John R. Holsinger, LLC
Arbitrator | Mediator | Counselor at Law


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John R Holsinger

Contract Disputes
Involving large public and small privately held companies, state and federal laws, franchising, distribution, software development

Corporate, Shareholder, Partnership and Joint Venture Disputes
Claims for breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, oppression, corporate governance, dissolution and valuations

Employment Disputes
Breach of contract, ERISA violations, wrongful termination, non-compete and non-solicitation agreements and discrimination claims

General Business Disputes
Tortious business conduct, misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair competition and accounting disputes

Bar admissions

New York (1975)

New Jersey (1975)

United States Circuit Courts of Appeal for the Second (1975), Third (1983) and Fifth Circuits (1991)

United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York (1975) and New Jersey (1975)

Supreme Court of the United States (1998)

United States Tax Court (1988)

United States Court of Federal Claims (1989)


Practice Experience

John R. Holsinger, LLC, 2006 – present
Hackensack, New Jersey       

Beattie Padovano, 1996 – 2006
Montvale, New Jersey

Litwin & Holsinger, 1988 – 1996
Hackensack, New Jersey

Ellenport & Holsinger – 1982 – 1988
Roseland, New Jersey

Goldberg & Stark – 1980 – 1982
West Orange, New Jersey     

Solo Practice – 1977 – 1979
Hackensack and Newark, New Jersey           

Proskauer Rose Goetz & Mendelsohn, 1974 – 1977
New York, New York


Education

New York University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1974

University of Notre Dame, A.B. Communications, magna cum laude, 1969


Professional Affiliations

College of Commercial Arbitrators

  • Fellow (2011 – present)

  • President (2020 – 2021)

New Jersey State Bar Association

  • Chair, Dispute Resolution Section (2010 – 2011)

American Bar Association

  • Member – Dispute Resolution, Litigation and Antitrust Sections (2006 – present)

Justice Marie Garibaldi American Inn of Court for Alternative Dispute Resolution

  • Officer and Trustee (2008 – 2011)

Bergen County Bar Association

  • Chair, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee (2010)


Activities

Adjunct Professor, Dispute Resolution Processes

  • Seton Hall University School of Law (2007 – 2009)


Honors

New Jersey State Bar Association Dispute Resolution Sections
Professor James B. Boskey ADR Practitioner of the Year Award (2013)


Service

Member, New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Complementary Dispute Resolution (2007 –  2017)

Member, New Jersey Supreme Court Arbitration Advisory Committee (2008 – 2018)

Member, New Jersey Supreme Court Ad Hoc Committee on the Arbitration of Family Matters (2013 – 2015)

Lead Author of Family Dispute Arbitration Agreement and related materials in the New Jersey Rules of Court Book


Representative Litigated Matters

Occidental Chemical Corporation v. 21st Century Fox America, Inc., et al., United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, Civil Action No. 2:18-cv-11273

  • represent one of over 100 defendants in environmental case relating to alleged pollution of the Passaic River in case filed in 2018

The Package Shop, Inc. v. Anheuser Busch, Inc., et al. 675 F. Supp. 894 (D.N.J. 1987)

  • represented two Miller beer distributor defendants in antitrust class action about beer distribution practices in New Jersey and acted as liaison counsel for all the Miller beer distributor defendants