Todd M. Galante

Piro Zinna Cifelli Paris & Genitempo LLC

Nutley, NJ

39+ Years Experience

Licensed in 1 State

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About Todd

Todd M. Galante is a Principal/Partner at Piro Zinna Cifelli Paris & Genitempo LLC, heading the firm's Bankruptcy, Creditors' Rights Department and is part of the Employment and Commercial Litigation team. He has extensive experience in complex business litigation, business restructuring/loan workouts, bankruptcy, real estate litigation, commercial and residential foreclosure, lender liability defense, franchise litigation, business entity/member dispute/breakup litigation, consumer fraud and general equity litigation. He also represents auto dealerships, banks, lenders, commercial landlords, and insurance companies. Mr. Galante is a seasoned certified arbitrator and mediator. He has been recognized as among America's Most Honored Professionals - Top 1%, selected as among the Best Lawyers in America (2009-2025), Top Lawyers (2008-2025), and NJ Super Lawyers (2009-2015 and 2018-2025). He holds an 'AV' Peer Review Rating by Martindale Hubbell. He serves as an Adjunct Professor at Rutgers University - Newark (2012-present) and taught Bankruptcy Law Remedies at Seton Hall University School of Law. He has lectured frequently and published numerous articles on legal topics. He has also served as an expert on bankruptcy and other legal issues. He has served on various bank, business, and political advisory boards, and was Chairman of The Salvation Army Morristown Corps Advisory Board (2015-2018), and a Board Member of CIANJ (2017-present). He also served on New Jersey Supreme Court Committees on Character and Fitness, Attorney Ethics, and Fee Arbitration. He was a Law Clerk to Chief Bankruptcy Judge Vincent J. Commisa (1986-1987) and an Intern for Judge John W. Bissell (1986). He was elected Councilman-At-Large of the City of Orange Township, NJ in 1988, serving as Council President (1991-1992), and on the City of Orange Board of School Estimate and Planning Board.