Valhalla, NY

Zachary K. Giampa

Zachary K. Giampa is an attorney at Giampa Law, specializing in personal injury, medical malpractice, and worksite liability. He joined the firm as a paralegal in 2002 and became a practicing lawyer after law school. He has secured significant verdicts and settlements, including a $1.5 million gross verdict in his first trial and two seven-figure verdicts for medical malpractice and worksite liability. He was recognized as a 'Rising Star' by Super Lawyers in 2014, 2015, and 2016. He also maintains a criminal law practice and is an active member of the (18b) Assigned Counsel Plan for the First Department of the State of New York.

WILLIAM D. BIERMAN is a member of firm. Bill leads a unique Transportation Law Group and has been actively engaged in the practice of transportation law for more than forty years. Recently Bill was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Transportation Lawyers Association at its annual meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona. Bill concentrates his practice in the areas of transportation law and litigation, personal injury and cargo claim defense litigation; commercial litigation, transportation agreements, transportation real estate sales, purchases, leasing and tax appeals, environmental law, mergers and acquisitions and administrative law. Bill is the long time Executive Director of the Transportation Loss Prevention and Security Association (TLP&SA), an industry trade group which acts as a spokesman for claims and security interests. He was Former Chairman of the Conference of Freight Counsel, a group made up of the foremost transportation attorneys in North America. In 1997, Bill was presented with the Chairman’s Award by the Transportation Loss Prevention and Security Council of the American Trucking Association for his outstanding contribution to the industry. Bill serves on the Advisory Board of The Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers University. He is also on the Board of Directors of the Country-Wide Insurance Company and he represents the New Jersey Motor Truck Association. Bill is a graduate of Rutgers University (B.A. 1964) and both Rutgers University School of Law (J.D. 1967) and the New York University School of Law (L.L.M. 1970). He served as an adjunct professor of law at the William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey from 1978-1981. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey and the federal courts of New Jersey and New York as well as before U.S. Supreme Court, various Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal and Federal District Courts throughout the United States.

Richard L. Giampa

Richard L. Giampa, founder of Giampa Law, is a leading trial attorney with over 35 years of experience in civil and criminal law. A former prosecutor in the Bronx County District Attorney's homicide bureau, he has a proven track record in cases involving automobile accidents, premises liability, construction accidents, medical malpractice, civil rights litigation, and criminal defense. He practices predominantly in the New York metropolitan area and has argued cases before various appellate courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court. He is known for his meticulous trial preparation and commitment to clients.

Michael Orozco focuses most of his practice in complex commercial litigation, criminal defense, franchise law and personal injury claims at both the federal and state level. He is an experienced trial attorney and has been lead counsel in over 50 trials, most of them jury trials, in both federal and state court, in both criminal and civil proceedings. Michael is also an experienced transactional attorney, having represented a multitude of businesses in the purchase or sale of assets. He has represented multi-national corporations in complex civil matters, individuals charged under federal and state criminal statutes, and the victims of catastrophic accidents suffering from permanent and debilitating injuries. Michael believes that every case is different, and there is no common road to success other than aggressive and proactive representation. Michael has achieved tremendous success in New Jersey as well as New York, where his is also admitted. Past and recent success stories include: (1)back to back hung juries in New York federal criminal court in one of the highest profile first amendment cases in recent history; (2) sentence of probation for a doctor charged in federal criminal court with violations of the anti-kickback statutes; (3) successful civil suit against insurance company to compel coverage for property loss due to client’s fire at home; (4) not guilty verdict for a client charged with murder; (5) $720,000 settlement in slip and fall case; (6) sentence of probation for client who was charged with first degree armed robbery and who was subject to 20 years of incarceration; (7) dismissal of murder charges against client after filing motions to suppress; (8) dismissal of civil complaint against construction company alleging millions of dollars of damage by plaintiff/homeowner; (9) dismissal of second degree charges for maintaining a drug manufacturing facility; (10) dismissal of civil suit against former employee alleging theft of millions of dollars and breach of contract, and; (11) non prosecution of client who faced potential charges for millions of dollars in financial crimes under federal tax laws. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the New Jersey Supreme Court. Michael has also argued before the New Jersey Appellate Division, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and the New Jersey Supreme Court. In 2019 Michael prevailed in his argument before the New Jersey Supreme Court in State v. Fede, resulting in the Court vacating his client’s conviction despite it having been affirmed in three prior appeals. Prior to joining Price, Meese, Shulman & D’Arminio, P.C., Michael was a partner in a small practice in Newark, concentrating in personal injury, business formation and representation and criminal defense. In addition to being admitted in the states of New Jersey and New York, Michael is admitted to practice in numerous federal courts across the country. He frequently travels across the country to give his clients first hand assistances in their legal matters. He has over a dozen years of legal experience, beginning with a judicial clerkship for the Honorable Thomas O’Brien, where he saw numerous trials first hand and assisted in crafting legal opinions regarding issues of law.

