Jeffrey Barnes Email & Phone Number

North Wildwood, New Jersey

Involved in virtually every aspect of real estate and land use law, including acquisitions, sales, leasing and financing of motels, restaurants, bars, businesses, office buildings and residential buildings, commercial and residential development, zoning and planning, drafting documents, contract negotiations, and contract disputes. Serve as the Solicitor and Special Solicitor of the Lower Township Municipal Utilities Authority (“LTMUA”) for the last ten years. • Provide legal representation to the LTMUA in all aspects of its operation.• Involved in over one hundred land use and zoning applications on behalf of developers.• Obtained practically every variance possible. • Represented developers in all aspects of real estate development.• Successfully litigated zoning appeals.• Actively interacted in obtaining CAFRA approvals. • Participated in numerous real estate tax assessment appeals.• Involved in various multimillion dollar commercial loan transactions on behalf of investors.• Prepared loan documents on numerous occasions for private lenders.• Involved in commercial litigation related to real estate transactions. Also handles estate planning and administration, including: • drafting wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts • family wealth preservation planning • family partnerships • generation-skipping tax planning • marital agreements • insurance planning • buy-sell agreements • special needs planning • asset protection • estate and trust administration

Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey

Assisted in representing insurance companies and individuals regarding insurance claims, commercial disputes, municipal governance issues, and contractual agreements. • Successfully argued substantive and procedural motions.• Deposed and defended witnesses at depositions. • First and second chaired trials in New Jersey Superior Court.• Prepared witnesses for trial, prepared pre-trial disclosures and trial briefs. • Drafted substantive motions, pleadings, discovery demands and disclosures. • Successfully negotiated settlement agreements. • Conducted legal research.

Wildwood, New Jersey

Assisted in representation of individuals regarding commercial contract disputes, insurance claims and overall general litigation. • Successfully argued procedural motions. • Drafted motions, pleadings, discovery demands and disclosures and research memoranda. • Conducted depositions.

Juris Doctorate

Double Major - Bachelor Of Science, Business Administration/Marketing, Deans List

- Minored in Finance - Two Time Bill Bradley Academic All American