Donald Scarinci is the Founding Partner of Scarinci Hollenbeck. Mr. Scarinci focuses his practice on Municipal Law, School Law, and Government Relations.

Over the years, Mr. Scarinci has achieved a high level of recognition for his work with public entities throughout the entire state of New Jersey. He has worked with some of the largest New Jersey municipalities and counties, as well as numerous planning and zoning boards, economic development authorities, school boards, utility authorities, and other public sector entities at every level of municipal, county, regional and state government.

Mr. Scarinci currently serves as Corporation Counsel to the City of Union City and the City of Passaic, two of the state's twenty largest municipalities, and served as counsel to the Democratic members of both the Congressional and Legislative Redistricting Commissions in New Jersey. Mr. Scarinci has been designated as a Diplomate in Municipal Law, is an Associate Counsel to the New Jersey League of Municipalities and serves as a Trustee of the Institute of Local Government Attorneys. He has also served as Counsel to the New Jersey State Assembly. He continues to be named to the “New Jersey Super Lawyers” list. The list, published by Super Lawyers Magazine in conjunction with New Jersey Monthly Magazine, is an annual listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 60 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.

Mr. Scarinci has lectured and written extensively on subjects such as campaign finance reform and municipal law. He is the author of “David Brearley and the Making of the United States Constitution,” a historical biography about David Brearley, signer of the Constitution from the State of New Jersey and the first Federal District Court Judge for the District of New Jersey (1789). Mr. Scarinci’s upcoming book, “Redistricting and the Politics of Reform,” is scheduled for publication in 2009.

Mr. Scarinci has been appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to serve on the Citizens Coinage Advisory Commission. The Commission considers and approves all designs for American coinage. He is recognized internationally as an authority on medallic art and has written and spoken extensively on the subject.

 

RELATED PRACTICES
Public Law
EDUCATION
Seton Hall University (JD, 1983) New York University (MA in English Language and Literature, 1980) Montclair State University (BA, 1978)
BAR ADMISSIONS
New Jersey Pennsylvania District of Columbia U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Court of International Trade New York
AFFILIATIONS
Diplomate in Municipal Law Hudson County Bar Association New Jersey State Bar Association (Local Government Section, Director, 1994-) Pennsylvania Bar Association American Bar Association District of Columbia Bar Association New Jersey Institute of Municipal Attorneys Citizens Coinage Advisory Commission

PUBLICATIONS

David Brearley and the Making of the United States Constitution - New Jersey Heritage Press, June 2005 New ‘Pay to Play’ Law to Impact Public Contracting in New Jersey - Municipal Law Review, Volume 27, Number 3, September 2004 Congressional Redistricting in New Jersey- Seton Hall Law Review - Volume Thirty-Two, Number Four, 2003 Pay-to-Play Limits: Just More Curbs on Campaign Contributions- New Jersey Law Journal - April 28, 2003 New Jersey’s Experiment with Campaign Finance Reform - New Jersey Lawyer, April 2001 Contribution-Limits Law Sets Complex Standards - New Jersey Law Journal - May 3, 1993 The New Jersey Campaign Contributions and Expenditures Reporting Act: Is It Reform? - Seton Hall Legislative Journal, 1993 To Disclose or Not to Disclose - New Jersey Lawyer, September/October 1992 Ethics Enforcement: A New Role for the Local Finance Board - Municipal Bond News, June 1991

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