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Here's how Hoboken becomes Home to another 10,000 people.

Posted on November 20, 2010
Article by Judy Marciano, who is getting so good, that people now say when they see me, oh that?s Frank, the Realtor?s Husband. The last census taken in Hoboken showed our population in the year 2000 at 38,577 people. As you know, we just had another census count taken this year and by all accounts our population has increased by at least 10,000 bringing the total to around 50,000 people...

Humpty Dumpty, The Supreme Court of New Jersey and 'The Minds of Lawyers' alive and well on the other side of the Looking Glass.

Posted on November 16, 2010
  Those profound words of wisdom spoken by Humpty Dumpty in ?Through the Looking Glass has special relevance in the world of Law.  Clients often want to know, in no uncertain terms, what is going to happen.    While I win?; How Long will it take?; What is the Answer?; Can you Guarantee? How much will it cost? are all questions I get after clients give me a one sided, 5 minute summary of their problem...

Fox Business News interview about Real Estate Market

Posted on October 22, 2010
Some of my thoughts about the current real estate market were taken down by Nancy Colasurdo a columnist at Fox Business News click here or on the picture to read more.

Hoboken's Washington Street named one of best in USA

Posted on October 16, 2010
  We all  know that Hoboken is the coolest place to be in New Jersey, We love the constant hails of greetings and the endless smiles on so many of the people walking on Washington Street. However, for most people the subtle effects of the physical city around them is given little attention...

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Mortgage lenders Bank of America, J.P. Morgan and GMAC Mortgage unit have taken action to suspend or review foreclosure paperwork include New Jersey.

Posted on October 04, 2010
  In an effort to mortgage out America?s future at ever increasing speeds, the Banks and mortgage companies apparently forgot to do their homework.  Missing signatures, missing documents even totally missing files are preventing lenders from proving their cases in a Court of Law...

When its Dirty and Big and Needs to Be Cleaned Give a call to SERVEPRO of Hoboken

Posted on September 28, 2010
A great service if you need mold remediation, cleanups and fire or water cleanup and restoration.  Ask for ChrisAnn DeGenaro and mention my name.  She is great work with and you will solve many problems at one time by using this company.

Marciano Law welcomes Brian Rader: Our New Legal Associate, NFL Certified Agent and Hoboken Resident

Posted on September 23, 2010
Brian?s first day of working the Weekend and first day at the Office. Here at The Marciano Law Firm we?re proud to announce the newest member of our team, Brian Rader, Esq. who comes to us from a year-long clerkship with New Jersey Superior Court Judge Mary K...

When you need the truth from a new Nanny, a child, a new employee; ask them to submit to a voice analysis with VIPRE the latest in Truth Verification technology

Posted on July 25, 2010
In the practice of law and in the enforcement of law one thing is a constant; lies and the lying liars who tell them.  Its bad enough that most people don?t even know the truth, but there are situations where you feel that you cannot just trust someone on their word alone...

Keeping it Organized on the IPhone, IPad and the Web

Posted on June 08, 2010
  The above is a picture of a new software program on the IPad called Nozbe, a task and team management program that is helping to keep us organized and so that we can Get Things Done. I don?t need to explain how busy a person?s life is in  today?s work environment; too much information and not enough time...

Forgotten Cemeteries and Coyotes right here in Jersey City

Posted on March 29, 2010
I had a case this week about rear yard setback zoning violations in Jersey City that came about when a landowner of a vacant landlocked lot filed a complaint against my clients innocent backyard Rubbermaid shed, (one like all the other landowners in the area) and forced the matter to court all because my client rightly complained to the City about overgrown weeds...

Sinatra is so Yesterday, Today It's The Cake Boss, Snookie and the Legal Eagles !!! aka (Max and Colleen)

Posted on March 10, 2010
  Earlier today, Max and Colleen, needing a break from their hard days? work, went to Carlos Bake, home of the Cake Boss, and stepped into the unreal world of reality TV by running into ?Snookie? from the ?Jersey Shore? who just happened to be in Hoboken visiting the Cake Boss...

Everyone should have a Last Will and Testament even if you don't come across rare Snow Leopards in your 9-5.

Posted on February 02, 2010
  I was called back to my office late today to make a Will for a World Famous National Geographic Photographer who was going to Thailand to  photograph Tigers in the Wild. He also works with Panthera to save the remaining 36 species of wild cats in the world...

Grandma Power at the Jersey Shore ( a better reality)

Posted on January 02, 2010
It?s winter, it?s cold, it?s the weekend.  Stay home , watch TV, take a nap.  Well my brother-in-law?s mother, ?Sitti? to her wonderful grandchildren, was out at the Jersey Shore, surf fishing.   This picture of her all suited up and ready to hit the waves, is just so inspiring that I had to make it my first post of the year...

Cake Boss Fans from Pittsburgh flocking to Hoboken

Posted on November 15, 2009
How cool is this: Was at my office this Sunday and coming down the street is this great group of women laughing and having a great time, as they approached I saw that they had ?Cake Boss?  T-Shirts on and I just had to take a picture.  They were full of fun and when I asked them where they were from they said ?PITTSBURGH?  and that they came all the way here just to see the Cake Boss?s store, (actually they were visiting New York, but it makes for a far better story if they just came to Hoboken for the biggest celebrity Hoboken has had since Sinatra...

