Charles D. Whelan III, Esq.
Admitted
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
- New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
Education
- Rutgers Law School Newark, J.D.
- Rutgers University, B.S., high honors, Environmental planning/design
Associations & memberships
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- Middlesex County Bar Association (Trustee)
Biographical details
- Judge, Vincent J. Apruzzese Mock Trial Competition
- 2019 through 2025 SuperLawyers
- Trustee, Middlesex County Bar Foundation
- Top New Jersey Verdicts and Settlements 2017, ALM Media.
- Recipient, 2017 Transactional Attorney of the Year Award, Middlesex County Bar Association
- Speaker, The Basics of A Real Estate Closing Seminar, Middlesex County Bar Association (2016)
- Speaker, 2015 and 2017 Hot Topics in Residential Real Estate Law (NJICLE)
- Panel Chair, District VIII Fee Arbitration Committee
- Recipient, U.S. Law Week Award
- George H. Cook Honor Society
- Law Clerk to Hon. Samuel Allcorn, Jr., Presiding Judge, Appellate Division
- Who’s Who in American Law. Who’s Who in Emerging Leaders in America.
- Superior Court mediator
- Court appointed trustee for law practices
- Expert witness in real estate law and legal malpractice
- Chairman of the Board, Central Jersey Chamber of Commerce
- General Counsel, Plainfield Area Board of Realtors
- Pro bono general counsel to Greater Plainfield Habitat for Humanity (22 years)
- Attorney volunteer for NJ State Bar Association Mass Disaster Relief Program
- Delegate, General Council, New Jersey State Bar Association
- Pro bono volunteer attorney, Central Jersey Legal Services
- Summited all 35 Catskills High Peaks
Reported cases
State v. Williams, 190 NJ Super 111 (App Div.)
IEs LLC v. Simmons, 392 N.J. Super 520 (Chan. Div.)
Publications
Zachary S. Whelan, Esq.
Zachary S. Whelan is a New Jersey licensed attorney specializing in probate, real estate, Chancery and civil litigation matters. He is a graduate of Rutgers University and Rutgers Law School – Newark. He was the Senior Notes & Commentaries Editor of the Rutgers University Law Review and his note was published. Zack also worked in the Rutgers Community and Transactional Law Clinic as a student volunteer, representing clients.
Zack had the privilege of interning for the Hon. Vincent Leblon, Presiding Judge of the Chancery Division in Middlesex County. He was then honored to clerk for the Hon. Joseph P. Quinn, Presiding Judge of the Chancery Division and Probate in Monmouth County. He then worked for more than two years as a litigation associate in a medium size insurance defense firm.
He is a member of the Middlesex County Bar Association and also the Monmouth County Bar Association. Zack is frequently appointed by the Middlesex County Surrogates Court as an attorney or fiduciary in probate matters.
Zack Whelan is committed to serving the community, having worked on the Chicago Justice Project, the Morris Stern Bankruptcy Project, the Washington Valley Volunteer Fire Department as a firefighter, and volunteering at the Somerset County YMCA.
He appears regularly in the state and Federal courts of the State of New Jersey.
