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Repeatedly selected to the New Jersey Super Lawyers® * list, featured in New Jersey Monthly magazine, in the field of Business/Corporate law, Michael J. Marotte serves as co-chair of the Corporate and Business Law Practice Group, the Telecommunications Law Practice Group, and the Insurance Coverage Practice Group.
Mike serves as general counsel and national coordinating counsel to several closely held companies with cumulative annual revenues of well over several billion dollars. Mike represents business and corporate clients in connection with corporate governance and finance, mergers and acquisitions, stock purchases, asset purchases, commercial real estate, due diligence, intellectual property matters, employment and tax planning. As New Jersey insurance coverage counsel for several insurance companies, Mike provides guidance on all matters relating to first party property, third party liability, directors and officers and excess insurance coverage. He represents insurers in coverage litigation and against bad faith/extra contractual claims. In addition, Mike presents an annual seminar to insurers and third-party administrators on insurance claim handling and has contributed articles to The New Jersey Law Journal on insurance law and other topics.
Mike serves on the boards for several corporations. He is counsel to the Cranberry Lake Community Club, a not-for-profit community organization. Mike also serves on the Board of the Sparta Little League and as a director on several charitable boards and organizations. Previously, he was the mayor of Byram Township, a member of the Byram Township Council and the Byram Township Planning Board.
Prior to becoming a lawyer, Mike was a chemical engineer with a Fortune 50 company. He passed the professional engineer examination prior to attending law school.
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- January 9, 2024Michael J. Marotte Presents New Jersey Insurance Claims Handling Seminar
- March 29, 2023Michael J. Marotte Leads Discussion for Pope John XXIII High School's Entrepreneurship Class
- March 22, 2023Michael J. Marotte Co-Presented an Education Funding Seminar
- Dec 3, 2021Marotte Presents "Small Business Formation & Governance" at "Zoom at Noon"
- Jan 21, 2021Good Faith Claims Handling and Settlement
- Aug 18, 2016Claims Handling Seminar
- April 3, 2020Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ("CARES Act") Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program
- Mar 30, 2020Enforceability of Contracts and the Coronavirus Pandemic: Force Majeure, Impossibility and Frustration of Purpose
- Mar 30, 2020New York's Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic Executive Orders 202.6 and 202.8
- Mar 28, 2020Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ("CARES Act")
- Nov 16, 2018Forward Thinking: Gov. Murphy's Plan to Make New Jersey the State of Innovation
- May 10, 2024Michael Marotte and Jennifer Golub Close $375M Credit Facility
- December 21, 2023Michael J. Marotte and Jennifer A. Golub Represent Client in $60 Million Investment and Recapitalization
- July 21, 2023Michael J. Marotte and Jennifer A. Golub Represent Major Green Energy Company in Complex Investment and Transaction
- May 11, 20232023 Edition of New Jersey Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists Include 30 Schenck Price Attorneys
- Jul 25, 2022High Level of Deal-Making in First Half of 2022
- June 30, 2022Schenck Price Sponsors "A Night at the Ball Park" at Skylands Stadium
- May 31, 2022Financing and Acquisition of Warehouse
- May 23, 2022Recapitalization and Restructuring of Multifamily Asset
- March 25, 2022Purchase of Industrial Warehouse
- Mar 22, 2022Marotte and Vladyka Present Insurance Law Seminar
- Mar 17, 20222022 Edition of New Jersey Super Lawyers Includes 34 Schenck Price Attorneys
- Jul 22, 2021Sparta Little League Baseball Treated to a Night at Skylands Stadium
- March 23, 20212021 Edition of New Jersey Super Lawyers Includes 32 Schenck Price Attorneys
- Mar 13, 20202020 Edition of New Jersey Super Lawyers
- Mar 11, 2019$50 Million Asset-Based Loan for Major Client
- Feb 19, 2019$20 Million Asset-Based Credit Facility for Technology Reseller
- Dec 20, 2018Schenck Price closes a $10 million unsecured, non-recourse purchase finance facility.
- Nov 8, 2018Schenck Price Wins Injunction and $11M Judgment in Trade Secrets Lawsuit Against Client's Competitor in Solar Energy Industry
- Oct 29, 2018Schenck Price Closes $260 Million Multi-National Asset-Based Revolving Loan
- Aug 3, 2018Schenck Price Advises in Fashion Eyewear Transaction
- May 18, 2018120,000+ Square Feet Commercial Building Closing
- Jan 12, 2018Securing a $7+ Million in EDA Tax Credit
- Aug 22, 2017Momentum Solar Recognized for Fast Growth
- Oct 27, 2014Claims Handling and Settlement Practices
- Jul 24, 2014SPSK attorneys prevail on appeal for Women-Owned Business Enterprise
- Sep 28, 2010Insurance Claims Handling and Fair Settlement Practices
- Dec 17, 2009Insurance Law Practice
- Dec 29, 2006Recent Case Law Interpreting the Expected or Intended Injury Exclusion
- Jan 31, 2019Forward Thinking: Plan to Make NJ the ‘State of Innovation'
- Nov 26, 2007Using Staff Counsel to Represent Insureds: A carrier's use of in-house counsel raises ethical considerations
- Jun 26, 2006Environmental Law Exclusion Confusion: Does the Absolute Pollution Exclusion apply to "non-traditional" environmental claims in New Jersey?
- July 10, 2023Legal Updates for Businesses - July 2023
- February 23, 2023Legal Updates for Businesses - February 2023
- Sep 20, 2019Legal Updates for Businesses - September 2019
- Feb 25, 2019Legal Updates for Businesses - February 2019
- Sep 17, 2018Legal Updates for Businesses - September 2018
- Mar 20, 2018Legal Updates for Businesses - March 2018
- Jun 26, 2006Environmental Law Exclusion Confusion: Does the Absolute Pollution Exclusion apply to non-traditional environmental claims in New Jersey?
