Bruce Evan Chase

Practice Areas:  Family Law, Commercial Transactions,  Business Litigation, Real Estate

Bruce E. Chase is a trial lawyer, handling a wide spectrum of civil cases with an emphasis in Family Law. While attending Rutgers University Law School, Bruce began his legal training as a Law Clerk in his father’s law office, performing such tasks as filing papers in the Courthouse, serving subpoenas on hostile witnesses, and legal research. Bruce became an attorney in December of 1978. As he had hoped to do since he was a young boy, Bruce immediately became an associate, the only associate, in his father’s law practice. On his first day of practice, Bruce found himself assigned for a jury trial in a consumer fraud case. Bruce serves as a Chairperson of an Early Settlement Panel that voluntarily dedicates time to meet with litigants and their attorneys to resolve contested matrimonial matters. Bruce has served as Chair of the Family Law Committee of the Bergen County Bar Association, has written numerous articles about the practice of law that have been published in The Barrister, has lectured on several areas of family law practice, and is currently a member of the Executive Committee of the Family Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association. Bruce co-wrote the Brief to the Supreme Court of the United States on behalf of the New Jersey District Court Officers, challenging the adoption of the New Jersey Court Rule permitting service by mail of legal papers upon litigants in the Special Civil Part of the Law Division. Bruce’s trial experience include cases involving breach of contract, libel, slander, interference with economic relations, partition of real property, domestic violence and all divorce-related issues. Bruce recently tried a custody case involving custody of two children, ages 2 ¬‡ and 5 that required the testimony of more than 25 witness lasting 30 days. Bruce also maintains an active practice involving commercial transactions. These transactions include the purchase and sale of small to medium size businesses, buy-outs of partners and other shareholders, transfers of liquor licenses, commercial loan financing, and related real estate issues. Bruce has represented both buyers and sellers of restaurants, cocktail lounges, liquor stores, catering businesses, newspaper stands, car detailing businesses, commercial buildings, residential properties, and other assets. Bruce believes that a lawyer must "give-back" to the profession. He has been an extremely active member of the organized Bar throughout his career. He was honored to serve as the President of the Bergen County Bar Association in 1997-1998. He recently was elected to be a Trustee of the New Jersey State Bar Association.

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