Kenneth F. Kunzman

Partner, Roseland Office

85 Livingston Avenue

Roseland, New Jersey 07068

Phone:  (973) 535-0500

kkunzman@connellfoley.com

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Representative Experience

Kenneth F. Kunzman was the Chairman of the Connell Foley Executive Committee from 1995 to 2002. He has been a partner in the firm since 1968 and has been responsible for a variety of areas of the law.

 

Mr. Kunzman presently specializes in corporate transactions, trusts and estates, working closely with Anthony F. Vitiello, Chairman of Connell Foley’s Taxation and Estate Planning Group.

 

For eleven years, Mr. Kunzman was directly responsible for a real estate development project in the cities of Jersey City and Bayonne creating waterfront property and erecting a container port.  More recently, Mr. Kunzman has represented various corporate entities in mergers and acquisition contracts, real estate development and trials. Mr. Kunzman has been listed in the Best Lawyers in America for over 10 years for civil litigation. He is a recipient of the St. Thomas More Medal, presented by Seton Hall University School of Law for his demonstrated integrity in the practice of law.

 

Additionally, Mr. Kunzman is Trustee Emeritus of Caldwell College, former Trustee of St. Peter’s Prep and Co-Chairman Emeritus of Seton Hall University Pirate Blue Fund. He is a 2001 recipient of the St. Peter's Prep "Legends of Prep" Award and a 2000 recipient of the Fordham University Law School Distinguished Alumnus Award. In 2004, Mr. Kunzman was elected to the Seton Hall University Athletic Hall of Fame. He was named an Honorary Doctor of Human Letters by Waynesburg College in 2005.

 

An active member of his community, Mr. Kunzman serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Scholarship Fund for Inner City Children and Vice President of the Essex Legal Services Foundation. He also serves as Chairman and Trustee of the Corella A. and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation of Princeton, NJ which provides scholarships for needy students of 26 colleges based upon community service. He is a member of the Knights of Malta and has received a Medal of Service from the Archdiocese of Newark.

 

Mr. Kunzman was a Captain in the United States Air Force from 1962-65. He is a recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Practice Areas:

Corporate Law and Transactions

Business Litigation

Taxation and Estate Planning

Admitted to Practice:

State of New Jersey

United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

United States Supreme Court

United States Court of Military Appeals

United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

 

Education:

College of the Holy Cross (A.B., 1958)

Fordham University (LL.B., 1961)

Affiliations:

American Bar Association

New Jersey State Bar Association

Essex County Bar Association

Federal Bar Association

 

News:

Twelve Connell Foley Partners Named to 2011 Best Lawyers® Directory (August 2010)

Eight Partners Named to 2010 Best Lawyers® Directory (October 2009)

Kunzman Featured in NJBIZ Article on Tax Delinquent Businesses (September 2008)

 

 


Professional Activities

Member, Historical Society of the United States Supreme Court

Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation

Representative Experience

Outside Counsel to Seton Hall University

Co-Counsel since 1978 of the Pension and Welfare Funds for 472 and 172 Heavy and General Laborers Fund of New Jersey