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- Selected to the Morris County's Top Lawyers list (2018-2024)
- Selected to the 2012, 2015-2023 New Jersey Super Lawyers® list, published by Thomson Reuters
- AV® rated, the highest rating conferred by Martindale-Hubbell® for legal ability and professional ethics, based upon a peer review of the Bar and the Judiciary*
- Engineer-in-Training (EIT) Certification, State of New Jersey, 1989
- Member, Omega Chi Epsilon (chemical engineering honor society) while an undergraduate
Michael J. MarotteRated by Super Lawyers
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- Presenter, "Entrpreneurship," Pope John XXIII High School, March 29, 2023
- Presenter, "New Jersey Insurance Claims Handling Seminar," January 9, 2024
- Co-Presenter, "Education Funding," March 22, 2023
- Presenter, "Small Business Formation & Governance," FDU Rothman's Friday Forum, "Zoom at Noon," December 3, 2021
- Author, "Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ("CARES Act") Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program," April 3, 2020
- Contributing author, September 2019 Legal Updates for Businesses
- Author, "Enforceability of Contracts and the Coronavirus Pandemic: Force Majeure, Impossibility and Frustration of Purpose," March 30, 2020
- Author," New York's Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic Executive Orders 202.6 and 202.8," March 30, 2020
- Contributing author, February 2019 Legal Updates for Businesses
- Co-author, "Forward Thinking: Plan to Make NJ the ‘State of Innovation’," The New Jersey Law Journal, January 31, 2019
- Contributing author, September 2018 Legal Updates for Businesses
- Contributing author, March 2018 Legal Updates for Businesses
- Presenter, "Operating Agreements for LLCs"
- “The Do’s and Don’ts of Claim Handling,” presented annually for insurance companies and third-party administrators
- Claims Handling Seminar to Greater New York Insurance Company, November 12, 2014
- “Using Staff Counsel to Represent Insureds: A carrier’s use of in-house counsel raises ethical considerations,” New Jersey Law Journal, November 2007
- “Environmental Law Exclusion Confusion: Does the Absolute Pollution Exclusion apply to non-traditional environmental claims?” New Jersey Law Journal, June 2006
- “Surveying the Insurance Landscape,” an overview of landmark insurance law decisions provided to insurance companies and third-party administrator
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- Member and Secretary of the Board, Sparta Little League, Inc.
- Counsel to the Cranberry Lake Community Club, a not-for-profit community organization
- Former Mayor, Byram Township
- Former Member, Byram Township Council (1999-2003)
- Former Member, Byram Township Planning Board (2000-2003)
- Former Chairman, Byram Township Smart Growth Committee
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Closed on a $25,000,000 recapitalization and joint venture with a strategic investor for the benefit of a Schenck Price client
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Closed on the sale of substantially of the assets of an industrial manufacturing client to a strategic purchaser
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Settled a long-standing environmental property damage claim which was asserted against one of Schenck Price's clients following mediation
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Undertook representation of several investors in the pending NRIA bankruptcy
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Closed on the purchase and leasing of a 81,000 square foot industrial building. The transaction involved a 1031 exchnage.
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Closed on the refinancing of a 126,000 square foot industrial warehouse
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Closed on the sale of a 130,000 square foot warehouse
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Closed on the sale of 70,000 square foot residential apartment building in New York City
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Successfully closed a $50,000,000+ asset-based loan for a major client; because of time constraints and commercial requirements, the loan documents were finalized over the weekend of March 9 and March 10, 2019 in anticipation of funding on Monday, March 11, 2019
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Closed a $20 million non-recourse commercial loan in less than eight days, providing critical secondary financing to a commercial real estate client
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Negotiated and drafted all agreements for a $260 million asset-based credit facility, coordinating and involving assets and collateral located in multiple U.S. and international jurisdictions
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Negotiated and successfully settled a lawsuit filed by Blackberry Limited against a major telecommunications client in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey concerning the purchase and sale of hundreds of thousands of cellular devices in U.S. and international markets
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Filed suit on behalf of a telecommunications company against AT&T as a result of a dispute concerning the refurbishment of cellular devices in the U.S., the Dominican Republic, Hong Kong and China, which resulted in a favorable confidential settlement for our client
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Represented a consumer electronics company as a borrower in an $18 million mezzanine loan
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Formed a hedge fund that invests in equity and debt securities in the U.S. and offshore. Along with New York co-counsel, we negotiated and revised all required service and ancillary agreements, offering memoranda and all documentation concomitant with the formation of the U.S. and offshore funds
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Represented a high-tech company that suspected it was the victim of corporate espionage and theft of trade secrets, resulting in the Court ordering the company’s competitor to cease its tortious conduct
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Secured a $7.2 million New Jersey Economic Development Authority tax credit for a company
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Successfully negotiated a work-out with a national lender which resulted in favorable payment terms, a substantial reduction in the amount of principal to be paid and no interruption or adverse impact to the client’s business
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Negotiated complex joint ventures and transactions for telecommunications clients
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Negotiated and prepared national distribution and sales agreements
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Prepared numerous executive level employment agreements and separation agreements
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Has tried over 25 Superior Court cases to conclusion
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Served as lead counsel in a federal court toxic tort lawsuit involving over 500 plaintiffs
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Has argued numerous cases before the Appellate Court and New Jersey Supreme Court. Recent arguments before the Supreme Court may be found on the New Jersey Judiciary website www.judiciary.state.nj.us
*Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.
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