Mitchell W. Taraschi

Partner, Roseland Office

85 Livingston Avenue

Roseland, New Jersey 07068

Phone:  (973) 535-0500

mtaraschi@connellfoley.com

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Representative Experience

   

Mr. Taraschi joined the firm in 1998 and is a member of the Business Litigation and Construction Law practice groups and practices in both state and federal courts. He focuses much of his practice in the business litigation area and has represented clients from many industries, including private and public works contractors, cosmetic companies, pharmaceutical companies and banks.

 

Some notable work includes representation of a national bank in a fraud action; representation of a national health care organization in a trademark ownership dispute; representation of a national homebuilder in an action related to the construction of a high rise condominium complex in Hoboken; representation of a pharmaceutical company in mass tort products liability actions; and representation of a skin care/cosmetics company in the development of operating agreements, product development agreements, international distributorship agreements, sales representative agreements and employment agreements.

 

Mr. Taraschi is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Alpha Theta (History Honor Society) and Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science Honor Society). He graduated from Lafayette College with Honors as Magna Cum Laude. He was a member/participant of the Moot Court competition as well as the International Law Society while attending the University of Virginia Law School.

 

 

Practice Areas:

Business Litigation

Construction Law

Intellectual Property

Product Liability and Tort Law

Admitted to Practice:

New Jersey State Court, 1998

United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1998

United States Supreme Court, 1994

Untied States Tax Court, 2005

 

Education:

Lafayette College (B.A., 1995)

University of Virginia (J.D., 1998)

Affiliations:

American Bar Association

New Jersey State Bar Association

Essex County Association

 


Published Decisions

  • Co-Author, Offers Of Judgment In Copyright Cases, published in The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, June 2004. Co-authored by Marc D. Haefner.

 

Representative Experience

  • Representation of manufacturing company in action for breach of distributorship agreement, breach of fiduciary duties and fraud;

  • Representation of national bank in fraud action;

  • Representation of yacht importer and retailer in breach of contract, tortious interference and copyright dispute;

  • Representation of medical practice in partnership dispute;

  • Representation of national health care organization in trademark ownership dispute;

  • Representation of skin care/cosmetics company in trademark infringement claim;

  • Representation of various contractors and subcontractors in contract disputes on both public and private improvement projects;

  • Representation of various contractors and subcontractors in lien disputes on both public and private improvement projects;

  • Representation of national home builder in contract action with subcontractor;

  • Representation of owners of skin care/cosmetics company in dispute between LLC members;

  • Representation of skin care/cosmetics company in action involving missing and damaged products;

  • Representation of owner of chemical corporation in minority oppression action;

  • Representation of pharmaceutical company in mass tort product liability actions;

  • Representation of regional architectural firm in malpractice and wrongful death action;

  • Representation of skin care/cosmetics company by drafting operating agreements, product development agreements, international distributorship agreements; sales representative agreements and employment agreements.