Jaime Placek

Jaime Placek is a Partner at DeCotiis, FitzPatrick, Cole & Giblin, LLP. He joined the firm in 2021 and is a member of the Government and Regulatory Affairs, Complex Commercial, Land Use, Redevelopment, and Civil Litigation Law Groups.

He is an experienced litigator and has extensive experience in complex commercial and civil litigation. Mr. Placek has successfully litigated matters involving alleged civil rights violations, planned real estate development disputes, commercial real estate broker commission disputes, shareholder disputes, securities fraud and intellectual property rights. He also has litigated land use approvals, alleged violations of the Open Public Meetings Act, Open Public Records Act, and Local Public Contracts Law, Title 59 claims, professional negligence, defamation and consumer fraud claims. Mr. Placek's experience in these areas includes the representation of both public entities and private parties. In addition to his trial court experience, Mr. Placek also has considerable appellate practice experience, having authored briefs submitted to the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, New Jersey Supreme Court, Third Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of the United States.

Mr. Placek also has significant experience in redevelopment and land use matters, including guiding municipal and private clients through the redevelopment process, including designating areas in need of redevelopment and the negotiation and drafting of complex agreements required in connection with the redevelopment process, including redevelopment and financial agreements.

Mr. Placek has also advised clients in the area of election law, acting as a consultant on political campaign issues and successfully representing numerous candidates for office in election law disputes throughout the State of New Jersey.

Past Positions

• Senior Associate with Kaufman, Semeraro & Leibman, LLP, 2010 to 2021

• Senior Associate with McManimon & Scotland LLC, 2006 to 2010

• Chief Litigator for the Consumer Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney General of the State of Nebraska, 2004 to 2005