The New Jersey Social Security Disability Lawyers of Karl Kazmierczak, LLC, provide high-quality legal assistance to disabled people who are applying for Social Security Disability or Supplemental Security Income. For more than three decades, our law firm has helped people apply for and receive the SSDI to which they are entitled. We’d like to help you too. Our attorneys take the time to explain the legal issues your case involves so you feel comfortable with the process, we recognize that these issues are new and confusing to each client. We will never speak down to you. We will treat you with dignity and respect. We know we work for you. Contact us and ask your questions.

F.R. Chip Dunne, III, is admitted to practice law in New Jersey and the state of California, as well as the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. His education background is Wayne Valley High School, Quinnipiac University, and Thomas Jefferson School of Law. Chip works primarily out of our Springfield, NJ, and Kearny, NJ, offices. While attending the Thomas Jefferson School of law, Chip was a lead attorney in a number of mock trial competitions. He received the Jefferson Medal for his outstanding performance in the study of International Environmental Law while attending Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China. Chip's friendly demeanor allows him to create an environment of trust with each of his clients. Prior to working at Dunne Law Firm, Chip was a Law Clerk to the Honorable Kevin G. Callahan, J.S.C., in the Criminal Division of the Hudson County Vicinage of the New Jersey Superior Court. He is a member of the American Bar Association, American Association for Justice, New Jersey Association, California Bar Association, and Hudson County Bar Association. Chip handles cases involving personal injury, medical malpractice, and criminal defense litigation. He has recovered hundreds of thousands of dollars for his clients and been recognized in Who's Who in American Law, National Association of Trial Lawyers - Top 100 and National Association of Personal Injury Attorneys - Top 10. F.R. Chip Dunne, III, focuses primarily on personal injury and medical malpractice law, as well as criminal defense and family litigation. His friendly demeanor allows him to create an environment of trust with each of his clients. To schedule a consultation, contact Dunne Law Firm today.

Douglas S. Schwartz, formerly of the Union County Prosecutor's Office, joined the firm in 1992 and became a partner in 1999, when the name of the firm was changed to Sisselman & Schwartz, LLP. Douglas Schwartz is a practicing lawyer in the state of New Jersey specializing in Accident & Injury. Mr. Schwartz received his J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1991.

David M. Estes concentrates his practice in class action, product liability, and personal injury litigation. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Estes served as a law clerk to the Honorable Victor Ashrafi of the New Jersey Appellate Division. He also served as a summer clerk to the Honorable Jerome Simandle of the U.S. District Court of New Jersey, and judicial intern to the Honorable Theodore McKee of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Mr. Estes is admitted to practice law in New Jersey.

Matthew R. Mendelsohn is a trial lawyer specializing in complex civil and class action litigation. Mr. Mendelsohn is admitted to practice in both state and federal courts in New Jersey and New York. He is also admitted to practice before the Third and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

David E. Maitlin is a graduate of Rutgers College and Boston University School of Law. He is admitted to practice before the New Jersey courts and the New York courts. He is also admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and for the Southern District of New York. He is a member of the New Jersey and New York State Bars, and a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. He served a judicial clerkship with New Jersey Appellate Division Judge Irwin I. Kimmelman. He is presently Vice Chair of the Essex County Ethics Committee. He concentrates his practice in real estate transactions as well as insurance, commercial and real estate related litigation.

Jonathan S. Goodgold, Esq. is the Co-Managing Member of Goodgold West Diaz & Klein LLC since its founding. In addition to managing the firm and actively promoting the firm as a whole and the attorneys within it, Jonathan is an active networker and speaker. He previously has written for the New Jersey Law Journal on employment law matters and has been a repeat speaker for the National Business Institute and Lawline on topics concerning collection law. Jonathan is a business lawyer through and through and is a go to resource for other law firms and business owners. Leading the firm’s collection work in all areas and industries allows Jonathan to directly counsel business owners and their operations personnel on the most important item of business, the bottom line. He has counseled clients and negotiated and litigated on their behalf in order for their accounts receivables to become accounts payable. In addition, he regularly counsels clients and litigates on behalf of his clients with respect to employment law and contractual matters. Jonathan had his own law firm for over seven years focusing on civil litigation, and employment and collection law matters. Prior to having to joining his own practice, Jonathan practiced at a leading labor and employment law firm in New Jersey and a civil litigation firm in Hackensack, New Jersey. Jonathan graduated Binghamton University, State University of New York, magna cum laude and with the distinctions of graduating Phi Beta Kappa and with Honors in History. Jonathan earned his law degree (JD) from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and then clerked for the Honorable W. Hunt Dumont in the Superior Court of New Jersey. He resides in West Caldwell with his wife and three children.

Kathleen M. Gialanella is of counsel to Goodgold West Diaz Maitlin & Klein LLC. She is a practicing attorney in New Jersey and New York and a registered nurse. Her law practice is devoted to representing licensed health care professionals including nurses, physicians, pharmacists, and others who face legal issues in connection with their licensure, professional practices, and employment. She also provides educational and consulting services to health care providers seeking to comply with the numerous state and federal laws and policy trends affecting the health care industry today. She lectures widely and has authored articles and chapters about aspects of health law for several books. She has taught health policy and the legal and ethical aspects of health care to doctoral, master’s and baccalaureate students as an adjunct professor at Teachers College/Columbia University and Seton Hall University’s School of Law and College of Nursing. Ms. Gialanella enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1972; later graduated from the University of Maryland; and then served as an officer in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. She remained on active duty until 1979 when she was honorably discharged. She is a retired major of the U.S. Army Reserve. She received her law degree from New York Law School in 1983 and a Masters of Law in Health Law & Policy from Seton Hall University School of Law in 2004. Ms. Gialanella is past president of the New York Metropolitan and New Jersey Chapters of The American Association of Nurse Attorneys (TAANA). Her other professional affiliations include the New Jersey State Bar Association (Health and Hospital Law Section), the New Jersey State Nurses Association and the American Nurses Association. She is a past New Jersey Area Representative of the Army Nurse Corps Association.

Bart J. Klein is a member of Goodgold West Diaz Maitlin & Klein LLC. Bart has more than three decades of legal experience and has dedicated his career to representing the legal rights of his clients, both corporate and individual. Bart has experience in a numerous of areas of law, both in transactional and litigation contexts, including civil and commercial litigation, construction litigation, commercial real estate, business law, estate litigation, bankruptcy and trademark registration. Bart is an editor of the New Jersey Trust Fund Laws and Agreements section in the “Construction Issues” volume of the Manual of Credit and Commercial Laws published by the National Association of Credit Management. Bart has also lectured on the nuances of construction liens and bond claims in New Jersey. Bart is licensed to practice in the State and Federal courts of New Jersey and New York, as well as in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Tax Court. In his spare time, Bart is also an avid water volleyball player. He has chaired the water volleyball activity group at his local community pool for more than a decade.

Peter A. Greene has a B.A. and an M.S. degree from Columbia University as well as a J.D. degree from Rutgers Law School. He is a certified civil trial lawyer, and is a member of the New York County Lawyers Association and the New Jersey Bar Association. He was a Deputy Attorney General of the State of New Jersey for five years, representing the State Board of Medical Examiners and other professional boards. He was also a staff attorney for Ralph Nader’s Health Research Group in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the New Jersey, New York and Washington, D.C. bars. He has authored a chapter in a text on nursing malpractice defense. He has tried over 150 jury cases to a conclusion including 80 medical malpractice actions. He has also tried fire cases, ambulance and auto cases, as well as insurance coverages cases.