Representative Decisions

Giammario v. Trenton Bd. of Educ., 203 N.J. Super 356 (1985) (Appellate Division, reversing trial court, held that in the absence of intentional discrimination facially neutral provision in labor contract which may disproportionately impact older employees does not violate Age Discrimination of Employment Act)

IMO Tenure Hearing of Graceffo and the Wayne Twp School District (Commissioner of Education 2000) (successfully secured the reinstatement of a high school vice principal following tenure charges for allegedly failing to follow drug testing protocols)

IMO Tenure Hearing of Priscilla Dawson and the Trenton Board of Education (Commissioner of Education 2010) (Successfully secured the dismissal of tenure charges of unbecoming conduct against a high school principal resulting in her reinstatement with all back pay)

IMO Tenure Hearing of Jay Berman and the Fort Lee Board of Education (Commissioner of Education 2010) (Successfully secured the dismissal of tenure charges of unbecoming conduct against a high school principal resulting in his reinstatement with all back pay)

IMO Tenure Hearing of Gay Brown and the Camden Board of Education (TEACHNJ 2015) (Successfully secured the dismissal of tenure charges alleging inefficiency resulting in reinstatement with all back pay)

IMO Tenure Hearing of Leon Mashore and the Camden Board of Education (TEACHNJ 2015) (Successful secured the dismissal of tenure charges alleging inefficiency resulting in reinstatement with all back pay)

IMO Tenure Hearing Elbert et al. and the Englewood School District (Commissioner of Education 2017) (Successfully secured the dismissal of tenure charges against four administrators)

IMO Tenure Hearing Gordon and the Englewood School District (TEACHNJ 2018) (Successfully secured the dismissal of the district’s tenure charges)

IMO Tenure Hearing Gordon and the Englewood School District (TEACHNJ 2019) (Successfully dismissied the district’s tenure charges which were filed after the administrator was subject to a reduction in force with the arbitrator holding that because he was no longer an employee of the district, he could not be subject to district’s tenure charges)

Adams-Buffaloe et al. v. State Operated School District of Camden (Commissioner of Education 2019) (Secured the reinstatement and back pay for six administrators whose tenure rights were violated)

IMO Tenure Hearing of Brett Fetty and Camden County Technical Schools (TEACHNJ 2019) (Successfully secured the dismissal of tenure charges with all back pay)

IMO Tenure Hearing of Brett Fetty and Camden County Technical Schools (TEACHNJ 2020) (Successfully secured the dismissal of the district’s second effort to terminate the employee)

IMO the Certificates of Melvin Cummings, Maria Azzaro and Priscilla Dawson (State Board of Examiners 2020) (Secured the dismissal of the Order to Show Cause to revoke and/or suspend the teaching and administrative certificates)

Noel Gordon v. Englewood School District (2020) (Obtained by way of settlement an administrator’s reinstatement following the district’s reduction in force)

Herbst v. Ridgefield Park Board of Ed. (Commissioner of Education 2021) (Commissioner found that the district violated an administrator’s tenure rights when it changed a job title and required a new certificate without materially changing the responsibilities of the job)

IMO Tenure Hearing of Michael Smurro and the Neptune Board of Ed. (TEACHNJ 2022) (Secured the dismissal of the district’s tenure charges)

IMO Tenure Hearing of Joseph Putrino and the Montclair Board of Ed. (TEACHNJ 2022) (Secured the dismissal of the district’s tenure charges)

IMO the Certificates of Jernee Kollock (State Board of Examiners 2023) (Secured the dismissal of an Order to Show Cause seeking the revocation and/or the suspension of the administrator’s educational certificates)

IMO Tenure Hearing of Corinne Macrina and the State Operated School District of the City of Camden (TEACHNJ 2024) (Secured the dismissal of the district’s tenure charges)

Armental v. Englewood Board of Education (Commissioner of Education 2025) (Secured the reinstatement of a tenured principal after the Commissioner held the District’s transfer of the principal to the separate title of athletic director without consent violated the tenure rights of the principal)

Ehimwenma Adeyin v. Orange Board of Education (Commissioner of Education 2025) (Secured the reinstatement and back pay of a vice principal)

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