Rona Z. Kaplan

Rona Kaplan is a Partner at Cooper Levenson, based in the Atlantic City office. She is a member of the Commercial Litigation Practice Group and also works with the firm’s Attorney Discipline & Ethics Practice Group, defending attorneys facing ethics grievances. Rona is a member of the New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators.

She has extensive experience handling a broad range of litigation matters, including breach of contract disputes, employment law issues, and other complex commercial conflicts.

Practice Highlights:

Rona works with her clients to address the questions and concerns that arise in daily business operations that could lead to litigation.

Her client list includes a variety of businesses: hospitals, casinos, physicians, local municipalities, boards of education, and not-for-profit groups.

For these clients and others, she provides counsel and legal services that include:

•Alternative Dispute Resolution/Mediation
•Shareholder disputes
•Probate disputes
•Contract disputes
•To enforce payment pursuant to a contract
•To invalidate a contract
•To defend against or to enforce a non-compete agreement
•Defense against or prosecute disputes between commercial landlords and tenants
•Defense against claims against title insurers
•Representation of schools, contractors, and homeowners in construction disputes
•Representation of physicians in disputes with health insurance carriers
•Representation of individuals before administrative agencies including but not limited to the NJ Board of Medical Examiners; State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners and the NJ Board of Nurses
•Prosecute or defend real estate disputes

Rona is a member of the Atlantic County Bar Association and previously was a member of the Supreme Court of New Jersey District Ethics Committee.

She is on the Court Mediators roster and mediates disputes for the court and independent litigants.

Awards and Recognitions

Rona was honored with the United Way Women Power of the Purse Award in recognition of Voluntarism, Leadership and Philanthropy.

Community

•Member, Board of Directors, Atlantic City Boys and Girls Club
•Mentor, Champion of Youth Program of the Boys & Girls Club of Atlantic City
•Mentor of the Year (2008), Boys & Girls Club of Atlantic City
•Executive Board Member, Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center, Stockton University.