Meet Our Firm
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Mitchell T. Grayson |
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Samuel Gerstein |
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Andrew B. Cohen |
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Donald S. Levenson |
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Cynthia Levin |
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Peter M. Halden |
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David P. Skand |
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Jeffrey S. Brenner |
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Beth Lincow Cole |
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Craig David Becker |
Mitchell T. Grayson
Mitchell T. Grayson is the managing partner of the firm. He is a skilled transactional and tax attorney with credentials that include a Masters of Law Degree in Taxation (LLM) and a license as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Mr. Grayson's legal, tax and accounting background enables him to provide pragmatic advice to clients and to structure business transactions so as to minimize federal and estate tax liability.
He is highly regarded among others in his profession, not only as an accomplished tax attorney, but also as an astute transactional attorney adept in handling sophisticated real estate, business and financing transactions.
Mitchell Grayson is a member of the American Bar Association Sections of Taxation, Real Property & Business Law, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Estate and Financial Council of Southern New Jersey, the New Jersey Bar Association and the Society of Financial Planning Professionals.
mgrayson@gersteingrayson.com
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Samuel Gerstein
Samuel Gerstein, founder of the firm Gerstein Grayson & Cohen, LLP (formerly known as Gerstein, Cohen & Grayson) is semi-retired. He established the firm in 1985. Mr. Gerstein, upon graduation from Rutgers University School of Law - Camden, and admission to the Bar in 1973, served as a Captain in the United States Army Military Police Corps.
He has been a practicing attorney in the South Jersey area since 1966. Mr. Gerstein's particular areas of expertise are in Business and Commercial Law; Lending and Closings; Banking Law, Commercial Real Estate and Buying and Selling of Businesses.
He is admitted to practice before the Superior Court of New Jersey, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, the United States Court of Appeals--3rd Circuit and the United States Supreme Court.
His activities have included Chancellor, Rutgers Law School Alumni Association, Camden, New Jersey; lecturer in Commercial Law for the Continuing Legal Education Program of the Camden County Bar Association; Commercial Arbitrator, Superior Court of New Jersey and a Member of the Executive Counsel, Eastern District of the Commercial Law League of America.
Andrew B. Cohen
Andrew B. Cohen is a partner at the firm and head of the firm's Litigation Department. Mr. Cohen graduated from Temple University School of Law in 1992 and is licensed to practice law in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He practices in State and Federal Courts, handling matters which include personal injury, business disputes, real estate, commercial collections and employee theft.
Mr. Cohen is a member of the American Bar Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and the New Jersey Division of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Additionally, Mr. Cohen serves on the Personal Injury Law Committee of the Camden County Bar Association. Practice areas for Mr. Cohen include Personal Injury, Civil Litigation, Real Estate, Commercial Collections and Municipal Court.
Donald S. Levenson
Donald S. Levenson is Of Counsel to the firm. He graduated from Cornell University in 1965 and graduated from Rutgers University School of Law-Camden in 1968 where he was Editor of the Law Review. He served as President of the Burlington County Bar Association for the 1998-1999 term. He was a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointment Review Committee.
He served for two years as Prosecutor of Evesham Township; he was an attorney for the Cherry Hill Township Planning Board for over 10 years. He has been a member of the Burlington County and Camden County Bar Associations for over thirty (30) years as well as serving on various committees in those associations.
He is admitted to practice before the Superior Court of New Jersey and the United States Supreme Court.
His principal area of concentration is family law. This includes pre-nuptial agreements, divorce, separation, custody, support and domestic violence cases. He also handles all types of real estate cases including, but not limited to, the buying and selling of homes, commercial real estate, leases and zoning and planning. Another area of his concentration is Municipal Court work which includes cases as simple as speeding tickets to serious DWI matters as well as minor criminal matters.
Cynthia Levin
Cynthia Levin is a member of the firm of Gerstein Grayson & Cohen, LLP and has been a member of the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Bars since 1975. She graduated from Temple University, magna cum laude and from Rutgers Law School, magna cum laude and received the Prentice Hall award for distinguished work in Taxation. She taught Business Law and Income Taxation at Stockton College and Rowan University. She practices in the areas of estate and trusts and elder law planning.
clevin@gersteingrayson.com
Peter M. Halden
Peter M. Halden has been a member of the New Jersey Bar since 1976. After graduating from Rutgers University in New Brunswick in 1968, Peter worked as a journalist, first in radio, then with the Associated Press and finally as an editor at the Courier-Post. He was the recipient of numerous journalistic awards during that time.
As a practicing attorney, Peter served as a Municipal Court Prosecutor, continuously and in the same town, from 1979 to 2007. He also served with the New Jersey Board of Bar Examiners from 1985 to 2007. During that time, he wrote 18 of the essay questions that appeared on New Jersey Bar Exams and personally graded more than 35,000 essay responses.
