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Ernest
graduated from Rutgers University in 1979 in the top 10% of
his class. He received his law degree from Seton Hall University
School of Law in 1982. Ernest began his work in public service
as a Deputy Public Defender in Burlington County in 1984.
While maintaining a private law firm from 1989 to the present,
Ernest has also worked for various municipalities providing
his expertise in the areas of zoning, land use and tax appeals.
He has been both municipal prosecutor and public defender.
He has also held positions as municipal attorney, zoning board
attorney and municipal special counsel.
Ernest is currently the Tax Appeal and Tax Foreclosure Attorney
for Howell Township, as well as Special Counsel to Howell,
a municipality that is second in population and first in land
mass in Monmouth County. |
| BAR
ADMISSIONS: |
EDUCATION: |
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1983,
New Jersey State Bar
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Rutgers
University, New Brunswick, (B.A. 1979) |
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1983,
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey |
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Seton
Hall University School of Law, (J.D. 1982) |
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Admitted
to Texas Bar, 1989 (inactive)
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PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE: |
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Marriott,
Callahan, Blair, & Greer, P.C.,
Spring Lake Heights, N.J. 2009 to present.
Of Counsel to the firm |
| REPRESENTATIVE
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: |
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Bongiovanni
& Pavliv Howell, N.J.1989 to 2007 - Partner |
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Howell
Township: Municipal Attorney, 2007-2009, Zoning
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Law
Offices of James J. Rea Jr. Newark, NJ
1988 to 1989 - Associate |
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Board
of Adjustment, 1988-1992 and 1997-98 |
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Law
Offices Of jerome Lapenna, Howell, NJ
1988 - Associate |
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Special
Counsel, Sale of Water Co., 1995-96 |
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Assistant
Deputy Public Defender
Burlington County, Mount Holly, New Jersey, 1984-1987 |
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Tax
Appeals, 1991-96 |
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The
Atlantic Companies, New York, NY, 1980 - 1982 |
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COAH(firm
appointment) 1999-2000 |
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Prosecutor,
1995-96 |
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Public
Defender, 1988-1991 |
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Assistant
Counsel to Howell MUA, 1988-1989 |
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RICHARD
D. ALJIAN, JR. |
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Rich
graduated from Indiana University in 1969. He received his
law degree from Suffolk University in 1972 and was admitted
to the bar that year.
Rich was a public defender in Newark, Essex County Superior
Court, New Jersey from 1973 through 1987.
He is a member of the Monmouth County Bar Association, Sea
Girt Chamber of Commerce, and Sea Girt Surf Beach Patrol.
He can be found guarding the beaches in Sea Girt every summer
weekend!
Rich specializes in workers’ compensation, municipal court
and criminal matters. He has vast court room experience in
these types of matters and has appeared in these courts throughout
the State of New Jersey. |
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| BAR
ADMISSIONS: |
EDUCATION: |
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1972
Supreme Court of New Jersey
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Indiana
University (B.A. 1969) |
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1972
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey |
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Suffolk
University (J.D. 1972) |
| ASSOCIATIONS: |
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE: |
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New
Jersey State Bar Association |
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Marriott,
Callahan, Blair, & Greer, P.C.,
Spring Lake Heights, N.J. 2009 to present.
Of Counsel to the firm |
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Sea
Girt Chamber of Commerce |
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Law
Offices of Richard D. Aljian, Jr.
Brick, NJ - 2003-2009; Clifton NJ – 1983-2003 |
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Sea
Girt Surf Beach Patrol |
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Schwartz,
Pisano & Simon, Belleville, NJ
1980-1983 – Associate |
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State
of New Jersey, Office of the Public Defender, |
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Adult
Essex County Trial Region, Newark NJ 1973-1987 |
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