Michael Evan Gildenberg

Mike Gildenberg, Esq. has spent most of his career at Central Jersey Legal Services representing tenants, and during that time he has earned his reputation as one of the most knowledgeable housing lawyers in the state. I have personally watched him wipe the floor with high priced “white shoe” scumlo...rd lawyers on more than one occasion, and even put DCA in their place on behalf of the working poor and the disabled with housing vouchers or public housing residents. He knows the law so well, and has such an excellent reputation with The Bench, that his opinions are often taken as legal fact. He has tried just about every conceivable housing matter one can think of. He has an excellent knowledge of not only state and federal housing law, but the regulations and the interplay with between all of it and their practical application. He also has spends a small portion of his time representing the poor and disabled before Social Services and ALJs, and his knowledge of the regulations and their application is certainly equally as robust as his housing law practice. He sits on committees related to affordable housing and Veteran’s Homeless prevention and rehousing. While an absolute shark in court, he can negotiate a settlement between parties who absolutely hate each other, or have a case dismissed in chambers with no real explanation other than a smirk and smile. I have personally watched Landlord attorneys come up to him and ask his interpretation of the application of the law, and then say “I knew you’d know the answer.” Extremely accessible, friendly and genuinely caring. He enjoys his job - and he’s excellent at it.

Don't waste your time with this so called landlord and tenant attorney. I had the worse experience when he handled my case. He was no help at all. First of all, I had been living at crestview apartments for over a year with a hot water heater that was inoperable and I kept calling the maintenance and... management company with no results. So I decided to call the state inspectors who came to my apartment and realized that the hot water heater was not working, you couldn't even get to it unless they dug it out so the state inspectors told management that if they didn't fix it they would deem the apartment unhabitable after a couple of days they fixed it and then started a witch hunt after us. the heat thermostat was rigged not to shut off so that my apartment heat could heat the hallways in the complex. Management began making changes midlease by charging us for two parking spots when we had one spot and a whole lot of other illegal retaliatory actions were perpetrated on us including an illegal lockout. Mr. Guildenberg knew all this and did nothing. A real attorney would have had a ball with this open and shut case of a Dracula landlord at work, swindling people out of their hard earned money, yet he failed. When , i asked my significant other how did she find him she replied his name was sent by the landlord that was suing her and I immediately told her to get rid of him but she is so naive and wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt and payed for it. Eventually we ended up moving out by agreeing to vacate and are taking the landlord to court to get our security money. So do your homework when looking for a reputable landlord and tenant lawyer and don't use this nuclear head or you'll be sorry.

Michael Gildenberg is the best attorney anyone could ask for. He not only is compassionate, he is knowledgeable in landlord/tenant laws and one thing I really could appreciate about him is that if there is a gray area in the law he will call you back after he gets the answer that is correct. Mr. Gi...ldenberg will fight for your rights and your rights as a tenant.