Kurt
W.
Krauss
Partner
973.735.6123
New Jersey
Kurt W. Krauss is a Partner in the New Jersey office. He has extensive litigation experience handling complex cases in the area of commercial and business disputes.
These disputes have included land use and zoning matters, real estate and condominium law, condemnation and contract issues. He has also addressed matters of intellectual property, including trademark and copyright infringement, employment law and environmental litigation, in state and federal courts.
Kurt handles issues related to the Uniform Commercial Code and estate litigation on behalf of both beneficiaries and claimants. He also works on matters pending before New Jersey Courts of Chancery, including unfair competition suits, trade secret litigation, restrictive covenants, shareholder and partnership disputes, and probate cases.
He is trained in mediation and has served as a Mediator in the Superior Court of New Jersey. Kurt is a former full-time member of the New Jersey Supreme Court District X Ethics Committee and was Chairman of that committee from 2005 to 2006. He has served on the committee as an Attorney Investigator on overload cases since 2006.
Also, Kurt has been appointed by the Superior Court of New Jersey to serve as a Condemnation Commissioner in Morris County. He also has served as Vice Chairman of the Boonton Township Planning Board for eight years, from 1998 to 2006.
Admissions
New Jersey
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
Education
Washington and Lee University School of Law, J.D., 1988
Dickinson College, B.A.
Professional Memberships
American Bar Association
Federal Bar Association
Morris County Bar Association
Delbarton School, Morristown, NH, Lay Board of Trustees
Former full-time member of the New Jersey Supreme Court District X Ethics Committee; Chairman, 2005-2006
Former Vice Chairman of the Boonton Township Planning Board, 1998-2006
Publications
Co-author,
Trade Secret and Restrictive Covenant Litigation in New Jersey, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1995
Presentations
"Ethical Cliffhangers for Trial Attorneys," New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, December 2011