Meet Our Professionals
The experience we bring to bear for our clients encompasses decades of time in litigation, adjudication roles, arbitration and mediation across multiple industries. At Corodemus & Corodemus, L.L.C., we offer neutral services as well as personal attention.
Judge Marina Corodemus (Ret.) is a highly experienced professional in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). She is a sought-after special master by federal and state courts involving class actions, mass torts, environmental contamination, natural resource damages, products liability, consumer fraud and serious aggregate litigation. She is AV-rated* and brings more than ten years of experience on the bench as New Jersey's sole Mass Tort Judge.
Judge Corodemus is the Director of ADR Practice at Corodemus & Corodemus, L.L.C. She has lectured throughout the country, and she is a member of the ALI Aggregate Litigation Advisor Committee, Board and Executive Board Member of the Sedona Conference, and adjunct Professor at Rutgers Law School in Newark, New Jersey.
Her published works include: Judge Corodemus, "Rock'em, Sock'em Preemption: Who Is Getting Their Block Knocked Off?" is published in the BNA September 2008, Class Action Litigation Report, Vol.9, No. 18, 9/26/08; "Women in the Bar Association," New Jersey Trial Magazine, Publication of Association of Trial Lawyers of America, New Jersey (1991); "Informed Consent and Mastectomy," American Cancer Society, New Jersey (1988); "Domestic Violence, the Law and You, the First Citizens Handbook for Victims of Domestic Violence," Department of Community Affairs, State of New Jersey (1985).
Michael A. Cohan, Esq. (Of Counsel) is a court-approved mediator by the New Jersey Supreme Court and is an AV-rated attorney* with more than 40 years of experience. In 1981, Michael became a member of an exclusive group that consisted of eight trial attorneys in the United States. The National Board of Trial Advocacy certified him as both a civil and criminal specialist. The following year, he became the first, and for many years, the only, attorney in the state of New Jersey to be board certified as a civil and criminal trial attorney by both the State of New Jersey and the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
He has been appointed to several Supreme Court committees and has been a court-approved mediator since 1999. He has been a guest lecturer for the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education for more than thirty years and has taught at its Civil Trial Clinic as well.
Renee Henderson (Of Counsel) has more than ten years of experience in complex civil litigation matters. She has worked on a number of single-plaintiff, class action and coordinated cases for a variety of clients, including pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, manufacturers of industrial products, insurance companies and financial institutions. As a plaintiff's attorney for the non-profit corporation, Trial Lawyers Care, Inc., she secured a million-dollar settlement from the Victim Compensation Funds for a New York City Fire Department officer injured in the 9/11 attack.
Additionally, attorney Henderson clerked for the Hon. Marina Corodemus during her tenure as New Jersey's sole Mass Tort Judge. She is currently working with Judge Corodemus as Special Master on the Passaic River Natural Resource Damage case.
Leah Healey, Esq. (Of Counsel) has been practicing law since 1985. She represents governmental entities and businesses in transactions involving the redevelopment of contaminated properties. Her particular focus is representing municipalities regarding New Jersey's Local Redevelopment and Housing Law. Leah advises clients on matters of redevelopment, Brownfields, regulatory compliance and transactional law. In 1998, she was appointed by Governor Christine T. Whitman to serve on the New Jersey Brownfields Task Force.
She is a member of the Morris County Bar Association's Environmental Law Committee and the Environmental Law Section of the State Bar. She is also a member of the Perth Amboy Brownfields Advisory Committee, a member of the Regional Plan Association's Metropolitan Brownfields Initiative Steering Committee and a frequent lecturer on the topic of Redevelopment and Brownfields. Attorney Healey is the former president and present trustee of the Hudson River Waterfront Conservancy and the former Vice Chair of the Hoboken Waterfront Development Corporation. She is a frequent speaker at state and national conferences.
For a complete list of credentials and accomplishments of our attorneys, please follow the links below.
Nationwide Neutral Services
To discuss your need for a third-party neutral, ADR expert, special master or for assistance with complex litigation management, please call or contact our law office for a preliminary discussion.
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* AV is the highest rating an attorney can achieve. CV, BV and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell ratings fall into two categories — legal ability and general ethical standards.
