ATTORNEY PROFILES

JOHN A. CRANER, Of Counsel/ Founding Partner

Mr. Craner began his distinguished legal career nearly 50 years ago. He has represented management as well as various Teamster, building trades and transit unions, and served as counsel to several pension and welfare funds. Mr. Craner has successfully litigated many high profile discrimination and wrongful discharge cases that resulted in several landmark labor cases in both the New Jersey and Federal Courts. Mr. Craner earned the Fordham Law School Distinguished Alumnus Award (New Jersey Chapter) in 2004. He is now “Of Counsel” to the Firm and concentrates on complex labor, employment, matrimonial and commercial litigation cases. AREAS OF PRACTICE CORPORATIONS LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW FAMILY LAW BAR ADMISSIONS New Jersey Bar (1960) U.S. District Court for New Jersey (1960) Third Circuit Court of Appeals (1962) New York Bar (1990) U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts (1990 and 1997) Second Circuit Court of Appeals [1970] Bar of the United States Supreme Court (1964). United States Tax Court EDUCATION: Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, BS in Economics (1956) Fordham University School of Law, JD (1959)