Two law firms with presences in New Jersey announced Aug. 4 the addition of partners.
Wells, Jaworski & Liebman of Paramus said Jonathan Kukin has joined as partner and will chair the firm’s tax, trusts and estates department. Lowenstein Sandler, founded in Newark and with an office in Roseland, announced that Jeremy M. King has joined the firm as a partner in its insurance recovery group. He will be based in the firm’s New York office.
Kukin previously co-chaired the tax, trusts and estates practice at Winne Banta Basralian & Kahn in Hackensack and served on its management committee. He will focus his practice on advising entrepreneurs, small and mid-size companies and high net-worth individuals on a wide variety of tax and estate planning matters. These include wills, living wills, durable powers of attorney, revocable living trust agreements, irrevocable trust agreements, family limited partnerships, charitable trusts and foundations, as well as corporate, business and family succession planning, and charitable giving.
Prior to practicing law first as an associate at Cole Schotz, and then in his own boutique tax practice for nearly 30 years, Kukin clerked with the Second Circuit Court of Appeals Staff Counsel Office, which is at the forefront of alternative dispute resolution at the federal appellate court level. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York.
King brings experience litigating complicated multiparty insurance claims for policyholders across a wide range of industries to Lowenstein Sandler. He is known for winning victories and settlements through negotiations, trials, appeals, and arbitrations on matters involving bad faith handling of claims, business interruption, directors’ and officers’ liabilities, natural disasters, cyber events, products liability claims, qui tam and False Claims Act issues, and representation and warranty claims.
He also maintains a general commercial litigation practice, representing clients in cases involving securities-related liabilities, commercial lease and construction-related claims, fraud, partnership disputes, loan-related claims, general contracts, and indemnification matters.
King is the latest in a strategic series of lateral additions to Lowenstein Sandler’s partnership. Over the last nine months, Lowenstein Sandler has added partners in white collar defense and corporate investigations and integrity practices; investment management group; emerging companies and venture capital group; the capital markets and securities practice; and the litigation department.Â
