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Emily A. Kaller
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Emily is an experienced commercial litigator who assists clients in the resolution of business, estate and trust, and personal disputes through strategic counseling, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) including negotiation and mediation, and litigation in state and federal courts. She brings a practical approach to resolving conflicts, taking into account the client’s budget, potential legal exposure, and litigation tolerance, and working closely with the client to develop a strategy that best meets their objectives given the specific facts of their case.

Emily’s experience includes contract disputes arising under licensing, operating and asset sale agreements, environmental contamination cleanup and contribution actions, and the prosecution and defense of financing, credit and other banking matters. She has represented clients in both state and federal courts, including appellate practice before the New Jersey Supreme Court, Appellate Division and the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Her work in chancery practice includes estate and trust litigation involving breach of fiduciary duty, testator’s or grantor’s intent, undue influence, and other issues, claims for injunctive relief in business disputes including shareholder oppression cases, and restrictive covenant litigation. Her experience also encompasses complex litigation involving class action lawsuits focused on consumer claims, alleged securities fraud, and personal injury.

Emily has conducted and assisted with internal investigations on behalf of public and private entities in connection with a variety of matters. Her experience in this area includes inquiries into allegations of bid rigging on behalf of a public entity, the investigation of alleged employee harassment in the workplace, inquiries into allegations of financial improprieties, and internal investigations conducted in response to governmental subpoenas.

Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.

Bar Admissions

  • New Jersey, 1997
  • New York, 1998
  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1997
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, 2006
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2008

Education

  • Rutgers University School of Law, J.D., with high honors 1997
  • The New School for Social Research, B.A., 1994

Clerkships

  • Former law clerk to The Honorable Freda L. Wolfson, United States District Court, District of New Jersey (1997 – 1998)
  • Trial Attorneys of New Jersey; Past President (2020); Amicus Committee Co-Chair; Membership Committee Past Chair 
  • New Jersey State Bar Association; LGBTQ Rights Section (past Chair); Diversity Committee (2022-2023 and 2023-2024 terms); Business & Commercial Litigation Special Committee (2021-2022 and 2022-2023 terms); Women in the Profession Section (past Chair); Nominating Committee Chair (2020-2021)
  • Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey
  • Middlesex County Bar Association; Middlesex County Judicial & Prosecutorial Appointments Committee (former member)
  • New Jersey Supreme Court; Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct (ACJC) of the Supreme Court of New Jersey; Committee on Women in the Courts (2010 – 2012, 2012 – 2014, 2014 – 2016, 2016 – 2018, 2018 – 2020); Bar Education Subcommittee (former Vice Chair)
  • New Jersey Women Lawyers Association
  • Rutgers Alumni Association
  • Financial Women’s Association New Jersey Committee Co-Chair (2010 – 2011)
  • Emily is a member of the firm's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Leadership Team and the Women's Advancement Initiative (WAI) Focus Group

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