Clinic. Those experiences introduced me to legal work across very different settings—from international institutions to direct representation and high-stakes advocacy. Before law school, I attended Drexel University and played varsity soccer, including on its 1989 East Coast Conference championship team. Today, Ocean Avenue Land & Legacy reflects the experience and judgment I have developed across those settings. I am building a technology-driven practice around direct attorney access, careful preparation, and clear advice. At its center is a straightforward commitment: to earn the trust clients place in me by understanding what matters to them and helping them make sound decisions about their property, businesses, and future.

Practicing in New York, New Jersey, New Delhi & Gurgaon, Akash’s cross-border practice focuses on immigration, intellectual property law, entertainment law and transactional law. With a Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School, an LLM from NLSIU, and a master’s in management from Lancaster University, Akash is highly qualified to deliver comprehensive and effective legal solutions to all his clients. Akash's immigration law practice focuses on work-based and family-based immigrant and non-immigrant visas. His expertise spans a variety of services in this sector – including petitions, applications, pre-petition compliances, changes of status, employment authorization, derivative applications, maintenance of status, and much more. He also provides consular law services within India. Akash has a strong academic and practical background in Intellectual Property Rights and Media Law. His practice includes IPR registration, IPR management, IPR auditing, pre- and post-publication review, piracy and copyright matters, media law compliances, and more. Akash's international commercial and transactional law practice specializes in cross-border transactions, business structuring, investments, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions. His alternative dispute resolution practice, both as a commercial mediator, has resulted in successfully resolving disputes over family affairs, business concerns, and commercial disputes. He is a registered a certified commercial mediator with the Indian Institute of Arbitration and Mediation.

Attorney with a legal practice focused on providing clarity to clients on matters relating to privacy/cybersecurity, marketing/media, and technology/blockchain.

Provides outside general counsel advice to corporate or individual clients with a vast range of legal and business matters. Has extensive general counsel experience in a wide range of legal areas. Has a background as an in house general counsel in the manufacturing, retail and consumer goods industries.

Benjamin I. Dach, Ph.D., Esq. is an accomplished patent attorney with extensive experience across multiple fields, including intellectual property (IP) litigation, counseling, and prosecution, spanning copyrights, trademarks, and patents. Prior to Weiss & Arons LLP, Benjamin worked at several prestigious law firms, including Quinn Emanuel LLP, WilmerHale LLP, Loeb & Loeb LLP, and Haug Partners LLP. During his decade-plus of legal work experience, Benjamin has litigated several pharmaceutical patent cases involving drugs such as Lialda, Vyvanse, Intuniv, Oxtellar XR, Pomalyst, Revlimid, and Cabometyx. Benjamin has also drafted and prosecuted dozens of patent applications, and counseled clients on IP relating to biological drugs, messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccines, and clustered randomly interspaced palindromic repeats (CRISPR). Benjamin earned his Ph.D. in chemistry from Columbia University, where his research focused on solid-phase polymer synthesis on silicon wafers and silica nanoparticles, with applications in drug delivery, solar energy, and semiconductors. His thesis, titled "Designer Polymer Superstructures from Solid Phase 'Click' Chemistry," highlights his expertise in the field. In addition to his scientific background, Benjamin also holds a J.D. from Fordham Law School, with a concentration in intellectual property and information law. Benjamin leverages his technical and legal backgrounds to maximize the value of his clients' IP portfolios. His strong commitment to science and law has made him a highly sought-after attorney in the areas of copyright, trademark, and patent law. Rated by Super Lawyers, Benjamin was selected to Rising Stars in Law. He is admitted to practice law in Florida, New York, New Jersey, and before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

I'm an experienced attorney with a vast experience in legal fields.

Marlene is an accomplished attorney at Mandelbaum Barrett, specializing in litigation and real estate law. With a practice focused on buy and sale transactions, leases, litigation, and landlord/tenant matters, Marlene will bring a wealth of knowledge to the matter. Additionally, Marlene effectively navigates complex legal challenges and strives to achieve favorable outcomes for clients in the real estate sector.

Lauren Acquaviva focuses her practice on alcohol licensing matters. Lauren has tried over one hundred tax and alcohol license cases at the South Carolina Administrative Law Court during her career. She also has handled appeals, including arguing before the South Carolina Court of Appeals and the South Carolina Supreme Court. A New Jersey native, Lauren graduated from Monmouth University Summa Cum Laude in 2009 with a B.S. in Social Work and a passion for advocating on behalf of children. Immediately thereafter, Lauren moved to South Carolina to attend the University of South Carolina School of Law from where she graduated in 2012 in the top third of her class. During law school Lauren became a member of the Mock Trial Bar where she honed her trial skills and fell in love with being in the court room. In September of 2012, shortly after graduating from law school with the desire to become a trial attorney, Lauren began working for the South Carolina Department of Revenue (SC DOR) where she spent six years litigating alcohol licensing and tax matters on behalf of the Department. Lauren left the SC DOR in October of 2018 and joined a Mount Pleasant Law firm. In October of 2019, Lauren founded Viva Law Firm so she could focus on helping people navigate the complexities of South Carolina’s alcohol regulations.

Andrew Schneidman is an experienced transactional attorney and founder of Schneidman Law. He handles all things transactional—advising businesses on contracts, corporate matters, and deal execution with speed, clarity, and a business-first mindset. Andrew partners with both early-stage startups and established companies, guiding them through complex transactions and everyday legal challenges. He holds a law degree from Widener University and a BBA in Business Law from the University of Miami. Serving clients nationwide, Andrew is known for being responsive, practical, and easy to work with.