January 31, 2009 - Paul T. Fader, Esq. has been named one
of the 101 Most Influential People in New Jersey
by New Jersey Monthly Magazine. Mr. Fader was
selected because of his significant "impact on the way
we live in New Jersey."
The "Power Issue" identified Mr. Fader as an
attorney and lobbyist who "wields clout as
a partner in former Governor Jim Florio's law
firm, Florio Perrucci Steinhardt & Fader." "After
serving two (2) terms as mayor of Englewood
and chief counsel to governors McGreevey and
Codey" Fader now represents "big-time clients" such
as United Water, Cablevision, and the
Newark Downtown Core Redevelopment Corporation.
Mr. Fader is a principal and partner in Florio
Perrucci Steinhardt & Fader, L.L.C. He manages
the firm's Rochelle Park office and has been
instrumental in the rapid growth of the firm
since he joined in January 2006.
Mr. Fader has long been involved in the national,
state and local Democratic party. He served
on then-Congressman Robert Torricelli's staff
in the 1980s for the U.S. House of Representatives,
as a delegate for President Clinton to the
1996 Democratic National Convention, as a member
of the Federal Judicial Nominating Committee
for the Federal District Court of the State
of New Jersey and as a transition team member
for New Jersey Governors James E. McGreevey
and Richard J. Codey. Mr. Fader served two
successful terms as Mayor of the City of Englewood.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Fader was Chief
Counsel to New Jersey Governors James E. McGreevey
and Richard J. Codey.
Florio Perrucci Steinhardt & Fader, L.L.C.
was founded by Governor James J. Florio who
has extensive environmental and legislative
experience and Michael J. Perrucci who is one
of the Mid-Atlantic region's leading litigators.
Douglas J. Steinhardt joined the firm as a
named partner in August 2005, and Paul T. Fader
joined as a named partner in January 2006.
The firm has practice specialties in municipal,
real estate and land use, labor and employment,
environmental, litigation defense, government
and regulatory affairs, construction and public
contract, banking and commercial lending, and
family law. Offices are located in Phillipsburg,
Rochelle Park and Woodbury, N.J.; New York,
N.Y., and Bethlehem, Pa.
