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Legal Secretary: Tracy Campbell
TEL: 201-489-3000, ext. 5016
tcampbell@coleschotz.com

Robert Dowd's practice focuses primarily on commercial litigation, construction litigation including bond and lien claims, employment litigation including wrongful termination claims and negotiating employment separation agreements, business and contract disputes, commercial collections and consumer fraud litigation. He has been involved in matters in the state and federal courts in New Jersey at the trial level, in appellate courts in New Jersey, in the United States Third Circuit Court of Appeals, as well as in the state and federal courts in New York and Massachusetts, and the state court in Louisiana (appearing pro hac vice).

Mr. Dowd has participated in numerous trials in both the Chancery and Law Divisions in the New Jersey Superior Courts, with several resulting in six-figure settlements or judgments in favor of his clients. He has also participated in numerous appeals in federal and state courts.

Mr. Dowd has lectured on the subject of construction and municipal lien claims and other contractor and subcontractor remedies in New Jersey for the National Business Institute (NBI) and the Bergen County Bar Association.

From 1990 until the firm's merger with Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard, P.A. in 2005, Mr. Dowd was a founding member of Sternlieb & Dowd, L.L.C.

Mr. Dowd has been awarded an AV rating for his professionalism and the quality of his legal work from Martindale-Hubbell, the premier directory of legal professionals.

Representative matters, as reported in the Cole Schotz Docket:

• Discharge of $564,000 Construction Lien Filed on Hudson County Mixed Use Condominium Project
• Construction Lien Arbitration Ruling Dismissing Application for $3.5 Million Lien Claim
• Subcontractor Claims Against Owner Dismissed
• Construction Defect Arbitration Award Entered and Lien Discharges Obtained for Meadowlands Warehouse Owner
• Wage and Hour Class Action Recovery
• Fraudulent Transfer Claim Recovery
• Commercial Real Estate Contract Recovery
• Successful Defense of Environmental Claim 

Representative NJ Consumer Fraud Act Cases, as reported in the New Jersey Jury Verdict Reporter:

• Kevin and Doreen Odell v. Gerald Guilfoyle, trading as Guardian Home Inspections and Jerard McCaffrey, No. BER-L-4904-01
• William Nordlund and Elizabeth Nordlund v. Alexander Cocoziello v. Jahn Real Estate, No. BER-L-9526-99
  
  

• Defining the Contours Of Individual Liability Under the NJLAD for Aiding and Abetting Sexual Harassment
• Ask A Lawyer: Mediation Best Way to Solve Dispute, The Record, November 4, 2008
• Significant Changes Anticipated to NJ Construction Lien Law, Cole Schotz Docket
• Ask A Lawyer: Treat All Consumers Fairly to Stay Clear of Lawsuits, The Record, July 22, 2008
• Upholding Expectations of Contracting Parties on New Jersey Construction Projects, Cole Schotz Docket
• The Absence of Privity on Construction Projects Poses Difficulties, New Jersey Law Journal
• New Jersey's Amended Prompt Payment Act: One Year Later, The Bergen Barrister
• Prompt Payment Law a Boon to General Contractors, Cole Schotz Docket
• A Little Knowledge Can Be a Dangerous Thing (Several Issues to Consider before Litigating a Noncompete Case), New Jersey Law Journal

• Floods, Power Outages and Other North Jersey Disasters: Is Your Business Ready?: 2008 Disaster Planning For Medium-Sized Businesses, Cole Schotz and Meadowlands Regional Chamber of Commerce Seminar, April 8, 2008

• Master, Sidney Reitman Employment Law Inn of Court
• New Jersey Bar Association (Construction and Public Contract, and Labor & Employment Sections)
• American Bar Association (Construction Litigation Committee of the Litigation Section & Forum on Construction Industry, Division 7 Bonds, Liens & Insurance)
• Meadowlands Regional Chamber of Commerce
• 200 Club of Bergen County