Jeffrey A Donner

About Jeffrey Donner:
Mr. Donner has been recognized by Martindale-Hubbell with their highest rating of A-VPreeminent for legal ability and ethical practice. He has also been certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Civil Trial Attorney and has been recognized as a Super Lawyer.

Mr. Donner is a trial attorney with broad transactional experience. His professional activities have focused upon commercial litigation involving business disputes, fraud, real estate and development issues in both NJ and NY State and Federal Courts as well the 2nd, 3rd and Federal Circuit U. S. Court of Appeals. He has also been engaged in medical malpractice and legal malpractice matters. He has been involved in suits against various government agencies including the Internal Revenue Service, the FDIC, the U.S. Navy (on behalf of government contractors) and various municipalities. He has appeared before a wide range of appellate courts, both state and federal, as well as administrative courts such as the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, the U. S. Tax Court, the Federal Court of Claims and the New Jersey Tax Court. Two of his reported cases, Saffer v. Willoughby and Safer v. Pack, are landmarks in New Jersey jurisprudence, addressing fee recovery against negligent attorneys and physician responsibilities in cases of genetically transmissible disease, and have been cited nationally. Mr. Donner has also appeared on behalf of clients pro hac vice in litigation venued in the Eastern District of Louisiana and the State of Maine.

Additionally, Mr. Donner has been involved in significant real estate and other business

transactions throughout his career within New York, New Jersey and many other parts of the country, including Florida, Texas and Illinois. Mr. Donner is an excellent draftsman of legal documents and a persuasive advocate in his written submissions. He has also been extensively involved in obtaining development approvals in public hearings for hospitals, a place of worship, an assisted living facility, other distinctive projects as well as site plan and subdivision matters regarding a broad range of projects for developers and national chains.

Core Professional Beliefs:
Mr. Donner believes in providing competitive litigation, transactional, and zoning/planning services by catering to each client’s needs individually.

He is unalterably committed to the goals of equal rights and opportunities to all.

Mr. Donner founded Donner Law in 2010.