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One of the most exciting aspects of practicing law is the chance to work on new and different assignments, sometimes on a daily basis. Because every case and client is unique, there’s always the challenge of brainstorming a tailor-made strategy for resolving each matter.

Ms. Hsieh concentrates her practice in commercial litigation. She has growing experience in the areas of trusts and estates, employment, and construction litigation, including work on behalf of clients in the building industry and academic sector. Ms. Hsieh's experience also encompasses providing support in a lengthy arbitration involving a closely held business management dispute. 

Honors & Awards

  • Recipient of the Committee Chair Award as Mixed Use Developers Affiliate from the New Jersey Builders Association (2017)
  • Listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (a trademark of Woodward/White, Inc.) in the Commercial Litigation practice area (2021)
  • Listed in Super Lawyers – New Jersey Rising Stars (a Thomson Reuters business) in the Business Litigation practice area (2018 - 2019)
  • Designated a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar while attending law school, in recognition of superior academic achievement

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Representative Matters

  • Extensive responsibilities in defending a large public entity in a New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (NJLAD) and Consciences Employee Protection Act (CEPA) case tried to verdict in New Jersey Superior Court.  Specific roles included preparing numerous witnesses for the four-week trial, researching and analyzing complex legal issues, and assisting with pre-trial and dispositive motion practice.

  • In December 2017, Ms. Hsieh testified before the New Jersey Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee regarding proposed legislation (S3499) that would allow a full or partial credit to be applied towards a water/sewer connection fee payment based upon a previous payment of a connection fee and/or history of service charge payments, as well as establish a reduced connection fee for all affordable housing projects. The purpose of the legislation is focused on facilitating redevelopment by mandating that only the delta of fees should be paid where there was a prior use of property and the property had been paying into the sewer or water systems. Hsieh and GRSD partner Robert Goldsmith worked closely with the New Jersey Builders Association and the Association of Environmental Authorities for over two years to draft this legislation.

Uniquely NJ

  • Board of Directors, Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association of New Jersey
  • Member, Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey 

  • Appointed to the New Jersey Supreme Court Special Civil Part Practice Committee as designee of the Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association of New Jersey  

  • Appointed to the New Jersey Supreme Court District Ethics Committee for District VIII (Middlesex County),  which is charged with investigating and prosecuting alleged violations of attorney ethics rules by members of the New Jersey Bar
  • Former legal intern for the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice (2010)
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More Activities & Experience

  • While attending law school, Ms. Hsieh was a member of The Columbia Journal of European Law (2010-2011)

Presentations & Speaking Engagements

Publications & Alerts

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Departments

Education

Columbia Law School, J.D., 2012

Rutgers College, Rutgers University, B.A., summa cum laude, 2008

Bar Admissions

  • New Jersey, 2012
  • New York, 2013
  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 2015

Irene Hsieh Selected for Best Lawyers Ones to Watch 2021

A description of the standard or methodology on which the accolades are based can be found HERE. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.