Powell, Kugelman & Postell is pleased to announce the addition of Alina A. Big, Esq. as the newest attorney to join the firm. Alina is a savvy and resilient professional…
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The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled in a case entitled Pareja v. Princeton Int’l Properties that commercial landowners do not have a duty to remove an accumulation of snow…
Powell, Kugelman & Postell is pleased to announce that Maureen LePochat has recently joined our team of insurance lawyers. Maureen is returning to New Jersey practice after working 14 years…
Recently, the New Jersey Appellate Division found that an insureds acceptance of an actual cash value payment and subsequent failure to submit proof of repairs up to the replacement…
Partner Jose D. Roman, dedicated to providing legal services to low-income and underserved communities, is leaving Powell & Roman to focus those efforts full time at Central Jersey Legal…
Prior to joining Powell & Roman, LLC, Mr. Kingston clerked for the Honorable Janetta D. Marbrey, J.S.C. of the Superior Court of the State of New Jersey, Mercer County, Civil…
Recently in Baskin v. Martinez the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that evidence of a clear act of surrender will defeat a police officers qualified immunity defense in a use…
The debate over the responsibility of commercial property owners during a winter storm continues. Many states have adopted the Ongoing Storm Rule (also known as the Storm in Progress Rule)…
The Jersey City Police Department (JCPD) lost a transgender discrimination lawsuit and as a result, the trial court ordered the JCPD to provide annual transgender awareness training. On May 8,…
Although lawyers are required to zealously advocate for their clients, over-zealous advocacy often leads to trouble. A recent New Jersey Supreme Court case, Morales-Hurtado v. Reinoso, illustrates how, in the…