Piro Zinna Cifelli Paris & Genitempo, LLC

TODD M. GALANTE is a Principal/Partner who heads the firm’s Bankruptcy and Creditors’ Rights team. Mr. Galante also practices in the areas of complex business litigation, business restructuring/loan workouts, bankruptcy (reorganization/insolvency), fraud/embezzlement matters, real estate litigation, commercial foreclosure litigation, lender liability defense, franchise litigation, business entity/member litigation, consumer fraud and general equity litigation. He also represents several auto dealerships, banks and credit unions, and is "Special Counsel" to Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ and certain insurance companies. 

Mr. Galante is a seasoned certified arbitrator and mediator serving in both private and court appointed matters from state and federal courts. Mr. Galante has been recognized as among America’s Most Honored Professionals - Top 1%, selected as among the Best Lawyers in America (2009 thru 2017), Top Lawyers (for the years 2008 thru 2017), and NJ Super Lawyers (for the years 2009 thru 2015). He also enjoys an "AV" Peer Review Rating (highest rating) as published in Martindale Hubbell. 

Mr. Galante has served as an Adjunct Professor at Rutgers University (NCAS) for several years and also taught bankruptcy law as an Adjunct Professor at Seton Hall University School of Law (SHL). Todd has been a frequent lecturer for National Business Institute (NBI), NJICLE and other legal organizations. He has published many articles and other materials on various legal topics. 

Todd and his wife have established various endowed scholarships for talented students at the high school, college and graduate degree levels. He has served on various advisory boards, and is also the current Chairman of The Salvation Army Morristown Corps Advisory Board and Co-Chair of CIANJ’s Financial & Business Strategies Forum. Mr. Galante has also served on the New Jersey Supreme Court Committees on Character and Fitness, Attorney Ethics and Fee Arbitration. 

He served as Law Clerk to the late Vincent J. Commisa, then Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey (1986-1987), and was also elected to public office as a Councilman-At-Large of the City of Orange Township, NJ in 1988 where he also served as Council President from 1991-1992. Todd also served on the City of Orange Board of School Estimate and Planning Board.

Year Joined Firm 

Areas of Practice 

• 30% Creditors' Rights/Business Bankruptcy & Litigation
• 30% Complex Commercial, Business, Professional Malpractice & Employment Litigation
• 20% Construction Litigation/Consumer Fraud Litigation
• 10% Special Litigation Counsel - Municipal/Government Agencies
• 10% Mediation/Arbitration/Attorney Ethics

Litigation Percentage

90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation  

Bar Admissions 

• New Jersey, 1986
• U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1986
• U.S. District Court District of Southern New York, 1987
• U.S. District Court District of Eastern New York, 1987
• U.S. District Court District of Northern New York, 1990
• U.S. District Court District of Wisconsin, 1997
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 2015
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1990
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia, 1993
• The United States Supreme Court, 1998 
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Education 

• Seton Hall University School of Law 
• J.D. - 1986
• Rutgers University - Newark (NCAS) 
• B.A. cum laude – 1983
• Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society 

Certain Honors, Awards and Professional Recognition

• AV Peer Review Rating in Martindale Hubbell
• America's Most Honored Professionals - Top 1% (2016)
• Best Lawyers in America (2009-2017)
• New Jersey Super Lawyers (2009-2015)
• Top Lawyers (2008-2017)
• Member of Million Dollar Advocates Forum
• Recipient of The Rutgers University – Newark, College of Arts and Sciences, Distinguished Alumni Service Award (May 2014) 

Certain Professional Associations and Memberships 

• The American Bar Association
• The New Jersey State Bar Association
• The American Trial Lawyers Association (Commercial & Bankruptcy Law Committees)
• The American Bankruptcy Institute
• Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey (Co-Chair of the Financial & Business Strategies Forum)
• Seton Hall University School of Law, Board of Visitors
• Rutgers University – Newark College of Arts & Sciences Dean’s Cabinet