Litigation and transactional lawyer
Resume:
LANCE STUART FORBES
*C Emerson Drive, Maple Shade, NJ 08052 • 856-***-****) • ************@*****.***
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
onekey, llc (CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL CONTRACTING)
in-house counsel Feb 2022 - present
oconstruction, corporate, real estate, human resources, land use, site acquisition
olitigation and transactional work
Providence Medical Daycare Center
general counsel May 2020 – Jan 2022
oCorporate counsel, construction, real estate, human resources
grace, marmero & Associates, llp May 2019 – Jan 2020
SENIOR ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY Woodbury, NJ
oCommercial litigation and transactional work
oRepresented local public entities as labor counsel
oCriminal defense and appointed prosecutor in Brick Township
KENT MCBRIDE May 2015 – May 2019
SENIOR ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY Cherry Hill, NJ
oManage and oversee caseload of construction and commercial litigation clients, including general contractors, subcontractors, owners and design professionals. In addition, conducting business transactional work, including counseling business entities on business formation (legal, and tax implications, liability risk control), drafting, negotiating and reviewing business documents
oBusiness Litigation practices including shareholder and partnership disputes, including “veil piercing” claims
oReal estate transactions (commercial and residential), landlord-tenant litigation, estate planning, criminal defense (municipal and indictable)
oTrial work in State, Federal Court and the American Arbitration Association
THE LAW OFFICE OF LANCE S. FORBES, LLC Nov 2009 – May 2015
OWNER, ATTORNEY, GENERAL PRACTICE Moorestown, NJ
oManaged and oversaw own caseload and book of business, including construction and commercial litigation and business transactional clients
oCriminal defense (including appointment as Public Defender in Riverside, NJ)
oTrial work in State and Federal Court and the American Arbitration Association
COHEN, SEGLIAS, PALLAS, GREENHALL & FURMAN PC Feb 2006 – Nov 2009 ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY Philadelphia, PA
CONSTRUCTION LITIGATION
oAssigned as lead counsel in construction litigation cases consistently representing all facets of the construction industry in both litigation and counseling
PARKER MCCAY, P.A. Sept 2004 – May 2005
ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY Mt. Laurel, NJ
Construction litigation
oAssisted in contract negotiation, drafting and review
oLitigated construction litigation claims
NEW JERSEY SUPERIOR COURT, LAW DIVISION Sept 2003 – Sept 2004
Civil Law Clerk Mount Holly, NJ
Honorable Cynthia Covie-Leese
o Acted as mediator for Special Civil Part cases
oResponsible for legal research and writing in assisting Judge
EDUCATION
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW Graduated: May 2003
JURIS DOCTOR Camden, NJ
oGPA: 3.44
oDean’s List: Spring 2001, Fall 2002, and Spring 2003
oAwarded Russell N. Fairbanks Academic Scholarship, 2002-03
oParticipated in Bankruptcy Pro Bono Project, 2002
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY Graduated: December 1998
MASTER OF LIBERAL ARTS Philadelphia, PA
oGPA: 3.73
oDual Concentration in Sociology and Anthropology
LONGWOOD COLLEGE Graduated: May 1996
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Farmville, VA
oMajor: Sociology
oDean’s List: 1994 –1996
BAR ADMISSIONS
oNew Jersey – December 2003
oPennsylvania – February 2004 – Administrative Inactive Status
REFERENCES
Damen Thiel, Esquire
Leeanna Lozada, Owner, Providence Pediatric Medical Daycare
George E. Pallas, Esquire, Managing Partner, Cohen Seglias
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