John R. Edwards, Jr. concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate and business transactions and litigation. Mr. Edwards’ extensive real estate background includes the representation of banks and mortgage banking firms, title companies and other business clients in complex financing, loan reviews, the transfer of land for development and commercial purposes, zoning applications and commercial leasing. He further assists clients in the formation of business entities, business planning, and a wide variety of contractual matters. Mr. Edwards also handles complex financial and real estate litigation, including business disputes, large scale title disputes, governmental challenges, and mortgage and tax foreclosures. Mr. Edwards has been published in the New Jersey Law Journal, and lectured for the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, The National Business Institute, and the New Jersey Mortgage Banker’s Association. He is a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the American Bar Association, and the New Jersey State Bar Association. Mr. Edwards received his law degree, with honors, from New York Law School. At New York Law School, he was an editor of the International and Comparative Law Journal and won the American Jurisprudence Prize for Contracts. Mr. Edwards also served a student clerkship for the Honorable Mary Johnson Lowe in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Upon graduation from law school, he clerked full time for the Honorable Frederick W. Kuechenmeister in the Superior Court of New Jersey. Mr. Edwards is admitted to practice in New Jersey and in New York.

Thomas C. Martin concentrates his practice primarily in the areas of transportation law, community association law and commercial litigation. He serves as legal counsel to internationally recognized motor carriers, freight brokers and related transportation business entities. Mr. Martin addresses a multitude of issues including defense of cargo loss and damage claims, personal injury, state and federal regulatory compliance, state and federal tax compliance, workplace issues, cargo damage claims management and risk assessment. Mr. Martin is at the forefront of this sophisticated and constantly evolving field of transportation law and is seen as a “go-to” resource among those in the field. As a member of the nationally recognized Conference of Freight Counsel, Mr. Martin works with industry insiders to consider and address legal issues facing carriers on a nationwide basis. He has authored numerous articles in the field and has been an active speaker as a member of the Transportation Lawyers Association, the Conference of Freight Counsel, and the Transportation Loss Prevention & Security Association. Currently, Mr. Martin is a member of the Freight Claims Committee of the Transportation Lawyers Association. Mr. Martin is also counsel to a substantial number of community associations and is actively engaged in a wide range of unique and complex areas of litigation and regulatory practice. He has extensive knowledge of all aspects of this increasingly complex field. As a member of the Legislative Action Committee of the New Jersey Community Associations Institute, Mr. Martin works with members of the New Jersey State Legislature to help educate and clarify issues on pending legislation. Mr. Martin is at the forefront of this evolving practice area. He worked with others on amicus briefs for the Appellate Division and Supreme Court on the landmark Twin Rivers case - the first in the nation to address the contours of public constitutional free speech within private common interest associations. He has also been quoted as an authority in the field by leading publications, is the author of numerous articles, and is a frequent speaker. Mr. Martin has over 25 years of experience serving as legal counsel to community associations across New Jersey. He serves as Chair of Price Meese’s New Jersey Community Association Law Practice Group. Mr. Martin’s representation of community association clients includes long-term representation of some of New Jersey’s most prominent community associations including numerous communities along New Jersey’s “Gold Coast.” Mr. Martin is considered a practical “get the job done” lawyer by property managers and governing boards. Mr. Martin makes every effort explore realistic solutions to difficult issues and to try to resolve matters which could otherwise burgeon into unnecessary litigation. If litigation is otherwise unavoidable his clients seek his experience, perspective, guidance and advice to work through serious litigation. Mr. Martin is a graduate of the University of Maryland and Seton Hall School of Law. While attending law school, he volunteered for the Honorable Seymour Margulies, J.S.C., Hudson County and served with the New Jersey Bureau of Securities. As a member of the Seton Hall Legislative Journal, he authored the Note, The Comprehensive Terrorism Prevention Act of 1995. He also served as judicial law clerk for the Honorable Frank M. Donato, J.S.C., Passaic County. Mr. Martin is admitted to bar of the State of New Jersey, the United States District Court, for the District of New Jersey, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third and Sixth Circuits. Mr. Martin has been granted pro hac vice admission status in several State and Federal Courts throughout the country. Mr. Martin has litigated across the country. Notable Opinions issued by Courts include, but are not limited to, the following: Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Ins. Co., Ltd. v. Flash Expedited Services, Inc., 2013 WL 4010312 (S.D. Oh. 2013). Sompo Japan Ins. Co. v. A. Duie Pyle, 2012 WL 1554647 (D.N.J. 2012); Gemini Restoration v. Leone, 2012 WL 3140244 (App. Div. 2012); Holtec v. Preferred Metal v. UPS Freight, 2011 WL 1401664 (D.N.J. 2011); Hitachi Sumitomo Heavy Indus. Constr. Crane Co., Ltd. v. Midwest Specialized Transportation, In., 2009 WL 2448458 (E.D. Ky. 2009); Committee for a Better Twin Rivers v. Twin Rivers Homeowners’ Association, 192 N.J. 344 (2007)(amicus brief). Mr. Martin is also a benefactor of the Seton Hall Law School Alumni/Scholarship Association. He is a member of the Bergen County Bar Association and is a Certified Civil Mediator.

