John B. McCusker

Partner

  • John B. McCusker
  • Phone: +1 973 424 2080

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  • Duane Morris LLP
    200 Campus Drive, Suite 300
    Florham Park, NJ 07932-1007
    USA

John B. McCusker represents corporate and individual clients, including Fortune 500 petroleum and pharmaceutical corporations, in employment discrimination, environmental/remediation, climate change and complex commercial litigation matters. In his employment practice, he defends clients against claims of discrimination, retaliation and Employee Retirement Income Security Act and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission violations, as well as claims by employees through the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division.

Mr. McCusker also litigates large, complex, environmental matters arising under an array of federal laws and their state equivalents, including the federal Clean Air Act (CAA), Superfund, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Clean Water Act (CWA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and state "mini-NEPAs," and the Endangered Species Act (ESA), on behalf of major oil companies.

Mr. McCusker is a 1982 graduate of Villanova University School of Law and a graduate, with honors, of Muhlenberg College.

Areas of Practice

  • Employment Litigation

  • Employment Counseling

  • Environmental Litigation

  • Commercial Litigation

  • Public Relations/Crisis Management

Admissions

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

Education

  • Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, J.D., 1982
  • Muhlenberg College, B.A., with honors, 1978

Experience

  • Duane Morris LLP
    - Partner, 2022-present
  • McCusker, Anselmi, Rosen & Carvelli, PC
    - Partner and Co-founder

Professional Activities

  • International Association of Defense Counsel

  • Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

  • Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey

  • New Jersey State Bar Association

  • Hogan-Morgenthau Alumni organization

Honors and Awards

  • Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2016-2024

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