Attorney Profiles

 
Stephen J. Foley, Jr.

 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Born in Newark, New Jersey; admitted to the New Jersey Bar, 1985.

Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1981); Seton Hall University (J.D. 1985) (Surveys Editor, Seton Hall Law Review).

Memberships and Affiliations: New Jersey Bar Association; Monmouth Bar Association; New Jersey Defense Association (President, 1996-97; and Board of Directors, 1992-present.); lecturer for New Jersey Defense Association on insurance and trial topics; Member, New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Model Civil Jury Charges, 2000-2008; Volunteer fireman, Deal Fire Company (Chief-1997). Attorney for the Joint Planning and Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Borough of Deal, 2002-2004. Attorney for the Loch Arbour Planning Board, 2003-2008; Loch Arbour Village Attorney, 2009-2012.  ADK 46'er (Feb. 2015).

Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney (1995 – present).

Arbitrator – Superior Court of New JerseyMonmouth County.

Practice Areas: Motor vehicle negligence; premises liability; construction accidents; product defects; employment discrimination; public entity liability; insurance coverage disputes.

Background and Experience: While attending law school at night and raising two young daughters, Mr. Foley worked for three years as a law clerk for the firm of Campbell, Foley, Lee, Murphy & Cernigliaro. Then, as now, Campbell, Foley is considered one of the pre-eminent defense firms in Central Jersey. Learning trial and appellate practice from a group of seasoned litigators helped him to become an editor for the Seton Hall Law Review and graduate third in his law school class.

Within a year of his admission to the bar, Mr. Foley tried his first case before a jury, an automobile negligence action which resulted in a defense verdict. Since that time, he has tried twelve to fifteen cases each year, appeared regularly before the Appellate Division and has served as amicus counsel on a number of matters before the New Jersey Supreme Court including Perreira v. Rediger, 169 N.J. 942 (2001); LaManna v. Proformance Ins. Co., 184 N.J. 214 (2005); Hisenaj v. Kuehner, 194 N.J. 942 (2008); and Fleuhr v. City of Cape May, 159 N.J. 532 (1999). Notable among the appellate cases in which he has been involved are the published decisions of the Court in Portnoff v. New Jersey Manufacturers, 392 N.J. Super. 377 (App. Div. 2007); and Malouf v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co., 275 N.J. Super. 23 (App. Div. 1994). The issue addressed by the Court in Malouf involved the scope of the “non-owned” vehicle coverage in an automobile insurance policy. Over the years, Mr. Foley has developed an expertise in handling such coverage issues as well as those involving uninsured/underinsured motorist coverages, step-down clauses in business auto and commercial fleet policies, intentional act exclusions, and all aspects of commercial general liability insurance policies. 





Mario J. Delano

 
 
 
 

Born in Brooklyn, New York; admitted to the New Jersey and Pennsylvania Bars, 1992; and the United States District Court for District of New Jersey, 1992.

Education: Pace University, Pleasantville Campus (B.B.A., 1985); Rutgers School of Law - Newark (J.D., 1992).

Memberships: Monmouth Bar Association; Middlesex County Bar Association; New Jersey Defense Association (President 2014-2015; Board of Directors 2007-present); DRI (Law Practice Management Vice-Chairman 2019-present; steering committee member 2015-present; New Jersey State Representative 2015-2018); National Director 2023-present); Lecturer for New Jersey Defense Association, Insurance Fraud Management Conference and New Jersey Special Investigator Association on insurance and trial topics; Attorney for the Ocean Grove Sewerage Authority 2006 to present; Italian American Association of the Township of Ocean (President, 2007-2008 and Executive Board 1999-2011); Chairman, Ocean Township Festival, 2003-present; Member of Ocean Township Zoning Board of Adjustment, 2005-2011; Monmouth Council Boy Scouts, Cubmaster Pack 36, 2005-2009 and Troop 76 Committee 2006-2013. 
 
New Jersey Defense Association 2017 Professionalism Award recipient.

Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney.




Patricia Bray Adams

Born in Neptune, New Jersey; admitted to New Jersey Bar, 1995; and the United States District of New Jersey, 1995.

Education: Rider University (B.A. Magna Cum Laude, 1992); Widener University (J.D. 1995); Member 1994-1995 and Associate Editor 1995, Widener Law Symposium Journal. Law Secretary to Honorable Lawrence M. Lawson, A.J.S.C., Freehold, New Jersey 1995-1996.

Memberships: New Jersey Defense Association; Monmouth Bar Association Civil Practice Committee Co-Chair (2011-present).  Monmouth Bar Association (Secretary 2019-present; Arbitration Committee 2005-present; co-chair 2006-2011); DRI.
 
Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney.
 
 
   
   
 Lewis M. Markowitz  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Born in Paterson, New Jersey; admitted to the New Jersey Bar, 1966; United States District Court for District of New Jersey, 1966; United States Supreme Court, 1977; and Third Circuit Court of Appeals, 1997.

Education: Rutgers University (A.B. with honors, 1963; Phi Beta Kappa); Columbia University School of Law (L.L.B.,1966; Chairman, Legal Aid Society).

