JONATHAN D. CLEMENTE Partner
Email jclemente@cm-legal.com
Tel 973.455.8008 ext. 101
Fax 973.455.8118
Jonathan D. Clemente chairs the firm’s business and corporate
practice. Mr. Clemente practices in all areas of corporate and commercial
law, including general business representation, mergers and acquisitions,
deferred compensation arrangements, private offerings of securities,
software licensing, and international law. He has served as a general
business and legal advisor to closely-held businesses, healthcare practices
and not-for-profit corporations and has counseled numerous boards on
governance issues, investigations and litigation. Mr. Clemente also oversees
complex commercial litigation in both state and federal courts, with
an emphasis on shareholder disputes, breach of contract claims and employment-related
issues.
Areas of Experience
Education
- J.D., Seton Hall University, cum laude, 1981
• Managing Editor of the Seton Hall Law
Review, 1980-1981
- B.S., Cornell University, 1978
Admitted to Practice
- New Jersey
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- District of Columbia
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. Court of International Trade
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Professional and Community Involvement
- Clerkship, Hon. Herman D. Michaels, P.J.A.D., 1981-1982
- Board of Trustees of ECLC of New Jersey; Chairman 2002-2005; Vice-Chair 1999-2002
- Director, New Jersey Inn of Transactional Counsel
- District X Fee Arbitration Committee
- Member, Essex County Bar Association
- Member, New Jersey State Bar Association
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, District of Columbia Bar Association
Publications
- Comment, "Corporations: Conflicting Bank Duties in Tender Offer Financing," 10
Seton Hall Law Review 794 (1980).
- Chapter 54, "Foreign Corporations," Matthew Bender New Jersey Transaction
Guide, 1985.