LESLIE L. PHIEFER, ESQ.

** ****** *****

Hamburg, NJ 07419

Phone: 973-***-****

e-mail: acgazy@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER SUMMARY:

• First-chair commercial litigator and trial attorney with 5+ years of civil litigation and transactional experience

• Independently handle a variety of complex cases

• Will immediately assume a large litigation case load and make court appearances, including trials

• Excellent analytical and communication skills

• Proven track record of success for clients

• Perform real estate closings from contract review through post-closing

• Represent top-tier banks, corporations, insurance companies, and consumers in these legal fields:

- Contested mortgage foreclosure litigation;

- Insurance defense;

- Creditors' rights in banktuptcy proceedings;

- Commercial and residential real estate closings;

- Mortgagor and tenant evictions;

- Plaintiffs' collections matters; and

- Consumer defense in foreclosure and collections

CAREER HISTORY:

Leslie L. Phiefer, Esq., Attorney at Law

Hamburg, NJ

January 2014 to present

Sole practitioner handling a variety of commercial law matters, including consumer defense litigation; mortgage foreclosure defense; real estate contract review and closings; bankruptcy; plaintiffs' collections; consumer collections defense; and preparation, negotiation, and enforcement of commercial contracts on behalf of small businesses

Stern, Lavinthal & Frankenberg, LLC

Roseland, NJ

Sept. 2012 to January 2014

Associate Attorney with high-volume mortgage foreclosure and insurance defense firm

Creditors' rights litigator with autonomous responsibility for large litigation caseload of contested mortgage forclosures

Defended nationwide banks and large lenders against alleged violations of the Fair Foreclosure Act, Fair Debt Collections Practices Act, Consumer Fraud Act, Anti-Eviction Act, and defended lien priority lawsuits filed by junior lienholders and condominium associations

Regularly first-chaired court appearances in Chancery Division, Law Division, and Special Civil Part, including trials

Prepared motions, supporting and opposition briefs, and propounded and responded to discovery demands

Pellegrino & Feldstein, LLC,

Denville, NJ

March 2012 to Sept. 2012

Tax Lien Foreclosure Litigator - Part-time, temporary position

Pressler and Pressler, LLP

Parsippany, NJ

April 2010 to April 2011

First-chair commercial/creditors' rights litigator handling heavy caseload of collection matters for nationwide credit card companies, large hospitals, and commercial lenders

Won $75,000 arbitration award for major Atlantic City casino

Recovered over $250,000 for various lenders

Daily court appearances for trials, motions, hearings and arbitrations; appeared at depositions; filed and opposed motions

Northeast New Jersey Legal Services, Inc.

Hackensack, NJ

April 2007 to April 2010

Busy first-chair defense litigator with heavy consumer defense caseload, including frequent court appearances for trials and motions

Avoided over $500,000 in judgments against indigent clients through trials, arbitration hearings, motions, and settlements

Prepared all forms of pleadings, motions and discovery

Advised clients daily in person and by phone

Barasso Consulting LLP, West Orange, NJ

March 2005 to May 2005

Contract Document Review Attorney; performed electronic and manual document review for privileged documents on behalf of pharmaceutical company defendants in class-action lawsuits

Feinstein, Raiss, Kelin & Booker, LLC

West Orange, NJ

Sept. 1998 to Nov. 1999

First-chair litigator representing over 100 landlords and lenders in eviction actions

Daily court appearances in nearly every New Jersey county for trials, motions, and settlements of tenancy and foreclosure matters

Prepared pleadings, motions, and all forms of discovery

Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C.,

Florham Park, NJ

Oct. 1997 to Sept. 1998

Associate attorney working with several firm partners on complex commercial litigation matters

Argued motions and appeared at confirmation hearings on Chapter 11 bankruptcy matters for secured creditors

Performed legal research and analyzed complex commercial issues; prepared briefs, pleadings, motions, and discovery

Allocca & Pellegrino, P.C.

Parsippany, NJ

June 1995 to Oct. 1997

First-chair litigation and real estate transactional attorney for busy foreclosure, commercial litigation, and commercial and residential real estate firm

Functioned as mortgage review attorney for high-volume lenders Reviewed title searches; prepared, reviewed, negotiated, and revised commercial and residential loan documents

Appeared on behalf of lenders at commercial and residential real estate closings

Handled purchase and sale commercial and residential real estate closings for clients from contract preparation and negotiation through post-closing

Regular court appearances for trials and to argue motions in Law and Chancery Divisions; took and defended depositions

Prepared complaints, answers, counterclaims, motions, and all forms of discovery on foreclosure and other commercial litigation matters

Formed corporations and LLC's for corporate clients, including preparation and filing with Secretary of State of all relevant documents for same; prepared corporate resolutions and by-laws; prepared and filed quarterly and yearly reports for corporate clients

BAR ADMISSIONS: New Jersey: December 1995

Pennsylvania: December 1995

EDUCATION: J.D., cum laude, June 1995

SETON HALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW

B.A., English, magna cum laude, May 1992

MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY

OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Editor-in-Chief, Seton Hall Legislative Journal, 1994-1995

Managed editorial staff of 45 students; autonomously performed and was completely responsible for final editing, layout, and submission to publisher of all articles, notes, and other content included in two volumes of the Seton Hall Legislative Journal published during 1995.

Editorial Staff Member - Seton Hall Legislative Journal, 1994

Edited over 20 articles and notes for publication in two volumes of the Journal during 1994, including consistent use and comprehensive knowledge of Blue Book citation format.

Wrote and published article entitled: To Help or Not to Help: Assisted Suicide and its Moral, Ethical, and Legal Ramifications, 18 Seton Hall Legis. J. 728 (1994)

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