Law Offices of Sheila S. Hatami LLC

11/12/2025

Attend the public hearing November 13 from 4 to 6 pm on the closing of Monmouth Medical Center and relocation to Tinton Falls Borough:

https://patch.com/new-jersey/longbranch/public-meeting-thursday-transfer-monmouth-medicals-hospital-license-tinton?utm_term=article-slot-1&utm_source=newsletter-daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter&

06/29/2025

Corporations, LLCs, or LP Landlords require legal representation for evictions and any other business before New Jersey Courts. Call us to discuss your representation needs in Monmouth and Ocean Counties.

01/30/2025

The President reclassified civil service jobs from “merit” (protected) to “policy” (at-will), and public employees' unions sued. If you are a NJ civil service employee and need independent representation with your union or employer, contact me!

Whether a job is a policy position subject to at-will employment is often up for debate. I have won that debate in court, obtaining a verdict in favor of a state public employee's First Amendment rights.*

*Past performance is not an assurance or guarantee of future results; legal outcomes are unpredictable.

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01/28/2025

New Jersey American Water has started work to install a sewer main on YellowBrook Road south of Cranberry Road. Yellowbrook Road will be closed 24 hours a day Mondays through Fridays for 3 weeks.

Detour is Cranberry Road to Colts Neck Road, back to Adelphia Farmingdale Road. The road will be passable on weekends.

Call me if you need help with a land use, property, or insurance matter.

05/11/2024

NJ ranks near last in the nation for gov't transparency. The legislature is on a fast track to gut OPRA, the Open Public Records Act and will vote Monday.

Contact your legislators and tell them to vote "no" to retain your right to access to public documents, to have representation when a municipality withholds and obfuscates, and to be free from any penalty of retribution by a municipality if you seek court intervention to help obtain information.

https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2024/05/revised-nj-opra-bill-angers-new-jersey-opponents-fear-gutting-public-access/

https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts

Directory of districts of the New Jersey Senate and General Assembly. Includes legislators’ names, party and house designation, and county composition of each district

01/30/2024

Reporting requirements began January 1, 2024.

This article describes the proposed federal legislation that evolved into the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), summarizes the terms of the CTA, and discusses points that should be considered in prescribing the regulations under the CTA.

01/03/2022

Happy new year! Time to start your property appeal. In Monmouth County, any challenge to your property assessment must be filed by JANUARY 15 in the online system.

07/01/2021

FREHOLD TWP - RACEWAY MALL - An ordinance changing permitted uses at the mall will be heard before the Planning Board and is set for approval at the July 13, 2021 Township Committee meeting. The opportunity to provide testimony is available at the Planning Board review as well as the July 13 Township Committee meeting. Agendas are available on the Township webpage.

FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – A proposed amendment to the current uses at the Freehold Raceway Mall is being considered by Freehold Township municipal officials. Members of the Township Committee have scheduled a July 13 public hearing on an ordinance that updates the zoning and land use requirements in Fre...

01/25/2021

Senior Freeze Property Tax Reimbursement Program deadline extended to February 1.

Check the site to see if you qualify.

This program reimburses eligible senior citizens and disabled persons for property tax or mobile home park site fee increases on their principal residence.

01/13/2020

Landlords, be aware of the new receipt requirements.

Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law that says landlords have to accept cash rent.