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John S. Favate
673 Morris Avenue
Springfield, New Jersey 07081

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(973) 912-5222

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(973) 912-9212

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http://www.hkmpp.com

Position	Areas of Practice	Education
Affiliations	Representative Cases

Mr. Favate is a graduate of St. Peter's College, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and earned Dean's List recognition in each semester during his Junior and Senior years. In 1985, Mr. Favate graduated from the University of Bridgeport School of Law, where he was the recipient of the 1983 American Jurisprudence Award for Academic Achievement in Torts.

Mr. Favate was admitted to the New Jersey State Bar and the Bar of the United States District Court, District of New Jersey, in 1985. He is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Favate served as the Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Frank A. Piscatella, Judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex County. Since his clerkship, Mr. Favate has engaged in many aspects of litigation, including the defense of employment claims, insurance coverage disputes, construction claims, product liability claims and professional liability claims. Mr. Favate has expertise representing employers and management in employment discrimination, harassment, wrongful discharge, breach of employment contract and defamation claims at the administrative agency, trial and appellate levels and he has extensive experience handling all phases of complex multi-party litigation.

Current Employment Position(s):: Partner

Areas of Practice:: Litigation; Employment Claims; Insurance Coverage Disputes; Construction Claims; Product Liability Claims; Professional Liability Claims; Employment Discrimination; Harassment; Wrongful Discharge; Breach of Employment Contract; Defamation Claims; Complex Multi-Party Litigation

Bar Admissions:: New Jersey, 1985; U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1985; U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit

Education:: University of Bridgeport School of Law, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1985
Honors: 1983 American Jurisprudence Award for Academic Achievement in Torts; St. Peter's College
Bachelor of Arts
Honors: Dean's List
Major: History

Representative Cases:: Millbrook Tax Fund v. P.L. Henry Associates, ESX-C-5298 ( ); W.R. Grace v. Weja, Inc. v. Continental Ins. Co., HUD-L-7908-95 ( ); Lambs Road Associates v. United States Fire Ins. Co., GLO-L-1189-93 ( ); Synergy v. Sanidown v. Seneca, ESX-L-597-96 ( ); Christie v. Maurice Villency, Inc., 95-5391 ( ); PRC Corp. v. CPI Ins. Group, MRS-L-6391-96 ( ); 410 Claremeont Terrace Company, 18 115 00277 95 ( ); Direct Environmental, Inc. v. Friedman, et al., ESX-L-16590-91 ( ); Congoleum Corp. v. ACE American, et al., ( )

Professional Associations and Memberships:: New Jersey State Bar Association; Member; Essex County Bar Association; Member; American Bar Association; Member; University Club of Hudson County; Member

Past Employment Positions:: Honorable Frank A. Piscatella, Judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex County, Judicial Law Clerk

To set up a consultation with a skilled litigation attorney in New York, New Jersey or Pennsylvania, visit our firm's contact page, or call us at (973) 912-5222. From our law offices in Springfield, New Jersey, New York City and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, we assist clients throughout New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. At a client's request, the firm’s experienced trial lawyers also practice litigation in other jurisdictions throughout the United States.