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Phone: (201) 330-7467
Fax: (201) 863-2866
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Practice Areas

Real Estate
Litigation
Governmental Representation

Education

Georgetown University (B.A., 1969)

Rutgers University (M.A., 1971)

Georgetown University (J.D., 1973)

E. Neal  Zimmermann

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Mr. Zimmermann was admitted to practice in New Jersey in 1973, and he has been with the firm since 1985.

His practice is primarily in the areas of land use and commercial real estate. His land use activities include State and local approvals for shopping centers, office buildings, apartment buildings, and hotels for national and regional developers and redevelopment law. His commercial real estate practice includes the negotiation of leases, real estate contracts, mortgage documentation and reciprocal easements, as well as serving as local counsel to national law firms for due diligence activities and opinion letters. He also has a commercial litigation practice which includes chancery practice, title insurance defense work and other real estate related matters. He has numerous reported decisions, covering a wide variety of practice areas.

Mr. Zimmermann is the lead attorney in the firm's representation of The Bergen County Utilities Authority. He also serves as a court appointed mediator.

Mr. Zimmermann has represented clients such as Simon Property Group, Lincoln Property Company, Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation, Engelhard Corporation, Honeywell International, Inc., Citigroup, Inc., Fisher Brothers, Atlantic Realty Development Corp., Hartz Mountain Industries, Inc., Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Toll Bros., Inc., Crescent Heights of America, Inc., Sandoz, Inc., Lennar Corp., AEW, Inc., The DeMatteis Organizations, UBS, Gambro Renal Products, Inc., Marubeni America Corp., Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Remington Development Corporation, Raymour & Flanigan Furniture, Equity Residential, JPI Development Group, The Related Companies, BASF Catalytics, LLC., Fortress Investment Group, Sun America, Inc., Tropicana Products, Inc., International Food Associates, Styertowne Shopping Center, LLC, Worldwide Wholesale Floor Coverings, Inc., and Old Republic National Title Insurance Company.

Mr. Zimmerman was a Law Secretary to Hon. Robert L. Clifford of the New Jersey State Supreme Court, and he served as a member of the Committee on Character of the New Jersey State Supreme Court for 12 years, including five years as chairman of the Part on Out of State Candidates. He also served on the State Supreme Court Ad Hoc Committee on Bar Admissions. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Zimmermann was a graduate fellow at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University.

Mr. Zimmermann was the attorney for the Cliffside Park Planning Board from 1978 through 1984. He was a part-time instructor at Rutgers - Newark Law School from 1980 through 1984, teaching courses in legal writing and appellate moot court.

Mr. Zimmermann serves on the Board of Directors of the Greater Newark Conservancy, a non-profit which promotes environmental stewardship to improve the quality of life in New Jersey's urban communities. He resides with his wife and family in Montclair, New Jersey.

Bar Admissions

State of New Jersey (1973)
State of New York (1983)
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (1973)
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (1984)
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (1984)

Memberships

New Jersey Bar Association
Hudson County Bar Association