William F. Maderer
Bill Maderer is Special Counsel to the Firm and specializes in employment litigation, complex business litigation, higher education law, internal corporate investigations and white collar criminal defense. He has successfully tried employment, business and criminal cases to verdict in both federal and state courts. He is also retained to conduct independent investigations to assist clients in detecting employee misconduct in both civil and criminal matters.
Bill is listed in New Jersey Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers, and Chambers USA. Chambers USA has praised Bill for “his handling of a diverse array of commercial disputes,” and adding that he “offers significant experience representing companies in shareholder disputes, as well as conducting internal investigations.”
Bill was cited in the Law360 article entitled "GCs Name Favorite Employment Lawyers." The February 2016 article reported on the survey by BTI Consulting Group (Wellesley, Mass.), of more than 300 in-house counsel from large companies, naming Mr. Maderer as one of 28 labor and employment lawyers "among the best at client service, an honor they achieved by being experts at solving client problems with a forward looking perspective on client objectives."
Prior to joining Saiber, Bill was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey where he was Chief of the Special Prosecution Division.
Listed in:
- Best Lawyers® - Criminal Defense: White-Collar Litigation, Labor and Employment - 2015-2024
- Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business - 2007-2023
- New Jersey Super Lawyers® Top 100 - 2013-2020
- New Jersey Super Lawyers® - 2005-2024
- "AV" Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™
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Selection methodology for awards and honors can be found here.
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Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2 v. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, et al., Civil Action No. MID-L-6799-21 (N.J. Super. Ct. April 22, 2022)
K.L. v. Rutgers, 2022 U.S. App. LEXIS 17141 (3d Cir. 2022)
Matter of LoGrippo, 65 Misc. 3d 1222(A), 2019 NY Slip Op 51787(U), 2019 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 5970 (Sur. Ct., Kings County 2019)
Webster v. Rutgers-N.J. Med. Sch., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 123852 (D.N.J. Aug. 4, 2017), complaint dismissed in its entirety on reconsideration, No. 15-8689, slip op. (D.N.J. Feb. 20, 2018)
Capital Health System, Inc. v. Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc., 230 N.J. 73 (2017)
Chin v. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 2016 WL 2653908 (D.N.J. 2016)
Kadakia v. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 2015 WL 1310276 (D.N.J. 2015)
Serodio v. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 27 F.Supp.3d 546 (D.N.J. 2014)
Monforte v. Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, 2014 WL 523020 (D.N.J. 2014)
Novak v. Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, 928 F.Supp.2d 723 (S.D.N.Y. 2013)
Furina v. Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, 2011 WL 3798719 (D.N.J. 2011)
Potena v. New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, 2011 WL 2713438 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 2011)
The Lautenberg Foundation v. Peter Madoff, 2010 WL 4853354 (D.N.J. 2010)
Michael G. McGowan v. State of New Jersey, 2009 WL 1687663 (D.N.J. 2009)
Albert R. Lackman v. Recovery Services of New Jersey, Inc. 2008 WL583660 (D.N.J. 2008)
Anne Galli v. New Jersey Meadowlands Commission, 490 F.3d 265 (3d Cir. 2007)
Debra A. Russenerger v. BASF Corp., 2006 WL 2085466 (N.J. Super. A.D. 2006)
William Bolella v. BASF Corp., 2005 WL 3078573 (N.J. Super. A.D. 2005)
Abel Garcia v. The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, 210 F.Supp.2d 545 (D.N.J. 2002)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. Bober, 1999 WL 440779 (S.D.N.Y. 1999)
Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union Local 54 v. Elsinore Shore Associates, 173 F.3d 175 (3d Cir. 1999)
New Jersey Psychological Association v. MCC Behavioral Care, Inc., 1997 WL 33446538 (D.N.J. 1997)
Frank Lo Bosco v. Kure Engineering Limited, 891 F.Supp. 1020 (D.N.J. 1995)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. American Metal Exchange Corp., 991 F.2d 71 (3d Cir. 1993)
Brown Abrams v. John Peter Galanis, 1989 WL 41279 (D.N.J. 1989)
In the Matter of Arthur J. Lobbe, 110 N.J. 59 (1988)
United States v. Salvatore J. Profaci, 1986 WL 20590 (D.N.J. 1986)
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney and Chief of Special Prosecution Division, U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey
Former President, Association of the Federal Bar of the State of New Jersey
Former Member, Lawyer's Advisory Committee of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
Former Court Appointed Mediator, U.S. District Court and N.J. Superior Court
Fellow, American Bar Foundation
Former Member, New Jersey District Ethics Committee
Essex County Bar Association
New Jersey State Bar Association
For the past 20 years, Bill has mentored a young man from Newark who graduated from college with a degree in business administration and is currently working as an administrator at his former high school.
Representative Litigation Matters
- Obtained favorable jury verdict in defense of multinational computer services company against plaintiff's allegations of breach of contract based on disability.
- Obtained post-trial judgment after mistrial resulting from hung jury where plaintiff alleged retaliation based on whistleblowing conduct.
- Obtained favorable jury verdict in defense of public university against plaintiff's allegations of disability discrimination.
- Successfully defended business executive at trial against criminal charges of commercial bribery and RICO violations.
- Successfully defended business executive at trial against criminal charges of illegal dumping of hazardous waste.
Representative Clients For Independent Investigations
- A city’s public tourism agency whose executive director was accused of work place harassment and bullying.
- A senior citizen facility whose Director of Human Resources was alleged to have harassed the Executive Director.
- A global Fortune 500 company whose Chief HR Officer was accused of fostering a hostile work environment.
- A state agency whose employment application process was alleged to have been improperly implemented.
- A synagogue whose Executive Director was alleged to have had an inappropriate relationship with a member of the Board of Trustees.
- A synagogue whose bookkeeper had converted funds for his personal use.
- A university whose Department Chair was alleged to have engaged in improper computer sexting.
- A university whose Dean of Admission was accused of favoritism in the admission process.
- A university whose member of the Board of Trustees was alleged to have improperly influenced the promotion process.
- A college whose construction bidding process was alleged to have been improperly implemented.
- A college where members of its Board of Trustees were alleged to have conflicts of interest.
- A university whose tenured faculty member was acused of sexually harassing a student.
- A university whose senior Dean was alleged to have failed to report sexual harassment.
- A university whose varsity football coach was alleged to have improper contact with a faculty member regarding a student's grade.
- A university whose varsity lacrosse coach was accused of harassment towards his players.
- A university whose varsity football defensive coordinator was accused of bullying a minority athlete.