Elton is a well-known and respected litigator who approaches each client as a person, always taking into consideration their individual circumstances and needs. He is a compassionate and thoughtful advocate who takes great pride in crafting creative strategies that match the specific needs of each client.

During a storied career, Elton has taken on thousands of family, estate, guardianship, criminal, and civil cases. He has been appointed in dozens of guardianship matters as attorney for alleged incapacitated persons, as guardian, administrator, guardian ad litem, and in high conflict, complex, contested guardianship and estate actions. I have been appointed to conduct intensive in-depth investigations and assessments. He has been asked by the Courts to mediate high profile, high conflict, contested guardianship and family disputes.

Elton’s passion has always been family, guardianship, and estate practice, together with all the complexities that come along with each unique, family-oriented matter.

As a seasoned litigator, Elton now applies all of his background and experience to craft creative and innovative solutions for the most complex and high-conflict family, guardianship and estate matters. He is fair, understanding, and caring, yet decisive. Elton volunteers as a Bergen County Mandatory Early Settlement Panelist and has satisfied the New Jersey Supreme Court’s qualifications as a Rule 1:40 Family Mediator. Elton’s foremost goal is to provide each client with the highest level of professionalism, attention to detail and integrity. Elton’s sincere and genuine character is immediately evident when you meet him, giving every client the confidence that they are in the best hands, no matter the situation.

Andrew J. Cevasco has handled a broad array of matters over his 40-year career, representing businesses and individuals in a variety of transactional matters. Andrew appears regularly in Superior Court in will contests, trust litigation, and probate matters. He prepares Wills, Trusts, and related estate planning documents, and is experienced in the administration of estates and trusts. He also represents clients with regard to guardianship and elder law issues. He has been appointed by the Court to administer estates and to represent minors and allegedly incapacitated persons in both contested and uncontested matters.

Andrew provides a broad range of services to the firm’s commercial clients, including business planning, business formation and dissolution, employment and contract issues, and real estate matters. He has also appeared before the Disciplinary Review Board and the New Jersey Supreme Court to represent attorneys who have been charged with violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct. Andrew represents clients in trials in both the Law and Chancery Divisions of the N.J. Superior Court. He has also argued appeals to the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court and appeared before the New Jersey Supreme Court.

Andrew is AV Rated by Martindale Hubbell. He is listed by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a mediator and mentor on its Roster of Mediators and also serves as an arbitrator in the New Jersey Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen County. Throughout his career, Andrew has demonstrated dedication to public service, most recently through his work on the N.J. Supreme Court Committee on Character, which reviews applications for admission to the New Jersey Bar and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Bergen County Bar Association. Andrew served as President of the Bergen County Bar Association for the 2019-2020 term. He co-chairs the Association’s Professionalism and Estate Planning/Probate Committees. Andrew is a frequent lecturer for the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education and the National Business Institute in the areas of estate and tax planning, estate litigation, and trusts and ethics.

Honorable James J. DeLuca, J.S.C.
Biography

Judge DeLuca was appointed to the Superior Court in February 2015. Judge DeLuca initially served in the Civil Division. In July 2018, he was reassigned to the Chancery Division, where he serves with Judge Edward A. Jerejian, the Presiding Judge of the Chancery Division. Judge DeLuca handles general equity (C-Dockets), probate and guardianship matters (P- Dockets) and foreclosures (F-Dockets).

Prior to his appointment to the bench, Judge DeLuca was a partner with the law firm of Okin, Hollander & DeLuca in Fort Lee, NJ, where his practice focused on business litigation, bankruptcy, commercial and business transactions and arbitration. From 1979 to 1986, he was associate counsel and general counsel at Yegen Associates, Inc. in Paramus, NJ, a commercial and consumer lender. Judge DeLuca initially worked in New York City handling commercial litigation and securities litigation.

Judge DeLuca received his B.A. from Queens College (City University of New York) and his J.D. from the University of Notre Dame Law School.

Hon. Edward A. Jerejian, P.J.Ch., was sworn in as a Superior Court Judge in 2006.

This past July, he was named the Presiding Judge of the Bergen County General Equity Division where he had been serving since January 1, 2016.

He previously served in the family division for more than three years and the Criminal Division for more than seven years.

In addition to his regular assignment, in 2016, he was appointed by the Chief Justice as the statewide "Special Master" to oversee the almost 8,000 cases arising out of the alleged improprieties at the State Police Forensics Laboratory in Little Falls, New Jersey for which he continues to serve.

For almost three decades, attorney Robert A. Knee has provided comprehensive and effective legal counsel to individuals, fiduciaries and businesses throughout Bergen County and the surrounding areas. Robert focuses his practice on estate and fiduciary litigation and also provides counsel on transactional matters including real estate matters.

Honorable Bonnie J. Mizdol, A.J.S.C., after 24 years of private practice, was appointed to the Superior Court in February 2006 and assigned to the Family Part. She served as Presiding Judge from 2008 through April 2015. As of May 1, 2015, she was elevated to the position of Assignment Judge of Bergen County. Judge Mizdol chairs the Supreme Court Family Practice Committee; the Judiciary-Surrogates Liaison Committee; and the Post-Pandemic Committee on Resuming Jury Trials. She is the Vice-Chair of the Working Group on COVID-19 Jury Operations and the Working Group on Virtual Court.

Victoria R. Pekerman is a member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation Department. Her legal experience includes such areas as commercial business litigation, estate litigation, partnership and shareholder disputes, insurance coverage and employment disputes.

Victoria is a cum laude graduate of Binghamton University and Temple University School of Law. Victoria is a former law clerk to the Honorable M. Faith Angell, U.S. Magistrate Judge, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Victoria is admitted to practice before both the state and federal courts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. She is also a member of the American Bar Association, the New Jersey State Bar Association, Bergen County Bar Association and Bergen County Women’s Lawyer’s Association.