“Litigate respectfully but aggressively.”

- Carl E. Zapffe

Location: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Phone: 201-897-4942

Fax: 201-608-7191

Email: E-mail Me

Carl E. ZapffE, Of Counsel

Mr. Zapffe focuses his practice almost entirely on commercial litigation, and has represented some of the largest and most prestigious financial institutions in the world. At the state level, he has extensive experience litigating matters throughout New York and New Jersey, and at the federal level, he has extensive experience litigating matters throughout the country.

Throughout the course of his career, which has now spanned nearly two decades, he has litigated thousands of matters encompassing a wide array of contractual disputes, in addition to matters involving a plethora of different federal, state, and common-law causes of action, such as violations of the Uniform Commercial Code, the Truth-in-Lending Act, the Consumer Fraud Act, and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

Mr. Zapffe also has a considerable amount of appellate experience (both at the state and federal levels) and has even argued a matter before a rare en banc panel of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals—a matter in which he won 13-0, and a decision which was subsequently affirmed by the Supreme Court of the United States.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Zapffe practiced at several national law firms. He is originally from Chicago, and attended the George Mason University School of Law, where he received his Juris Doctorate while focusing on Corporate and Securities Law. Mr. Zapffe now resides in Chester, New Jersey, with his lovely wife and two amazing sons.

Bar Admissions

• New Jersey (2004)
• New York (2005)

Court Admissions

• Supreme Court of the United States
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Court
• U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
• U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
• U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee

Education

• George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, Virginia
  • J.D., 1999

• Hanover College, Hanover, Indiana
  • B.A., 1996