Jerold L. Zaro (Retired)

Jerold L. Zaro is the former President and Managing Partner of Ansell Zaro Grimm & Aaron, who served as the Chairman of the Commercial Real Estate and Finance & Banking departments.  Mr. Zaro recently retired from the practice of law to serve as the Chief of the Governor’s Office of Economic Growth for the State of New Jersey under Governor Jon S. Corzine. Mr. Zaro devoted his entire professional law career to commercial real estate, commercial and banking matters. He is also the managing partner of numerous commercial real estate partnerships, which own, maintain and operate office, industrial and retail property, together with over 500 apartment units, located in eight different states. Mr. Zaro believes that his experience in the real estate industry on behalf of these various partnerships provided him with a unique perspective and expertise which was an invaluable asset to the commercial real estate clients of Ansell Zaro Grimm & Aaron.

Previous Employment Positions:
Former President and Managing Partner
Former Chairman of Commercial Real Estate
Former Chairman of Commercial, Finance & Banking

Previous Areas Of Practice:
Complex Commercial Real Estate
Commercial Law
Banking

Bar Admissions:
New Jersey, 1976

Former Representative Clients:
K. Hovnanian Enterprises (Real Estate)
Denholtz Associates (Real Estate)
Food Circus Supermarkets (Real Estate)
Commerce Bank (Banking and Real Estate)
Starwood-Heller (Real Estate)
Roseland Property Companies (Real Estate)
Matrix Development (Real Estate)

References:
John Adler - N.J. State Senator and Chairman, Senate Judiciary
  Committee
Joseph Buckelew - Commerce National Insurance
Christopher J. Christie - U.S. Attorney General, District of N.J.
Carl Goldberg - Chairman, N.J. Sports and Exposition Authority

Education:
Boston College Law School, Boston, MA, 1976
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, 1973
B.A., Bachelor of Arts
Major: History

Published Works:
Uniform Commercial Code Reporter Digest (Staff Editor) Bender's,
1975, 1976

Honors and Awards:
Named Outstanding Young Men of America
Named Superlawer in the field of Real Estate, Business/Corporate,
  and Banking in the years 2006 and 2007

Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Cancer Society, 1990 - Present: Member, Board of Directors
Brookdale Community College Center for Holocaust Studies, 1996
    -Present: Member, Executive Board and Board of Trustees
Commerce Bank/Shore, N.A., 1999 - Present: Member, Board of
    Directors
First DeWitt Bank, 1994-1997: Member, Board of Directors
Hollywood Golf Club, 2003-2004: President
Jewish Community Center, 1987-1990: Member, Board of Trustees
Jewish Federation of Greater Monmouth County, 1996-2004: Member,
    Board of Directors
Joan Dancy and People with ALS (P.A.L.S.), Inc., 2006-2008:
    Member, Board of Trustees
Mental Health Association Foundation, 2004-Present: Member, Board
    of Trustees
Monmouth Bar Association, 1976-Present: Member
Monmouth Medical Center Foundation, 1993-Present: Member, Board
    of Trustees
Monmouth University Kislak Real Estate Institute, 2007-2008:
    Member, Executive Advisory Council,
New Jersey State Bar Association, 1976-Present: Member
New Jersey Highway Authority, 1991-2002: Commissioner; 2002
    -2003: Chairman
New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority, 2004-2008: Commissioner
Ocean Independent Bank, 1988-1994: Founder, Chairman of the
    Board
Save the Horse Committee, 2008: Member, Board of Directors
The Forman School, Litchfield, CT, 2005-2007: Member, Board of
    Trustees
Township of Ocean, 1984-1988: Councilman

Fraternities/Sororities:
Sigma Alpha Mu

Birth Information:
May 10, 1951, New York, New York, United States of America