The law firm of Cooper Levenson, P.A., established in 1957, is a full-service law firm with 75 attorneys and an extensive support staff.
In New Jersey, we maintain offices in Atlantic City and Cherry Hill. We also have offices in New York, New York, Wilmington, Delaware, Las Vegas, Nevada, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. We are proud to serve a client base that spans the region and the globe - from individuals to corporations and companies of all sizes and types, even sovereign governments.
As a large, full-service firm, we have teams of attorneys that are able to focus their attention on numerous areas of practice while employing the full support, resources and experience of other departments of the firm. Learn more about our law firm's mission, our foundation of community service, our history and our lawyers' professional memberships.
Cooper Levenson’s Banking & Financial Services department has a long and distinguished history of representing financial institutions of all sizes and types on a wide range of assignments, including those related to sophisticated loan document transactions and loan work-outs.
We understand the competitiveness within the banking industry, and our clients appreciate – and have come to rely on – the speed, accuracy, and cost efficiency of our work. We see ourselves as partners in their success, and they rely on us to assist them in an extensive array of financial matters, including:
Supported by the significant legal and technological resources of our full-service firm, we are uniquely equipped to handle a large volume of even the most complex cases in a thorough and expeditious manner
It is well known and widely acknowledged that Cooper Levenson provides aggressive, effective representation for individuals and business entities facing criminal investigations or charges brought by municipal, state, and federal agencies. Our extraordinary success in defending the rights and interests of our clients is based on the experience, principles, and practices of our attorneys and support staff.
Joy, disappointment, hope – emotions like these are thoroughly intertwined in the issues of family law. Cooper Levenson is sensitive to the feelings of these matters and understands that when the heart is involved, clear-headed legal guidance is more important than ever.
We strive to be firm advocates for our clients while also ensuring matters are resolved expeditiously and cost-effectively. Cooper Levenson represents people throughout New Jersey in family law matters. Our practice includes:
At Cooper Levenson, our personal injury department can provide the legal assistance you need in a professional, sensitive and effective way. When the malice or negligence of others causes an accident, we help our clients seek financial relief from those responsible. We take pride in being the champion of our client's rights.
Our attorneys are experienced with the entire range of issues that could arise in real estate transactions. We provide services to a wide range of entrepreneurial and institutional clients, including:
We understand the economics and pressures of our clients’ businesses. Our clients depend on:
Project Development and Investments: We represent developers, investors and tenants in all types of commercial, residential and mixed use projects, including hotels, casinos, residential, commercial, and multi-family residential. We have particular expertise in representing casinos, tenants and developers of power centers, regional malls and strip shopping centers in connection with site assemblage and other complex land acquisitions, agreement of sales, lease negotiations, reciprocal easement agreements and development approvals. We also represent redevelopers in urban redevelopment and other matters.
Condominiums, Timeshare and Mixed-Use Projects: We help plan and develop residential and commercial condominium projects of every size and scope. Owners and owners associations look to us for assistance in management and litigation matters, in condominium leasing and management contracts, and in other operating agreements.
Construction and Permanent Lending: Our attorneys have a wide range of experience in structuring, negotiating and documenting acquisitions, construction and permanent loans involving residential, commercial and industrial projects. Many of these loans involve representations of banks, finance companies, pension funds, insurance companies and private lenders. Other loans involve debt restructuring and complex seller financing of acquisition transactions.
The Employment Law specialists at Cooper Levenson have successfully litigated and provided effective on-going legal and compliance advice regarding the full range of employment law issues encountered by employers, including, by way of example, the following:
These claims have included class action suits and claims in both state and federal courts. We also regularly represent our clients’ interests before State and Federal Administrative Agencies.
Chairman Russell L. Lichtenstein has been recognized as one of the premiere trial attorneys in New Jersey and has an impressive collection of favorable jury verdicts in employment matters. Russell is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell in Labor Law, Employment Law, Employment Litigation. He has been named to the New Jersey Super Lawyers list, a Thomson Reuters business, in the employment litigation field every year since 2005. Russell has also earned the distinction of being recognized by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Certified Civil Trial Attorney and by the National Board of Trial Advocacy as a Certified Trial Advocate.
The Practice Group takes special pride in its “team approach” to providing employers with direct access to immediate legal resources and answers on issues including discipline and termination, medical leave, discrimination/harassment investigations, state and federal compliance, and the ever-changing panoply of laws, regulations and rules that govern the employer/employee relationship.
In all matters, we strive to develop successful working relationships with administrators and staff, and are committed to providing the highest level of legal representation, fully supported by the substantial resources of the firm and our other practice areas. More than advisors, our attorneys can be relied upon as partners.
