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After 21 years, the puck will finally drop for the “Greatest Game Never Played”. In 1989, the New Jersey State Ice Hockey Championship between Delbarton School of Morristown and St. Joseph’s School of Montvale was cancelled due to a measles outbreak. The teams were declared “Co Champions” by the NJSIAA. As one of the most highly anticipated hockey championships in State history, this game generated great debate over who would have won. On April 3rd, 2010, the debate will end. Both teams have reassembled and will battle it out one last time for Charity. – http://www.frozenflashback.com

Cuyler Burk director, Andy Craig, played for Debarton in 1988 and he’s playing for them again.  We stopped by their practice earlier and grabbed some footage and then asked our video editing program to make it look slick.  No matter how hard we tried, we couldn’t get it to focus on Andy.  He’s in the green jersey, number 19.

Cuyler Burk is pleased to announce that SuperLawyers magazine has once again seen fit to include five of its lawyers in their 2010 issue.

Returning to the list are Richard Crooker (2010, 2009), Stephen Cuyler (2010, 2009, 2008, 2007) and Barry Osmun (2010, 2009, 2008).

For the third year in a row, Jaclyn DiLascio Malyk has been named as a “Rising Star” and joining her for the first time in those ranks is Tanya Mascarich.

You can get further infomation from the SuperLawyers site:  http://www.superlawyers.com

Cuyler Burk is pleased to announce that SuperLawyers magazine has included five of its lawyers in their 2009 issue.

Richard Crooker and Peter Petrou make their debut on the SuperLawyer list this year.  Joining them are returnees Stephen Cuyler (2007, 2008) and Barry Osmun (2008). 

For the second year in a row, Jaclyn DiLascio Malyk has been named as a “Rising Star.”

You can get futher infomation from the SuperLawyers site:  http://www.superlawyers.com

In recognition of the economic power of privately held businesses, DiversityBusiness.com, the nations’ leading business-to-business internet site, recently named Cuyler Burk, P.C. one of the Top 100 Women Owned Businesses in the State of New Jersey.

“Entrepreneurs are a growing force in the U.S. economy, and a force to be reckoned with,” said Kenton Clarke, CEO of Computer Consulting Associates International, the company that built DiversityBusiness.com. This is a whole business segment that can carry its own, that provides jobs, products and services, and generates wealth for their communities. These are the new leaders in American business.”

“We are honored to be counted among such extraordinary women,” said Jo Ann Burk, CEO of Cuyler Burk, LLP.

The List

This List is a classification that represents the top small businesses in the U.S., in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food service and professional services. Large organizational buyers throughout the country that do business with multicultural, small and women-owned businesses use the list. The List is produced annually by DiversityBusiness.com, the nation’s leading multicultural B2B Internet portal that links large organizational buyers to multicultural product and service suppliers.

The winning companies will be honored at a special awards ceremony at DiversityBusiness.com’s “9th Annual Multicultural Business Conference”, taking place April 29 – May 1, 2009 at the Disney’s Contemporary Resort in Orlando, Florida.

For the complete list of winning companies, please visit: www.diversitybusiness.com

Launched in 1999, DiversityBusiness, with over 46,000 members, is the largest organization of diversity owned businesses throughout the United States that provide goods and services to Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies, and colleges and universities. DiversityBusiness provides research and data collection services for diversity including the “Top 50 Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities”, “Top 500 Diversity Owned Companies in America”, and others.

Its research has been recognized and published by Forbes Magazine, Business Week and thousands of other print and internet publications. The site has gained national recognition and has won numerous awards for its content and design. It is a leading provider of Supplier Diversity management tools and has the most widely distributed Diversity magazine in the United States. DiversityBusiness.com is produced by Computer Consulting Associates International Inc. (CCAii.com) of Southport, CT. Founded in 1980.

Cuyler Burk is proud to announce that Stefano Calogero was recently selected for inclusion in The Best of the U.S.’s 2008 list of the best professionals in the U.S.

The Best of the U.S. LLC is an independent research firm that provides a free internet search engine at BestOfUS.com that lists the “Best of Class” service providers throughout the United States.  Those professionals included in The Best of the U.S. list have displayed an exemplary commitment to their profession, their community and to their clients. The Best of the U. S. recognizes those professionals that continue their education in an effort to stay current in their chosen profession and continue to distinguish themselves among their peers.

So, you have decided you have better things to do with your money than to pay your lawyer the fees he has incurred in representing you.  The lawyer sues you for his fees.  You make the further decision to file a counterclaim for legal malpractice even though you know there is no basis for the malpractice claim.  Your strategy is that the malpractice claim will induce the lawyer to drop his suit for fees or to settle the claim cheaply.  At the very worse, the countersuit will delay the day you actually have to pay your former lawyer. 

What could go wrong? 

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Cuyler Burk Counsel Edward Collins has been awarded the distinction of being included in  Real Estate New Jersey’s “Meet the Lawyers” section in the April 2008 issue.

Congrats Ed!

The NJ Association of Women Business Owners will honor Jo Ann Burk as one of the 30 of the most successful NJAWBO business owners at a cocktail reception on March 24, 2008.

The New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners (NJAWBO) is the oldest statewide women business owners’ organization in the United States with 11 chapters and over 1000 members. Networking, partnering, leadership, education and political advocacy are the hallmarks of the organization, which have made it a powerful resource for women business owners. Classes, seminars and informational events are offered to members, non-members and aspiring entrepreneurs through NJAWBO and NJAWBO’s Women’s Business Center.

Jo Ann Burk presented a seminar on employment law to fellow members of the New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners (NJAWBO) at the Morris County NJAWBO Chapter’s March Lunch Across the County on March 14, 2008. Ms. Burk gave the attendees a comprehensive overview of what every employer should know from hiring to firing, including what not to ask an applicant during a job interview, guidelines for pre-employment and post-employment drug testing and medical examinations and acceptable grounds for terminating employees. She also answered questions from members such as “How do I protect myself from an employment lawsuit?” and “If an employee gets in an accident on the way to work, am I responsible?”

The luncheon was sponsored by Cuyler Burk, P.C. and hosted at the Parsippany headquarters of Paychex.

Parsippany, New Jersey, November 1, 2007 – Cuyler Burk, P.C., a Morris County-headquartered law firm serving business clients  received national certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise by the Women Presidents Organization (WPO), a regional partner of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). The Firm is one of four law firms in the State of New Jersey to receive the WBENC Certification.

WBENC’s national standard of certification implemented by the WPO is a meticulous process including an in-depth review of the business and site inspection. The certification process is designed to confirm the business is at least 51% owned, operated and controlled by a woman or women.

Upon receiving the certification, CEO Jo Ann Burk stated, “The value of diversity has been embraced by business and government alike.  We applaud the commitment of our clients and community to employ firms that further that goal. This certification acknowledges the Firm’s long-standing appreciation of the value of  diversity in providing the highest quality legal services.”

About Cuyler Burk P.C. – Cuyler Burk has offices in Morris County, New Jersey and Manhattan.  It provides legal services, predominantly to businesses. Since its founding in 1987, the Firm has been managed by a woman.  The Firm’s practice areas are banking and financial services, brownfields environmental opportunities, commercial litigation, commercial real estate, business structures, debtor/creditor and bankruptcy; employment law; environmental defense; estate planning; insurance coverage; land use planning; municipal law; product liability; reinsurance; risk management and toxic torts.

About WBENC – The Women’s Business Enterprise National Council is the nation’s largest third party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women in the United States. WBENC is a resource for the more than 700 US companies and government agencies that rely on WBENC’s certification as an integral part of their supplier diversity programs