DeCotiis

Russell Passamano is a partner in the firm's Teaneck office. He joined DeCotiis in 2002 and became a partner in 2005. He is a member of the Litigation and Bankruptcy practice groups.

Mr. Passamano practices primarily in the area of shareholder disputes, estate and trust litigation and commercial litigation.  He also represents defendants in bankruptcy preference and fraudulent conveyance litigation. Prior to embarking on his legal career, Mr. Passamano was a sales executive for Reynolds Tobacco.

Mr. Passamano has published numerous articles concerning issues in bankruptcy law and secured lending, including An Ounce of Prevention in the November 1994 issue of Doors and Hardware Magazine; Avoiding Pitfalls When Dealing with a Financially Troubled Customer in the May 1994 issue of Business Credit Magazine; Setoff in Bankruptcy: An Overview of the Mechanics, 105 Banking Law Journal 349 (1988) and Questions of Priority: Secured Lenders Versus Federal Tax Liens  90 Com. L.J. 361 (1988).

Representative Cases:
Glenpointe Associates, III v. Regency Savings Bank, Slip Opinion, 2006 WL 2786885 (D.N.J. 2006).

Center for Bio-Ethical Reform v. Spectrum Arena Ltd., 2000 WL 1286395 (E.D.Pa.,2000).

Center for Bio-Ethical Reform v. Comcast-Spectacor, 1999 WL 601014 (E.D.Pa. 1999)

He is a 1977 graduate of the University of Hartford, where he received a BFA cum laude. He was awarded his J.D., also cum laude, by Seton Hall University Law School in 1986. As a law student, he was awarded the Columbian Fund Award as the outstanding graduate of Italian-American descent. Additionally, he was a member of the Rodino Society, and a member of the Seton Hall Legislative Journal. He also received an MS in 1981 from the Pratt Institute. He is a member of the Essex County, New Jersey Republican Committee, and actively involved in the Salvation Army. He has been a New Jersey resident for over twenty-five years.

Bar Admissions:
New Jersey (1986)
United Sates District Court for the Southern District of New York (2000)  
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1994)     
            
Professional Memberships, Associations and Activities:
Essex County Bar Association
Bergen County Bar Association