Jerome Joseph LaPenna

Background

LaPenna, Jerome Joseph was born on January 18, 1928 in Newark. Son of James and Nancy (Ugliano) LaP.

Education

Upsala College; Seton Hall University (Bachelor of Science, 1954. Juris Doctor, Adjunct Professor, Corporation Law, Seton Hall University School of Law, 1972-1973.

Career

Worked at LaPenna & Associates, Professional Corporation (Clifton, New Jersey) specializing in Bankruptcy, Commercial, Labor and Employment, Banking and Alternative Dispute Resolution. Admitted to the bar, 1960, New Jersey and United States. District Court, District of New Jersey.

1972, United States.

Supreme Court and United States. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. 1994, New York; 1995 United States.

District Court, Southern District of New New York

Adjunct Professor, Corporation Law, Seton Hall University School of Law, 1972-1973. Lecturer: Skills and Methods, Bankruptcy Acting and Practice, Rutgers School of Law Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1970-1978.

New York University Labor Law Seminar," The Rejection of Executory Collective Bargaining Agreements under the Bankruptcy Acting. Bankruptcy Practice All Aspects, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Rutgers School of Law, Section Hall School of Law, 1972-1984.

Public Employment Relations Commission Seminar "Overview - New Jersey Supreme Court Decisions on Public Employment Relations, 1982.

"Labor Law and the Bankruptcy Reform Acting," The Bildisco Decision, New Jersey State Bar Association - Labor Law Committee, Newark, 1984. Labor Law Seminar, "PERC One Year Later - 1969, New Jersey State Bar Association, New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission. Member, National Labor Relations Board, 1968.

Member of Speakers Bureau, Bankruptcy and Labor Law Sections of New Jersey State, Hudson County, Mercer County and Essex County Bar Associations.

Member, New Jersey Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Skills and Methods. Standing Trustee under Chapter 13, United States Bankruptcy Code in the District of New Jersey, October 1979.

Member, Panel of Attorneys for Receivers for Reorganization Under the Bankruptcy Acting, 1962-1979. Member, Panel of Attorneys for Trustees under the Bankruptcy Code, 1979—.

Member: Essex County (Acting Chairman, Debtor-Creditor Relations Committee, 1986—), New Jersey State, Federal and American Bar Associations.

The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Trial Attorneys of New Jersey. Military: With United States.

Navy, 1945-1946

LaPenna & Associates, Professional Corporation is a full service law firm representing clients through the spectrum of debtor/creditor rights and all aspects of commercial and corporate law.

The firm has a solid litigation practice representing clients before the federal, state and local, as well as administrative bodies. The firm actively encourages its Attorneys to participate in continuing professional development.

Partners and associates participate as lecturers in continuing legal education seminars and workshops.

Achievements

• Jerome J. LaPenna has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member, National Labor Relations Board, 1968. Member of Speakers Bureau, Bankruptcy and Labor Law Sections of New Jersey State, Hudson County, Mercer County and Essex County Bar Associations. Member, New Jersey Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Skills and Methods.

Standing Trustee under Chapter 13, United States Bankruptcy Code in the District of New Jersey, October 1979.

Member, Panel of Attorneys for Receivers for Reorganization Under the Bankruptcy Acting, 1962-1979. Member, Panel of Attorneys for Trustees under the Bankruptcy Code, 1979—.

Member: Essex County (Acting Chairman, Debtor-Creditor Relations Committee, 1986—), New Jersey State, Federal and American Bar Associations. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

Trial Attorneys of New Jersey.

Military: With United States. Navy, 1945-1946.

Interests

• Avocations: rading, writing fiction, traveling, jogging.

Connections

Married Dorothy Coponi, June 30, 1956 (divorced September 1988). Children: Christopher, Jane. Married Margaret Scheerer, May 31, 1989.

Father:

James LaP.

Mother:

Nancy (Ugliano) LaP.

Spouse:

Dorothy Coponi

Spouse:

Margaret Scheerer

child:

Jane LaPenna

child:

Christopher LaPenna