Jay R Atkins - River Edge, NJ

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland, 1968
    LL.B., Bachelor of Law
    Major: Former member of the Bergen County Ethics Committee.

• Non Legal Education

  • Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, New Jersey, 1965
    B.A., Bachelor of Arts
    Honors: President of Graduating Class
    Honors: President of Senior Class
    Honors: Member of Student Counsel
    Honors: President of Junior Class Member of Varsity Baseball Team

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• Honorable Benjamin P. Galanti, Presiding Judge of the Criminal Division of Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen County
• Honorable William J. Arnold, Judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Civil Division, Bergen County 1968-1969
• Founding Partner of the Law Firm of Draesel, Sunshine, Atkins, now known as Atkins, Tafuri, Minassian, D’Amato & Beane; 1979 – Present
• Partner in the Law Firm of Skiba Atkins, Hackensack, New Jersey, specializing in criminal law, family law, and personal injury work and land use law; 1972 – 1979
• Partner in the firm of Goldberg & Atkins, Hackensack, New Jersey, specializing in criminal defense work; From 1972 – 1974
• Associate in the Law Office of Lucille P. Russell, Esq. prominent attorney in North Arlington, N.J.; 1969 – 1971
• Emerson, Rochelle Park, and Montvale and the former municipal attorney for Rochelle Park

References

• Donald Van Matta, Van Matta Mechanicals, Inc., Montvale, New Jersey

• Esko J. Koskinen, Greenway Construction Co. Inc., Montvale, New Jersey

• Robert Roettger, Greenway Construction Co. Inc., Montvale, New Jersey

• George Johns, Harson & Johns Development Co., Rochelle Park,New Jersey

Representative Clients

• Bjork Builders, Inc.

• Greenway Construction Company, Inc.

• Harson & Johns Development Company, Inc.

• Van Matta Mechanicals, Inc.

Representative Cases

• Enright v. Lubow
  • Citation: 493 A.2d 1288
  • Court: N.J.Super.A.D.
  • Year: 1985
  • Serial Number: 1985131170

Bar Admissions

• New Jersey, 1969
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1982
• U.S. Federal Courts, 1969
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1978

Other Affiliations

• Bergen County Bar Association, Criminal Law Committee, 1969 - Present (Past Chairman)
• New Jersey Bar Association, 1969 - Present
• American Bar Association, 1969 - Present
• Past member of the Family Law Committee, Bergen County Bar
• Former member of the Bergen County Ethics Committee