john@maccelaw.com 

John C. Macce, Esq. is a 1987 graduate of Syracuse University’s prestigious Newhouse School of Public Communication as well as a 1990 graduate of Syracuse University College of Law. He is admitted to practice in all New Jersey courts as well as the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Macce has earned Certification by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Civil Trial Attorney.

Mr. Macce has published several articles in the field of civil law and is a panelist on seminars involving different areas of civil litigation. He is an active member of both the New Jersey State Bar Association and Hunterdon County Bar Association. From 2007 to 2012 he was the Hunterdon County representative to the State Bar Association’s Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee where he actively investigated Superior Court judicial and prosecutorial appointees.  Presently he is the  Vice Chair of the District XIII Fee Arbitration Committee as well as a Panel Chair where he conducts hearings and authors opinions involving disputes between lawyers and litigants regarding legal fees. Prior to that he was a member of the District XIII Ethics Committee. He is pleased to be on the panel for many municipal defense organizations including the Public Alliance Insurance Group, Joint Municipal Utilities Fund, the New Jersey Property-Liability Guaranty Association and the Fraternal Order Of Police (F.O.P.), Hunterdon County and Office of Insolvency.

Michelle M. Cresti graduated from Rutgers College, Rutgers University in 1986 and Villanova University School of Law in 1989. After graduating law school Ms. Cresti served as a Judicial Law Clerk to two New Jersey Superior Court  judges. Ms. Cresti is admitted to practice in all New Jersey Courts, both State and Federal.

Ms. Cresti has represented clients in a wide variety of areas including Automobile Accidents, Premises Liability, Products Liability, Matrimonial, Guardianship, Elder Law, Workers Compensation, Real Estate, Landlord Tenant, Probate, Municipal Court and Criminal Defense and Contract and Insurance disputes.  Ms. Cresti serves as a Public Defender in the Bethlehem Glen Gardner Lebanon Joint Municipal Court.

Ms. Cresti is trained in Collaborative Law and has extensive experience and training in Alternative Dispute Resolution. In that regard, the Superior Court of New Jersey has appointed Ms. Cresti as an Arbitrator. Presently, she sits in several counties including Hunterdon, Somerset, Warren Essex, Burlington and Union. She has presented training seminars to other Arbitrators. Additionally, she has participated in arbitration in other forums as both an arbitrator and as counsel. Finally, she has been appointed by the Superior Court of New Jersey as a Mediator. Ms. Cresti serves as a Mentor to others seeking qualification as a Mediator.

Ms. Cresti is a Past President of the Hunterdon County Bar Association.  She is the Co-Chair of the Hunterdon County Bar Association Elder Law Committee and prior Co-Chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association Special Committee for Automobile and PIP Litigation.