About the Firm
The firm provides a comprehensive and versatile level of service for the Corporate, Government (including Municipal, County and Board of Education) and Individual client.
We often work with our client's existing attorney. In fact we receive over one-half of our referrals from local counsel. They take care of matters of which they are experienced; and we focus on our specialties --- keeping you and your attorney informed every step of the way.
Scope of Services
Labor & Employment
Unfair labor practice charges; scope of negotiations determination; unit clarification; union certification and decertification; union elections and campaigns; factory closings; disciplinary proceedings; FLSA and wage & hour law; sexual harassment investigations; civil service title classifications; civil service layoff procedures and appeals; confidentiality, proprietary and non-compete agreements; settlement, retirement and release agreements; mediation; fact finding; grievance arbitration and interest arbitration.
Negotiations. Over two hundred (200) Collective Bargaining Agreements with police; firefighters; public works employees; white collar staff; supervisory staff; teachers, secretarial staff; custodial personnel; factory workers; nurses; college administrators; college professors; elementary and secondary school principals and administrators.School Law
Special education matters; pupil and employee discipline; tenure issues; RIF and bumping rights; inter-district cooperative agreements; school referenda; budget issues and appeals; condemnation proceedings; superintendent and business administrator searches; contracts and bid documents; and lease purchase agreements.Municipal & County Government
Contracts: procurement, services, and professional services including: self-insurance and joint insurance funds; construction, architect and engineering agreements; construction takeover agreements; performance bonds; surety agreements; bid specifications; Ordinances: noise control; news rack location; public telephone placement; towing licenses; special lease agreements; interlocal service agreements; Elections: recall elections; poll and ballot violations; petition issues; impounding voting machines; special deputy for county commissioner of elections. Miscellaneous: planning and zoning matters; special redevelopment districts; commercial and residential property tax appeals; board of education budget appeals.Alternate Dispute Resolution
The firm provides Mediation Services for Labor, Employment, Civil Rights, Defamation, Disability, Sexual Harassment, Retirement and Pensions, Whistle Blower, Business Relationships, Commercial Transactions, Trade Secrets, Condominium Associations and Tort matters. The firm also provides Hearing Officer services for Labor, Employment and Civil Service Disputes.Teaching & Seminars
Adjunct Professor for Administrative Law, Collective Bargaining and Employee Relations in the Public Sector at the Fairleigh Dickinson University Graduate School of Public Administration (1995-present). Seminars and lectures: Drug Testing; Hiring and Firing Practices; the Interview and the Application Process; the Americans With Disabilities Act; Public Contracts Law; Ethics; Sports Torts and Sexual Harassment. Appearances on Radio and Cable Television; published in the New Jersey Law Journal.Education
Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D.(1987);
Fairleigh Dickinson University M.P.A. (1976) and B.A.(1973)License & Professional Affiliations
Admitted to New Jersey Bar (1987) & U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey (1987). Member American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section and Entertainment and Sports Industries Forum Committee; Sports Lawyers Association; New Jersey Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section and Sports, Entertainment and Arts Law Section; Associate, Justice Marie L. Garibaldi, American Inn of Court for Alternate Dispute Resolution, State of New Jersey.
Representation
Past & Current
Mr. Biviano has provided counsel to the Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional Board of Education, the State Operated School District of Jersey City, the Livingston Board of Education, the Eatontown Board of Education, the Saddle Brook Board of Education, the Palisades Park Board of Education, the Paterson Board of Education, the Bogota Board of Education, the West New York Board of Education, Hudson County Community College, the Borough of Rutherford, the Township of Lyndhurst, the Borough of Kenilworth, the City of Passaic, the City of Union City, the Town of West New York, the County of Hudson, Fire District No. 2 - Old Bridge Township Board of Fire Commissioners, the Secaucus Municipal Utilities Authority, the New Jersey Recreation and Park Association, the Rutherford Planning Board, the Rutherford Free Public Library, the Rutherford Senior Housing Corporation, the Passaic Free Public Library, the Union City Free Public Library, He has also served as Assistant Essex County Counsel and Counsel to the Essex County Construction Board of Appeals.
Administrative Expertise
Aside from his attorney experience, Mr. Biviano has developed a state-wide reputation as an effective hands on Administrator. Mr. Biviano served as a public official in five (5) New Jersey communities located in four (4) counties --- Bergen, Passaic, Sussex and Monmouth. His experience has spanned the spectrum from urban to suburban to rural to seasonal resort communities. Mr. Biviano has served as Assistant to the Business Administrator for the City of Paterson, and as Borough Administrator (Chief Administrative Officer) for the communities of: Leonia, Atlantic Highlands, Ramsey and Hopatcong.
In this manner Mr. Biviano possesses unique insight to: the formulation of public policy; day-to-day government operations; budget preparation and implementation; financial planning and investment. Moreover Mr. Biviano understands the symbiotic relationship of local government to the county, local and regional boards of education, districts, neighboring communities, state and federal governments. Mr. Biviano also served as administrator for a water district; a sewer district and a municipal harbor district.
Mr. Biviano has obtained millions of dollars in federal and state grants for downtown revitalization; establishing and enhancing a water district; rehabilitation of current housing stock; construction and restoration of public buildings, facilities and roadways. Mr. Biviano has overseen millions of dollars in building construction. He has been at the "cutting edge" of the development of self-insurance programs and joint insurance funding groups for more than two decades.Venue
Mr. Biviano has represented clients before PERC, EEOC, Division of Civil Rights, United States and New Jersey Department of Labor, NLRB, Arbitrators, the State Board of Mediation, the Commissioner of Education, the United States Department of Education, as well as well as matters venued before Municipal Planning and Zoning Boards, County Construction Board of Appeals, the Office of Administrative Law, Superior Court, the Appellate Division, and the United States Federal District Court.
Outside Interests
Tennis, European Travel, Medieval History, Writing, Teaching & Seminars, Mentoring and Volunteer Organizations, Theatre, Classical Music, Renaissance and Modern painting and sculpture.
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