Frank E. Catalina

email: fec@mwhlawfirm.com

Born: Jersey City, New Jersey, November 3, 1942

Admitted to bar: 1968, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey.

Education: Oxford University; St. Peter's College (A.B., 1965); New York University (J.D., 1968). Recipient, Root Tilden Scholarship.

Mediation: Mediator, qualified pursuant to New Jersey Court Rule 1:40-10.

Member: Hudson County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations.

Professional Activities: Clinical Instructor then Assistant Professor of Law, Rutgers University School of Law-Newark, New Jersey, Litigation Clinic and Commercial Law, 1974-1981. Assistant then Associate Adjunct Professor of Law, Commercial Transactions, New York Law School, New York, N.Y., 1982-. Lecturer, Banking Law Institute Conferences, U.C.C. Articles 3 and 4, 1989; Commerce Law League of America: SCC Article 2A; Executive Director of City of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, Model City Administration, 1972-1974.

Reported cases:

  • Sablic v. Croatia Line, 315 N.J.Super. 499, 719 A.2d 172 (N.J.Super.A.D., Oct 23, 1998)
  • Spevack, Cameron & Boyd v. National Community Bank of New Jersey, 291 N.J.Super. 577, 677 A.2d 1168, 30 UCC Rep.Serv.2d 567 (N.J.Super.A.D., Jun 28, 1996)
  • Stochastic Decisions, Inc. v. DiDomenico, 236 N.J.Super. 388, 565 A.2d 1133 (N.J.Super.A.D., Oct 30, 1989)
  • Jehovah's Witnesses Assembly Hall of Southern New Jersey v. Woolwich Tp. of New Jersey, 223 N.J.Super. 55, 537 A.2d 1336 (N.J.Super.A.D., Feb 19, 1988)
  • Matter of Appointment to Hudson County Bd. of Elections, 220 N.J.Super. 367, 532 A.2d 269 (N.J.Super.A.D., Oct 21, 1987)
  • Jehovah's Witnesses Assembly Hall of Southern New Jersey v. Woolwich Tp., 220 N.J.Super. 381, 532 A.2d 276 (N.J.Super.L., Apr 20, 1987)
  • Barasch v. Soho Weekly News, Inc., 208 N.J.Super. 163, 505 A.2d 166, 12 Media L. Rep. 2050 (N.J.Super.A.D., Jan 31, 1986)
  • Essex County Welfare Bd. v. Department of Institutions and Agencies, 139 N.J.Super. 191, 353 A.2d 132 (N.J.Super.A.D., Feb 10, 1976)
  • Essex County Welfare Bd. v. Department of Institutions and Agencies, 139 N.J.Super. 47, 352 A.2d 270 (N.J.Super.A.D., Jan 21, 1976)
  • Jehovah's Witnesses Assembly Halls of New Jersey, Inc. v. City of Jersey City, 597 F.Supp. 972 (D.N.J., Oct 10, 1984)
  • Platinum Record Co., Inc. v. Lucasfilm, Ltd., 566 F.Supp. 226 (D.N.J., Jun 15, 1983)
  • 515 Associates v. City of Newark, 424 F.Supp. 984 (D.N.J., Jan 12, 1977)