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Practice Areas

The firm provides legal representation in a number of different practice areas, using a team approach taking advantage of the attorneys’ experience in particular areas of law. This collaborative approach enables the firm to provide comprehensive services to its clients and to meet their various needs.

Business & Banking
The Business & Banking Practice Group works with clients in the structuring of all types of business entities and serving their business needs.  The Group also represents local and regional lenders in all types of financing transactions.

Employment Law
The Employment Law Practice Group provides legal services (negotiations, settlements, litigation, appeals) for all types of individual employees on a wide variety of legal issues including sexual harassment, all forms of discrimination, and wrongful termination.

Estates & Trusts
The Estates & Trusts Practice Group handles both simple and sophisticated estate planning needs, including Wills, Powers of Attorney, Health Care Declarations, digital assets, and Trusts. The Group also deals with probate and estate administration.

Litigation
The Litigation Practice Group provides experienced legal services in all aspects of litigation and lawsuits in all courts, for both plaintiffs and defendants; as well as arbitration and mediation when needed.

Local Government Law
The Local Government Law Practice Group specializes in providing legal services for municipalities and other governmental bodies throughout the entire state of New Jersey.

Real Estate & Land Use
The Real Estate & Land Use Practice Group represents clients in buying and selling properties, including residential and commercial. The Group also manages both individual and corporate clients’ land use development issues.


Resolving Legal Matters

Dispute resolution can be achieved using many different approaches. The lawyers at the firm’s Princeton law office work with clients to determine the best method for resolving each individual legal matter. If legal expenses are a concern, arbitration or mediation is often used to reach agreements in a timely and cost-effective manner. Some cases, however, call for litigation and the particular skills of a trial lawyer. Cases that are litigated are diligently prepared by the firm’s experienced trial attorneys and are argued in court with passion and tenacity.



  • Julia L. Pickett

    photo of attorney Julia L. PickettWe are pleased to announce that Julia L. Pickett has joined Mason, Griffin & Pierson PC as an Associate. Julia L. Pickett is a member of the firm’s Estates & Trusts Practice Group and assists with estate planning and estate and trust administration matters, including estate, gift, generation-skipping transfers (GST), and inheritance tax issues. Before joining the firm, Julia was the former law clerk to the Presiding Judge of the New Jersey Tax Court, the Honorable Mala Sundar, P.J.T.C.



  • David R. Demaree

    photo of attorney David R. Demaree We are pleased to announce that David R. Demaree has joined Mason, Griffin & Pierson PC as Of Counsel and part of the Trust and Estates Practice Group. David also has experience in corporate law and international business law and will work with the Firm’s Corporate Practice Group as well. David is fluent in German and holds an LLM in taxation and has been practicing Trust and Estates law in the Princeton community for decades.



  • Liz Zuckerman

    photo of attorney Elizabeth Zuckerman Liz Zuckerman will be speaking at the NJAJ Educational Foundation, Inc.’s Meadowlands Seminar® 2025 on Thursday November 20th- Employment Law: A Day of Disability Law: Experts, Law and Ethics. Liz will be leading the panel discussion: When Non-Accommodation Cases Become Personal Injury Cases – WC/LAD and Personal Injury Meet!” www.nj‐justice.org



  • Ian T. Hammett

    photo of attorney Ian T. Hammett Ian T. Hammett was recently named a Melvin Jones Fellow by the Lions Club International Foundation in recognition of his humanitarian service through the Hopewell Valley Lions Club. Through the efforts of their Fellows and other Lions Club International members, LCIF works to meet humanitarian needs in communities around the world.” Hopewell Valley Lions



  • Paul M. Bishop

    photo of attorney Paul Bishop Paul M. Bishop has been named Chair of the Litigation Practice Group.



  • Kevin A. Van Hise

    photo of attorney Paul Bishop Kevin A. Van Hise has been named Chair of the Local Government Practice Group.

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