Scarinci Hollenbeck LLC announced the addition of four attorneys across its partner, counsel and senior associate ranks, welcoming John D. Giampolo and George A. McGowan, III as partners, Graham K. Staton as counsel and Amanda M. Kronemeyer as senior associate.
The additions deepen the firm’s capabilities across business law and corporate transactions, bankruptcy and restructuring, trusts and estates, litigation, public law and real estate and land use.
Based in the firm’s New York City office, Giampolo focuses his practice on bankruptcy, restructuring, and related litigation. With more than 19 years of experience, he represents debtors, secured lenders, creditor committees, private equity funds, hedge funds, landlords, tenants and other parties in Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 proceedings, as well as in the complex commercial litigation and transactions that arise from financial distress. His practice has spanned middle-market matters and some of the most prominent bankruptcies in recent memory, including Lehman Brothers, the SIPA liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, WeWork, Regal Cinemas, Party City, L’Occitane and SVB Financial Group.
Based in the firm’s Red Bank, N.J. office, McGowan is a business law and corporate transactions attorney with significant presence and experience in trusts and estates throughout the state of New Jersey. With more than 32 years of experience, he has represented privately held companies of all sizes in mergers and acquisitions, business formations, commercial contracts, and complex financing transactions. He also counsels individuals and families on trust and estate planning and administration, advising executors and trustees on matters involving beneficiary rights, fiduciary obligations and related disputes.
Staton, a seasoned litigator, joins the firm’s Little Falls, N.J. office as a member of the Litigation and Public Law practices. He represents clients in a wide variety of litigation matters, including OPRA defense, federal and state constitutional claims, and employment discrimination litigation. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
Kronemeyer joins the firm’s New York office as senior associate in the Real Estate and Land Use practice. Her work focuses on land use regulation before local zoning and planning boards, real estate litigation, affordable housing matters, commercial and residential real estate transactions, and condominium formation. She represents clients in presenting and objecting to land use applications, including matters involving “c” and “d” variances, redevelopment, and affordable housing litigation.
