Jaime Richard Placek
JAIME R. PLACEK has extensive experience in complex commercial and civil litigation. Mr. Placek has successfully litigated matters involving alleged civil rights violations, planned real estate development disputes, commercial real estate broker commission disputes, shareholder disputes, securities fraud, intellectual property rights, land use approvals, alleged violations of the Open Public Meetings Act, Title 59 claims, professional negligence, defamation and consumer fraud claims. Mr. Placek’s experience in these areas includes the representation of both public entities and private parties. Mr. Placek previously served as Chief Litigator for the Consumer Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney General of the State of Nebraska handling matters involving both local and multi-state issues, including negotiation of agreements resolving multi-million dollar disputes between national and international corporations and numerous States. Mr. Placek also has significant experience handling high conflict family law matters involving child custody and parental rights disputes, spousal and child support, equitable distribution and business valuation issues. In addition to handling complex civil, commercial and family law matters, Mr. Placek has vast experience in election law, acting as a consultant on political campaign issues and successfully representing numerous candidates for office in election law disputes throughout the State of New Jersey. In addition to his litigation experience, Mr. Placek has considerable appellate experience, having authored briefs submitted to the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, New Jersey Supreme Court, 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of the United States.
Areas of Practice
- Complex Civil and Commercial Litigation
- Family Law
- Election Law
- Appeals and Land Use
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey, 1996
- New York, 1997
- Nebraska, 1998
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1996
- U.S. District Court District of Nebraska, 1996
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit, 2005
Education
- Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, New Jersey
- J.D. - 1996
- Doane College, Crete, Nebraska
- B.A. - 1993
- Major: Business Administration
- Major: Political Science
- Major: Psychology
Representative Cases
- Almoz v Israel Travel Advisory Service, Inc., et al., 298 N.J. Super. 145 (App. Div. 1997)
- Olcott v Delaware Flood Co., 76 F. 3d 1538 (10th Cir. 1996)
- Ivy Mar Co., Inc v C.R. Seasons, Ltd., 1998 WL 704112 (E.D.N.Y.)
- Ivy Mar Co., Inc v C.R. Seasons, Ltd., 1997 WL 37082 (E.D.N.Y.)
- Ivy Mar Co., Inc v C.R. Seasons, Ltd., 907 F.Supp. 547 (E.D.N.Y. 1995)
- In re Petition for Referendum on City of Trenton Ordinance 09-02, 201 N.J. 349 (2009)
- Asbury Shores, Inc. v City of Asbury Park, 2009 WL 3762718 (App. Div.)
- Andrews v. Rajappi, 2008 WL 1869869 (App. Div.)
- Throne v. DJF Realty, Inc., 2007 WL 1827463 (App. Div.)
- BAI Realty Associates v Taco Bell Corp., 2007 WL 1010276 (App. Div.)
- Marjac, LLC v Trenk, 380 Fed. Appx. 142 (3rd Cir. 2010)
- Bowlin v. Montanez, 411 F. Supp. 2d 1129 (D. Neb. 2005)
- Bowlin v. Montanez, 446 F.3d 817 (8th Cir. 2006)
- G.D. v. Kenny, 411 N.J. Super. 176 (App. Dir 2009), certif. granted 201 N.J. 498 (2010)
Past Employment Positions
- McManimon & Scotland, L.L.C., Associate, 2006 - 2010
- State of Nebraska, Office of Attorney General, Chief Litigator, Consumer Protection Division, 2004 - 2005
Languages
- English
Jaime Richard Placek
JAIME R. PLACEK has extensive experience in complex commercial and civil litigation. Mr. Placek has successfully litigated matters involving alleged civil rights violations, planned real estate development disputes, commercial real estate broker commission disputes, shareholder disputes, securities fraud, intellectual property rights, land use approvals, alleged violations of the Open Public Meetings Act, Title 59 claims, professional negligence, defamation and consumer fraud claims. Mr. Placek’s experience in these areas includes the representation of both public entities and private parties. Mr. Placek previously served as Chief Litigator for the Consumer Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney General of the State of Nebraska handling matters involving both local and multi-state issues, including negotiation of agreements resolving multi-million dollar disputes between national and international corporations and numerous States. Mr. Placek also has significant experience handling high conflict family law matters involving child custody and parental rights disputes, spousal and child support, equitable distribution and business valuation issues. In addition to handling complex civil, commercial and family law matters, Mr. Placek has vast experience in election law, acting as a consultant on political campaign issues and successfully representing numerous candidates for office in election law disputes throughout the State of New Jersey. In addition to his litigation experience, Mr. Placek has considerable appellate experience, having authored briefs submitted to the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, New Jersey Supreme Court, 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of the United States.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
- Complex Civil and Commercial Litigation, Family Law, Election Law, Appeals and Land Use.
BAR ADMISSIONS
- New Jersey, New York, Nebraska
- U.S. District Court – New Jersey
- U.S. District Court – Nebraska
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
EDUCATION
- J.D., Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, NJ
- B.A., Doane College, Crete, NE
