Robert L. Sallander, Jr. brings an aggressive yet pragmatic and cost-efficient approach to his handling of complex civil litigation. His practice emphasizes insurance coverage and bad faith, though Mr. Sallander has successfully handled a variety of matters including toxic injury, environmental actions, employment disputes and other business torts. Mr. Sallander has a cogent and direct style in both his written and oral presentations. As a consequence, he has handled several appellate matters in addition to his substantial trial experience in both State and Federal courts. Mr. Sallander has had significant involvement in such important decisions as Employers Insurance of Wausau v. Albert D. Seeno Construction Co., et al., Wong v. State Compensation Insurance Fund, State Farm v. Superior Court, Perzik v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co., and Vikco Ins. Services v. Ohio Indemnity Co. The drive to simplify and energize the presentation to juries of intricate and sophisticated scientific engineering concepts has led Mr. Sallander to effectively develop and use demonstrative evidence such as real-time computer imaging, videotapes, and movable scale models. Mr. Sallander's presentations to the insurance industry on the use of such evidence have been enthusiastically received. Mr. Sallander's undergraduate studies in journalism at Brigham Young University earned him national recognition for excellence by the Society of Professional Journalists. He was also honored by his professors at Drake University Law School for outstanding achievement in trial advocacy and oral argument. While still a law student, Mr. Sallander clerked for the Federal District Court for the Western District of Washington. Mr. Sallander is a regular speaker to groups of all sizes on issues about commercial litigation and insurance coverage. For example, in April 2004, Mr. Sallander was a featured speaker at the Defense Research Institute Insurance Coverage and Claims Institute's Annual Meeting in Chicago where he spoke on insurance coverage for mass torts. Begining in 2004 through 2010, San Francisco Magazine selected Mr. Sallander as one of its "Super Lawyers" in the area of insurance coverage. Mr. Sallander is a co-author of the "Insurance Bad Faith: A Compendium of State Law" (2004), published by the Defense Research Institute. Mr. Sallander is also the author of the Chapter entitled “Allocation in Mixed Actions” published in 2006 by the Defense Research Institute in the First Edition of its Duty of Defense Compendium.

Michael J. Saltz specializes in Business Litigation, Real Estate litigation, Entertainment Litigation, Complex Litigation, and Consumer Credit Reporting matters. Mr. Saltz formerly worked in the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. He now works in the private sector in California in both the litigation and appellate arenas. He has had multiple opinions published on his cases out of the Second and Fourth District Courts of Appeal, wherein he has successfully challenged the constitutionality of certain code section affecting the consumer credit reporting industry.. Since 1998, Mr. Saltz has lent his expertise to the Narcotic Enforcement Unit of the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office in a teaching capacity, giving advice on evicting convicted drug dealers and narcotic users from apartment buildings. Mr. Saltz has been a delegate to the Association of Credit Bureaus as a member of its Political Action Committee, which was instrumental in the revisions to the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act. After graduating from the University of Arizona, wherein he lettered as a collegiate athlete competing nationally in Fencing, Mr. Saltz received his Juris Doctor from the University of West Los Angeles. He is a member of the State Bar of California and is admitted to practice before the California Central District Court, Northern District, as well as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

I am the Senior Counsel at Lyons & Associates, P.C., a law firm which devotes its entire practice to New Jersey Divorce and Family Law matters. The firm has 7 lawyers and two office locations (Somerville, NJ and Morristown NJ). My philosophy has always been: “Do one thing and do it well.” I have handled thousands of cases in my 30+ year career as a New Jersey Family Law and Divorce Lawyer, including difficult divorces involving high net worth individuals, protracted custody disputes and complicated equitable distribution issues. I am also very experienced in domestic violence cases, which often are the most difficult to solve and require immediate and expert attention. In addition, I have been instrumental in developing alternatives to the traditional litigation process as a means for resolving family law matters. Through Divorce Mediation, I help divorcing couples determine their own destiny, rather than suffer the trauma and expense of seemingly endless litigation. I am also the Past President and a current Executive Board member of the New Jersey Collaborative Law Group, and played a key role in the passage of the New Jersey Family Collaborative Law Act in 2014. Collaborative Divorce emphasizes communication and cooperation, rather than conflict, and has as its goal a resolution of all issues which best meets each party’s individual needs as well as the needs of their children, without the intervention of the court system. My goal has always been to provide the highest level of legal representation to each of my clients in New Jersey Divorce and Family Law Matters. I understand that each and every client is special. No matter how big or how small the case, I provide personal attention, sensitivity, responsiveness and an unwavering commitment to excellence.