Darren C. Barreiro

Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.

• Successfully obtained summary judgment in New Jersey Superior Court on behalf of the firm’s client, an accountant who investigated an Israeli company involved in operating movie theaters in Israel. Our client conducted a comprehensive financial review of the company, during which he uncovered allegedly fraudulent activity including unapproved loans and the issuance of unrecorded checks as loan collateral. After reporting his findings to the company, the company CEO accused the accountant of defamation, tortious interference, participating in a civil conspiracy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress based on alleged conduct that occurred during the course of the investigation. After reviewing the briefs and hearing the firm’s argument, the Court agreed with the firm’s motion and dismissed all claims against the accountant. More about this case here.

• Representation of a former PSE&G Project Manager (Remediation) nuclear power plant in Salem River, in claims against the utility under New Jersey’s Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA) and Law Against Discrimination (LAD). The employee alleged in his lawsuit filed in Superior Court that he was fired for reporting that a PSE&G contractor had dumped illegally discharged contaminated wastewater collected from a PSE&G superfund site into a Camden municipal sewer drain. Click here to read Law360’s coverage of the Appellate Division’s recent ruling in this whistleblower lawsuit.
• Representation of a major developer in several Consumer Fraud Act cases concerning construction of condominiums, including several jury trials.
• Participated with many other lawyers in the firm in the six-month trial of a high-profile undue influence case in the Chancery Division, Bergen County, New Jersey.
• Representation of a major New Jersey law firm in defense of a RICO, fraud and malpractice case in the Federal District Court of New Jersey.
• Obtained a favorable settlement in the Federal District Court of New Jersey of fraudulent conveyance claims in excess of $700,000 concerning an international contract dispute. 
• Obtained a no cause verdict after full trial in the Superior Court, Essex County in defense of a tortious interference / breach of loyalty claim against a business that hired a sales person who allegedly stole a price list from her prior employer. 
• Obtained a favorable settlement in an accountant malpractice matter with claims in excess of $1,500,000 on the first day of trial in the Superior Court, Morris County, and a successful settlement of a related fraud claim filed in the New York Supreme Court, Suffolk County after three days of trial. 
• Successfully conducted a private arbitration in an international dispute involving claims in excess of $10,000,000 concerning the distribution of international television programming.