Hon. Mahlon L. Fast J.S.C. (Ret.)

Legal Experience

• Judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey, April 1986 — February, 2014
  • (Special Civil Part, 24+/- years; Criminal Division, 2 years, 8 months) Former Chair, Special Civil Part Judges Conference
• Member, Supreme Court Committee on Special Civil Part Practice (Chair of Landlord/Tenant Subcommittee)
• Former Member, Supreme Court Criminal Charge Committee
• Former Member, Judicial Evaluation Commission
• Fast & Fast, Esqs. (Partner), 1963 - 1986
  • General civil practice emphasizing: estate planning and administration; all aspects relating to real estate (including leases, conveyancing, financing, real estate tax appeals, foreclosure - including tax sale certificates); commercial litigation (especially real estate brokerage cases); Counsel to Livingston, East Hanover, Ho-Ho-Kus Zoning Boards of Adjustment
• Examined tax returns, evaluated assets, deductions and credits, applied tax law to various situations
  • Internal Revenue Service (Estate & Gift Tax Examiner), 1960 - 1963

Bar Admissions

• New Jersey and United States District Court - 1960

Instructor

• I. C. L. E.; Landlord/Tenant Actions
• A.O.C. Faculty:
  • Judicial College; Special Civil Part Practice
  • New Judges Orientation Training
• New Jersey Skills & Methods Program; Estate Planning/Administration

Published Works

• Landlord/Tenant and Related Actions in the Superior Court of New Jersey - LC. L. E.
  • (1st Edition - September 1992; 12th Edition — May, 2016)
• A Judge's Primer for Small Claims Practice in the Special Civil Part Of the Superior Court of New Jersey -A.O.C. (August, 2000; last revised August, 2002)
• 40+/- Published judicial opinions (List available, on request: 37+/- Civil opinions, 3 criminal opinions)

Membership

• Essex County Bar Association
• New Jersey State Bar Association

Education

• Rutgers University - B.A., 1956
• Rutgers School of Law - LLB., 1958
• Post-Graduate Tax Courses - New York University