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Leonard
S. dePalma, Esq. - ldepalma@advocate.org
Len began his law practice in 1988. Some of his professional
and community activities have included: Legal Counsel
to the Little Ferry Rent Leveling Board (since 1999);
member adjunct faculty Berkeley College (since 2006);
Legal Counsel to North Jersey Chapter of National Association
of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) (since 1996); Legal
Counsel to Central Jersey Chapter of NARI (2003 to 2007
& since August 2011).
Additionally,
Len served as a Member
of the Board of Trustees of CompCare (non-profit behavioral
health care provider) (1994 to 2000); named 2004 National
Volunteer of the Year by the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity;
Court of Honor Chairman, Bergen County National Eagle
Scout Association and Scoutmaster Troop 105 Little Ferry
(1987 to 1990); Member of the Little Ferry Board of Adjustment
(1985 to 1986); and Member of the Paralegal Program Advisory
Board, Berkeley College of Business (1995 to 2005).
Len earned a B.S. degree in English Literature from Seton
Hall University. While an undergrad, he founded Seton
Hall's Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity, which he has
served as Chapter Advisor (2001 to 2005); as Regional
Governor he counseled chapters located in New York and
New Jersey (2005 to 2006); and Alumni Advisory Board as
an officer and member (1983 to present).
An
alumnus of Seton Hall Law School, Len was editor of
Res Ipsa Loquitur, the law school newspaper. During
Law School, he founded the Seton Hall Real Estate Forum
and won first place honors in the Appellate Tax Moot
Court Competition for best written brief and best oral
argument.
Len is licensed in the Courts of New Jersey, the U.S.
District Court for the District of New Jersey and the
U.S. Supreme Court. He is a member of the New Jersey
Bar Association.
Teaching
Affiliations - Berkeley College, Woodland Park (formerly
West Paterson) & Paramus Campuses:
- Winter
2009 Semester (January to March 2009) Taught two
classes, both Business Law 1 (see below under
"Winter 2006 Semester" for a complete course description)
- Spring
2008 Semester (April to June 2008) Taught Intro
to Real Property (see below under "Spring 2007
Semester" for a complete course description)
- Winter
2008 Semester (January to March 2008) Taught Business
Law 1 (see below under "Winter 2006 Semester"
for a complete course description)
- Summer
2007 Semester (July to Sept 2007) Taught Business
Organizations & Corporations, a 4 credit hour
course to a class comprised of paralegal studies students
Course topics included individual, partnership, and
corporate form of business organizations; formation,
implementation, and rules governing operations and
decision-making, the duties and liabilities of corporate
officers and directors, as well as mergers, acquisitions
and dissolution of corporations Required text: Moye,
John E., The Law of Business Organizations, 6th Edition,
Thomson West Legal Studies, 2005.
- Spring
2007 Semester (April to June 2007) Taught Two
Courses: Taught Business Law 1 (see below under
"Winter 2006 Semester" for a complete course description)
Also Taught Intro to Real Property Course topics
include the role of the paralegal in supporting the
residential real estate attorney, real estate contracts,
deeds, mortgages, adverse possession, and closing
adjustments. Required Text: Hinkel, David F., Practical
Real Estate Law, 4th Edition, West Legal Studies,
2004.
-
Winter 2007 Semester (January to March 2007)
Taught Two Courses: Taught Business Law 1 (see
below under "Winter 2006 Semester" for a complete
course description) Also Taught Intro to Contracts
and UCC (see below under "Spring 2006 Semester"
for a complete course description)
-
Fall 2006 Semester (September to December 2006)
Taught Business Law 1 (see below under "Winter
2006 Semester" for a complete course description)
- Spring
2006 Semester (April to June 2006) Taught Intro
to Contracts and UCC, a 3 credit hour course to
a class comprised of paralegal studies students Course
topics included formation of a contract, offer and
acceptance, mutual assent of the parties, consideration,
capacity, legality in contracts, proper form of contract
writing, performance and discharge of the contract,
remedies Required text: Tepper, Pamela R. The Law
of Contracts and The Uniform Copmmercial Code, 1st
Edition West Publishing 1995.
- Winter
2006 Semester (January to March 2006) Taught Business
Law 1, a 4 credit hour course to a class comprised
of various undergraduate business students Course
topics included the nature and sources of law, court
system and dispute resolution, the constitution, types
of business organizations, partnerships, corporation
formation, nature and classes of contracts; internet
contracts; formation of contracts, offer and acceptance;
capacity and genuine assent; consideration; legality
and public policy; third persons and contracts; breach
of contract and remedies; nature and form of sales;
torts; agency; regulation of employment; real property;
leases Required text: Twomey, Jennings, and Fox. Anderson's
Business Law and the Legal Environment., 19th Edition
West Legal Studies 2005.
