Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC (“CSG Law”) is pleased to announce that five attorneys from Greenberg Dauber Epstein & Tucker will join the firm as of January 1, 2025. As part of this transition, Greenberg Dauber Epstein & Tucker will conclude its operations as a business law boutique in Newark, NJ. H. Glenn Tucker, Robert F. Ripley, and Eleftherios (“Ted”) Georgiou will join CSG Law as Members in the firm’s Corporate & Securities Group, Jennifer Saal will join the firm’s Corporate & Securities Group as Counsel, and Edward J. Dauber will join as Of Counsel to CSG Law’s Litigation Group.

“We are pleased to have Ed, Glenn, Bob, Ted, and Jennifer join the CSG Law team, bringing their formidable experience to the firm,” said Glenn Stein, Chair of the Corporate & Securities Group at CSG Law. “We’ve known and respected this group for years and look forward to collaborating now as colleagues to continue providing clients with top-tier legal representation.”

“The synergy between our practices made it clear that joining CSG Law would be a natural extension to our work,” Glenn Tucker agreed. “We have worked with many of the firm’s attorneys in a variety of matters over the years, and we have always been impressed with the CSG’s business model and culture.”

“Working alongside attorneys that I have litigated against and with over the years is something I am looking forward to,” added Ed Dauber. “We also believe that by drawing on the CSG’s wide variety of practices we will be able to offer seamless services to our clients.”

“This talented team will join the more than 200 attorneys at our firm, including 36 who have joined our ranks in 2024 so far,” said Francis J. Giantomasi, Member of the Executive Committee of CSG Law. “We are committed to growing strategically and expanding our comprehensive suite of services in a way that adds value for clients.”

Glenn Tucker focuses his practice on counseling family held businesses and handling complex mergers and acquisitions for closely held enterprises. Glenn is a Director of the Business Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association, a member of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association, and a founding Director and former Vice President of The Inn of Transactional Counsel (Morris & Essex Counties). Glenn was also selected to serve on the Ad Hoc Committee on Continuing Legal Education by the New Jersey Supreme Court, and he has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Seton Hall University School of Law, where he taught a transactional law skills course. Glenn earned his J.D. from Duke University School of Law, and his B.A., magna cum laude, from Duke University.

Robert (“Bob”) Ripley’s practice emphasizes the handling of sophisticated M&A transactions for mid-market companies. He also assists clients in an outside general counsel capacity with their day-to-day issues. Bob earned his LL.M. in Taxation from New York University, his J.D. from Tulane University Law School, and his M.B.A. and B.S. from Drexel University.

Eleftherios (“Ted”) Georgiou focuses his practice on representing and advising domestic and international business clients in day-to-day business activities, mergers and acquisitions, commercial loan and refinancing transactions, business formations and development (including web-based businesses), corporate reorganizations, employment and stockholder transactions, liquor licensing matters, and the negotiation of commercial leases and other contracts. Ted earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from New York Law School and his B.S. in Finance, summa cum laude, from Rutgers University.

Jennifer Saal counsels clients on a variety of contractual and transactional matters affecting their daily operations. Jennifer focuses her practice on contract negotiation and documentation, helping clients successfully conclude business transactions including commercial leases, purchase/sale contracts, and employment and severance agreements. Jennifer earned her J.D., cum laude, from New York University, and her A.B., cum laude, from Harvard College.

Ed Dauber brings his extensive background in commercial litigation, white collar defense matters, mediation and alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”) to CSG Law. In addition to his private practice experience, Ed has served in the public sector in a number of roles including as Chief of the Fraud Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in New Jersey, as an advisor to the Attorney General of the United States, and as the Executive Assistant Attorney General and Director of the Division of Law for the State of New Jersey. In the latter role, Ed oversaw the State’s more than 400 Deputy Attorneys General, representing all state agencies including the Departments of Insurance, Banking and Environmental Protection, and all professional boards. Ed also served three terms on the New Jersey Supreme Court’s Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct. Ed earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School, and his B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, from Rutgers University.