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Maurice W. McLaughlin is a founding member of McLaughlin & Nardi, LLC. He handles a wide range of matters including complex negotiations, litigation and transactions. Maurice leads the firm's litigation practice. Maurice is admitted to the bars of New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts and the United States Supreme Court. He has practiced in state, federal and administrative courts throughout the Northeast.

Maurice brings a broad legal background from his many years as a litigator, prior to which he served with the Superior Court of New Jersey in Hudson County as a law clerk for Judges Barbara A. Curran and Frances L. Antonin. Maurice has considerable experience as a litigator, both in trying cases and negotiating settlements.

Maurice also serves as a mediator. He mediates disputes between private parties and is appointed by the Superior Court of New Jersey to matters being litigated there. The Superior Court has also appointed Maurice as a mentor to train new mediators.

Maurice has been an adjunct professor with the Public Administration Institute of Farleigh Dickinson University since 1999, teaching courses in law, ethics and communications. Maurice served as a United States Naval officer when he participated in Operation Earnest Will during the Iran-Iraq Tanker War. Maurice also served as a United States Merchant Marine officer.

Maurice received his bachelor's degree in political science with a minor in business from Mount Saint Mary's University. He received his juris doctor from New York Law School, cum laude, where he served as an editor on the New York Law School Journal of Human Rights. He received an LL.M. from New York University School of Law. He is a graduate of the Morris Pashman Inn of Court.

Maurice is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association. He is a member of its commercial and employment law sections, and Pro Bono Committee. Maurice was chair of the Pro Bono Committee from 2006 through 2010.

Frank Nardi is a founding member of McLaughlin & Nardi, LLC and leads its tax, estate planning and administration, bankruptcy, transactional, and real estate practices.

There are few New Jersey attorneys with as wide range of experience or expertise as Frank Nardi, and fewer still with Frank's talent and skill in each.

Frank has the distinction of being both an attorney and a certified public accountant, licensed to practice each in both New Jersey and New York. He is also a certified financial planner. With this background, Frank brings a unique financial and tax analysis to legal issues that most attorneys are simply not equipped to undertake.

Frank assists people and businesses in tax and financial planning. He represents taxpayers in audits, and in disputes with the United States Internal Revenue Service and the New Jersey Division of Taxation. He negotiates violations, assessments, delinquencies, penalties, fines and interest with state, local and federal tax authorities. He handles businesses with Labor Department audits. He represents taxpayers in litigation in Tax Court and tax appeals. He also handles transactions with the Small Business Administration.

These complementary areas of professional expertise make Frank a uniquely qualified attorney. For instance, Frank's financial background helps make him an expert at both the legal aspects of estate planning, and the tax aspects as well. It allows Frank to structure effective business and real estate transactions which maximize return while also minimizing tax consequences. It allows Frank to counsel businesses in financial trouble to reorganize and re-emerge to pursue strategies that help them grow and thrive.

Frank also has unique experience in bankruptcy law. Frank worked for the United States Bankruptcy Trustee in Manhattan, and has represented many people and businesses seeking bankruptcy protection.

Frank's background practicing law, managing accounting and financial planning practices, and being the father of three active children, give Frank a keen insight on the personal impact of every legal issue. Regardless of whether Frank is helping people or businesses, he understands that every matter, every outcome, and every decision affects real people.

Frank's expertise is even sought out by the taxing authorities themselves, and he has lectured on various tax topics in conjunction with the Internal Revenue Service and the State of New Jersey's Division of Taxation.

Frank is a past president and vice president of the Accounting, Financial and Tax Professionals Society of New Jersey. He is a member of the New Jersey State and Passaic County Bar Associations, the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants, the American Institute of CPAs, the National Society of Accountants, the New Jersey Association of Public Accountants, the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants and the New Jersey Business and Industry Association.

Frank graduated from Rutgers University with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting in 1990, and received his Juris Doctorate in 1995 from New York Law School. He is licensed as both an attorney and certified public accountant in New Jersey and New York. He has also qualified as a certified financial planner, by the Certified Financial Planners Board of Standards. He has authored numerous articles on tax issues for New Jersey Association of Professional Accountants publications.

A lifelong resident of New Jersey, Frank grew up in Hasbrouck Heights and attended Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey. He lives in Somerset County with his wife, a school principal, and their three wonderful children.