Janet S. Stern
Ms. Stern is the managing partner of Stern & DeRossi, LLP. Her practice focuses on representing business owners and real estate investors and developers. She has over twenty years experience in real estate and business transactions including entity structure, commercial and residential property acquisition, loan document negotiation and drafting, drafting and negotiation complex contracts and commercial leases, and estate planning.
Ms. Stern represents a wide variety of clients in the real estate industry, including private real estate investors and developers, real estate investment partnerships and companies, real estate agents and brokers, builders, contractors, and suppliers. Additionally, Janet Stern served on the Executive Committee of the Real Property Section of the New York State Bar and is a former chair of that Section's Professionalism Committee.
Ms. Stern also represents a broad scope of businesses throughout the tri-state area including owners, operators, and brokers of distribution routes. She works hard to assure that her clients avoid preventable problems in their businesses.
Ms. Stern is a member of the state bars of New York and New Jersey.
Ms. Stern received her law degree in 1987 from Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center and her undergraduate degree in 1983 in sociology from the University of Albany – SUNY.
Mario J. DeRossi
Mr. DeRossi is a civil litigation attorney practicing in both the federal and state courts of New York. His practice concentrates in the area of Family Law, including, divorce; child custody; and child support; property division; division of retirement benefits; tax consequences of divorce; annulments; paternity; grandparent's rights; domestic violence; and post-judgment proceedings.
Mr. DeRossi has a unique philosophy in handling Family Law matters. He believes that every client deserves individual attention and the best representation possible. Based upon this philosophy, he has developed a successful Family Law practice. He also recognizes the emotional trauma and pain individuals suffer when going through a divorce. As a result, he offers his clients the time and the experience necessary to guide them through one of the most difficult experiences in their life. In every case, Mr. DeRossi, first attempts to bring about a quick, civilized, fair and inexpensive resolution. However, if that cannot be accomplished, he offers aggressive professional representation. Mr. DeRossi has developed a reputation for attending to the individual needs of his clients.
Mr. DeRossi began his career as an officer in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps of the United States Army. While a Judge Advocate, he served as lead counsel in more than fifty courts-martial. Most notable, Mr. DeRossi successfully defended fellow officers charged in the highly publicized detainee abuse cases at Abu Ghraib, Iraq and Bagram, Afganistan. Mr. DeRossi was also deployed to Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, where he served as a military magistrate.
Mr. DeRossi is a member of the state bars of New York and Massachusetts.
Mr. DeRossi received his Bachelor of Arts from St. John’s University, graduating magna cum laude. He received his Juris Doctor from St. John’s University School of Law in 2001.
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