Honorable Lisa Perez Friscia, J.S.C. is a Superior Court Judge in Hackensack, New Jersey. Appointed to the Bench in 2008, she currently serves in the Chancery and Law Divisions in Bergen County. Judge Perez Friscia has handled prerogative writs while in the Law Division. Judge Perez Friscia has also served in the Criminal and Family Divisions. She currently serves on the Judicial Education Committee and Supreme Court Committee on Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement.

Prior to her appointment, Judge Perez Friscia was an assistant prosecutor and served as Chief of the Bias Crimes and Gang Task Force, as well as having legal oversight of the Bergen County Police and Fire Academy. She was also Coordinator of Community Affairs, where she worked on issues facing the community and served as the designated Community Justice Coordinator to the Attorney General’s Office. Judge Perez Friscia served as a Trustee of the Bergen County Bar Association, is a past President of the Bergen County Bar Association Young Lawyers and is a member of the National Hispanic Bar Association.

Judge Perez Friscia received her undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland and is a graduate of Seton Hall University School of Law.

Gregory Ein is an associate in Connell Foley's Taxation and Estate Planning Group. An experienced litigator, he assists clients with estate and fiduciary litigation, guardianships and other trust and estate controversies. His experience also includes probate litigation and contested guardianships. Prior to joining Connell Foley, Gregory was a trust and estate associate at a northern New Jersey law firm. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable Bonnie Mizdol, A.J.S.C., New Jersey Superior Court.

Gregory received a New Jersey Judiciary Certificate in Mediation in 2015. He is heavily involved in the Bergen County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division where he is currently president-elect; previously he served as secretary, treasurer and vice president.

Matthew represents clients in the area of estate litigation, with an emphasis in litigation involving will contests, disputes between fiduciaries and beneficiaries, guardianship matters, accountings, trust interpretation and reformation, and businesses.

Prior to joining Archer, Matthew was an attorney with Meyerson, Fox, Mancinelli & Conte, P.A. in New Jersey, where he handled a variety of civil matters, including commercial litigation, fiduciary litigation, estate and trust contests, contested guardianships, and appeals.

Following law school, Matthew served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Menelaos W. Toskos (Ret.) in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, General Equity and Probate Part in Hackensack, NJ.

Matthew received his J.D. from Villanova University School of Law. During law school, he was an intern with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission as part of its Student Honors Program, where he assisted in enforcement actions related to insider trading, market manipulation, and accounting fraud.

Mr. Irani practices criminal law in New Jersey Municipal, Superior and Appellate courts. Specifically, Mr. Irani focuses on representing clients in cases involving sex crimes, drug/narcotic charges, firearm cases, juvenile matters, shoplifting, civilian complaints and traffic tickets. Additionally, Mr. Irani has successfully represented numerous clients in domestic violence disputes, including Temporary/Final Restraining Order trials and mediations. Mr. Irani’s experience with criminal law was refined during his tenure as law clerk to the Honorable Sohail Mohammed, P.J.Cr. of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Passaic Vicinage.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Irani was a civil litigator at a Morris County law firm where he represented plaintiffs in a wide range of matters, including Federal and State civil rights litigation, personal injury matters, Landlord/Tenant disputes, Workers’ Compensation claims and also defended companies in asbestos litigation.

Mr. Irani received his Juris Doctor degree from Seton Hall University School of Law, where he was a published member of the Seton Hall Law Legislative Journal. During law school, Mr. Irani completed a judicial externship with the Honorable James J. Deluca, J.S.C. of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen Vicinage. Mr. Irani also worked as a law clerk at Piro, Zinna, Cifelli, Paris & Genitempo, LLC, where he drafted discovery-related motions in wrongful death suits, wrote briefs pertaining to employment discrimination under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, and prepared mediation statements for pending suits regarding the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act. Mr. Irani was also elected to various executive committees and served as a student liaison for the law school’s admissions committee.

Prior to law school, Mr. Irani received his B.A. in Political Science and earned a double minor in History and Middle Eastern studies from Seton Hall University.

Mr. Irani is fluent in Persian/Farsi.