James M. McCreedy, Esq.

James M. McCreedy was born in Hackensack, New Jersey.  He is a graduate of Christian Brothers Academy, Lincroft, New Jersey; the College of William and Mary; and the Dickinson School of Law, Penn State University.

Jim was admitted to the Bar of the State of New Jersey and the State of Pennsylvania in the year 1991 and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 1994.  He served as a law clerk for the Honorable Melvin P. Antell, P.J.A.D. during the 1991-1992 term. 

Jim has been counsel in a number of influential published cases, including for example Abbott v. Burke, 136 N.J. 444 (1994) (school funding); First Morris Bank v. Roland Offset, 357 N.J.Super. 68 (App. Div. 2003), certif. denied, 176 N.J. 429 (2003) (banking law); Petrusky v. Maxfli Dunlop Corp., 342 N.J.Super. 77, certif. denied, 170 N.J. 388 (2001) (employment discrimination); Weiss v. Goldfarb, 295 N.J.Super 212 (App. Div. 1996), rev’d 154 N.J. 468 (1998) (medical malpractice, ultimate outcome jury charge).

Jim practices in a number of areas including school law;  insurance defense; banking; employment discrimination and labor; collection; personal injury and medical malpractice; environmental; bankruptcy; real estate.  Jim also defends schools, towns, and police departments in tort cases.  He has handled trial and appellate matters in the state and federal courts in New Jersey and Pennsylvania as well as the Office of Administrative Law.  Consistent with our firm’s practice, Jim's cases have taken him to municipal courts around the state, the OAL, the Chancery and Law Division of New Jersey Superior Court, Federal District Court, the Bankruptcy Court, the New Jersey Appellate Division, the New Jersey Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and state and federal courts in Pennsylvania.  For the last three years, Jim has been named a Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers magazine.  Super Lawyers magazine is a business publication that conducts an annual survey of the State’s experienced attorneys.

Jim is currently serving on the School Law Committee as well as the Judicial Administration Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association.  He is also a member of the District X Ethics Committee covering Morris and Sussex Counties.  Jim is a member of the Morris County, New Jersey State and the American Bar Association.  He participated in the Worrall F. Mountain Inn of Court.  Jim has been admitted to the Bar of the United States Supreme Court.  He serves on the Board of Directors for the Morris Area Girl Scouts Council.  Jim is married to a fellow Morris County lawyer and the two reside locally and have three children, including a set of twins.

You can contact Jim at jmccreedy@wmands.com.