Background
Tanenbaum, Jerry L. was born on February 9, 1956 in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States.
Tanenbaum, Jerry L. was born on February 9, 1956 in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States.
Temple University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1979. Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, 1992).
Worked at Connolly Epstein Chicco Foxman, Engelmeyer & Ewing A Professional Corporation (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) specializing in General Practice. Civil Litigation, Environmental, Real Estate, Employment, Civil Rights, Taxation, Estates and Trusts, Bankruptcy, Insurance, Corporate, Securities and Banking. Admitted to the bar, 1993, Pennsylvania.
1997, New Jersey.
Editor-in-Chief, Temple Law Review. Recipient: J. Howard Reger Memorial Award for Excellence in Editing. Barenkopf Scholar Award.
Barrister Award for Achievement in Trial Advocacy, 1991. Law Clerk to the Honorable John F. Gerry, Chief Judge of the United States. Court for the District of New Jersey, 1992-1993.
The firm was founded in the late 1960's by a small group of young lawyers who had achieved academic distinction during law school and who had worked for various well-established large law firms and in government positions but who wanted to practice in a small-firm setting. The firm continues to limit its hiring to those whose superior achievements suggest outstanding promise in the practice of law. Connolly Epstein's practice is concentrated in five areas: (1) Litigation, including complex commercial, environmental, employment, civil rights, insurance and surety, premises liability, products liability, securities, ADR and mediation, franchising, antitrust, construction, bankruptcy/creditors' rights, defamation/First Amendment, real estate and municipal matters.
(2) Business Law, including a broad spectrum of corporate and commercial law services to small and medium size businesses, as well as specialized services to larger clients -- principally in securities matters, estates and trusts, taxation disputes and tax planning, commercial financing, bankruptcy, reorganization and mergers and acquisitions: (3) Environmental Law, including representation in federal and state administrative and judicial matters and counseling with respect to environmental objectives and obligations. (4) Real Estate, including financing, development, construction, leasing, sales and debt restructuring. And (5) Employment, representing employers, executives and others facing hiring, discipline and termination problems, including employment contracts, restrictive covenants, discrimination, sexual harassment, privacy rights, AIDS, ADA, ERISA AND FMLA.