Nutley, NJ

Craig Livingston

Craig Livingston joined Local 371 American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSME) out of college at this first job. That job ended abruptly when he was drafted. More than a year later, he was sent to Vietnam where he drove trucks. Upon his return to the United States from Vietnam, he immediately enrolled at Rutgers Law School. This was during an era of social and political change in America. Rutgers Law was then also known as “The Peoples’ Electric Law School”. At Rutgers he took clinics which enabled him to handle cases for workers. Livington’s most important client was Local 736 of United Auto Workers representing 3,000 G.M. workers. When Local 736 UAW workers were told that the plant was closing, Livingston worked with the Union leaders and local GM management. Together, they bought the plant from GM. Using an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), the new company negotiated an agreement to sell all of its output to GM over a six-year period. Over the next years, Livingston worked on many other buyouts saving union jobs in deeply troubled industries, mostly in the Northeast and Mid-West. Some of those companies have survived to this day. They are now flourishing in the world economy of the 21st Century. Livingston has written about Unions use of ESOPs in “Organized Labor and Employee Ownership,” Journal of Employer Ownership, Law and Finance, Vol. 3,, No.2, (1991), and “Employee Takeovers,” Alan Hyde and Craig Livingston, Rutgers Law Review, Vol. 41, No. 4 (1989). Livingston represented the International Association of Machinists, the IUE/CWA, the United Steelworkers of America, the United Auto Workers, the United Food and Commercial Workers and other unions in these transactions. In 2003, Mr. Livingston founded and became President of the New Jersey COSH, the Advisory Council on Health and Safety, a coalition of Labor Unions, workers’ lawyers and workers’ doctors. New Jersey COSH fights for pro-worker legislation. They write friend of the court briefs to the New Jersey Supreme Court on issues that impact workers. Most importantly, COSH fights for the appointment of Judges of Workers’ Compensation who have real-world experience and understand the impact that profound injuries and diseases have on working people New Jersey COSH has grown over two decades to be the leading legal voice for injured workers in New Jersey thru its efforts that those of its political action arm, WORKPAC. Livingston stepped aside as COSH President in June of 2020 to devote more time and energy to Workers Equity. Craig Livingston is designated by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Board Certified Workers’ Compensation Law Attorney. He specializes in Labor Law and Workers Compensation cases involving catastrophic injuries and occupational diseases including Mesothelioma.

David M. Paris

David M. Paris is a Principal and Senior Litigation Partner at Piro, Zinna, Cifelli, Paris & Genitempo, supervising the firm's litigation section. He is a certified Civil Trial Attorney by the New Jersey Supreme Court. Since joining the firm in 1979, he has specialized in medical malpractice, products liability, professional negligence, and general liability cases with substantial damages, as well as complex commercial and estate litigation. He is listed on the Superior Court of New Jersey's Roster of Mediators. He has spoken at national conventions of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners on medical malpractice litigation. In the public sector, he served as Municipal Attorney for the Township of Fairfield (13 years) and the Borough of North Caldwell (15 years). He performs employment practice investigations and has served as a hearing officer for public entity employee disciplinary matters. He was elected Councilman in North Caldwell (2001, re-elected 2004) and served as Council President for four years. He was named a Diplomat in Local Government Law by Rutgers University and the New Jersey Institute of Municipal Attorneys in 2004. He is admitted to the Bars of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and various U.S. federal courts. He has served on the New Jersey Supreme Court's District Ethics and Fee Arbitration Committees. He has been named a New Jersey Super Lawyer for 17 years.

Frank DiMarzio

Frank DiMarzio has practiced Workers’ Compensation Law since he began his career as an attorney over forty years ago. A native of Newark, New Jersey and the brother of Catholic Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, Frank has amassed a large following of loyal clients who trust him to fight relentlessly on their behalf and to obtain the best possible results for them. He has taken their fight all the way to the New Jersey Supreme Court on three separate occasions and has broadened the rights for not only his clients but for all working people. Recognized by his peers as one of the state’s most skilled and experienced Workers Compensation Law Attorneys, Mr. DiMarzio has been repeatedly voted Super Lawyer by other attorneys in New Jersey thereby placing him in the top 5% of lawyers in the area of Workers’ Compensation. Frank DiMarzio is an active member of Justice James H. Coleman American Inn of Court, an amalgam of judges and lawyers designed to improve the skills, professionalism and ethics of the Workers Compensation Bench and Bar, where he mentors younger lawyers in the handling of workers compensation claims. Since 2003, Frank DiMarzio has served as Vice President of the New Jersey Advisory Committee on Safety and Health (NJ COSH), a professional organization of lawyers and doctors who practice in the field of Workers Compensation. Since its inception, NJ COSH has worked on multiple pieces of pro-worker legislation which have been enacted into law. A significant percentage of Mr. DiMarzio’s most difficult cases are referrals to him by other lawyers who recognize his skill and expertise the area of Workers’ Compensation Law.

