May2016

ULTIMATE PARTNER Profile Ansell, Grimm & Aaron, PC Questions answered by David J. Byrne, Esq.

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Pictured are David J. Byrne, Esq. and the Ansell, Grimm & Aaron, PC Community Association Practice Group Attorneys.

Please provide a brief history of your firm Ansell Grimm & Aaron, PC has been dedicated to providing excellent legal representation, zealous advocacy, and skilled legal advice to our diverse clientele for more than 85 years. Over the years we have been fortunate to count among our ranks a Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, the Majority leader of the State Senate and an adjunct law professor at Yale University. Our attorneys all practice with a common phi- losophy...a commitment to excellence and a commitment to people. AGA attorneys practice in a broad spectrum of legal fields including community association, condominium and co-op law, family law, commercial & residential real estate, lit- igation, bankruptcy, land use, creditors’ rights, wills, trusts and estates, personal injury/medical malpractice, municipal court defense and criminal defense. We welcome the opportunity to expand the firm’s clientele. What is Your Role in the organization? I am a partner of AGA, and chair of the firm’s community association group, as well as its condominium & co-op group. I have been representing condominiums, HOAs, co-ops

along with others connected to the overall planned unit development industry and/or community unin- terrupted for more than 22 years. I provide clients with a full range of legal advice and services includ- ing the drafting and negotiation of service contracts, rules and regulations and alternative dispute

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David J. Byrne, Esq.

regulations (“ADR”), collections and delinquent assessments, transition negotiations with developers and/or sponsors, construction defect litigation, municipal services and relations, fair housing compliance, restrictive covenant enforcement and interpretation, litigation-related services, governance, creation and amendment of governing documents and the fiduciary duties of board members. Tell Us About a Specific Project or program We are particularly proud of our “smart” assessment and maintenance fee management and recovery program. This program recognizes the unmistakable truth understood by

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