The firm is pleased to announce the addition of Douglas J. Widman, as partner. Doug will be working in the Tax & Estate Planning and Business Litigation departments with a focus on mediation. He currently serves as an Arbitrator and Rule 1:40 Qualified Mediator for the N.J. Superior Court and the N.J. Federal District Courts. He is also a Collaborative Law Mediator.  He joins DEMLP from Widman, Cooney, Wilson, McGann & Fitterer where he was Managing Partner.

Doug graduated cum laude from Syracuse University’s College of Arts & Sciences (The Maxwell School), and received his Doctor of Jurisprudence from Syracuse University College of Law in 1973, where he was Editor of the International Law Review. Following his clerkship with New Jersey State Superior Court Judge Thomas L. Yaccarino (Monmouth County), he became Deputy Attorney General of New Jersey with the Division of Criminal Justice, representing the State in criminal and civil actions brought by State agencies involving organized crime, political corruption and drug diversions.

Doug admitted to practice in New Jersey and Federal District Courts, New York and the U.S. Supreme Court.

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