Michael Andrew Colodney

Michael Andrew Colodney

5.0
Rating: 6.7

Licensed for 28 years

Contracts and agreements Lawyer Practice Areas: Contracts & Agreements, Business, Corporate & Incorporation ... +2 more

About Michael

Biography

Practice Areas

5

Practice Areas

Contracts and Agreements 40%

28 years | 250 cases

40%
Business 25%

28 years | 100 cases

25%
Corporate and Incorporation 20%

28 years | 100 cases

20%
Intellectual Property 10%

28 years | 50 cases

10%
Employment and Labor 5%

28 years | 50 cases

5%

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Licenses

Licensed in New Jersey for 28 years

State: New Jersey

Acquired: 1997

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Michael Andrew Colodney's Reviews

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Posted by Sean | February 09, 2011 | Business

That person is Michael Colodney

When you open your own business you do it with the knowledge that you offer an area of expertise that you will be able to deliver to your clients. Whether your business is web design, floral arraignments, white collar or blue, or in my case animal care, your company's future is dependent upon your c...ompetence in your field. Just having a plan or design for your business is not enough. You need someone with the experience and knowledge to help you build and protect your company from the ground up. That person is Michael Colodney. He starts with your intellectual property, your company name, your slogans, and your websites. The things that are going to project your company to your clients. "Does someone else already own the name? Can I legally use that slogan? Is my logo infringing on someone else's intellectual property?" These issues can very well decide the future of your business. Michael will help guide you through filing with your state business bureau, obtaining your EIN, and other business requisites dictated by state and federal government. What insurance you may need. What your levels of liability are. Remember, what you don't know here will not kill you, but it may kill your company. Trademarks, copyrights, contracts, EIN filings, how and if your company should be incorporated, registration with the Department of the Treasury, insurance and liability issues, and more. This looks like a run on sentence but it is not. It is a small portion of the issues of starting a business that Michael helped me with. I can not state this more emphatically: I consider Michael's knowledge and guidance to be one of the greatest assets my company has ever had. He has protected myself and my company. He has defended my intellectual property. He has crafted contracts that allow me to do what I do best, run my business. You may think that you can do all of this on your own. You may think that you don't need to this at all, that you are too small or that you can always do it later. Remember, part of the reason that you go into business for yourself is that dream of owning your own company, that you want to make your own future. Don't let that dream die because you started off wrong. You want your clients to trust in your expertise, I was fortunate to trust in Michael's.

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Experience

Rating:  6.7 (Good)

Work Experience

2011 - Present

Associate General Counsel, Atrium Innovations, Inc.

2009 - Present

Managing Member, Michael A. Colodney, Counselor-at-Law LLC

2007 - 2009

Vice President of Legal Affairs, Cumberland Insurance Group

2006 - 2007

Senior Asociate, Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C.

2005 - 2006

Owner, Michael A. Colodney, Counselor-at-Law

2002 - 2005

General Counsel, Trimspa Corporation

1998 - 2001

Associate General Counsel, New Jersey Credit Union League

Associations

1997 - Present

American Corporate Counsel Association

1997 - Present

American Bar Association

Education

1997

Seton Hall University School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1994

Rutgers University

BA - Bachelor of Arts

Languages

English

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