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Seymour
Chase
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Curriculum
Vitae
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Education:
- Hackensack Public Schools -
Graduated Hackensack High School - 1948
- Rutgers University, 1948-1952,
B.A. in Political Science
- New York Law School, 1955-1958,
graduated with L.L.B. Degree
Military:
- United States Air Force, 1st
Lieutenant, Commander 3353rd Student
- Squadron, Chanute A.F.B.,
Illinois, 1952 - 1954.
Professional Experience:
- Admitted to practice, Supreme
Court of N.J. and United States District Court, December
22, 1958.
- Admitted to practice, Supreme
Court of the United States, October 16, 1978.
- Private practice in Hackensack,
New Jersey, 1960 to present, same address.
- City Attorney, City of
Hackensack, 1965-1967. Reappointed 1975- 1977.
- Prosecutor, Borough of Maywood,
1967-1972. Reappointed 1977-1984.
- Attorney, Teaneck Redevelopment
Agency, 1973-1975.
- Attorney, Bergen County Housing
Authority, 1971-1974.
- Special Counsel to Tax Assessor,
City of Garfield and Borough of Maywood, 1972-1973.
- Borough Attorney, Borough of
Emerson, January - November, 1978.
- Special Counsel, Borough of
Little Ferry, 1981.
- Judge, Hackensack Municipal
Court, September 17, 1984 - September 30, 1985.
- Special Counsel, Johnson Free
Public Library, Hackensack, 1986-present
- Borough Attorney, Borough of
Maywood, January, 1987 - January, 1988.
- Judge for National Arbitration
and Mediation, 1990 to present.
- Certified Divorce Mediator,
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, November 1,
1995.
- Lecturer for ATLA and ICLE
seminars and symposia.
- Certified Divorce and Family
Mediator, New Jersey Association of Professional
Mediators, March 1, 1998.
- On the roster of mediators
established by the Judiciary of the State of New Jersey
for civil, general equity and probate cases and economic
issues in family law cases.
Representative Clients:
- Wellington Hall Nursing Home
- Bergen County Glass Installers
- Colonial North American Moving
and Storage Company.
Bar Association Activities:
- Past President, Bergen County
Bar Association - 1978. Trustee 1965- 1981.
- Bergen County Bar Association,
Chair General Equity Committee - 1993,
- Co-Chair General Equity
Committee - 1994 to present, Co-Chair Family Law
Committee 1981 - 1991, Co-Chair Judicial Selection
Committee 1991 -1993.
- Member, New Jersey Trial Lawyers
Association.
- Member, New Jersey State Bar
Association-General Council Delegate-former Chair Senior
Lawyers Committee, 1994-1996, Parliamentarian General
Council, 1998-present.
- Member, Pro Bono Committee
- Member, American Bar
Association.
- Fellow, American Academy of
Matrimonial Lawyers. Board of Managers, New Jersey
Chapter 1991 - Treasurer 1997 to 1999; Secretary 1999 to
2000.
- I.C.L.E. Lecturer, 1995, 1996,
1997. 1999, 2000.
Community Activities:
- President, Hackensack Chamber of
Commerce, 1983 - 1989
- President, Camelot Condominium
Association, 1984 - 1990
- Regional Director, Bank of New
York, National Community Division - 1990 - 1997.
- Nominated by Governor Whitman to
be a member of the State’Äôs Parent’Äôs Education
Program Advisory Committee.
- Appear regularly before the
Zoning Board and Planning Board of the City of
Hackensack on behalf of clients seeking variances, site
plan approvals and subdivision approvals (at least 15 -
20 matters each year for the past 20 years)
CAREER
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Was lead counsel and prevailing
argument before the New Jersey Supreme court in the
noted ’ÄúSunday Closing’Äù case, Vornado v. The City of
Hackensack, et als, 77 N.J. 347 (1978).
- Was Attorney of Record in New
Jersey Dist. Court Association v. New Jersey Supreme
Court, 205 N.J.Super. 582 (1985).
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