<p>Dennis practices include environmental, business and commercial law and litigation, business torts, commercial fraud, employment, product liability, insurance and insurance coverage law and litigation. He is Co-Chair of the Firm's Environmental Practice Group and has been active in environmental law matters since 1979. Dennis has had experience in handling a wide range of environmental litigation, administrative and compliance matters in various states and USEPA Regions as well as complex multi-party litigation. He also advises clients on the environmental issues and aspects of real estate and business transactions.
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As a former EVP and General Counsel to a NYSE company, Dennis has extensive experience in corporate and commercial practice from the perspective of both an in-house and outside counsel, including corporate finance and compliance, strategic planning, contract negotiation and drafting, labor and employment, risk management and product liability, patent and technology development and protection, electronic discovery and document retention and litigation management.  He is also a member of the firm's Electronic Discovery Team.
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Dennis' clients include Fortune 500 multinational corporations as well as privately held businesses.  He enjoys an "AV" Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell for legal ability and professional ethics.  In 2005, 2006 and 2007, he was selected as a "New Jersey Super Lawyer" in the field of Business Litigation by the publishers of Law & Politics and New Jersey Monthly magazines and is also featured in The Super Lawyers 2008 Corporate Edition for Business Litigation.  He is also a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, a trial lawyer honor society composed of less than one-half of 1% of American lawyers.