Paul A. Rowe

Paul A. Rowe


Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

Recognized since 1989

Iselin, New Jersey

Practice Areas

Appellate Practice

Bet-the-Company Litigation

Commercial Litigation

Family Law

Litigation - Construction

Litigation - Real Estate

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Mr. Rowe’s practice has been limited exclusively to litigation for nearly five decades. He has represented a broad range of individual and institutional clients in state and federal courts in New Jersey and other states throughout the country, and has served as lead counsel in a myriad of diverse and prominent business litigations. He has tried to conclusion numerous cases involving trade secrets, antitrust, stock fraud, real estate brokerage, corporate and partnership disputes, as well as high profile matrimonial matters and chancery cases of all types.

Mr. Rowe is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the American Bar Foundation, and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. He is a past President of the Essex County Bar Association and a member of the New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. He is also a Trustee and Past President of the Legal Services Foundation of Essex County.

Mr. Rowe is the original author of New Jersey Business Litigation, the primary resource on how New Jersey courts have dealt with business issues in litigation, and co-authored the book's 2014 edition. He is also the co-author of Guidebook to Chancery Practice in New Jersey, the standard textbook utilized by judges and equity lawyers throughout the state.

In 2014, Mr. Rowe was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement in Litigation Award from the New Jersey Law Journal. He was the recipient of the National Judge Learned Hand Award from the Metro New Jersey Region of AJC in 2013, and received the Trial Attorneys of New Jersey Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993.

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Location
  • 99 Wood Avenue South
    Iselin, NJ 08830
Education
  • Columbia University, LL.B., graduated 1961
  • Tufts University, BA, graduated 1958
Bar Admissions
  • New Jersey, NJ - 1962
  • New York, NY - 1961
Affiliations
  • American Bar Association - Member, Sections of Litigation and Family Law
  • American Bar Foundation - Fellow
  • American College of Trial Lawyers - Fellow
  • Essex County Bar Association - Past President and Member
  • International Academy of Trial Lawyers - Fellow
  • Legal Services Foundation of Essex County - Trustee and Past President
  • Middlesex County Bar Association - Member
  • New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education - Former Trustee
  • New Jersey State Bar Association - Family Law Section; Equity Jurisprudence Special Committee; Fee Arbitration Committee (past Chair)
  • New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Masters and Hearing Officers - Former member

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Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Family Law, Woodbridge (2025)
  • Litigation - Construction, Woodbridge (2025)
  • Litigation - Real Estate, Woodbridge (2014)
  • Appellate Practice, Woodbridge (2013)
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation, Newark (2011)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Appellate Practice
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Family Law
  • Litigation - Construction
  • Litigation - Real Estate
Special Focus:
  • Complex Assets
  • Family Law Appeals
  • Intellectual Property
  • Litigation
Awards:
  • Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement in Litigation Award from the New Jersey Law Journal (2014)
  • Recipient of the Robert J. Cirafesi Chancery Practice Award from the Middlesex County Bar Association (2014)
  • Recipient of the National Judge Learned Hand Award from the Metro New Jersey Region of AJC (2013)
  • Recipient of the Trial Bar Award from the Trial Attorneys of New Jersey (1993)
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property

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