Attorneys

Partner John F. “Jack” Gillick concentrates his practice on the litigation of employment discrimination, civil rights, and personal injury claims. A current Trustee for the New Jersey State Bar Foundation and Vice President of Legal Counsel for the Boy Scouts of America, Monmouth Council, Mr. Gillick is a former President of the Middlesex County Bar Foundation and has been named a “Super Lawyer” by New Jersey Monthly magazine for the last seven years in the area of employment law.

A former Trustee for the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, John Gillick teaches continuing legal education courses on behalf of the Middlesex County Bar Association and is a member of the New Jersey, Middlesex County, New Brunswick and American Bar Associations. John Gillick is also proud to be an Assistant Troop Leader for his daughters’ Girl Scout troop.  He received his Juris Doctor from Seton Hall University in 2001 and thereafter served as Law Clerk to the Hon. Jack L. Lintner, former Presiding Judge of the Superior Court, Appellate Division.  Having successfully handled hundreds of cases on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants, John Gillick has also won appeals before the New Jersey Supreme Court and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, in addition to being counsel of record on numerous published opinions.

John Gillick received his Juris Doctor from Seton Hall University in 2001, where he was Articles Editor for the Legislative Journal, President of the Irish American Law Students Association, a Senator of the Student Bar Association, and an intern for the New Jersey State Assembly’s Democratic Office. As an undergraduate, he received dual Bachelor of Arts degrees from William Paterson University in English Literature and Secondary Education, where he was named Outstanding Senior and presented with a service award by the Catholic Campus Ministry.

Areas of Practice:

• Personal Injury
• Employment
• Civil Rights

Bar Admissions:

• New Jersey
• U.S. District Court District of New Jersey

Education:

• Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, New Jersey,
  Juris Doctor, 2001
  Law Journal: Seton Hall University, Legislative Journal, Articles Editor
• William Paterson University
  Bachelor of Arts
  Honors: Outstanding Senior
  Major: English Literature
  Major: Secondary Education

Honors and Awards:

• “Rising Star,” New Jersey Super Lawyers Magazine/New Jersey Monthly, 2009

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education (NJICLE)
  Trustee
• New Jersey State Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division
  Executive Committee
• Middlesex County Bar Foundation
  Trustee
• Middlesex County Bar Association
  Member
• New Jersey State Bar Association
  Member
• American Bar Association
  Member

Past Employment Positions

• Honorable Jack L. Lintner of the Appellate Division of the Superior Court, New Jersey, Former Law Clerk
• New Jersey State Assembly’s Democratic Office, Intern

Pro Bono Activities

• Volunteer Lawyer for Justice for the Legal Services Foundation of Essex County