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Pringle joins Governor Corzine, Commissioner Dilts and other NJ transportation officials at opening of widened Driscoll Bridge

admin — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:21:13 +0000

PQA Partner and Belmar Mayor Ken Pringle joined Governor Jon S. Corzine, NJDOT Commissioner Stephen Dilts, Assembly Transportation Committee Chairman John Wiesniewski, Highway Authority Commissioner Michael Dupont and other transportation officials at a press conference on May 21, 2009 marking the completion of the $225 million construction project to widen the Garden State Parkway’s Driscoll Bridge. The Driscoll Bridge now has more lanes of traffic than any bridge in the nation, and will be able to accommodate 300,000 vehicles a day. Pringle, who is also a member of the 7-person Board of Directors of New Jersey Transit, spoke about the benefits the project will confer on the Jersey Shore and its tourism industry.

Pringle honored by Jersey Shore Partnership with 2009 Elected Leadership Award

admin — Wed, 13 May 2009 12:02:02 +0000

The Jersey Shore Partnership recently announced it will honor Belmar Mayor, and PQA managing partner, Ken Pringle with its 2009 Elected Leadership Award at its 13th Annual Summer Celebration at Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook on June 8, 2009.

A little more than a year after Pringle was first elected mayor, Mother Nature battered the Jersey Shore with a one-two combination: the Halloween Storm of 1991 and then, a year later, the devastating Nor’easter of ‘92, which destroyed much of the coastline include large sections of Belmar’s boardwalk and a number of Belmar’s older beachfront pavilions. The Jersey Shore Partnership was formed in response to those events, and for nearly two decades has been a strong advocate for shore protection, beach replenishment and other initiatives that are of vital importance to the Jersey Shore. Pringle has worked closely with the Jersey Shore Partnership and others since then to advocate for federal beach replenishment funding, and a dedicated source of State funding for shore protection. In 1997, Belmar part of the largest beach nourishment project in U.S. History. In 1998, Pringle was invited to testify before the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the United States Senate in support of the Water Resources Development Act of 1998, which contained important elements regarding federal funding for shore protection.

Previous recipients of the Jersey Shore Partnership’s Elected Leadership Award include Congressmen Frank Pallone and Robert Saxton.

PQA Wins Dismissal of $245 Million Suit

admin — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:59:58 +0000

PQA won a stunning victory on April 22, 2009 in a civil matter pending before Judge Daniel M. Waldman in the Superior Court of New Jersey in Monmouth County, in which the plaintiffs were seeking $245 million in damages from PQA’s client. PQA was retained in July 2008 to defend a client in a highly-publicized case brought in Monmouth County by the shareholders of a subsidiary of his former employer, an international securities firm that is publicly traded on the NASDAQ exchange.
The suit alleged a breach of fiduciary duty and claimed damages in the amount of $245 million, which the plaintiffs’ contended was the loss in the value of their shares attributable to the alleged breach. The allegations in the New Jersey action mirrored allegations that were the subject of an earlier filed New York matter as well as those asserted in an arbitration proceeding before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (”FINRA”). PQA’s client was separately represented in those matters by Stephen Harmon and Matthew Aaronson, Esquires, of the New York City office of Troutman Sanders, LLP.
Before the plaintiffs could commence discovery in New Jersey, PQA moved to dismiss the New Jersey action on three grounds: (1) the filing of the suit in New Jersey violated the forum selection clauses contained in the shareholders agreement, option agreement and employment contract to which the parties were bound; (2) the New Jersey court should defer to the courts of New York pursuant to the first-filed doctrine, as recently enunciated by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Sensient Colors, Inc. v. Allstate Insurance Co., Inc., 193 N.J. 373 (2008); and (3) the plaintiffs lacked standing to bring their claims against PQA’s client because the claims they asserted were derivative of the claims of the corporation of which they were shareholders, and could only be brought directly by that entity.
On April 22, 2009, Judge Waldman handed down a 31-page opinion, deciding in favor of PQA’s client on each of the above three issues, and dismissing the case in its entirety. PQA Managing Partner Ken Pringle argued the motion before the Court, and was assisted on the brief by PQA Associate Denise O’Hara.

Pringle appears on PBS special, “A Green Revolution Takes Root in the Garden State”

admin — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:28:54 +0000

PQA’s Ken Pringle appears on the NJN Public Television Special, “A Green Revolution Takes Root in the Garden State,” which premiered on NJN on Sunday, April 19, and began running nationally on PBS stations beginning on Monday evening, April 20. The show will be rebroadcast on NJN on Saturday, April 26 at 3 pm. (Other PBS affiliates may present the show at different times, so check your local listings.) The documentary was filmed in Hi-Def format, and includes several stunning clips of Belmar, whose green building efforts are highlighted in the documentary. Pringle discusses his efforts to promote sustainable development as the mayor of Belmar.