Published
Articles:
- "An
Introduction to the Prevailing Wage Act"
The Bergen Barrister - Publication of the Bergen County
Bar Association, Winter 2002 Issue
- "New
Jersey's Minority and Female Contractor Set-Aside
Program" Remodeling News Magazine, April
2002 Issue
- "Construction
Claim Deadlines - What You Don't Know Will Hurt You"
The Bergen Barrister - Publication of the Bergen
County Bar Association, Winter 2001 Issue
- "Real
Estate Broker Commission Earned Even in Absence of
Closing of Title" Remodeling News Magazine,
April 2001 Issue
- "The
Design/Build Dilemma" Remodeling News Magazine,
March 2001 Issue
- "Avoiding
Wrongful Discharge Claims" Remodeling News
Magazine, November 2000 Issue
- "Deadlines
That Can Kill Claims" Remodeling News Magazine,
April 2000 Issue
- "Benefits
and Drawbacks to Arbitration" Remodeling News
Magazine, December 1997 Issue
Lectures
and Seminars:
- "How
Consumer Fraud Act Regulations Affect Residential
Contractors" February 19, 2011 at Fiesta, 255 Route
17S, Wood-Ridge, NJ sponsored by the North Jersey
Chapter NARI
- "Improving
Construction Contracts" April 14, 2010 at Holiday
Inn, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ sponsored by the North
Jersey Chapter of the National Association of the
Remodeling Industry
-
"Contract Law Nuts and Bolts" May 14, 2008 at Cortina
Ristorante, Paterson, NJ sponsored by the North Jersey
Chapter of the National Association of the Remodeling
Industry
-
"Improving Construction Contracts" January 23, 2008
at Kenvil, NJ sponsored by Wickes Lumber
-
"Improving Construction Contracts" November 14, 2007
at Allendale, NJ sponsored by Black Millwork Co.,
Inc.
- "New
Jersey's Home Improvement Practices Act and the Consumer
Fraud Act" November 8, 2005 at Cortina Ristorante,
Paterson, NJ sponsored by the North Jersey Chapter
of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry
- "Improving
Construction Contracts" April 20, 2005 at Flemington,
NJ sponsored by the Central Jersey Chapter of the
National Association of the Remodeling Industry
- "Residential
Construction Liens and the New Jersey Construction
Lien Law" April 12, 2005 at Cortina Ristorante,
Paterson, NJ sponsored by the North Jersey Chapter
of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry
- "Residential
Construction Liens and the New Jersey Construction
Lien Law" April 21, 2004 at Flemington, NJ sponsored
by the Central Jersey Chapter of the National Association
of the Remodeling Industry
- "Reducing
Bad Debt and Accounts Receivables" March 12,
2003 at Romannisimo Restaurant, East Rutherford, NJ
sponsored by the North Jersey Chapter of the National
Association of the Remodeling Industry
- "Improving
Construction Contracts" November 20, 2002 at
Flemington, NJ sponsored by the Central Jersey Chapter
of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry
- "Residential
Homebuilders and Subcontractor Relationships"
November 19, 2002 at Newburgh, NY sponsored by the
Mid-Hudson Valley Nari of New York Chapter of the
National Association of the Remodeling Industry
- "New
Jersey's Minority and Female Contractor Set-Aside
Program" May 8, 2002 at Cortina Ristorante, Paterson,
NJ sponsored by the North Jersey Chapter of the National
Association of the Remodeling Industry
- "An
Introduction to the Courts and Judicial System - Some
Seldom Considered Aspects" January 26, 2002 at
the Ridgefield Park Junior-Senior High School, Ridgefield
Park, New Jersey - presented to the Gifted and Talented
Section Students Participating in Preparations for
Mock Trials
- "The
Employment Relationship - Hiring and Termination of
Employees" March 22, 2001 at Hightstown, NJ sponsored
by the N.J. Alliance of NARI - North, Central and
South Jersey Chapters of the National Association
of the Remodeling Industry
- "Improving
Construction Contracts" March 8, 2000 at Excelsior
Supply Company, Butler N.J.
- "Improving
Construction Contracts" November 23, 1996 at
Construction Expo sposored by the North Jersey Chapter
of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry,
Hackensack, N.J.
- "An
Introduction to New Jersey's Construction Lien Law"
November 23, 1996 at Construction Expo sposored by
the North Jersey Chapter of the National Association
of the Remodeling Industry, Hackensack, N.J.
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