Omar A. Bareentto

Omar Bareentto represents businesses and individuals in the resolution of a wide variety of corporate disputes. He has prosecuted and defended claims, in both state and federal courts, involving breach of contract, fraud, tortious interference with contract, restrictive covenants, shareholder oppression, breach of fiduciary duty, and federal and state securities laws claims.

In addition to his work as a litigator, Omar is a registered Government Affairs Agent in New Jersey and, as a member of McCarter’s Government Affairs group, regularly advises on regulations, helps draft legislation, and represents clients in bid protest actions, challenges to certification denials, and other administrative law proceedings.

In the community, Omar serves and has served as Director of the Garden State Bar Association, Trustee of the New Jersey Muslim Lawyers Association, Board Member of Wynona’s House Child Advocacy Center, Schools That Can, Leadership Council of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Essex, Hudson & Union County and the Islamic Society of Essex County. He is a founding member of “The Collective” – a professional group of nearly 20 African American male attorneys – created to promote community service, business development, and mentorship among attorneys of color in large New Jersey law firms and in-house departments.

Omar is an Adjunct Professor at Rutgers Law School.

Defended a property management company and its principal against federal securities fraud claims as well as pendant state law claims filed by bondholders in connection with a twice-failed municipal bond transaction involving a student housing project for a community college.

Secured the dismissal of an election contest brought by a defeated mayoral candidate who lost an election to our client. The dismissal followed a win at the preliminary injunction stage that allowed our client to take office.

Represented a woman-owned company seeking to be certified as a Minority/Women Business Enterprise and secured a victory on appeal before the New Jersey Department of the Treasury, Division of Revenue.

Drafted legislation advocating for the passage of lottery reform in the New Jersey Legislature. The bill was signed into law by Governor Murphy and now allows residents of the State of New Jersey to purchase lottery tickets through decoupled debit as an electronic fund payment method.

Secured a critical appellate victory before the New Jersey Supreme Court on behalf of the widow of a New Jersey public school teacher whose request to modify her husband’s retirement application after his death from cancer was denied by the Teachers’ Pension and Annuity Fund. At stake in this case were thousands of dollars in monthly benefits that would be denied to our client and her children due to her husband having selected the “early retirement” option on his application before passing away only two months short of the 25 years required for “early retirement” eligibility. In its ruling in our client’s favor, the New Jersey Supreme Court agreed that neither membership nor approval of a retirement application was required to permit an employee or his or her surviving spouse to seek modification of a retirement selection, so long as he or she was able to demonstrate good cause, reasonable grounds, and diligence. Thus, the court held that our client was entitled to a remand for the opportunity to demonstrate these three elements in support of her modification request.

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