Denville, NJ

Todd J. Leonard

Todd J. Leonard is a New Jersey Certified Civil Trial Lawyer and Founding Partner of the Todd J. Leonard Law Firm. He has devoted his entire professional career, spanning over 37 years, to helping personal injury clients and their families achieve justice. He has extensive experience in handling all types of serious personal injury and catastrophic cases, including traumatic brain injuries, burns, sexual assaults, amputations, and wrongful death lawsuits. Todd proudly continues the legacy of excellence established by his late father, Alvin R. Leonard, a legendary New Jersey trial attorney. He is a Life Member of the Million Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forums, has a 10.0 Superb Rating from Avvo, and has been consistently selected for the New Jersey Super Lawyers® list and the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers list. Todd is also deeply involved in the community, coaching Special Olympics basketball for over 20 years, serving on the Board of Trustees for Trial Attorneys of New Jersey (TANJ), and founding The Leonard Foundation to support children battling pediatric cancer and other social services.

Paul G. Paravati

Paul G. Paravati, Esq., is a trial attorney with over a decade of experience who has worked tirelessly to represent injured plaintiffs in a variety of practice areas. They include: car and trucking accidents, premises liability, product liability, medical malpractice and workers’ compensation. Mr. Paravati also has significant experience in handling cases involving the conscientious employee protection act (CEPA), municipal court, landlord-tenant matters, and prisoner rights. He has a number of significant verdicts, including a $1,500,000 award in Bergen County. He has also devoted his legal career to protecting workers’ rights and has handled hundreds of workers’ compensation cases from inception to a successful conclusion.

G. Martin Meyers

G. Martin Meyers, Esq. is a graduate of the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce of the University of Pennsylvania, where he maintained a Dean’s List average and earned the degree of Bachelor of Science in Economics in May 1968. Mr. Meyers received his law degree (Juris Doctor) from New York University School of Law in May 1971 and was admitted to the New Jersey bar in November 1971. Mr. Meyers has concentrated his practice primarily in the area of complex civil litigation. He has maintained his own practice since November 1972, for the most part representing individuals who have been injured, defrauded, or victimized in some other manner in connection with their individual legal rights. Mr. Meyers has been designated a Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers, has been recognized by Avvo, and he is a recipient of the AV Preeminent rating by Martindale-Hubbell, its highest rating. In addition, in 1997 Mr. Meyers obtained the largest jury verdict in a Products Liability case in New Jersey, a verdict in the amount of $9.9 million in the case of Molinaro v. Harley-Davidson Inc. The case was later settled on a confidential basis.

Justin A. Meyers

Justin A. Meyers is admitted to practice in New Jersey (2006), New York (2007), and Washington, D.C. (2008). Justin earned his B.A. at Boston University in 2001, and his J.D. and M.B.A. at Vanderbilt University in 2006. Justin has particular experience in the areas of commercial foreclosure litigation and construction litigation. He is also involved in managing the firm’s operations, including implementing novel technology solutions to the evolving practice of law.

Susan S. Singer

Susan S. Singer, Esq., is an attorney who has been concentrating her practice in the area of employment litigation for more than twenty-five years. Susan graduated magna cum laude from Bryn Mawr College in 1967, obtained an M.A. from Columbia University in 1971, and the degree of Juris Doctor from Rutgers University Law School (Newark) in 1976. Shortly after graduating, she clerked for the presiding judge of the New Jersey Appellate Division, then on temporary assignment to the Supreme Court of New Jersey. Susan found her passion for employment litigation in the 1980’s when she had the privilege of representing four distinguished African American reporters seeking to crash the “white ceiling” at the New York Daily News. After nine weeks of trial, Susan’s clients prevailed against a nationally circulated newspaper in one of the first successful race discrimination case for bias in offering promotion opportunities. Since then, Susan has represented employees in federal and state courts in cases spanning claims of age, gender, race, religious affiliation, disability discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation against whistleblowers, civil rights, violations of non-competition agreements, and more. In addition to her work on behalf of employees in the private sector, Susan represented the City of Newark for seventeen years in public employment matters, and for over ten years served as special counsel for civil rights litigation for the City of Trenton. Susan’s name appears as the attorney at oral argument, or on the briefs in numerous published opinions by state and federal appellate courts in the area of employment law. G. Martin Meyers and Susan Singer have worked together to obtain numerous positive settlements and verdicts on behalf of discrimination victims, in both state and federal courts. Susan’s interest in public service over the years led her to serve two four-year terms as a member of the District VII Ethics Committee of the New Jersey Supreme Court and, currently, as pro bono counsel to a non-profit shared housing facility in Montclair.

Matthew T. Sheffield

Matthew T. Sheffield, Esq. is an attorney with extensive experience in fighting for his clients’ rights and a proven track record in successfully handling complex litigation. He graduated from Syracuse University with dual degrees in Political Science and Television/Radio/Film and earned his Juris Doctorate (JD) from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Matthew interned for numerous State and Federal Court Judges and worked for a legal clinic for the City of Newark, New Jersey. Prior to joining the Todd J Leonard Law Firm, he worked at an employment law firm specializing in wage and hour law and represented companies in administrative hearings. He also worked for a consumer protection law firm, prosecuting claims under various federal consumer protection acts. Mr. Sheffield's reputation was built by successfully litigating cases in arbitration tribunals and Federal courts across the country, including a published opinion by the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.