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As a Partner at Shapiro, Croland, Apfel & Di Iorio, LLP, Eric’s varied litigation and transactional experience includes a concentration in Cannabis Law, Business & Partnership Divorces, Estate/Probate Litigation and Contested Guardianships. His burgeoning expertise in these areas of law has earned him recognition as a Rising Star in Business Litigation by New Jersey Super Lawyers, a distinction awarded to no more than 2.5% of practicing attorneys in New Jersey. He has also been the recipient of several court appointments, most recently as counsel and guardian ad litem for the alleged incapacitated. Additionally, He is a candidate for judicial appointments in complex commercial litigation matters as a special fiscal agent, receiver and provisional director. A graduate of the University of Michigan and Rutgers School of Law, Eric was admitted to practice before both the federal and state courts of New Jersey and New York.
As a Partner at Shapiro, Croland, Apfel & Di Iorio, LLP, Eric’s varied litigation and transactional experience includes a concentration in Cannabis Law, Business & Partnership Divorces, Estate/Probate Litigation and Contested Guardianships. His burgeoning expertise in these areas of law has earned him recognition as a Rising Star in Business Litigation by New Jersey Super Lawyers, a distinction awarded to no more than 2.5% of practicing attorneys in New Jersey. He has also been the recipient of several court appointments, most recently as counsel and guardian ad litem for the alleged incapacitated. Additionally, He is a candidate for judicial appointments in complex commercial litigation matters as a special fiscal agent, receiver and provisional director. A graduate of the University of Michigan and Rutgers School of Law, Eric was admitted to practice before both the federal and state courts of New Jersey and New York.
- University of Michigan (B.A., 2007)
- Rutgers University School of Law (J.D., 2010)
- partnership and shareholder disputes
- corporate derivative actions; restrictive covenant disputes
- actions involving temporary and preliminary injunctions
- fraudulent transfer litigation
- probate litigation and contested guardianships
- cannabis licensing
- Business counseling
- Regulatory compliance and litigation
- Intellectual property law protection and litigation
- Bankruptcy filings, bankruptcy court litigation and corporate dissolutions
- Trial & appellate practice in state and federal court
- 2010, New Jersey; 2011, New York.
- Admitted to the U.S. District Courts for the District of New Jersey
- U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
- Recognized as a Rising Star in Business Litigation by New Jersey Super Lawyers in 2016-2018
- Inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America publication in 2018.
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- Judicial Intern, Honorable Robert P. Contillo, P.J.Ch., Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Bergen County, 2008; Law Clerk, Honorable Margaret M. McVeigh, P.J.Ch., Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Passaic County, 2011-2012; Law Clerk, Honorable Michael B. Kaplan, U.S.B.J., United States Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey, 2012-2013; Associate Attorney, Saiber, 2013-2014.
Bergen County and Passaic County Bar Associations; Justice Morris Pashman American Inn of Court; New Jersey CannaBusiness Association; and Vice President of the New Jersey Chapter of the University of Michigan Alumni Association.
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