“A quiet green revolution in the building world is evolving, and a first wave of innovative green design projects large and small have already hit the ground. NJN’s one-hour high definition special “Green Builders” profiles a cast of green building pioneers who have taken the leap into making their part of the ‘built environment’ a more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly place,” according to the NJN advance about the documentary. “Collectively, the green builders are building the foundation for a more widespread movement toward making America’s built environment less harmful to the dwindling supply of healthy natural resources and even less expensive to operate. Their homes and offices are the proving grounds for green building, and their personal experiences reveal that building greener is less complicated and expensive than you probably thought, and more rewarding in the long run.” The segment about Belmar starts at about 35:20 into the video.

Another clip featuring Ken Pringle can be seen here: NJN / Kenneth Pringle

Pringle Named Parade Grand Marshal

admin — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:51:32 +0000

PQA Managing Partner and Belmar Mayor Ken Pringle has been selected as the Grand Marshal for the 2009 Belmar-Lake Como St. Patrick’s Day Parade, which will be held on March 1, 2009. The parade, which has been an annual Jersey Shore tradition since 1973, is the largest St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New Jersey, and one of the largest in the nation.

Anzano Honored by Brain Injury Association

admin — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:48:10 +0000

The Brain Injury Association of New Jersey has announced that it will honor PQA Partner and Hopewell Mayor Paul Anzano at its Annual Gala on March 10, 2009. Mr. Anzano is being recognized for his leadership in spearheading the effort to obtain passage of the law creating the Traumatic Brain Injury Fund (“TBI”), which has served as the payor of last resort for thousands of New Jersey citizens with brain injury. Paul has long been active with the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey, and is a former member of the Board of Trustees of the Community Health Law Project. The Brain Injury Association Gala will be held at the Marriott Hanover, and Rebecca “Becky” Quick, the co-anchor of CNBC’s signature morning program, “Squawk Box,” will serve as the MC for the event.

PQA files $24.3 million lawsuit

admin — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:10:48 +0000

PQA filed today a 42-count, $24.3 million lawsuit against 64 defendants on behalf of a Fortune 100 insurance company.
The suit alleges a complex automobile insurance fraud scheme involving 15 medical facilities and more than 45 other defendants, including physicians and an attorney. The suit alleges that certain of the defendants violated the New Jersey Insurance Fraud Prevention Act and New Jersey’s civil Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organization (”RICO”) law through a scheme that involved the recruiting and referrals of claimants to treat at healthcare facilities in exchange for money and exaggerated testing results that would justify further treatments.

Eleventh Annual Insurance Fraud Summit

admin — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:20:02 +0000

On October 7, 2008 PQA managing partner Ken Pringle delivered introductory remarks to a group of more than 250 representatives of the insurance industry and law enforcement assembled at the War Memorial in Trenton for the Eleventh Annual Insurance Fraud Summit. The summit is jointly sponsored by New Jersey’s Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor, the Insurance Council of New Jersey and the New Jersey Special Investigators Association (NJSIA). Pringle serves as General Counsel to the NJSIA.

PQA’S Airport Clients Awarded Judgments

admin — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:19:10 +0000

In 2008, PQA attorneys George D. McGill and Denise M. O’Hara obtained judgments on behalf of airport clients pursuant to the New Jersey Aircraft Lien Statute. PQA attorneys initially filed liens against aircraft owned by various individuals or entities for storage or maintenance fees owed to PQA’s clients. PQA attorneys then instituted court actions in connection with the liens. As part of the judgments awarded by the Court, PQA obtained for their clients the right to sell the aircraft at public auction in satisfaction of the liens. PQA attorneys proceeded to handle all aspects of the public auctions on behalf of their clients, including the transfers of aircraft registration with the Federal Aviation Administration.

PQA Successfully Resolves Business Dispute in Favor of Client

admin — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:18:09 +0000

In 2008, PQA attorneys Kenneth E. Pringle, John A. Haulenbeek, and Denise M. O’Hara resolved a bitter business dispute on behalf of their client. Upon learning that the client’s business partner had surreptitiously formed his own business to compete with the partnership business and was attempting to divert the partnership’s customers to the new business, PQA attorneys filed suit against the partner and his new business and obtained an injunction preventing the partner from operating his new business. By taking an aggressive approach at the outset of the case, PQA attorneys obtained a settlement favorable to the client in the early stages of the litigation, which resulted in minimal expenses incurred by the client.