Peter E. Lembesis - a Paramus, Camden (NJ) Shareholder and Partnership Disputes Lawyer

Paramus Shareholder and Partnership Disputes Lawyer

Updated: 03/10/2026

Areas of Practice

Shareholder and Partnership Disputes
Foreclosure Prosecution and Defense
Estate/Probate Litigation
Commercial Landlord/Tenant Litigation
Construction Litigation

Litigation: 100%

Attorney Information

Overview

Peter Lembesis is an experienced commercial litigator who has appeared before state and federal courts across New Jersey and New York, and before the American Arbitration Association. He has experience overseeing multiple facets of a variety of civil litigation matters, including shareholder and partnership disputes, trust and estates litigation, foreclosure prosecution and defense, consumer finance/creditors' rights litigation, commercial landlord-tenant disputes, construction surety litigation, employment actions, general commercial litigation, and personal injury actions. Peter has also successfully tried to completion a number of matters before judges and juries across the State of New Jersey. He has received judicial appointments from courts throughout the State, including as a special discovery master and condemnation commissioner. He currently serves as a member of the New Jersey District IIB (Bergen County – South) Attorney Fee Arbitration Committee and as a civil arbitrator for the Morris County Superior Court, Law Division. Additionally, Peter is a frequent presenter at continuing legal education seminars on the subjects of civil litigation and trial practice.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

· Obtained a unanimous jury verdict on behalf of a commercial tenant suing its landlord for failure to remediate water and mold problems that prevented the tenant from opening a restaurant at the premises.

· Obtained a unanimous jury verdict on behalf of a business broker bringing claims against its former client for failure to pay commissions due upon the sales of the businesses marketed by the broker.

· Successfully defended, at trial, the majority shareholders of a restaurant and catering business from claims of minority shareholder oppression.

· Obtained judgment after trial on behalf of a plumbing supplier against a customer for a large construction project.

· Obtained judgment dismissing a petition filed by our client’s stepmother seeking to be appointed as administrator of our client’s father’s estate, and to divest our client of his interest in property owned jointly with his late father.

· Obtained summary judgment on behalf of a lender for a residential real estate development project.

Awards and Honors

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Honors

Selected for inclusion in the New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Stars list, 2014 - 2022
Bergen Magazine, Top Lawyers 2017, Business Law and Commercial Litigation
Outstanding Faculty Award, National Business Institute, 2023 - Present

Other Sources of Feedback About Peter E. Lembesis

Included on the 2022New Jersey Super Lawyers list

Past Lists

2021 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
2020 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
2019 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
2018 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
2017 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
2016 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
2015 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
2014 New Jersey Super Lawyers list

Education

Legal Education
- Rutgers School of Law - Camden, Camden, New Jersey, 2006
  J.D.
  Honors: With Honors
  Honors: Hunter Advanced Moot Court Competition
  Honors: Rutgers Domestic Violence Clinic
  Honors: Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity
  Law Journal: Rutgers Law Journal, Articles Editor, 2004 - 2006
Non Legal Education
- Rutgers College, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 2003
  B.A.
  Honors: With Honors
  Major: Political Science

Past Positions

Superior Ct. of NJ, Appellate Div., Law Clerk to the Hon. Michael Winkelstein, J.A.D., 2006 - 2007
Cole, Schotz, Meisel Forman and Leonard, P.A., Associate, 2007 - 2010
Day Pitney, LLP, Associate, 2010 - 2012

Representative Cases

Stoecker v Echevarria
- Citation: 408 N J. Super. 597
- Court: App. Div.
- Year: 2009
Zephyr Lofts Condo Ass'n, Inc. v Henderson Lofts Urban Renewal, LLC
- Citation: 2009 WL 3416051
- Court: N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div.
- Year: 2009

Published Works

Articles

"Case Study: Huertas v Galaxy," Law360, April 27, 2011 (co-authored)
"Enforcing a Debt When the Lender Is Not in Possession of the Note," New Jersey Law Journal, February 11,2011 (co-authored)
"Ruling in B of A Loan Modification Case a Victory for Lenders," American Banket, February 4, 2011 (co-authored)
"NT Case Outlines Blueprints for Affidavits," Mortgage Daily, February 3, 2011 (co-authored)
"Exculpatory Clauses in Title Abstracts: Small Type that Could Lead to a Big Problem," New Jersey Law Journal, June 23, 2008 (co-authored)
"INDICTMENT - The New Jersey Supreme Court Finds its State Constitution Requires Presentation of Aggravating Factors to a Grand Jury in Capital Prosecutions," 36 RUTGERS, LJ. 1443 (2005)

Bar Admissions

New Jersey, 2007
U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 2007
New York, 2017
U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 2017
U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 2017

Other Affiliations

Hellenic American Bar Assoc., 2011 - 2012 (Treasurer)
Hellenic American Bar Assoc., 2012 - 2014 (Secretary)
Hellenic American Bar Assoc., 2014 - 2016 (Vice President)
Hellenic American Bar Assoc., 2016 - Present (President)
Justice Morris Pashman Inn of Court, 2010 - Present (Graduate)
• Bergen County Bar Association

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Paramus, NJ

15 E Midland Avenue
Suite 3D
Paramus, NJ 07652

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