Bruinooge & Associates

Law Firm Overview

Bruinooge & Associates' principal attorney, Thomas H. Bruinooge has been, since 1968, active in the legal, business and civic arenas in Northern New Jersey and, in particular, the region surrounding the New Jersey Meadowlands. The firm has successfully represented individual and corporate clients in a full spectrum of real estate transactions and applications and, when necessary or appropriate, has litigated on behalf of its clients in all of the New Jersey State courts, the U.S. District Court of New Jersey and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. 

The firm has acted as counsel to the developers and redevelopers of several major real estate projects in northern New Jersey. Among these projects are the redevelopment of a former 75 acre Superfund site as a mixed use development; the redevelopment of a 30 acre Brownfields site to accommodate 1 million square square feet of office space, a major hotel and related uses; and the development of several hundred housing units, on a 7 acre former Brownfields site.

Decades of work with the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission (formerly the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission), the U.S.E.P.A., the U.S.A.C.E. and the N.J.D.E.P., along with appearences before numerous local and county agencies, have provided the firm with a level of expierence yielding an insightful approach to resolving clients' issues on a positive, value added basis. The firm enjoys the highest legal ability rating in Martindale - Hubbell.  

The firm's Reported Cases are: Shanley & Fisher, P.C. v. Sisselman, 215 N.J. Super. 200 (App. Div. 1987); Wilzig v. Sisselman, 209 N.J. Super. 25 (App. Div. 1986); Maschio v. Prestige Motors, 37 F3d 908 (3d Cir. 1994); Vargas v. Hudson County Bd. of Elections, 949 F2d 665 (3d. Cir. 1991); Vargas v. Calabrese, 714 F. Supp. 714 (DNJ 1989).

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Partnerships, Environmental Law, Wetlands & Wild Lands, Estate Planning, Litigation & Appeals, Federal Trial Practice, State Trial Practice, Water & Riparian Rights, Probate & Estate Administration, Real Estate Law, Land Use & Zoning, Taxation Law