Attorney Profile

Arthur "Scott" L. Porter Jr. 
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Managing Partner / Chairman of Litigation Department
phone (201) 569-5959 ext. 133
fax (201) 871-4544
email Email Me

Arthur "Scott" L. Porter is the managing partner of the firm. He represents many businesses in New Jersey and New York metropolitan area, where he focuses his practice on civil litigation and transactional/corporate matters. Mr. Porter is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts in New York and New Jersey and has litigated matters in Maryland, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Utah. Additionally, Mr. Porter has represented various commercial enterprises, manufacturing companies, real estate developers, general contractors, and condo associations in complex litigations, arbitrations, mediations and he has handled labor negotiations. Mr. Porter is a member of the Bergen County Bar Association, the New Jersey State Bar Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America and he serves on the Board of Directors of several privately-held corporations. Mr. Porter is a graduate of the Syracuse University Law School, and received his M.P.A. at Syracuse's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and his B.A. from Bard College, where he is a member of the Board of Governors.
On the local level, Mr. Porter serves as General Counsel to the Urban League of Bergen County and is President of the Boosters Club for the Tenafly Tigers Hockey Club.

Areas of Practice:
Trials & Arbitration
Civil Litigation
Commercial & Corporate Transactions
Real Estate
Construction Litigation
Bar Admissions:
New York
N.Y. Court of Appeals
New Jersey
U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of New York
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of New York
U.S. Bankruptcy Court New Jersey
Education:
Syracuse University College of Law, Syracuse, New York, 1984
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence


Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, 1984
M.P.A., Master of Public Administration


Bard College, Annandale on Hudson, New York, 1979
B.A., Bachelor of Arts
Honors: Dean's List


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Bergen County Bar Association
Member


New Jersey Bar Association
Member


Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Member


From our offices in Englewood Cliffs, New York City, the trial attorneys at Fischer Porter Thomas & Reinfeld, P.C. represent clients throughout New York and New Jersey, including the following in New Jersey: Paramus, Englewood, Englewood Cliffs, Fort Lee, Teaneck, Alpine, Cresskill, Demarest, Edgewater, Cliffside Park, Ridgewood, Hackensack, Tenafly, Clifton and Jersey City. In New York, our lawyers assist clients throughout the New York City metropolitan area, including Nyack and Piermont, White Plains, Westchester, Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island. Our law firm also represents clients throughout Bergen County, Essex County, Passaic County and Hudson County in New Jersey; as well as Nassau County, Bronx County, King County, Westchester County, Orange County and Rockland County in New York.

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