PARTNER
Andrew M. Baron
- Chair, Mediation and Arbitration Department
- Government, Regulatory Law, and Compliance Issues
- Caregiver Advice and Counsel Including Medicaid and Nursing Home Issues
- Special Education
- Construction Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Zoning and Planning Board Matters
- Wills and Contested Probate Disputes
Court Admissions
- New Jersey
Education
- Drew University, BA
- Seton Hall Law School, J.D.
- New York University Robert Wagner School of Public Service M.S. in Health Policy
Andrew M. Baron is a Partner of Jardim Meisner Salmon Sprague & Susser, P.C. where he chairs the firm’s Mediation, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Arbitration practice group. He will also advise clients on small, medium, and family business matters, along with wills and probate cases, and he will handle all aspects of state, county and local government matters. When clients’ matters end up in litigation, Andrew will rely on his extensive courtroom experience to assist and guide our clients accordingly.
Andrew, spent the last nine years as a judge with the State of New Jersey, Office of Administrative Law, where he was responsible for hearing, deciding or settling over 1,000 cases, including but not limited to Medicaid appeals, housing, special education matters, business and teacher licensing disputes, lemon law, disability and employment cases. Prior to that, Andrew served as a Plainfield Municipal Court judge for eight years and, beginning in 2006, served as the managing partner of Kochanski, Baron, and Galfy, a full-service law firm primarily handling business and probate matters as well as commercial and residential real estate. Throughout the time he spent as managing partner of his former law firm, Andrew played a stabilizing and advisory role for several businesses facing challenging business climates while guiding their leaders through restructuring and reorganization.
Andrew also has an extensive background in governmental law through his service as an Assistant Union County Counsel, Scotch Plains Township Attorney, Chief Prosecutor for the City of Plainfield and Counsel to the Union County Division on Aging.
For the past ten years, Andrew has also served as an adjunct faculty member with the Rutgers-Newark School of Public Policy and Administration, teaching several classes in Health Care Management, Human Resource Management and Business Ethics. He also serves as a lecturer for the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education.
Andrew has a passion for giving back to the community, which is evident from his past service as President of the Temple Emanu-El Westfield Men’s Club, President of the Rahway Chamber of Commerce and a coach for local youth soccer, basketball and baseball teams.