Appellate Court allows Blimpie Base No 1 to Stay in Hoboken

Posted on October 05, 2009
  The First Blimpie ever was built in Hoboken in 1964, and over the past few months this true Hoboken Tradition was almost forced to leave because of their Landlord?s tricky attempt to try and double their rent.  Well, they lost at the trial level and then went to the New Jersey Appellate Court to try and force their interpretation of the lease regarding when and how Blimpie had to give notice to renew their lease...

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Posted on September 30, 2009
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Welcome to the Short Sale Funhouse !

Posted on September 02, 2009
By now most people have heard about "Short Sales" and here Short Sales and it seems that the more you know, the more complicated it gets. In trying to come up for an accurate metaphor that would encapsulate the entire short sale experience I first thought of a roller coaster: First you going up and then your going down, then up and down again, all the time with a slightly bad sense of impending dooms, sounds like a short sale to me...

The Hoboken Real Estate Market and Underwear

Posted on September 01, 2009
In the old days, Hoboken families didn't have wash and fold, it was more like hang and dry. It is hard to predict where the economy is headed, some pundits are even analyzing underwear sales to gauge the state of the economy, I will leave such esoteric punditry to MSNBC and will just write about what is actually happening in my law practice...

Appellate Court Decision Victory

Posted on May 29, 2009
Download file Just received the Appellate Court's Decision in a trial I had in Hudson County Chancery Court that reversed the Trial Court's judgment. This was an interesting case involving rent control in Hoboken, reformation and rescission of a contract, and many other points of law discussing what happens when rent control issues come to play in the sale of a multi unit building...

Hoboken moves to the Web; Great new Website

Posted on April 29, 2009
Hoboken's New Website seems to be a big step in the right direction, the more on the web the better; forms, notice, proposals, zoning information, council video all of it should be available on the web and this new website is a big step in that direction.

Electronic Signature / Digital Signature

Posted on April 22, 2009
New_Jersey_ES.pdf (application/pdf Object) I have been researching the use of digital signatures and come across this New Jersey Law, I will have more to say on it later.

Mortgages are getting harder to obtain.

Posted on April 19, 2009
Mortgage industry changes throw new hurdles in borrowers' way - Los Angeles Times

Laugh, and the world laughs with you;

Posted on April 15, 2009
Centraal Station Antwerpen March 23, 2009 Solitude (a poem Feb. 25, 1883) Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone; For the sad old earth Must borrow it?s mirth, It has trouble enough of it?s own. Sing, and the hills will answer; Sigh, it is lost on the air; The echoes bound To a joyful sound, But shrink from voicing care...

A Wonderful time at Hoboken?s new "W Hotel".

Posted on April 08, 2009
The W Hotel from the outside. The front desk staff showing off their W's The W Hotel Living room. Now its quiet, at night it's not. Some people travel around the world, others don?t. I am one of the others. So, when the opportunity came to check into a world class hotel two blocks from my office, I couldn?t resist...

How Times have Changed

Posted on March 14, 2009
Found this picture of my mother's Class of 1951 Rutgers Law School Graduation Class Picture. E. Gioia Cipriano from Orange New Jersey was the only women in her graduating class. She was treated with the utmost respect to the point when a Professor said the word "damn" in class, he apologized to Miss Cipriano for his language...

Police cracking down on Talking and Texting on Cellphone while Driving.

Posted on March 08, 2009
Here is the law, but more important is that the State of NJ is funding cities to enforce the law. Use a Bluetooth and do not text while driving. N.J.S.A. 39:4-97.3 makes the use of a wireless hand-held telephone or electronic communication device by the operator of a moving motor vehicle a primary offense...

The Irish have come to save Hoboken

Posted on March 07, 2009
Don't worry bout a thing, cause every little thing gonna be alright !!! (courtesy of Bob Marley) I have not seen anything like it since the 1986 bicentennial in Hoboken. The amount of adults, young, full of energy ( and beer) adults that are arriving in Hoboken by Path, by Train by Car by Bus by Ferry and by God I think I see some Helicopters filled with a bunch of green shirts airlifting them in...

Hoboken Real Estate Holding Steady

Posted on January 18, 2009
Lets Go President Obama !!!! From a day to day perspective, the Hoboken real estate market is not as bad as it might seem from all the negative press. Each aspect of the transaction: contract, appraisal, mortgage, insurance, inspections tends to need more attention, every party involved in a purchase wants to be sure that everything is in order...

Parents that deserve the ninth ring of Hell

Posted on December 27, 2008
click here to see video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKwCQWjTyI0 Life is Law, Law is life, I am expanding this blog to be as much about the nature of the motivations that cause people to act as they do as well as law and actually as well as all that interests me...

Do five simple things a day to stay sane, say scientists

Posted on October 21, 2008
5 things Connect Developing relationships with family, friends, colleagues and neighbours will enrich your life and bring you support Be active Sports, hobbies such as gardening or dancing, or just a daily stroll will make you feel good and maintain mobility and fitness Be curious Noting the beauty of everyday moments as well as the unusual and reflecting on them helps you to appreciate what matters to you Learn Fixing a bike, learning an instrument, cooking ? the challenge and satisfaction brings fun and confidence Give Helping friends and strangers links your happiness to a wider community and is very rewarding Source: Foresight report

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