Shaeffer, John

MARK J. SEMERARO has successfully litigated claims involving the following areas of law: commercial litigation, employment litigation (including L.A.D. and A.D.A.), civil rights litigation including 1983 and 1985, environmental/toxic tort litigation, mass tort/class action litigation and insurance and self-insurance litigation such as auto negligence, PIP law, commercial lines, professional negligence, Title 59 Litigation and Local Government Law. Mr. Semeraro's experience in these areas includes the representation of various insurance carriers, self-insured entities, joint insurance funds, municipalities, public entities and private clients.
Additionally, Mr. Semeraro has developed an area of practice focused on representing real estate agencies and the unique issues they deal with on a day-to-day basis. In this capacity, he represents agencies, brokers and agents in transactional, litigation and administrative matters such as commission disputes, employment liability claims and allegations of ethics violations.

Upon graduating law school, Mr. Semeraro served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Sylvan G. Rothenberg, J.S.C. He is an active member of the Passaic County Bar Association and has served as Secretary to its Young Lawyers Division. He has also served as a Barrister for the Justice Clifford Inns of Court. Most recently, Mr. Semeraro was a partner in the firm of McManimon & Scotland, LLC where he handled several noteworthy matters including one where he was lead defense counsel on the behalf of the Borough of Ringwood in a class action lawsuit consisting of over 650 plaintiffs involving allegations of personal injury caused by environmental contamination and carried with it a one-billion-dollar demand.

Prior thereto, Mr. Semeraro served as counsel to the law firm of Scarinci Hollenbeck where he successfully litigated a number of high-profile litigation matters. Mr. Semeraro served as attorney for the Township of Wayne from 2001 through 2009 and special counsel for a number of other municipalities. Mr. Semeraro
Mr. Semeraro currently serves as Borough Attorney for Bloomingdale and employment/labor counsel for a number of municipalities.