Gail L. Price concentrates in the areas of zoning and planning, representing commercial, industrial and residential developers in connection with land development and construction related issues. She represents national supermarket and hotel chains, developers of assisted living and congregate care facilities, houses of worship, pharmacies, restaurants and other retail chains in securing government approval for the development of corporate owned and leased properties. She is experienced with all federal and state land use and environmental regulations and has represented national corporations in complex litigation on zoning issues of first impression. She has extensive experience working with professional consulting teams on a wide range of Redevelopment projects, as well as serving as lead counsel in prerogative writ litigation throughout the state. Ms. Price has served as counsel to the Harrington Park Planning Board since the early1980’s and also served for more than 15 years as attorney for the Village of Ridgewood Planning Board. She has served as a trustee for the New Jersey State Bar Association Land Use Section and served for 19 years as a trustee with the Bergen County Bar Association (BCBA), where she continues to co-chair the Land Use Law Section. Ms. Price is a former trustee of the New Jersey Institute of Municipal Attorneys, is an associate member of the International Council of Shopping Centers, and is part of the Pipeline organization comprised of professional women in the real estate industry. She graduated cum laude from Lehigh University (1979), received her J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law (1982) and completed a judicial clerkship in the Tax Court of New Jersey. She is admitted to practice in New Jersey, New York, the District of Columbia, the United States Tax Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. She has served on the Lehigh University Board of Trustees and a founding member of the College of Arts & Sciences Advisory Board. She has also served as President and Alumni Trustee for the Lehigh Alumni Association, representing the University’s more than 55,000 alumni. She has served as President of the Class of 1979 and as speaker at the Inauguration of the University’s 13th President, Dr. Alice Gast. She was a member of the President’s Council on Women, was honored as Young Alumnae of the Year in 1984 and was chosen to serve as the Honors Convocation Speaker in 1988. Gail is very active with civic and charitable organizations. She served as Chair for the Board of Directors for March of Dimes, North Jersey Division, was the Chair for more than 30 years for the organization’s black tie event -the Chestnut Ridge Harvest Ball, and was the proud recipient of the Chapter’s Volunteer of the Year Award. Her daughter Mackenzie served as the National Ambassador in 2000 and the family completed the year as Ambassador Family. She is a member and provides pro bono legal services for the College Club of Ridgewood, has sat on the Advisory Boards for the Paterson Habitat for Humanity and the Women’s Institute at Bergen Community College. She also has served as a past board member for the Volunteer Center of Bergen County, the Girl Scout Council of Bergen County and American Stage Company.