John E. Lanza
Super Lawyers®Free ConsultationProbate Practice - represented estate fiduciaries, incapacitated persons and Guardianship applicants, litigated will contests, administered decedents' estates and performed estate planning Lawyers in Flemington, NJ in Flemington, NJ
About John E. Lanza
John E. Lanza has been associated with Lanza & Lanza LLP since its inception and has been a practicing attorney since 2001. He maintains an active probate practice including probate litigation (will contests, guardianships, fiduciary accounting challenges), estate and trust administration and estate planning (drafting wills, trusts, powers of attorney and living wills). He has been appointed by the Hunterdon County Surrogate to represent elderly clients in guardianship proceedings and to administer testamentary trusts for minors. In 2010, he lectured before the organization Volunteer Guardianship One-on-One on the topic of avoiding court challenges to guardianships. Along with his probate work, Mr. Lanza also maintains real estate, commercial litigation, land use, appellate and municipal court practices. In addition to his private practice, Mr. Lanza is an alternate municipal prosecutor in the Borough of South Plainfield, Township of Piscataway and City of South Amboy. Mr. Lanza earned his undergraduate degree in political science from Boston College in 1998 and graduated cum laude from the Seton Hall University School of Law in 2001. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees John E. Lanza included in a Super Lawyers® list Other Sources of Feedback About John E. Lanza Included on the 2026New Jersey Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 New Jersey Super Lawyers list 2024 New Jersey Super Lawyers list 2023 New Jersey Super Lawyers list 2022 New Jersey Super Lawyers list 2021 New Jersey Super Lawyers list 2020 New Jersey Super Lawyers list 2016 New Jersey Super Lawyers list 2015 New Jersey Super Lawyers list 2014 New Jersey Super Lawyers list 2013 New Jersey Super Lawyers list 2012 New Jersey Super Lawyers list 2011 New Jersey Super Lawyers list
Education
Legal Education
- Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, New Jersey, June, 2001
- J.D.
- Honors: cum laude
Non Legal Education
- Boston College, College of Arts & Sciences, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 1998
- B.A.
- Major: Political Science
Current Employment Position(s)
- Attorney
Past Positions
- South Plainfield, Piscataway and South Amboy, NJ, Assistant Municipal Prosecutor, 2003 - present
- Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith, Ravin, Davis & Himmel LLP, Woodbridge, NJ, Associate, Litigation Department, 2001 - 2003; Summer Associate/Law Clerk, Litigation Department, 2000 - 2001
Representative Cases
- Pacifico v. Pacifico
- Citation: 190 N.J. 258
- Year: 2007
- O'Rourke v. City of Lambertville
- Citation: 405 N.J. Super. 8
- Court: App. Div.
- Year: 2008
- Marcinczyk v. State of NJ Police Training Comm'n.
- Citation: 406 NJ Super 608
- Year: 2009
Published Works
Articles
- Contributor: "What Lawyers Need to Know About Accepting Cash From Clients", Michael B. Himmell,, 162 N.J.L.J. 156, 2000
- Contributor: "Bankruptcy Practice for the Next Millennium", Patricia Gardner , 159 N.J.L.J. 469, 2000
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey, 2001
- District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 2012
Other Affiliations
- District XIII Ethics Committee (2009-2013; Vice-Chairman 2011-2012; Chairman 2012-2013)
- Hunterdon County Board of Chosen Freeholders (Current Term: 2014 - 2016)
Attorney Details
| Full Name | John E. Lanza |
| Firm | Lanza & Lanza LLP |
| Address | 5 Main Street, Flemington, NJ 08822 |
| Phone | 908-905-0183 |
| Phone | 908-782-4012 |
| Website | www.lanzaandlanza.com |
| New Clients | ✓ Currently accepting |
| Consultation | ✓ Free initial consultation |