Peter’s practice focuses primarily on Family Law, including Divorce, custody and economic issues, as well as Municipal Court. He is a member of the Camden County and Burlington County bar associations, and serves on the editorial board of The Barrister, the publication of the Camden County Bar Association.
phalden@gersteingrayson.com
David P. Skand
David P. Skand is an associate with the firm, having graduated from Rutgers University law school in 1997. Previously, Mr. Skand served as a Deputy Attorney General with the New Jersey Attorney General's office where he represented, among other State agencies, the State Treasury Department. In that capacity, he served as counsel to the Public Employees' Retirement System, as well as the Police and Fireman's Retirement System.
He has extensive litigation experience and specializes in creditor's rights matters. He has litigated matters in State, Federal, and United States Bankruptcy Courts, as well as New Jersey's Office of Administrative Law. In addition, he has extensive appellate court experience, having briefed and argued numerous matters on behalf of the agencies of the State of New Jersey and other clients.
Mr. Skand's areas of practice include general and commercial litigation, appellate litigation, OAL hearings, insurance coverage, real estate and corporate matters, zoning and land use, and Landlord/Tenant. His practice further includes foreclosures, replevins, repossessions and other creditor's rights matters, including representation in the Bankruptcy Courts. He also handles public employee pension matters, having represented the New Jersey Division of Pensions and Benefits while serving as a Deputy Attorney General. He is a member of the Burlington County Bar Association.
dskand@gersteingrayson.com
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Jeffrey S. Brenner
Jeffrey S. Brenner is counsel to the Firm and concentrates his practice on corporate/transactional matters involving closely-held corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and the start-up, purchase and sale of such businesses.
His principal area of concentration is in the restaurant and food and beverage industry and is a contributing writer to several area publications associated with the restaurant industry. Mr. Brenner is also regarded as an expert on the recovery of embezzled/diverted funds, employee theft and other fraud related matters. He frequently provides counsel to companies and their owners on legal and business issues pertaining to e-commerce and the uses and risks of the Internet and related technologies.
Mr. Brenner is licensed to practice in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He graduated from Rutgers University School of Law - Camden in 1989 where he served as a staff member on the Rutgers Law Journal. Mr. Brenner is a member of the New Jersey Restaurant Association. He is also a member of the New Jersey State, Camden County and Burlington County Bar Associations, and a past attorney-coach for the Cinnaminson High School Mock Trial Team.
jbrenner@gersteingrayson.com
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Beth Lincow Cole
Beth Lincow Cole is Of Counsel to the firm. She specializes in employment law for small to mid sized companies. Her goal, is to afford clients expert counsel without the prohibitive rates.
Beth Lincow Cole graduated magna cum laude from Lehigh University, earning her Juris Doctor from Temple University School of Law. While there, she earned Dean’s List and was honored with the Barrister Award for distinguished performance in trial advocacy. She was also selected for Temple Inn of Court, and served as an editor for the Temple Environmental & Technology Law Journal.
Upon graduation, Beth Lincow Cole served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Michael Winkelstein, the Presiding Judge of the Civil Division in Atlantic County. From there, she focused solely on employment law, practicing at Buchanan Ingersoll P.C. and Spector Gadon & Rosen, P.C.
Beth Lincow Cole is licensed to practice in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and is a member of the New Jersey State Bar and the Philadelphia Bar Associations. She is also active in multiple community organizations.
She is a frequent speaker on issues that concern employers and has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, appeared on Southern New Jersey television’s Legal Line Show, and on WHYY-FM, National Public Radio. She has also authored numerous employment-related articles.
Craig David Becker
Craig David Becker, Esquire is Of Counsel to the firm. He practices Education Law and Criminal Defense. He practices Special Education Law, representing students who have been denied an appropriate and effective education. He also represents students in disciplinary actions. In addition, Mr. Becker represents adults and juveniles in all facets of criminal defense. He represents clients throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Craig David Becker, Esq. received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was the recipient of a James Wilson Merit Scholarship. Mr. Becker began representing individuals while still attending law school and won his first not guilty verdict and suppression motion prior to graduation.
He is a former Assistant Public Defender for Chester County, Pennsylvania, where he represented defendants in high profile felony cases and other serious offenses. Mr. Becker also worked in the Public Defender Office's Juvenile Division, where he represented minors in all facets of juvenile criminal law. After leaving the Public Defender's Office, Mr. Becker worked as an associate for top New Jersey and Pennsylvania law firms, including one firm that represented several New Jersey school districts.
Mr. Becker is licensed to practice law in New Jersey and Pennsylvania and in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Camden County Bar Association, the Burlington County Bar Association, the New Jersey State Bar Association, the Pennsylvania State Bar Association, the Pennsylvania State Bar Association's Legal Services for Exceptional Children Committee, the Cherry Hill Special Education Parent Teacher Association and the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey. Mr. Becker and his family live in Southern New Jersey. He is actively involved in the South Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania communities and with national and local issues regarding Special Education and Criminal Defense.
Mr. Becker has appeared as a guest on the television show Legally Speaking on the topics of Special Education Law and Criminal Defense.