Jaimee
L. Katz Sussner is a Member of the Sills Cummis & Gross
Litigation Practice Group. She
concentrates her practice on commercial and real estate litigation. Ms. Katz Sussner litigates title
disputes, foreclosures, asset recovery disputes, fraud, business divorce,
commercial leasehold disputes and other general commercial matters. She represents several national title
insurance companies, and the parties that they insure, in resolving coverage
issues, litigating claims and pursuing loss mitigation.
Ms. Katz Sussner has broad experience
in trial court and appellate litigation in both New York and New Jersey state
and federal courts. She recently secured
a victory before the New Jersey Supreme Court in a published decision that
unanimously reversed an adverse ruling in the Appellate Division. Ms. Katz Sussner succeeded in limiting a
title insurer’s liability for a closing attorney’s theft of the closing
proceeds under the facts presented. The
decision garnered national attention in the title insurance industry.
Ms. Katz Sussner has also been
recognized for her leadership in the New Jersey legal community, which includes
her appointment as the Chair of the Chancery Committee for the Essex County Bar
Association and as a Member of the Board of the New Jersey Women Lawyers
Association. She was also named to the
2011 New Jersey Law Journal’s “Forty
Under 40” list, and, in 2009, Real Estate
New Jersey selected Ms. Katz Sussner as one of New Jersey’s “Women of
Influence.”
In her personal time, Ms. Katz Sussner
and her husband established a charitable organization – Watchung Hills for
Warriors – that raises money to expand the availability of bridge services for
returning veterans, with particular focus on career, social, psychological and
community support.