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Thomas Major

Thomas Major, JD

Principal

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Thomas Major is a dynamic attorney dedicated to representing clients across a range of practice areas. He maintains practices in real estate law and landlord representation -- counseling clients in the multi-family and investment property industry. His advocacy is backed by extensive experience in all phases of litigation including the appellate level. With his skills as a first-chair trial attorney, Mr. Major’s advocacy is marked by clarity and efficiency. His clients rely on his pragmatic and return-driven advice to protect and enhance their success.

Mr. Major is also an invited speaker and faculty on real estate and landlord-tenant subjects. These courses include:

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

  • Rampersaud v. Hollingsworth,  456 N.J.Super. 502, 195 A.3d 841 (2018). Representation of Plaintiff-Landlord in a precedential ruling which expands the rights of a landlord to evict a tenant for damage to rental property.

  • Ravi vs. DeRay & Noble, HUD-L-4665-16 (2016). Judgment, after trial, in the client’s favor on contested prescriptive easement and adverse possession claims.

  • 845 Bergen Avenue v. Yang t/a Marcel Cleaners, A-1234-13T1 (2013).  Prevailed on appeal in a commercial tenancy matter involving a tenant’s breach of lease for violations of local laws.

PUBLICATIONS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

  • "Major Claims & Defenses in New Jersey Commercial Landlord-Tenant Practice" Lawline, August 2019 (Presenter)

  • "New Jersey Commercial Eviction Practice Notes & Forms" Lexis-Nexis Practice Guides, July 2019 (Author)

  • “New Jersey Residential Eviction Practice Notes & Forms" Lexis-Nexis Practice Guides, July 2019 (Author)

HONORS

  • New Jersey’s Super Lawyer’s Rising Stars 2022

*Selected from 2012 consecutively through 2020 to be included in the New Jersey Super Lawyers (Rising Star) list published by Thomson Reuters based on peer review and other achievement-based factors. Not approved by New Jersey Supreme Court.* American Institute of Family Law Attorneys is not approved by the New Jersey Supreme Court.

Practice Areas

Education & Admissions

  • Rutgers University School of Law, J.D.

  • Grove City College, B.A.

  • New York

  • New Jersey

  • U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Activities

  • New York State Bar Association, Member

  • Hudson County Bar Association, Member

  • American Battlefield Trust, Member

  • NY/NJ Baykeeper, Member