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John Haulenbeek Named PQA Managing Partner

PQA Partner John Haulenbeek has been named Managing Partner of Pringle Quinn Anzano, PC.  In that role, John is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of PQA and its four offices, with 23 attorneys and more than 30 support staff.  He is also be responsible for overseeing the Firm’s planned 10,000 square-foot expansion of its Belmar office.

Since joining Pringle Quinn Anzano, P.C., as Of Counsel in early 1996, Mr. Haulenbeek has chaired the Firm’s Commercial Transactions and Real Estate Practice Groups.

John was appointed by the Supreme Court in 2006 as one of New Jersey’s seven Bar Examiners.

John brings to his new management role his experience as General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer of Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc.,  during the period it grew from 35 units to over 320 units in 25 states.   John was responsible for the creation and implementation of system-wide processes that established the company as a multi-state restaurant system.  He worked to create a corporate structure that addressed the business development, regulatory, training, procurement, operational and financial needs of both the parent company and its franchisees.  He reported in that position to the Company’s President, and was responsible for the day to day operation of the Company as well as the strategic management of the system’s growth.

Prior to joining Jersey Mike’s Mr. Haulenbeek was associated for nine years with the law firm of Klatsky & Klatsky, Red Bank, New Jersey, where his practice concentrated on general corporate matters, commercial transactions and commercial litigation in both the law and chancery divisions for the Firm’s corporate and financial clients. He was responsible for the Firm’s representation of First Fidelity Bank, Midlantic National Bank and The Howard Savings Bank, which he represented in connection with transactional activities such as asset based lending, real estate based lending and government backed lending transactions. In addition, he was responsible for the foreclosure and other asset recovery litigation required by these financial clients of the Firm.

John is a graduate of Dartmouth College and received his law degree from Seton Hall University School of Law.  He clerked for Superior Court Judges Benjamin R. Nicosia and Laurence A. Stammelman, and was admitted to the New Jersey Bar in 1983.

Belmar Planning Board Approves PQA Expansion Plans

At its April 16, 2012 meeting, the Belmar Planning Board voted unanimously to approve the major site application of PQA’s Belmar landlord, 701 Seventh Avenue Associates, Inc.  This approval clears the way for the renovation of the 10,000 square foot warehouse at the rear of the property into office space.   PQA, which currently occupies 5,600 square feet of office space at the front of the existing building, and 3,000 square feet in a nearby office building, has signed a lease for an additional 7,000 square feet of the new office space.   The move will bring PQA’s Belmar professional, administrative and IT support staff all under one roof, while providing much needed additional space to accommodate the firm’s growth.

Pringle moderates panel at 2012 ISO Insurance Fraud Managers’ Conference

PQA senior partner Ken Pringle will moderate the Medical Advisory Forum at the 2012 Insurance Fraud Managers’ (“IFM”) Conference in Phoenix, Arizona on March 28, 2012.  The IFM  conference is sponsored by the Insurance Services Organization (“ISO”), a subsidiary of Verisk Analytics.

The Medical Advisory Forum will focus on developments in medical investigations during the past year, as well as discussions of effective strategies for medical investigations in the upcoming year.   Panel members include Dr. Rick Wakefield, IHC; Dr. Larry Spitz, Pattern Analysis Inc.; and Dr. Randy Braddom, Pattern Analysis Inc.

PQA Partner George McGill Wins Site Plan Approval for Flagship Location of Investors Savings Bank

On January 11, 2012, PQA Partner George D. McGill, Esquire successfully concluded an application before the Brick Township Planning Board on behalf of Investors Savings Bank.   The application sought preliminary and final site plan approval with variance relief to enable Investors Savings to construct a 6,418-square- foot state-of-the-art banking facility at the busy intersection of Brick Boulevard and Hooper Avenue.  This high profile location will serve as the flagship for the client’s operations in the region.    Architectual Design was provided by Mark Haas, Architect, of Haas and Associates, Mt. Arlington, New Jersey.  Engineering was provided by Derek M. Jordan, P.E., of Bohler Engineering, Warren New Jersey. Planning was providing by Daniel C. McSweeney, of McSweeney Consulting, LLC, Sea Girt, New Jersey.   George worked closely with these professionals to coordinate their efforts and expertise to present a compelling case best designed to achieve the client’s goals.

PQA’s Tom Mulvihill honored by Society of Investigators of Greater Newark

PQA attorney Tom Mulvihill was honored on November 11, 2011 by the Society of Investigators of Greater Newark (“SIGN”).   The group gave Mulvihill a Special Recognition Award for his work on behalf of a SIGN officer, who was served with a subpoena by a defendant in a pending insurance fraud lawsuit seeking information that related to an ongoing criminal investigation by the New Jersey Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor.   Mulvihill successfully moved for a protective order quashing this subpoena, as well as a similar subpoena served on the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB),  another PQA client.

The Society of Investigators of Greater Newark was formed 1966 by a group of law enforcement and corporate security representatives from the Newark NJ area, and has since grown far beyond te Essex County area. Membership today is more than 325 strong, and includes local, county, state and federal law enforcement representatives from Bergen County to Monmouth County.  Agencies represented include the Division of Criminal Justice, Enforcement Bureau, Gaming and Wildlife, Gambling Commission, State Police, Office of Inspector General, Motor Vehicle Commission and Office of the Public Defender. On a Federal level, our membership consists of FBI, Secret Service, DHS, Postal Inspectors and ICE. In the corporate sector, SIGN’s members include investigators and attorneys from the auto insurance, health insurance, banking, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and trucking industries.