A business litigator since 1991, Jay R. McDaniel is the founder of the McDaniel Law Firm, PC with offices in Hackensack, NJ and New York City.  He represents companies and individuals in shareholder, partner and limited liability company disputes in the courts of New Jersey and New York.   He practiced at Weil Gotshal & Manges in New York City and Porzio, Bromberg & Newman in Morristown, NJ before starting his current practice in 2005.  He is a former print journalist who attended law school after a successful career at The Star-Ledger in Newark and The Daily Journal in Elizabeth. 

Mr. McDaniel writes and lectures on limited liability company issues.  His work has appeared in the National Law Journal, The New Jersey Law Journal and the The New York Law Journal.  He has also written for the Practicing Law Institute and was a contributor to The Business Judgment Rule.  His seven-lawyer firm also handles intellectual property litigation and he represents owners and former owners on post-breakup issues involving licensing, copyright, unfair competition and restrictive covenants.

Practice Areas

Limited liability company disputes involving dissolution and involuntary dissociation of members, breach of contract and other matters involving LLCs, Oppressed Shareholders, Freeze-Outs, Deadlocks, Involuntary Dissolution and disputes among owners of closely held corporations; Partnership diputes, dissolutions, breakups and accountings.

Professional Associations

The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York, New Jersey, American and Federal Bar Associations.

Education

• Rutgers University, J.D., with honors, 1991
• Rutgers University, B.A., 1984

Bar Admissions

• New York 
• New Jersey
• U. S. District Court
• District of New Jersey
• U.S. District Courts
• Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Third Circuit 
• U.S. Supreme Court 
• United States Court of International Trade