An experienced litigator, Joseph Linares represents clients in a broad range of complex commercial matters. His practice focuses on commercial litigation, including contract disputes, licensing matters, copyright and trade secret litigation, employment, and construction disputes. Joseph’s clients span a range of industries, including financial services, construction, software, non-profit, and behavioral health. He also frequently serves as outside general counsel to closely held and family-owned businesses. In addition to his work as lead counsel, Joseph draws on his knowledge of the New Jersey and New York courts’ judiciary and administrative processes and often serves as local counsel for clients.
Joseph also advises clients on corporate and transactional matters, including drafting contracts, buy-sell agreements, operating agreements, business formation and dissolution documents, as well as negotiating corporate leases.
Joseph was previously seconded as corporate counsel to a Fortune 100 financial services company where he focused on transactional matters, and also completed a secondment with a regional health system. This in-house experience shapes the way he works with clients, allowing him to better understand their needs, concerns, and priorities.
An active member of the legal community, Joseph has held leadership positions in numerous organizations, including the New Jersey State Bar Association, the Hispanic National Bar Association, and the Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey. In addition, he serves as an adjunct professor in the MBA program at Seton Hall University’s Stillman School of Business, and is on the Rutgers Law School Alumni Board where he served as Alumni President from 2019 to 2020.
Joseph earned his JD cum laude from Rutgers University School of Law where he served as the Student Bar Association Vice President, a Fellow for the Minority Student Program, and a Teaching Associate for Legal Research & Writing. He was also awarded the Rutgers School of Law Alumni Senior Prize, which is bestowed on the graduate exhibiting the “greatest achievement during their entire law school career, and who has the greatest promise as a future member of the legal profession.”
