Judy Verrone is an Equity Partner at DeCotiis. She joined the firm in 1991 and became a partner in 2001. She is Chair of the Municipal Law practice group and a member of the Public Procurement and Contracting, and Government and Regulatory Affairs practice groups.

In addition to municipal law, public procurement, government affairs and higher education, Ms. Verrone has experience in solid waste planning and election, campaign, and political law. She has particular expertise in New Jersey Pay to Play Laws.

Ms. Verrone has represented public bodies at the municipal and county levels, as well as independent county and State authorities. She currently serves as General Counsel to the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, Special Counsel to NJ Transit, spearheading acquisition of real estate for the Gateway Tunnel Project, and General Counsel to the New Jersey Council of County Colleges.

Additionally, Ms. Verrone is Borough Attorney to the Borough of Fair Lawn, and previously served as Municipal Attorney for Bound Brook, Closter, Demarest, Little Ferry, Parsippany-Troy Hills, Sayreville, and Scotch Plains, among others. As well, she served as General Counsel to Bergen Community College and as Acting Law Director for the City of Perth Amboy.

Ms. Verrone has represented several county improvement authorities, including the Mercer County Improvement Authority, Union County Improvement Authority, and Hudson County Improvement Authority in various matters including procurement, construction and solar energy projects. Additionally, she previously represented the Union County Utilities Authority, Passaic County Utilities Authority and the Counties of Burlington and Gloucester in solid waste planning.

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 One Strike You’re Out Seminar (Federal Public Housing Anti-Drug Policy) sponsored by NJ NAHRO (1997).

She has also conducted seminars on public contracting and procurement on behalf of the National Business Institute, and for her clients, including the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.

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).