Memberships and Affiliations: New Jersey and Union County Bar Associations; District X Ethics Committee (Morris and Sussex Counties), Member 1996 – 2000; Approved mediator for state wide mediation program in civil, general equity and probate cases – 2000 – Present; Union County Mandatory Automobile and Personal Injury Arbitrator 1984 – 2005; Union County Commercial Litigation Arbitrator 1998 – 2005; Township Attorney, Township of Scotch Plains 1975 – 1979; Special Counsel, Township of Scotch Plains 1992 – 2000; Congregation Beth Israel of Scotch Plains – Fanwood: President 1981- 1983; Membership Chairman 1983 – 1984; Building Expansion Chairman 1986 – 1992; Member, Board of Trustees 1979 – Present

Practice Areas: Over fifty-one years experience in litigation, including personal injury, construction, complex commercial litigation, real estate and title insurance claims defense work, property damage, chancery and appellate matters.
 
 




Susan Fox Brennan


Born in Millburn, New Jersey; admitted to the New Jersey Bar and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1994.
 
Memberships and Affiliations: Monmouth County Bar Association; New Jersey Defense Association. 
 
Education: Providence College (B.A., 1990; Seton Hall Law School (J.D. 1994); Law Clerk to the Honorable C. Judson Hamlin, retired (1995-1996).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 




Stephen Czeslowski


Born in Kearny, New Jersey, admitted to the New Jersey Bar in 1999 and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and New York Bar in 2000.
 
Memberships and Affiliations: Monmouth County Bar Association; New Jersey Defense Association.
 
Education: Kean College of New Jersey, Union, New Jersey (B.S. - Finance, B.A. Economics 1988); Seton Hall School of Law - Newark, New Jersey (J.D. 1999).

   


Helen A. Cummings


Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey; admitted to the New Jersey Bar and the United States District Court for District of New Jersey, 1994.

Education: University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. (B.A., 1990); University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., 1993).

Memberships: Monmouth Bar Association; New Jersey Defense Association.

Since joining the firm, Ms. Cummings continues to concentrate in defense litigation.

Ms. Cummings previously served as Assistant Dean of Graduate Programs and Online Learning at Seton Hall Law School where she oversaw the Law School’s Master of Laws (LLM) and Master of Science in Jurisprudence (MSJ) degree programs, helped create and manage the Law School’s Division of Online Learning and also administered the Juris Doctor concentrations in Health Law and Intellectual Property Law. In addition, Ms. Cummings served as an adjunct professor teaching legal research and writing to MSJ students.

Prior to her tenure at Seton Hall Law School, Ms. Cummings was a Partner in a Newark, New Jersey law firm, where her primary areas of practice included litigation, commercial transactions and corporate law. Her litigation practice experience includes serving as counsel in cases involving highly complex or specialized issues.

Ms. Cummings’ pro bono service includes serving with the Volunteer Lawyers for Justice after September 11, 2001 when she represented families of 9/11 victims and assisted with the preparation of legal documents needed by the families in order to obtain death certificates for victims.

  
  
 Aliza Frey 
 Born in Austin, Texas; admitted to the New Jersey Bar, 2015; the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, 2021; Pennsylvania Bar, 2004; and New Hampshire Bar, 2005.

Education:  Stockton University (B.S. in Biology,  1999); University of Nebraska College of Law (J.D., 2003); Student Editor, The Nebraska Transcript (2002-2003); graduate of the 251st Part Time Police Academy offered by the NH Police Standards and Training Council (2007); Law Clerk to the late Honorable Albert H. Weeks, Cheshire County, NH Probate Judge (2007).

Memberships and Affiliations:  New Jersey State Bar Association; Monmouth County Bar Association; active New Jersey Real Estate Referral Agent (2016-present); President of the Central NJ Chapter of Sisters in Crime (2023); volunteer for CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) of Ocean County, Inc. (2015-2017); President of the Littleton Police Benevolent Association (2014); legal service volunteer for the New Hampshire Pro Bono Referral Program (2007).

Background and Experience:  Ms. Frey previously served as a Prosecutor for the Littleton Police Department in Littleton, NH (2007-2014) where she was recognized and awarded citations for “Outstanding and Invaluable Service” (2010 and 2014). She was acknowledged for spearheading efforts in establishing a Littleton District Mental Health Court designed to reduce recidivism, save taxpayer money, and keep non-violent offenders out of jail while they undergo mental health treatment, The Caledonian Record (Sept. 2010).  She was a faculty panel member and composed materials entitled “Preparation of the Prosecution’s Case” for New Hampshire Bar Association’s Continuing Legal Education training entitled “DWI Litigation: Keeping Pace with a Rapidly Changing Landscape,” (May 15, 2014).  She published the New Hampshire Bar Association’s NH Bar News featured article entitled “A-Ha Moments in Criminal Law,” (Feb. 2012).

Ms. Frey received a “Certificate of Appreciation” by the Program Manager for VIPS (Volunteers in Police Service) and the International Association of Chiefs of Police for generously giving time, energy, and expertise to assist law enforcement personnel (April 2014); she received the President’s Volunteer Service Award presented by the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation for “Volunteers in Police Service for Littleton, NH,” (2009); and participated as a mock “Judge” critiquing the performance of police prosecutors in mock trials for the NH Police Standards and Training Council’s Basic Police Prosecutor Course (2009, 2010 and 2011). 

Ms. Frey previously practiced in the areas of family law with T.W. Stevens Law Firm, PLLC in Portsmouth, NH (2017-2018); in-house counsel for ABC Bail Bonds, Inc. in Morrisville, PA (2018-2019); workers’ compensation at the Law Office of Jill Elaine Greene LLC in Avon, NJ (2019-2020), and municipality defense with Jalloh & Jalloh, LLC in Linden, NJ (2021-2023).

 

 

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