Peter G. Verniero
Recognized since 2007
Newark, New Jersey
Appellate Practice
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Corporate Compliance Law
Corporate Governance Law
Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Peter G. Verniero is Chair of the Sills Cummis & Gross Corporate Investigations and Integrity and Appellate Practice Groups. Mr. Verniero joined the Firm in September of 2004 after serving as the then youngest member of the New Jersey Supreme Court in modern history. Prior to his judicial service, Mr. Verniero served as the 51st Attorney General of New Jersey as well as chief of staff and chief counsel to Governor Christine Todd Whitman. He is the only person in the state’s history to have served in those four senior positions within the executive and judicial branches.
- The Legal Center
One Riverfront Plaza
Newark, NJ 07102
- Duke University, J.D., graduated 1984
- Drew University, B.A.
- New Jersey, New Jersey
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
53 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
11 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
- Appellate Practice, Newark (2024)
- Corporate Compliance Law, Newark (2021)
- Corporate Compliance Law, Newark (2019)
- Appellate Practice, Newark (2018)
- Corporate Compliance Law, Newark (2017)
- Appellate Practice, Newark (2016)
- Corporate Governance Law, Newark (2014)
- Corporate Compliance Law, Newark (2013)
- Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, Newark (2011)
- Appellate Practice
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Compliance Law
- Corporate Governance Law
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
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