November 2, 2006 - Michael J. DiMarco has joined the firm of Florio Perrucci Steinhardt & Fader, L.L.C. as an attorney working in the areas of real estate/land use, banking and commercial lending, municipal and school board law.

Mr. DiMarco most recently served as an associate attorney with the Hackettstown, N.J., firm of Sirkis & Lavery handling real estate and municipal law matters. He also served as the municipal attorney for the Township of Greenwich, N.J.

A graduate of Lehigh University with a bachelor of science in finance, Mr. DiMarco received his Juris Doctorate degree from Rutgers University School of Law, Camden, N.J.. Following receipt of his law degree, he worked as a judicial clerk in the New Jersey Superior Court, Belvidere, N.J. His prior firm associations include Tallman, Hudders & Sorrentino and Thompson, Somach & VanGilder, both of Allentown, Pa.

Mr. DiMarco is admitted to practice law in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

A community volunteer, Mr. DiMarco served as president of the Greenwich Township Board of Education and coached youth sports in his community.

Florio Perrucci Steinhardt & Fader, L.L.C. was founded by Governor James J. Florio who has extensive environmental and legislative experience and Michael J. Perrucci who is one of the Mid-Atlantic region's leading litigators. Douglas J. Steinhardt joined the firm as a named partner in August 2005, and Paul T. Fader, former Chief Counsel to New Jersey Governor Richard Codey, joined as a named partner in January 2006. The firm has practice specialties in municipal and school board, real estate/land use, labor and employment, environmental, litigation and defense, government and regulatory affairs, construction and public contracting, banking and commercial lending, and family law. Offices are located in Phillipsburg and Rochelle Park, N.J.; New York City and Bethlehem, Pa. For further information on the firm, please visit the website at www.florioperrucci.com.