Areas of Practice

  • Freedom is not free, and it always is only one generation away from extinction, as was said by President Reagan. Murray-Nolan Berutti LLC not only talks the talk, but we walk the walk for freedom, and we never will stop fighting for it. The firm is a national leader in Federal and State Constitutional Law litigation involving deprivations of liberty and civil rights and has received extensive media coverage for handling the cases that others fear in these practice areas. Some of the notable work that the firm has already done in this area include lawsuits supporting parental rights, defending religious liberty, opposing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion preferences, opposing vaccine mandates and mask mandates, seeking protection of individuals’ bodily autonomy, protecting First Amendment and Second Amendment rights, and challenging overreaching government actions--especially and most often by school boards--and other issues that strike at the heart of our free and just equal opportunity society. If your liberties are jeopardized by government or private actors who want to impose themselves on your way of life and your personal decisions for yourself and for your family, we are ready to help you, no matter the complexity or the odds. Some of the notable parties sued by Murray-Nolan Berutti LLC on behalf of our clients regarding Constitutional Law and civil rights violations include:

    • Blackrock

    • Jerome Powell and the Federal Reserve Bank

    • New York City Mayors Bill DeBlasio and Erik Adams;

    • New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy

    • New York Governor Kathy Hochul

    • New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin

    • The Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

    • Garnet Medical Center

    • Montefiore Hospital

    • Mt. Sinai Hospital

    • New York Presbyterian Hospital

    • Ichan School of Medicine

    • Mount Saint Joseph’s University

    • Union College

    • Township of Cranford, New Jersey

    • Cranford Board of Education

    • Delaware Valley Regional High School District

    • Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District

    • Hunterdon Central Regional High School District

    • Leonia Board of Education

    • Mountain Lakes Board of Education

    • Pascack Valley Board of Education

    • Plainedge New York Board of Education

  • Based on our outstanding reputation, clients of Murray-Nolan Berutti LLC include several of the nation’s largest insurance companies, as well as many major corporations which are self-insured. Murray-Nolan Berutti LLC has extensive experience defending commercial premises, product liability, commercial trucking, construction, mold and asbestos claims, auto, and consumer fraud litigation. Further, our attorneys are highly skilled in handling catastrophic injury claims including spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, CPRS/RSD, as well as multiple vehicle accidents and death cases.

  • Now more than ever employees are feeling the brunt of overreaching and discriminatory employment practices. Murray-Nolan Berutti LLC believes that no employee should feel the sting of discrimination no matter who you are or who is discriminating against you. We are skilled attorneys in both Federal lawsuits concerning Title VII violations and violations of the Americans With Disabilities Act, State lawsuits in New Jersey concerning the Law Against Discrimination, Whistleblower, and the Civil Rights Act, and State lawsuits in New York concerning the New York Human Rights Law, the New York City Administrative Code, and the Medical Whistleblower Law. When it comes to representing clients, we do not discriminate. If you have suffered the effects of employment discrimination based on race (including DEI discrimination), religion, gender, ethnicity, family status, disability, or other such forms of discrimination such as for exercising your constitutional rights, reach out to Murray-Nolan Berutti LLC for your litigation needs.

    Unlike many other law firms, our attorneys have seen both sides of the employment coin in our practice. We have also successfully represented employers in many complicated situations discrimination and whistleblower claims in New Jersey and New York. We understand how employers think and what their needs are, which really is an adjunct to our business litigation practice. Thus, we are able to represent individuals and businesses with equal vigor and have done so successfully. We also represent executives and other individuals who are negotiating employment agreements, restrictive covenant agreements, separation agreements, and other similar employment-related agreements. In doing so, we employ knowledge of litigation to find pitfalls that must be avoided, so that agreements will stand the test of time and will present finality to the parties’ relations, as opposed to uncertainty which eventually finds its way into a courtroom.

  • Business transactions and organizations are the lifeblood of our society. Without economic liberty and fair and honest business relations among parties, our society will be corrupt and ultimately will grind to a halt. We have decades of experience in representing businesses both large and small, and individuals, in litigation and negotiations concerning business transactions and relationships that go bad for any variety of reasons. We provide personal service and pride ourselves in understanding your business, your business needs, and your goals so that wherever possible, you will get practical results that will keep you profitable and on track. We have successfully represented clients in complicated Federal and State matters such as fraud cases, civil racketeering, and conspiracy, as well as more traditional commercial litigation cases such as business interference, restrictive covenant violations, and straight breaches of contract.

  • Murray-Nolan Berutti LLC provides representation to all participants in the construction process, including owners, contractors, subcontractors and suppliers. With the ability to handle all aspects of construction defect issues such as contract, indemnity, insurance and negligence claims which frequently arise, Murray-Nolan Berutti LLC can ensure that all aspects of a claim are properly analyzed, handled and defended. Murray-Nolan Berutti LLC also represents parties in property disputes which often can become very complex and may include issues such as fraud, title disputes, boundary disputes, real estate contract disputes, and partnership disputes involving both commercial and residential property owners.

  • Murray-Nolan Berutti LLC has litigated numerous significant trucking and commercial ground transportation matters in New York and New Jersey, both in State and Federal court and on behalf of plaintiffs, as well as defending several major transportation carriers. Major issues litigated include:

    • Negligent hiring and employment practices, including failure to obtain past driving history, failure to properly test and train, failure to check past employment references, failure to maintain and preserve logs, records and other documents of employees;

    • Failure to abide by federal standards and procedures regarding truck maintenance and operation;

    • Failure to abide by commercial driver’s license manual regulations and requirements, including but not limited to, pre-trip inspections and following distances;

    • Failure to abide by state traffic laws;

    • Issues involving improper lane change, failure to keep proper look out, failure to abide by speed limits, failure to maintain air brake system, failure to properly maintain chassis, failure to properly and adequately load container, failure to properly design lift trucks and dump trucks;

    • Issues involving vicarious liability and apportionment;

    • Damage issues, including but not limited to, life care plans, economic loss, permanency, pecuniary loss to family members, emotional distress allegedly caused by family members witnessing a catastrophic injury to loved ones;

    • Conflicts of law issues, jurisdictional issues and venue issues; applicability of “bobtail” insurance;

    • Evidential issues such as admissibility of internal self-critical analysis documents, accident simulations, accident reconstructions, visibility studies and experiments;

    • Use of black box information and infotainment collection in accidents.

  • The general liability and negligence attorneys of Murray-Nolan Berutti LLC have litigated many highly complex cases and have defended cases throughout New Jersey and the New York metropolitan area, as well as in other states where we have had local counsel assist us. We are contributors to the Claims Litigation Management (“CLM”) association and have been lecturers in continuing legal education seminars to other attorneys concerning litigation topics. We specialize in defense of general liability claims in a tradition emphasizing aggressive defense litigation. Not only are we active litigators, but we also participate proactively with risk managers with a view toward eliminating and/or controlling claims exposure.