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