Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

For over ten years, Mr. Cea has concentrated his practice in the area of real estate with an emphasis on commercial and multi-family transactions, including sales, purchases, refinances, zoning applicationsand condominium establishment conversions. In addition to transactional work, Mr. Cea handles the litigation of cases involving real estate issues in state and federal court, including foreclosures, quiet title actions, and partition actions. He appears on behalf of diverse applicants before various Planning and Zoning Boards throughout New Jersey, including representation for corporate developments and affordable housing developments.

Mr. Cea was a Supervising Attorney for Northern New Jersey for the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). As Supervising Attorney, Mr. Cea was responsible for overseeing the closing of HUD's foreclosed properties in Northern New Jersey.

Mr. Cea's extensive real estate experience allows him to successfully handle matters with complex title issues. This experience also allows Mr. Cea to effectively handle matters involving boundary disputes, common owner claims, and clouded titles.

Mr. Cea represents neighborhood developers in various matters, including relationships with local and state authorities.

Mr. Cea also serves on the Board of Directors of the Newark Chapter of the Freedom Foundation of New Jersey, an organization that concentrates on the welfare and education of the children residing in the City of Newark.

Areas of Practice

• Real Property Transactions
• Quiet Title and Partition Actions
• Foreclosures
• Landlord/Tenant Litigation
• Condominium Development and Conversions and Affordable Housing development

West Practice Categories

Mortgages & Foreclosures, Litigation & Appeals, Real Estate Law, Condominiums & Cooperatives, Conveyancing, Landlord/Tenant

Bar Admissions

• New Jersey, 1993
• Pennsylvania, 1993
• U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1993

Professional Associations and Memberships

• New Jersey Bar, 1993 - Present (Member)
• Monmouth County Bar Association, 1993 - Present (Member)

Classes and Seminars

• Associate Professor, Constitutional Law and Property Law, Brookdale Community College
• Basics of Real Estate, Institute for Continuing Legal Education

Past Employment Positions

• Hon. Florence R. Pesoce, J.S.C., Law Clerk, 1993

Education

• Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, New Jersey, 1993
  Juris Doctor
• St John's University, New York, New York, 1989
  B.A.
  Honors: magna cum laude
  Major: English and Political Science

Address

60 Park Place
Suite 1016
Newark, NJ 07102-5504

Phones

(973) 643-0040 (EXt. 114)
(212) 643-2503 (Ext. 114)

Faxes

973-596-1781

Emails

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Websites

http://www.newark-lawyers.com