Philip Crowley | Morristown Business Lawyer

Philip P. Crowley Esq. is the founder and Managing Partner at Crowley Law LLC, a boutique corporate law firm focused on helping emerging tech and life sciences startups launch and reach their full potential. Phil guides clients in forming and structuring new business entities including mergers and acquisitions. As a trusted advisor, he guides entrepreneurs in strategic business initiatives including contract review and negotiation, licensing, IP planning and protection, and founders and key employee arrangements. Phil’s main objectives are to help startup businesses proactively avoid costly mistakes while laying a solid foundation for business growth and success. In addition to providing an analysis of and planning strategy for protection against liabilities, Phil provides ongoing proactive counseling services for clients without in-house counsel.

Prior to launching the firm, Phil served as a Corporate Counsel for Johnson & Johnson. In this role, Phil was a valuable partner for Johnson & Johnson’s diversified businesses and provided strategic legal guidance in the areas of mergers & acquisitions, finance & commercial law, FDA regulations and environmental compliance.

Phil is a Trustee of Stevens Institute of Technology, a member of the Advisory Board of the Stevens Venture Center, and Mentor to the Florida Atlantic University TechLaunch program. Phil leverages his connectivity to these organizations to help tech innovators seize opportunities. As a current Mentor to life sciences incubators at Weill Cornell Medical College, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center & Rockefeller University in NYC, Phil is uniquely qualified to help emerging life sciences companies at every stage in their life cycles.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Owner	Philip P. Crowley LLC		Present

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
Columbia University Law School	J.D.	Law School	N/A
Stevens Institute of Technology	Bachelors		N/A

State / Court	Date
New Jersey	1994
New York	1977

• New Jersey State Bar Association,
  Chairman, Venture Capital, Angel Investor and Emerging Growth Technology Company Committee, 2019 – present
  Solo & Small Law Firm Section
  Business Law Section
  New York State Bar Association
  Member, Business Law Section
  New Jersey Corporate Counsel Association, Board of Directors, 2001 – 2014
  Association of Corporate Counsel, Board of Directors, Washington, D.C. 2007 – 2013
  Brightflag (Ireland), Member Board of Directors, a SaaS company using Artificial Intelligence to help corporate law departments analyze, control and reduce outside counsel costs, 2015 – 2019
  NJ Institute of Technology Enterprise Development Center, Executive in Residence, 2015 – 2018
  Stevens Venture Center, Advisory Board, 2017 – Present
  Stevens Institute of Technology, Board of Trustees, 1993 – Present
  Member and Former Chairman, Research Enterprise & Technology Commercialization Committee
  Former Member and Former Chairman, Audit Committee
  Chairman, Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee
  Weill Cornell Medical College, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center & Rockefeller University, Bench to Bedside Initiative and Weill Cornell Bioventure eLab Life Sciences Incubator, Mentor, 2016 – Present
  Primary Legal Liaison to Boards of Significant Subsidiaries of Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), 1982 – 2005
  Biotechnology Innovation Organization, Washington, D.C., 1987 – 1993
  Chair, Law Committee

• “Man of the Year” Hope Through Education – A Fund for Better Futures, 2022
  Stevens Outstanding Contributor Award, 2019
  Listed in Super Lawyers®, Business Law, 2019-2022
  Stevens Alumni Award, 2002
  Certificate of Appreciation, FDA, Joint FDA-Industry Workshop on Software as a Medical Device, 1997

• “Tips and Insights: Law Department Management, Association of Corporate Counsel Docket”, 2007
  “Online Compliance Training:  A Primer”, Association of Corporate Counsel Docket, 2004
  “Simulated Motion of Flux Tubes”, Cryogenics Vol. 12, No. 2, 1972

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