Gary L. Mason
Manalapan, New Jersey
Managing Member

Gary L. Mason is admitted to practice in the State of New Jersey, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the New Jersey Supreme Court, the State of New York, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and the United States Supreme Court.

Mr. Mason is the Managing Member of the firm and was selected by the Law and Politics division of New Jersey Monthly as a 2006 New Jersey Super Lawyer, an honor received by only 5% of New Jersey's 85,000+ attorneys, and is also listed in the Madison Who's Who Among Executives and Professionals. His clients describe him as a "lawyer's lawyer." His clients' interests are paramount and he strongly believes in helping the client understand what lawyers and the legal system can and cannot do, what benefits and risks are involved in pursuing alternative courses of action and what the cost is likely to be. Despite public attacks on lawyers and the legal profession, Mr. Mason holds dear the notion that lawyers are public servants, that the practice of law is nothing but honorable and that the lawyer's only job is to safeguard and pursue the client's best interests, while maintaining the integrity of the legal process. After working with several reputable law firms throughout the State of New Jersey, including one of New Jersey's largest firms, Mr. Mason found that he was best able to pursue these goals by building his own firm.

Mr. Mason has a particular expertise in business law and litigation, commercial transactions and litigation, including commercial landlord/tenant matters and commercial brokerage disputes, corporate and partnership formations and disputes, personal and corporate bankruptcies, and employment counseling and litigation, including wrongful discharge, discrimination and sexual harassment claims. He serves as general counsel to Global Licensing & Marketing, L.L.C., a national firm engaged in various licensing and franchising business ventures, and Global Healthcare Alliances, L.L.C., a national healthcare consulting firm.

Mr. Mason believes that every lawyer has a duty to give back to the community. He has done so by being an active member with several bar associations and charitable organizations. Mr. Mason has served on the Board of Directors for New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education and the American Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Committee Planning Board. He is an active member of the New Jersey State Bar Association and the American Bar Association's Labor and Employment, Litigation and Business Law committees, as well as the Monmouth County Bar Association Professionalism Committee and Commercial Litigation and Banking Committee. Mr. Mason regularly volunteers his time to the Make-A-Wish Foundation and is the regional director for Comfort Zone Camp, Inc. (www.comfortzonecamp.org), a non-profit bereavement camp for children who have lost a sibling, parent or primary caregiver. He resides with his wife Marcy and children Jacob, Noah and Allie in Monmouth County, New Jersey.

Bar Admissions:
:: New Jersey, 1990
:: U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1990
:: U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1991
:: U.S. Supreme Court, 1998

Education:
:: New England School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 1990 Honors: Cum Laude
:: Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, 1987

Representative Cases:
:: Global Licensing & Marketing, L.L.C.
:: Coughlan Products Corp.
:: Frank J. Lopes Advertising, Inc.
:: Louis Berger & Associates
:: Zenith Marketing Group
:: WLN Grounds Maintenance
:: Quality Building, Inc.
:: Labor Union Benefit Services
:: Total Benefit Systems Insurance Agency, Inc.
:: Claire's Boutique, Inc.
:: Global Healthcare Alliances, L.L.C.
:: HealthLinx Billing Solutions, L.L.C.
:: Re/Max Central
:: Elite Fitness Centers, L.L.C.
:: Marlboro Pop Warner Football League

PHonors and Awards:
:: Selected by the Law & Politics division of New Jersey Monthly as a 2006 New Jersey Super Lawyer,     an honor received by only 5% of New Jersey's 85,000+ attorneys
:: Madison Who's Who Among Executives and Professionals
:: United Who's Who Registry of Executives and Professionals

Professional Associations and Memberships:
:: New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1998 - 2002 Board of Directors
:: New Jersey State Bar Association, Civil Practice, Labor and Employment Law , Legal Education &     Commercial Litigation committees
:: American Bar Association, Litigation, Labor & Employment Law, and Business Law committees
:: Monmouth County Bar Association, Professionalism, Business and Banking Law, and Labor and     Employment Law Committees

Pro Bono Activities:
:: Make-A-Wish Foundation
:: Comfort Zone Camp, Inc.

Klafter & Mason, L.L.C.
Attorneys at Law
Manalapan, New Jersey

Serving central New Jersey clients in Freehold, Marlboro, Manalapan, Monroe, Old Bridge, Morganville, Matawan, Colts Neck, Hazlet, Aberdeen, Neptune, Lakewood, Toms River, New Brunswick, and other communities in Monmouth County, Ocean County, and Middlesex County