Vincent J. Nolan III
Special Counsel
Duane Morris LLP
1940 Route 70 East, Suite 200
Cherry Hill, NJ 08003
USA
Phone: +1 856 874 4221
Fax: +1 856 874 4381
Email: vnolan@duanemorris.com

Vincent J. Nolan practices in the area of complex commercial, financial services, employment and construction litigation, with extensive experience handling appeals. Some highlights include Mr. Nolan's successful prosecution of a Third Circuit appeal determining fiduciary duties under ERISA (Mushalla v. Teamsters Local No. 863 Pension Fund, 300 F.3d 391 (3d Cir. 2002)), participation on a trial team that won specific performance of a multimillion-dollar real estate contract, and participation on a litigation team in a racial and sexual harassment and discrimination case against a major auto manufacturer that achieved a settlement which the client found very favorable.

Before entering private practice, Mr. Nolan served as a law clerk to the Honorable James J. Ciancia of the New Jersey Appellate Division and subsequently served as a law clerk to the Honorable Barry T. Albin of the New Jersey Supreme Court. He is currently serving on the Civil Practice Committee of the N.J. Supreme Court for its 2008-2010 term.

Prior to attending law school, he spent two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic. While serving in the Peace Corps, Mr. Nolan assisted the residents of a remote village in establishing an elementary school for their children and also developed a unique training seminar to disseminate basic construction techniques.

Mr. Nolan is a 1999 graduate, with highest honors, of Rutgers University School of Law. He is a 1997 graduate of the Graduate School at Rutgers (M.P.A.), where he was elected to Pi Alpha Alpha, and a graduate of Rutgers University.

Areas of Practice

• Appellate
• Commercial Litigation
• Construction Litigation
• Employment Litigation
• Financial Services Litigation

Representative Matters

• Obtained on behalf of parents of a disabled child a ruling that parents have a right to meaningful participation in the development of their children's Individual Education Plans (IEPs) and that children with disabilities must be afforded Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) in light of their abilities.

Professional Activities

• New Jersey Supreme Court
  - Member, Civil Practice Committee, 2008-2010; 2010-2012

Admissions

• New Jersey
• New York
• Pennsylvania
• U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Education

• Rutgers School of Law, J.D., 1999
• Rutgers University, B.A., 1989
• Rutgers University, M.P.A., 1997

Experience

• Duane Morris LLP
  - Special Counsel, 2013-present
  - Associate, 2009-2012
• WolfBlock LLP
  - Associate, 2008-2009
• Flaster/Greenberg P.C.
  - Associate, 2003-2008
• New Jersey Supreme Court
  - Law Clerk to the Honorable Barry T. Albin, Associate Justice, 2002-2003
• Zazzali, Fagella, Nowak, Kleinbaum & Friedman, P.C.
  - Associate, 2000-2002
• Appellate Division, New Jersey Superior Court
  - Law Clerk to the Honorable James J. Ciancia, J.A.D., 1999-2000

Civic and Charitable Activities

• Peace Corps
  - Volunteer in the Dominican Republic

Honors and Awards

• Listed in New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2010

Selected Publications

• Co-author, "Keep Your Contributions to Yourself: Pa. General Assembly Abrogates Supreme Court Gaming Decision," The Legal Intelligencer, April 7, 2010