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About Joel N. Jacobson

About Joel N. Jacobson

Joel has been a partner with the firm for more than 45 years. He served on the firm’s management and compensation committees from 1986 through 2017 and chaired the real estate practice group.

Joel’s practice focuses primarily on real estate and banking matters. His clients include a wide range of real estate investors and developers, numerous banks and other financial institutions, hotel owners and developers, a large fast-food franchise, and many non-real estate businesses with real estate needs. Among the types of matters handled by Joel are the following:

A broad range of commercial, industrial, office, and retail leasing transactions, including a 1,100,000 square foot warehouse lease, a 250,000 square foot office lease, and a lease of an FDA-approved laboratory with the equipment in place.

Purchases and sales of improved and unimproved real property, including transactions with complex approval contingencies and purchase price kickers.

Foreclosures, workouts, and sales with respect to thousands of commercial loans secured by real estate assets, including shopping centers, commercial and residential development projects, commercial office buildings, industrial buildings, mixed used properties, commercial office buildings, industrial buildings, mixed used properties, redevelopment projects, golf courses, tennis facilities, health care facilities, self-storage facilities, restaurants, catering facilities, gas stations, parking garages, and environmentally contaminated properties.

Structuring of corporations, joint ventures, partnerships, and limited liability companies in connection with real estate transactions.

Resolution of real estate disputes, including litigation and alternate dispute resolution.

Joel has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America®, Banking and Finance Law, 2006– 2024. Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. He was also named one of the state’s top real estate attorneys by Real Estate New Jersey Magazine. Joel has been awarded Martindale-Hubbell’s AV Preeminent rating, its highest lawyer rating, as an objective indicator of a lawyer’s high ethical standards and legal knowledge.”

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Education
Professional Affiliations
Bar Admissions
Awards

Representative Matters

Representation of nationwide hotel owner with respect to the acquisition and sale of hotels, development of new hotels, joint ventures, tax issues, land use matters, franchise issues, management agreements, and employment matters
Representation of one of the largest Wendy’s franchisees in Staten Island and New Jersey with respect to all aspects of its business, including ground leases, construction contracts, purchases and sales of restaurants, financing transactions and employment matters
Representation of a redeveloper in connection with a redevelopment project in Long Branch, New Jersey

Media

News/ August 17, 2023

28 Norris McLaughlin, P.A. Lawyers Included in 2024 Best Lawyers® Lists

News/ August 18, 2022

15 Norris McLaughlin Lawyers Included in 2023 Best Lawyers® Lists

News/ August 19, 2021

Fifteen Norris McLaughlin Attorneys Included in 2022 Best Lawyers® Lists

News/ September 1, 2020

Sixteen Norris McLaughlin Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers®

News/ August 15, 2019

Fifteen Norris McLaughlin Attorneys Named to 2020 Best Lawyers® List

News/ August 15, 2018

Nineteen Norris McLaughlin Attorneys Named to 2019 Best Lawyers® List

News/ April 30, 2018

Joel Jacobson on Panel for Meritas Member Contacts

News/ January 25, 2018

Steven Karg Named Norris McLaughlin, P.A. Meritas Member Contact

News/ August 15, 2017

Fifteen Norris McLaughlin Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in Best Lawyers

News/ August 15, 2016

Fourteen Norris McLaughlin, P.A. Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in Best Lawyers

News/ August 20, 2015

Fifteen Norris McLaughlin Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in Best Lawyers

News/ August 20, 2014

Fourteen Norris McLaughlin Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in Best Lawyers

News/ September 5, 2013

Fourteen Norris McLaughlin Attorneys Selected for Inclusion in Best Lawyers

News/ October 5, 2011

Twenty-Eight Norris McLaughlin, P.A. Attorneys Named Among Best Lawyers

News/ March 24, 2011

Eighteen Norris McLaughlin Attorneys Recognized by New Jersey Super Lawyers

News/ November 3, 2010

Joel N. Jacobson Named 2011 Best Lawyers Banking Lawyer of the Year in New Jersey

News/ August 20, 2009

Nineteen Norris McLaughlin Attorneys Named Among Best Lawyers

News/ November 21, 2008

Seventeen Norris McLaughlin, P.A. Members Named Among Best Lawyers In America

News/ March 31, 2008

Joel N. Jacobson Re-Elected Chairman of Chatham Township Planning Board

News/ January 28, 2008

Seventeen Norris McLaughlin Members Named Among Best Lawyers In America

Presentations/

November 2010

Foreclosure Delays Require Creative Solutions,”

WithumSmith + Brown, P.C. Newsletter

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July/August 2006

Meet the Real Estate Lawyers,” 

Real Estate New Jersey

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June 12, 2006

New Life for Bankrupt Projects?,”

New Jersey Law Journal

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July 2001

Has Your Investment Real Estate Syndication Gone Bad?,”

Real Estate Law Alert

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Presentations

May 7, 2019

"The Interplay and Intersection Between Real Estate and Environmental Law in Transactions,"

Norris McLaughlin, P.A., Bridgewater, NJ,

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May 5, 2018

"Calling All Member Contacts! Learn How to Capitalize on Your Meritas Membership,"

2018 Meritas Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, FL,

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