Kate Janukowicz

Kate Janukowicz


Gibbons P.C.

Recognized since 2023

Newark, New Jersey

Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation

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Ms. Janukowicz handles a wide range of criminal and complex business matters in both state and federal courts throughout New Jersey and New York. Her commercial litigation practice focuses primarily on briefing and arguing discovery and dispositive motions in connection with securities and common law fraud, class action defense, and construction matters. In her criminal practice, she has prepared legal briefs in both trial and appellate contexts, arguing intricate matters of criminal procedure and substantive legal issues, from selective prosecution to sentencing modifications. She is respected for her ability to arrive at creative solutions to novel and complicated issues.

In addition, Ms. Janukowicz has considerable experience conducting interviews and preparing reports related to internal investigations and has been a member of several trial teams in high-profile matters, where she assisted in the preparation of pretrial motions and complex jury instructions.

Ms. Janukowicz is also an active participant in the firm and broader community. She is a member of the Gibbons Diversity Initiative and the Community and Service Outreach Committee of the Gibbons Women’s Initiative. In addition, Ms. Janukowicz maintains an active pro bono practice that has included representing students requiring special education services, defendants in criminal proceedings and inmates alleging their constitutional rights were violated by correctional officers acting under the authority of the state while incarcerated.

Location
  • One Gateway Center
    Newark, NJ 07102-5310
Education
  • Seton Hall University, J.D., graduated 2011
  • New York University, B.A., graduated 2006
Bar Admissions
  • New Jersey, State of New Jersey
  • New York, State of New York
Affiliations
  • Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey -
  • Completed National Institute for Trial Advocacy Deposition Skills Program -
  • John C. Lifland American Inn of Court - Barrister
  • New Jersey State Bar Association - Trustee, Women in the Profession Section
Court Admissions
  • United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
State Clerkships
  • New Jersey - Trial Courts

Gibbons P.C.
Headquarters: Newark, New Jersey

54 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

11 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

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Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Commercial Litigation
Awards:
  • Listed in Best Lawyers®, Commercial Litigation
  • Recipient, CIANJ/Commerce “Enterprising Women in Commerce Award – One to Watch,” 2022
  • Selected to the New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Stars list, Business Litigation, 2019-2021
  • Named one of the New Jersey Law Journal’s “New Leaders of the Bar” 2021
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Publications

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