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Lee M. Perlman graduated from American University in 1990 from the School of Public Affairs in Washington D.C. with a concentration in Government. After serving as an assistant campaign manager in a United States Congressional Campaign in Boston Lee left to begin Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing Michigan. After law school Lee worked as a judicial intern for an Atlantic County New Jersey Superior Court Judge in the Chancery Division for one semester. He then formed his law practice in 1994. Shortly thereafter was the inception of Perlman and Block with Lee as the founding and managing partner. That partnership dissolved in 1996 and Lee has been in solo practice ever since.

Lee now practices with his two associates exclusively concentrating in consumer bankruptcy, FCRA and FDCPA work. He and his staff of ten oversee three offices and file well over 500 consumer bankruptcy cases per year in all three New Jersey vicinages.

Lee is a graduate of the Bankruptcy Inn of Court Program through Seton Hall University, a member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy attorneys since 1997, a member of the National Association of Consumer Advocates, an attorney member of the District Ethics Committee of the Supreme Court of New Jersey as well as a member of the Rutgers University Bankruptcy Pro Project Steering Committee, in addition to being a longstanding member of county several bar associations. Most recently, Lee has been a guest commentator on Fox news discussing identify theft and the proliferation of credit card usage on college campuses and serves as Attorney Instructor for the Financial Literacy Project of New Jersey Bankruptcy Law Foundation. Recently, Lee testified before the New Jersey Legislature in support of a bill aimed at curbing abusive debt collectors in New Jersey. Lee and his wife Kristen have been married for 8 years, live in Haddonfield with their daughter Kate.

Position:

Sole Practitioner - focus of practice on bankruptcy

Areas Of Practice:

Bankruptcy Law
Criminal Law
Traffic Violations
Real Estate Law
Collections & Repossessions
Litigation & Appeals

Admitted:

New Jersey, 1994
U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1994
U.S. Court of Appeals 3d Circuit, 1998

Education:

Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, MI, 1993
J.D.

Seton Hall University, Newark, New Jersey, 1996

Bankruptcy Inn of Court, Graduate

American University, Washington, District of Columbia

B.A., The School of Public Affairs

Honors: Dean's List

Published Works:

Bankruptcy Reform Bills, Courier Post, September, 1998

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Guest Lecturer, "Introduction to Law", Cumberland County College, 1998 - 1999

Testified before the New Jersey Legislature in support of a bill aimed at curbing abusive debt collectors in New Jersey, June 2009

Panelist speaking on mortgage servicing abuse in bankruptcy at the NJ Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Summer 2008

Presenter at Camden County Bar Association Seminar on FDCPA, April 2009

Presenter at 16th Annual Bankruptcy Conference, Burlington/Camden Bar, January 2009

Affiliations:

Camden County Bar Association, Member

New Jersey Bar Association, Member

National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Member

New Jersey Bankruptcy Trustee Association, 1999 - Present, Member

Bankruptcy Inn of Court, 1998 - Present, Member

Attorney Instructor - Financial Literacy Project of New Jersey Bankruptcy Law Foundation

Past Positions:

Honorable L. Anthony Gibson, J.S.C., Assignment Judge of the Atlantic County Superior Court, Chancery Division, Judicial Intern

Assisted in the management of a United States Congressional Campaign in Boston

Pro Bono Activities:

Camden Regional Legal Services Pool Attorney, 1994 - Present

Fraternities/Sororities:

Alpha Epsilon Pi

Delta Theta Phi

Born:

1968, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Lee M. Perlman completes Bankruptcy Boot Camp

On October  9, 2006, Attorney Lee M. Perlman successfully completed an
intensive 4 day course (or Boot Camp) concentrating in Mortgage Fraud
actions, Bankruptcy Discharge litigation, Credit Reporting violations
and other issues in assistance to consumers emerging from a bankruptcy
case. Run by the well-known O. Max Gardner in North Carolina, Mr.
Perlman attended the Boot Camp with ten other consumer bankruptcy
attorneys from around the country. Mr. Gardner's Bankruptcy Boot Camp
has been featured in Business Week and will be the subject of a CNN
segment on the show Open Home on Saturday March 10th along with the
director of the movie "Maxxed Out".

Mr. Perlman recently appeared on the radio program Legal Perspectives on 1210 am
CBS Radio as a guest attorney answering consumers questions about bankruptcy, debt and mortgage related concerns.
 

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Christopher G. Cassie is a graduate of the Rutgers University School of Law - Camden.  Mr. Cassie received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Drexel University.
 
Mr. Cassie spent three years practicing creditor's rights law in both the commercial and retail areas.  He also has experience in landlord tenant matters.  Mr. Cassie has tried cases in the New Jersey Superior Court - Special Civil Part, Philadelphia Municipal Court, and Pennsylvania District Court.  He has also arbitrated cases in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania.  Mr. Cassie is a member of the New Jersey and Pennsylvania bars.

Mr. Cassie resides in south New Jersey with his wife.

Christopher G. Cassie completes Bankruptcy Boot Camp

In October, 2007, Attorney Christopher G. Cassie successfully completed an
intensive 4 day course (or Boot Camp) concentrating in Mortgage Fraud
actions, Bankruptcy Discharge litigation, Credit Reporting violations
and other issues in assistance to consumers emerging from a bankruptcy
case. Run by the well-known O. Max Gardner in North Carolina, Mr.
Perlman attended the Boot Camp with ten other consumer bankruptcy
attorneys from around the country. Mr. Gardner's Bankruptcy Boot Camp
has been featured in Business Week and will be the subject of a CNN
segment on the show Open Home on Saturday March 10th along with the
director of the movie "Maxxed Out".

Mr. Cassie recently appeared on the radio program Legal Perspectives on 1210 am
CBS Radio as a guest attorney answering consumers questions about bankruptcy, debt and mortgage related concerns.
 

CLICK HERE FOR OUR FREE BANKRUPTCY ASSESSMENT

Omar J. Valdez, Associate Office of Lee M. Perlman Email

Omar J. Valdez is a graduate of the Rutgers University School of Law -  Camden.  Mr. Valdez received a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.

While in law school, Mr. Valdez was a semi-finalist in the Hunter Moot Court competition.  He was subsequently named to the Hunter Moot Court board.  Mr. Valdez also served as a student attorney in the Rutgers Law School Domestic Violence Clinic.  Mr. Valdez is currently a student of the New Jersey Bankruptcy Inn of Court.  Mr. Valdez is a member of the New Jersey and Pennsylvania bars.

Mr. Valdez resides in south New Jersey and is an avid outdoorsman.

Mr. Valdez recently appeared on the radio program Legal Perspectives on 1210 am
CBS Radio as a guest attorney answering consumers questions about bankruptcy, debt and mortgage related concerns.

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