Janesa Urbano

JANESA URBANO has more than twenty years’ experience as an outside counsel, advocate and in-house counsel in both the private industry and the public sector. Ms. Urbano practices construction law and litigation, including complex commercial litigation, commercial and corporate transactions, real estate development and financing, commercial real estate transactions and leasing, franchise law, and advice and counseling to varied sized entities regarding their business ventures and disputes. Ms. Urbano is admitted to practice in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.

As in-house counsel, Ms. Urbano worked with a construction management/general contracting firm, served as Vice President and Chief Counsel for the New Jersey Schools Development Authority (“NJSDA”), and worked with a leading hospitality management company. As in-house counsel, Ms. Urbano was a member of the executive team and an active daily participant in the management of each of the organizations. In 2015, Ms. Urbano was recognized as a Top Corporate Counsel by the Philadelphia Business Journal.

In private practice, Ms. Urbano is experienced in a broad range of practice areas. She has tried several cases before federal and state juries and judges and arbitrated and mediated hundreds of disputes. Among other areas, she advises and assists clients with contract drafting and negotiation, including leases, confidentiality agreements, design and construction agreements, and design-build contracts. She advises and assists clients with risk management strategies and litigation management. Ms. Urbano specializes in complex commercial litigation for corporations and individuals, including the representation of construction and varied business professionals.

Ms. Urbano is an adjunct professor at Rutgers Law School where she teaches pre-trial advocacy and trial advocacy. She holds a Bachelor in Business Administration (cum laude), a Master in Business Administration (summa cum laude) and a Juris Doctor degree from Temple University.