DeCotiis

Judy Verrone is a partner in the Teaneck office of DeCotiis.  She joined the firm in 1991 and became a partner in 2001. She is Co-Chair of the Municipal Law practice group, as well as a member of the Public Procurement and Contracting, and Government and Regulatory Affairs practice groups.

Ms. Verrone specializes in Municipal Law, Public Procurement and Contracting, and Government and Regulatory Affairs, and has experience in solid waste planning, and election, campaign and political law.  Most recently, she has been active in the firm’s Green Practice Group, overseeing all of the procurement aspects associated with the development of county-wide and local renewable energy programs.

Ms. Verrone has represented various public bodies at the municipal and county level, as well as independent county and state authorities, including as general counsel to the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.  She has provided representation to various municipalities, and currently serves as borough attorney to Bound Brook. Additionally, Ms. Verrone provides general counsel to Bergen Community College.

She has also represented the Union County Utilities Authority, Hudson County Improvement Authority, Passaic County Utilities Authority, Burlington County and Gloucester County in Solid Waste Planning.  Further, Ms. Verrone has successfully defended and challenged municipal election results for various clients.

Representative Cases:

Rosenblum v. Borough of Closter, 285 NJ. Super. 230 (App. Div. 1995), certif. den., 146 N.J. 70 (1996)

Ms. Verrone has conducted seminars on housing-related legal issues, including New Jersey Anti-Eviction Act Seminars sponsored by the New Jersey Chapter of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NJ NAHRO) (1995, 1996) and a One Strike You’re Out Seminar (Federal Public Housing Anti-Drug Policy) sponsored by NJ NAHRO (1997).

Ms. Verrone received her B.A. from Ramapo College of New Jersey in 1984 and her J.D. cum laude from Seton Hall Law School in 1990, where she was Associate and Book Review Editor of the Seton Hall Law Review, with a published survey: Administrative Law: Hearsay Need Not Be Supported by Competent Evidence in Exclusion Proceedings, Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Gaming Enforcement vs. Merlino, 216 N.J. Super. 579 (App. Div. 1987), 18 Seton Hall Law Review 214 (1988).

She was selected by the New Jersey Law Journal Editorial Department as a prominent leader among women in New Jersey, and profiled in Women and Minorities in the Legal Profession, New Jersey Law Journal (Nov. 3, 2003).

Bar Admissions:

New Jersey (1991)

United States District Court, District of NJ (1991)