Published Decisions on Significant Cases
Attorneys Hartman, Chartered helped to create new laws by obtaining published decisions from the New Jersey Appellate Division, New Jersey Supreme Court, as well as the Federal Courts. Among those decisions are:
Reversal of Trial Court Decision
Mark A. Gulbranson
Appellate Decision
Obtained a critical reversal of a trial court decision before the Appellate Division. (March 2024)
STATE v. McKEON
Appellate Decision
STATE v. McKEON (N.J.Super. 5-24-2006) – A-5658-04T1
MANCUSO V. THE CITY OF ATLANTIC CITY
Appellate Decision
MANCUSO V. THE CITY OF ATLANTIC CITY (N.J. 2002) – 193 F. Supp.2d 789
HANSELL v. THE CITY OF ATLANTIC CITY
Appellate Decision
HANSELL v. THE CITY OF ATLANTIC CITY (N.J. 2001) – 152 F. Supp.2d 589
STATE v. NANCE
Appellate Decision
STATE v. NANCE, 148 N.J. 376 (1997) – 689 A.2d 1351
STATE v. BOLTE
Appellate Decision
STATE v. BOLTE, 225 N.J. Super. 335 (1988) – 542 A.2d 494
DeBOLT v. PARKER
Appellate Decision
DeBOLT v. PARKER – 234 N.J. Super. 471 (1988) 560 A.2d 1323
IN RE TUCH
Appellate Decision
IN RE TUCH, 159 N.J. Super. 219 (1978) – 387 A.2d 1199
Meet Your Team
Katherine D. Hartman, Esquire
Katherine D. Hartman is the Managing Partner in the Moorestown, New Jersey law office of Attorneys Hartman, Chartered, which has been named one of America’s Best Law Firms by U.S. News and World Report. She concentrates her practice in employment discrimination, criminal defense, police disciplinary matters, and other employment law issues. Katie has been practicing law for over thirty years. She was admitted to the New Jersey and Pennsylvania Bars in 1991, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in November of 1993, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in November of 2002, and the Supreme Court of the United States in October of 2002.
Katie has been awarded the highest (AV) rating for professional ability and high ethical standards, by Martindale Hubbell. Additionally, Katie has consistently been voted a Super Lawyer by New Jersey Magazine. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations. She was named one of the Top Forty Lawyers under Forty by the New Jersey Law Journal in 2002.
Michael C. Mormando, Esquire
Michael C. Mormando has been practicing law for over twenty years, and is a Partner at Attorneys Hartman, Chartered. Mike is an active member in the Burlington County Bar Association, he is a former Chair of the Bar Associations’ Criminal Practice Committee, and he formerly served as a member of the Supreme Court of New Jersey District Ethics Committee for Burlington County, District III-B. Mike also served two years as Councilman for Ward 3 in Delran Township, having been elected to the post in the November 2018 general election, and he currently serves as the Chair of the Delran Township Zoning Board.
Mike’s areas of practice include criminal defense, DUI defense, traffic violation defense, employment law, discrimination and whistleblower cases, unemployment compensation appeals, labor representation for collective bargaining units, employment contract review and negotiations, and defense in police disciplinary matters. Mike is approved by the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) as a lawyer who can represent law enforcement officers who face disciplinary or criminal charges. Mike also represents small business owners concerning employment issues.
Mark A. Gulbranson, Esquire
Mark A. Gulbranson, Jr., an attorney with Attorneys Hartman, Chartered, has been practicing law for nine years. Prior to joining Attorneys Hartman, Mark was a corporate associate in the gaming practice group of Fox Rothschild, where he represented clients in a range of corporate, regulatory, and real estate matters. Mark served as a judicial clerk for Justice Lee Solomon of the New Jersey Supreme Court, and for Judge George Leone, J.A.D., of the New Jersey Appellate Division.
Mark’s areas of practice include real estate transactions and related litigation, small business counseling and regulatory compliance, domestic violence matters, appellate advocacy, municipal court defense, employment law, discrimination and whistleblower cases, unemployment compensation appeals, employment contract review and negotiations, and defense in police disciplinary matters. Mark handles cases in the New Jersey Superior Court – Law and Appellate Divisions, the New Jersey Supreme Court, the United States District Courts for the Districts of New Jersey and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, the Office of Administrative Law, the New Jersey Department of Labor, the New Jersey Division of Civil Rights, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and various municipal courts throughout New Jersey.