Frank J. Zinna

Frank J. Zinna is a graduate of Seton Hall University Law School, cum laude, where he also served as Associate Editor of the Seton Hall Law Review. After graduating law school and serving a judicial clerkship in the Essex County Superior Court, Zinna joined the law firm of James M. Piro in 1973 and has been a partner at Piro, Zinna, Cifelli, Paris & Genitempo for four decades. Zinna specializes in family law litigation, including issues involving alimony, child support, custody, distribution of property and division of debt and pre, mid and post marital agreements. Frank was chosen by his peers as the recipient of the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award for Family Trial Lawyers, by the Essex County Bar Association. Zinna coordinates the Matrimonial Early Settlement Panels for the Essex County Family Division and is a Member of the Early Settlement Panel Statewide Chairs Organization. Zinna sits as a Blue Ribbon Masters Panelist to assist in the mediation of complex matrimonial cases. He is a Member of the Barry I. Croland Inn of Court. Zinna is admitted as an attorney and counselor of the Supreme Court of the United States. He had served as a Municipal Court Judge for over 25 years and was previously appointed by the New Jersey Supreme Court to serve as Chairman of the Conference of Presiding Judges of Municipal Courts and as the Presiding Judge for the Morris and Sussex County Municipal Courts. Zinna has also served by an appointment of the New Jersey Supreme Court to the New Jersey Advisory Committee on Extra Judicial Activities. Zinna has also previously served as Assistant Counsel to the New Jersey State Senate.

Richard A. Grodeck

Richard Grodeck is a Principal and Certified Civil Trial Attorney at Piro Zinna Cifelli Paris & Genitempo, with over 36 years of experience. He joined the firm in 2009 after being a partner at Feldman Grodeck. He represents businesses in contract disputes and shareholder actions, and handles personal injury cases including workers' compensation, automobile accidents, slips and falls, product liability, and medical malpractice. He serves on the Advisory Board of Trustees of East Orange General Hospital and is vice chair of the Healthcare Foundation of the Oranges. He graduated cum laude from Seton Hall Law School in 1981 and from Moravian College in 1976. He is admitted to the New Jersey Bar and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He is a member of the American Association for Justice, the New Jersey Association for Justice, and The American Board of Trial Advocates.

Nicholas G. Sekas

Nicholas G. Sekas was born and raised in New Jersey and was the child of Greek Immigrants. He graduated from Fordham University in 1982 with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Marketing in Finance and went on to pursue his Juris Doctor degree from Pace Law, where he graduated in 1986. Nicholas has more than 34 years of total legal experience and has gained a reputation for his in depth knowledge, outstanding trial abilities and unwavering dedication to his clients’ needs and helping them achieve the positive outcomes they expect and deserve as efficiently as possible. Although Mr. Sekas devotes a majority of his time to managing the firm, his legal experience is broad and his client base continues to grow. He has represented a variety of clients from Fortune 500 Companies such as LG Electronics, to underprivileged members of society like Mamadou Soumare, a Bronx man who lost his family in a deadly fire. In recognition for his exemplary professionalism and exceptional client service, Nicholas had earned a Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished peer review rating as well as designated as a “Top American Professional” in the United States. He prides himself of the many other top rankings and endorsements he receives from his peers and numerous clients.

Anthony Brown

Anthony Brown was born in Camden, New Jersey. Along with his wife and 2 children, he has made New Jersey his home his entire life. After working his way through undergrad, Anthony obtained a B.S. in Aviation Technology with a minor in Computer Science from Thomas Edison State College in June of 1995. Anthony Brown then worked at Tyco Industries in Management and Information Systems before going on to Rutgers Law-Camden as a Clyde C. Ferguson Scholarship recipient, followed by a Judicial Clerkship under Judge Glenn A. Grant, the current Acting Administrative Director of the New Jersey Courts. Following his clerkship, Anthony served as In-House Trial Counsel for Liberty Mutual Insurance for more than 14 years. He litigated Personal Injury, No Fault, Premises Liability, and Workers Compensation cases. After leaving Liberty Mutual, Anthony joined the firm of LIVINGSTON DIMARZIO BROWN, LLP after enjoying a respectful though adversarial relationship with one of the firms founding partners, Craig Livingston. Now with Livingston and DiMarzio, known as The Workplace Lawyers, Anthony supports clients involved in work related accidents, assisting New Jersey employees injured on the job with obtaining medical treatment and temporary financial benefits. Reported Decisions: Menichetti v. Palermo Supply Co., 396 N.J. Super. 118