Your partners through every phase of litigation.
Litigation requires a partnership between client and attorney. We take the time to understand your needs and goals, then collaborate with you on the best way to resolve your matter, from complaint through appeal. With more than a century of collective experience across real estate, eminent domain and tax appeals, we settle when we can and litigate when it serves you best.
Our Attorneys
Michael J. Ash
Partner
Michael J. Ash, CRE, joined Carlin & Ward in 2019 bringing 15 years of experience in real estate law for public projects to the representation of property owners in eminent domain acquisitions. Now a partner at Carlin, Ward, Ash & Heiart, LLC, his practice focuses on real estate litigation and trial advocacy in eminent domain matters and tax appeals.
View ProfileScott A. Heiart
Managing Partner
Scott Heiart is the Managing Partner of Carlin, Ward, Ash & Heiart, LLC. He joined the firm in 2005 after serving as a law clerk to the Hon. Maurice J. Gallipoli, Assignment Judge in Hudson County where he first worked on eminent domain cases. Mr. Heiart has almost twenty years of experience getting great results for property owners.
View ProfileArthur Usvyat
Associate
Mr. Usvyat became an associate with Carlin & Ward in January 2021. He joined the firm in February 2012 as a paralegal. Prior to joining the firm he also served as a paralegal for the Law Offices William J. Courtney, LLC. He graduated from Rutgers University in 2009 with a degree in Criminal Justice and obtained his Juris Doctorate from Rutgers.
View ProfileWilliam J. Ward, Counsel Emeritus
Of Counsel
Prior to his retirement in 2022, Mr. Ward's practice was focused mainly on condemnation of property by eminent domain. As Deputy Attorney General, New Jersey Department of Transportation from 1971 to 1974, he was assigned to the acquisition of rights-of-way for state highways and gave administrative advice to the Division of Construction and Maintenance.
View ProfileJohn Carlin (in Memoriam)
Attorney
In memoriam (1936–2014). John J. Carlin, Jr. was a co-founding partner of our predecessor firm, Carlin & Ward, P.C. He was a proud graduate of Harvard Law School and a veteran, having served with distinction in the United States Army attaining the rank of Captain. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Carlin was First Assistant Prosecutor in Hudson County.
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