Michael McLaughlin received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Bucknell University in 1984. Mr. McLaughlin graduated from Villanova University School of Law in 1987.
Mr. McLaughlin is admitted to the Courts of the State of New Jersey, the Courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the Supreme Court of the United States of America.
Mr. McLaughlin began his career with a family firm, specializing in bankruptcy law and commercial law, headed by his father, a prominent New Jersey attorney. He worked with two mid-sized firms in central New Jersey before joining and becoming a member of Wasserman, Jurista & Stolz in June, 2000. Mr. McLaughlin is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association, Somerset County Bar Association, and Commercial Law League of America (CLLA). From 1990 to 1992, Mr. McLaughlin served on the Young Members Section Executive Council of the CLLA. Mr. McLaughlin served as a Master in the New Jersey Bankruptcy Inns of Court from 1998 through 2001.
Mr. McLaughlin is a former member of the private panel of bankruptcy trustees appointed by the Office of the U.S. Trustee. He served as bankruptcy trustee from 1988 through 1993.
Mr. McLaughlin has lectured for the New Jersey Institute of Continuing Legal Education on bankruptcy law and related issues on numerous occasions. At the 1997 Bankruptcy Bench conference, Mr. McLaughlin was a panelist at the breakout session entitled "Good Faith and Substantial Abuse in Chapter 7 and 13." In the Commercial Law League, Mr. McLaughlin spoke in a March 1995 panel in a seminar entitled "Bankruptcy and Matrimonial Law When Courts Collide." In the New Jersey State Bar Association Bankruptcy Law Section Newsletter, Mr. McLaughlin authored an article entitled "Cohen v. Day La Cruz, U.S. Supreme Court Holds Treble Damage Claim Awarded Under The New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act Nondischargeable."
Mr. McLaughlin has represented debtors, creditors, trustees and secured creditors in varied Chapter 11, 13 and 7 cases in New Jersey. Mr. McLaughlin has also handled complex commercial litigation. One significant case was an action to set aside a fraudulent transfer of assets under the New Jerseyy Fraudulent Transfer Act. During trial, a large settlement recovery was obtained for a large and prominent client. Mr. McLaughlin has been successful in collection of several substantial judgments during the course of his career. Mr. McLaughlin represented Somerset Valley Bank, holder of a secured lien in a complex Chapter 11 proceeding.
In 1999, Mr. McLaughlin became a trustee of the Somerset County Bar Association and served as the first chair of its Bankruptcy Law Committee. In June 2001, Mr. McLaughlin was selected for a two year term as Treasurer of the Somerset County Bar Association.
Mr. McLaughlin has been involved in a number of civic activities. He served as a Bernards Township District 15 Committeeman from 1994 to 2000. Mr. McLaughlin was a member of the Bernards Township Board of Adjustment, from 1996 through 1998.
