Lisanti, et al. v. Amper, Politziner & Mattia, P.C., et al.
Feb 26, 2009
OUTCOME: Judgment in favor of clients
With William D. Grand, Mr. Salvagno successfully defended a Top 25 accounting firm against claims of professional malpractice. The Appellate Division’s opinion affirming the trial court’s dismissal of... the plaintiffs’ complaint is reported at 2009 WL 465564 (N.J. App. Div. 2009).
Trusts
In re J. Seward Johnson, Sr. 1961 Trust
Apr 03, 2008
OUTCOME: Judgment in favor of client
With Alan S. Naar, Mr. Salvagno successfully represented Marty Richards, Broadway and film producer, in intensively-contested litigation before the New Jersey trial court, Appellate Division, and Supre...me Court, each of which held that Mr. Richards, as a surviving spouse of Mary Lea Johnson Richards, one of J. Seward Johnson, Sr.’s children listed in a 1961 Charitable Lead Trust, is a beneficiary of the Trust entitled to receive distributions from the Trustees of the Trust. The Trust had a value at the time of the trial of approximately $300 to $350 million. The Appellate Division’s opinion is reported at 399 N.J. Super. 237 (App. Div. 2006), and the Supreme Court’s opinion is reported at 194 N.J. 276 (2008).