portrait of William P. Higgins

Resume of WILLIAM P. HIGGINS, JR.

McCarter & Higgins
48 Drs. James Parker Blvd.
Red Bank, New Jersey 07701
(732) 450-1090


PROFESSIONAL

1996- Partner, McCarter & Higgins, Red Bank, New Jersey.  General practice of law.  Represented clients in connection with the purchase and disposition of sub-performing and non-performing loans totaling in excess of $100,000,000.00. Represented clients in connection with the acquisition and sale of hundreds of millions of dollars in commercial real estate, including the acquisition of the real property and the rights to develop substantially all of the oceanfront property in Asbury Park, NJ.

1990-1996 Associate, McCarter & English, Newark, New Jersey. Specialized in commercial litigation with an emphasis on foreclosure and bankruptcy.  Represented clients in connection with loan restructures, loan sales and real estate sales.  General business litigation with an emphasis on insurance litigation.

1989 Summer Associate, Higgins & Walker, Ringwood, New Jersey. Practice areas included personal injury litigation, estate planning, bankruptcy, and environmental litigation.

1989 Part time Associate, Ballen, Keiser, Gertel & Feldman, Camden, New Jersey.  Practice areas included personal injury and commercial litigation.

1988 Summer Associate, Feldman, Feldman, Hoffman & Fiorello, Wayne, New Jersey. Practice areas included collection and construction litigation.


EDUCATION

Rutgers University School of Law, Camden, New Jersey, Juris Doctor, May, 1990

  • American Jurisprudence Award for the highest grade in Legal Research and Writing, §5
  • Dean's List 1987-1988, 1988-1989

 

Rutgers College, New Brunswick, New Jersey, B.A., Political Science, 1987

  • Dean's List six semesters

PUBLICATIONS

co-author with George W.C. McCarter, Discovery in Business Litigation in New Jersey State and Federal Courts, appearing in Commercial Litigation in New Jersey, Law Practice Handbooks, Inc., Springfield, Ill. (1996).


Interests

Fishing, Mountain Biking

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