My approach to problem solving is not telling a client why something can't be done, but rather coming up with a way that it can be done, while protecting the client and accomplishing its goals. My clients know that I care about them and this cements our relationship.
Mr. Knee concentrates his practice in mergers and acquisitions, mediation, corporate law and general business counseling, corporate governance issues, post-acquisition business disputes and business divorces. He serves as outside general counsel for middle market businesses and represents corporations, partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies and other business entities in all forms of business transactions. He also represents lenders in commercial financial transactions and secured and unsecured creditors in workouts and bankruptcy proceedings.
Mr. Knee is listed on the roster of Superior Court of New Jersey-approved civil mediators in the areas of complex commercial litigation, contracts and commercial transactions, and general equity.
Honors & Awards
- American Bar Foundation Fellow
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America© (a trademark of Woodward/White, Inc.) in the Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law practice areas (1987 – present)
- Listed in New Jersey Super Lawyers (a Thomson Reuters business) in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice area (2005 – 2018)
- Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rated AV® Preeminent (a trademark of Internet Brands, Inc.) (1975 – present)
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Uniquely NJ
- New Jersey State Bar Association; Business Law Section Director Emeritus and former Director and Chair
- Justice Marie L. Garibaldi American Inn of Court for Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Inn of Transactional Counsel, Founding Member
- Essex County Bar Association
- New Jersey Supreme Court, Fee Arbitration Committee and Ethics Committee (former Member)
- Mental Health Association of Essex and Morris Board of Trustees, Immediate Past President
- Jewish Family Service of Metrowest Board of Trustees (Former Member)
More Activities & Experience
- American Bar Association; Section of Business Law Mergers and Acquisitions Committee Task Force on Acquisitions of Public Companies (Former Co-Chair); Section of Dispute Resolution
Academic Appointments
- Seton Hall University School of Law, Former Adjunct Professor
Presentations & Speaking Engagements
- Sponsor: American Bar Association, December 6, 2016
- Speaker, Drafting Arbitration ClausesSponsor: Justice Marie L. Garibaldi Inn of Court, January 13, 2106 and May 12, 2016
- Hot Off the Press - Brown Bag SeriesSponsor: American Bar Association Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division, March 18, 2015
- Has lectured to various legal industry and business group, including the New Jersey State Bar Association and the Financial Executives Institute
Publications & Alerts
- Contributor, ADR Deskbook for the Business LawyerCo-Author, Chapter 7: Managing Post-Acquisition Disputes; and Author, Chapter 8: Family Business Disputes and Business DivorcesAmerican Bar Association, December 2016
- Author, Business Divorce: Understanding Its Dynamics and Formulating SolutionsAmerican Bar Association, 2015
- Author, Buying and Selling BusinessesNew Jersey Practice - Skills and Methods, West Publishing, 1996
Departments
Education
New York University School of Law, J.D., 1965
Duke University, A.B., 1962
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey, 1965
- New York, 1981
- U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1965
- United States Supreme Court, 1969
- United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 1981
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1999
Clerkships
- Former law clerk to The Honorable Morris Pashman, Superior Court of New Jersey
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