Donald Scarinci is the Managing Partner of Scarinci Hollenbeck and his practice focuses on government law including Municipal law, School law and business law where issues might involve government action. He has been designated as a Diplomate in Municipal Law and is a Trustee of the NJ Institute of Local Government Attorneys
In addition to having served as Counsel to the New Jersey State Assembly, Scarinci has served as Counsel to the Congressional and Legislative Redistricting Commissions in New Jersey in 2001. He is currently the Corporation Counsel to the City of Union City, one of NJ’s 20 largest municipalities, and he is a member of Scarinci Hollenbeck’s public law group whose municipal client roster includes about 75 of New Jersey’s 528 municipalities.
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). His new book, “Redistricting and the Politics of Reform,” was published in 2010.
Mr. Scarinci has been appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States to serve on the Citizens Coinage Advisory Commission for a second term. 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.
Education
Seton Hall University (JD, 1983)
New York University (MA in English Language and Literature, 1980)
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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