Mr. Garcia advocates for both individuals and institutional clients in affirmative and defensive litigation across a range of industries and practice areas. With a broad and versatile practice, he has helped counsel clients through complex business disputes, administrative and regulatory challenges, corporate investigations, one of the largest infrastructure development projects on the East Coast, and a six-week federal jury trial.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Garcia completed clerkships at every level of the New Jersey Courts, including the Superior Court, Chancery and Appellate Divisions, and the New Jersey Supreme Court. During his trial and appellate clerkships, he honed the skills that have been integral to his general practice, researching and writing about novel questions of public importance in issues of civil, criminal, and administrative law, and gaining unique insights into matters of emergent injunctive relief.
Credentials
Education
Rutgers Law School (J.D.)
- Publication Editor, Rutgers Computer and Technology Law Journal
New York University (B.A., English and American Literature)
Professional Admissions
State of New Jersey
State of New York
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Professional Activities
New Jersey State Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey
Morris County Bar Association
Judicial Clerkship(s)
Law Clerk to the Honorable Michael Noriega, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of New Jersey, August 2023 – September 2024
Law Clerk to the Honorable Maritza Berdote Byrne, J.A.D., Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, August 2022 – August 2023
Law Clerk to the Honorable Maritza Berdote Byrne, P.J. Ch., Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, General Equity Part, Morris and Sussex Vicinage, August 2021 – August 2022
Judicial Intern to the Honorable Noel L. Hillman (Ret.), United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, Spring 2020
Judicial Intern to the Honorable Terry P. Bottinelli, J.S.C. (Ret.), Superior Court of New Jersey, Summer 2019
Legal Employment
Legal Intern, Waterfront Commission of NY Harbor, Fall 2019