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John J. Markwardt
Associate
1040 Kings Highway North, Suite 600,
Cherry Hill, NJ 08034
Phone: 856.667.3113
Fax: 856.667.4007
jmarkwardt@kentmcbride.com


Education:

Rutgers University

Albany Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1974)


Bar Admissions:

U.S. Supreme Court

Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Georgia, and Florida

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida

 

John J. Markwardt

Jack Markwardt was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 12, 1950. He attended Rutgers University and graduated, cum laude, from Albany Law School where he served as an editor of the Law Review, was a member of the Justinian Honor Society, and received the Dennis Prize for excellence in the study of tort law. He is the author of several published legal articles and has served on the Editorial Board of New Jersey Lawyer. He is licensed to practice in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Florida, and Georgia and before the United States Supreme Court and a number of federal circuit and district courts.

Jack is experienced in governmental matters, having served as an elected Township Council member, a planning board member, and solicitor to local planning and rent stabilization boards. He has drafted remedial legislation as an attorney for the New York Law Revision Commission, has served as a legislative aide in both the New Jersey State Senate and the New York State Assembly, and has chaired the Election Law Committee of the New Jersey Bar Association. Jack has extensive state and federal litigation experience and his areas of practice include commercial law, real estate, lending and foreclosure, title, planning and land use, municipal law, construction, corporate, partnership, labor and employment, personal injury, professional malpractice, insurance, entertainment, estates and probate, and family law.

 Areas of Practice::

  • Complex commercial litigation
  • Commercial, corporate and partnership law
  • Transactional negotiation and drafting
  • Real estate and title law
  • Construction, condominium and planned real estate development law
  • Local government and municipal land use law
  • Election law
  • Labor and employment law
  • Entertainment law
  • Personal injury, negligence, professional malpractice, workers compensation, and insurance law
  • Bankruptcy law
  • Administrative law
  • Mortgage foreclosure
  • Unsecured debt collection law
  • Criminal law

Professional Associations & Memberships:

  • Chairman, Election Law Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association
  • Legislative Aide, New Jersey State Senate
  • Legislative Aide, New York State Assembly
  • Editorial Board, New Jersey Lawyer
  • National Alumni Council, Albany Law School
  • President, Rotary Club of Blackwood
  • Board of Directors, Voorhees Business Association
  • Judicial Relations Committee of Camden County Bar Association

Published Works:

  • Customers as Trade Secrets in New York, 37 Albany Law Review 188
  • The Nature and Operation of the New York Small Claims Courts, 38 Albany Law Review 196