Charles C. Abut - Roseland, NJ

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York, 1972
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • Columbia University, New York City, New York, 1969
    B.A.
    Honors: cum laude

Current Employment Position(s)

• Of Counsel

Past Positions

• U.S. Army Military Police

Languages

• French

• German

Classes and Seminars

• Lecturer, New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education, January 1, 1980 - November 29, 2002
  
• Speaker, New Jersey Judicial College

Representative Clients

• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

• Heineken, USA, Inc.

• Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization

• The New York Post

• Fuji America, Inc.

Representative Cases

• Rodgers & Hammerstein v. Gilchinsky, 311 N.J. Super. 339 (App. Div. 1998), reversed 159 N.J. 463 (1999)
• Piscopo v. Piscopo, 231 N.J.Super. 568 (Ch.Div. 1988), affirmed 232 N.J.Super. 559(App.Div. 1989), certif. denied 117 N.J. 156 (1989)
• Jacqueline Onassis v. Christian Dior et al., 472 N.Y.S.2d 254 (1984)
• In Re Probe, 117 Misc. 2d 21 (Sup.Ct. N.Y. 1982)
• Bsales v. Texaco, 516 F. Supp. 655 (D.N.J. 1981)
• Simmons Oil v. Bulk Sales Corp., 498 F. Supp. 457 (D.N.J. 1980)
• Norton v. Vena, 122 N.J. Super. 461 (App.Div. 1973), certif. granted 63 N.J. 424 (1973), reversed summarily 67 N.J. 318 (1973)

Published Works

Articles

• Litigating Lepis: The Emperor Has No Clause, NJ Lawyer, 1995
  
• Child Removal: A Matrimonial Litigator's Checklist, NJ ICLE, 2006
  
• "Litigating Relocation", 2006
  
• "Litigating or Drafting Retirement Issues", 2002
  
• "4 Key Elements for Ensuring a Premarital Agreement", 1999
  
• "Twelve Tax Tips for the Matrimonial Practitioner", 1998
• "When Your Client Interviews You", 1998
• "Drafting Checklist: Arbitration", 1996
• "Uncivil Litigation: Protecting Against Scurrilous Conduct", 1996
• "Staying Alive: Warning Signs for the Matrimonial Practitioner", 1994
• "Celebrity Good Will: The Future is Now", 1989

Bar Admissions

• New Jersey, 1972
• New York, 1980
• District of Columbia, 1980
• U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1972
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1976

Specialties and Certifications

• Matrimonial Law Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, 2006
• Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1997

Other Affiliations

• American Arbitration Association (Arbitrator)
• Administrative Office of the Courts (Mediator)
• New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators (Mediator)
• EEOC (ADR Neutral)
• Family Law Inns of Court (Master)

Fraternities and Sororities

• Psi Upsilon