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Gregory Scott Heizler

Employment and labor Attorney at Toms River, NJ

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  • Licensed for 27 years
    State NJ
    Acquired 1996
    Status
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About Gregory

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Practice areas
  1. Employment and labor
    30%
    I've represented plaintiffs who have been exploited by their employers for violations of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, Wage and Hour Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, sexual harassment, age discrimination, overtime claims, etc.

    18 years, 35 cases

  2. Personal injury
    30%
    I am a results driven attorney with an extensive history representing the injured. My years as an insurance defense attorney has taught me the inner workings of how an insurance company handles claims to optimize results for our clients.

    28 years, 750 cases

  3. Workers compensation
    30%
    As someone who put himself through school working just about every job imaginable, I can relate to those who are injured while working. Helping clients who are injured on the job to get the most money possible from their employers insurance companies is one of the most rewarding parts of my profession.

    28 years, 200 cases

  4. Litigation
    10%
    Litigation is what I do. If it needs to be said before a jury or a judge I am the one to do it. This year alone I won a $2.62 million commercial litigation judgment for a local business against a large multi national corporation acting in bad faith.

    28 years, 500 cases

Gregory S. Heizler, Esq., partner at MENNIE HEIZLER, LLC, is an accomplished and successful trial attorney with ties to the coastal community that date back to his childhood. He now calls Island Heights home, where he was elected three times to the position of Councilperson chairing committees including Public Safety and the Department of Revenue and Finance.

Mr. Heizler is a graduate of the University of Delaware, where he received a B.A. in Political Science. In 1991, he was accepted into the University of Pittsburgh Semester at Sea program, where he spent a semester circling the globe by ship studying the cultures, economies and politics of the nations that he visited. Thereafter, he attended the Widener University School of Law and graduated in 1995.

Mr. Heizler has gained extensive trial experience in personal injury cases representing both the injured and the insured. He opened his own practice in 2008 joining forces with Kenneth Pentony, Esq., to form Heizler Pentony, P.C. When Mr. Pentony retired in 2018, he merged the practice into John Mennie's all-star personal injury trial team. After four years they are taking the field together in their new venture MENNIE HEIZLER, LLC.

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Location

Mennie Heizler, LLC
The Giberson House
54 East Water Street
Toms River, NJ, 08753
Mennie Heizler, LLC
3321 Doris Avenue
Building B, Suite 1
Ocean, NJ, 07712
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Cost

Rates
  • Free Consultation 90 minutes
  • Contingency 33%-33%
Payment methods
Cash, Check, Credit Card

Resume

AVVO RATING 7.7 (Very Good)

Work Experience

  • Partner
  • Mennie Heizler, LLC
  • 2021 - 2022
  • Managing Partner
  • HEIZLER PENTONY, PC
  • 2008 - 2021
  • Attorney
  • Law Offices of Gregory S. Heizler, PC
  • 2006 - 2008
  • Councilperson
  • Borough of Island Heights
  • 2005 - 2012
  • Intern
  • Dauphin County Prosecutor's Office
  • 1995 - 1995
  • Associate Attorney
  • Novins, York & Pentony
  • 1995 - 2006
  • Law Clerk
  • Novins, York & Pentony, PA
  • 1993 - 1995
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Education

  • Widener University School of Law
  • JD - Juris Doctor
  • 1995
  • University of Delaware
  • BA - Bachelor of Arts
  • 1991
  • Institute for Shipboard Education / Semester at Sea University of Pittsburgh
  • n/a
  • 1990

Associations

  • Ocean County Bar Association
  • Member
  • 1995 - Present
  • New Jersey Association for Justice
  • Member
  • 2016 - 2018
  • New Jersey Association for Justice, Employment Law Section
  • Member
  • 2016 - 2018
  • American Bar Association
  • Member
  • 2008 - 2009
  • Mercer County Bar Association
  • Member
  • 2005 - 2010
  • American Inns of Court
  • Barrister
  • 2002 - 2004
  • Mercer County American Inns of Court
  • Pupil
  • 2000 - 2002
  • New Jersey State Bar Association
  • Member
  • 1995 - 2017
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Languages Spoken

  • English

Honors and Awards

  • Distinguished
  • Martindale-Hubbell
  • 2017
  • Peer Review Rated
  • Martindale-Hubbell
  • 2017

Speaking Engagements

  • Office of Parental Representation Training Session
  • Expert Examination of Psychological Defenses for Parents
  • 2015
  • Ohio Snyper Shooting Case
  • Court TV - In Studio Legal Analyst
  • 2005

Attorney endorsements

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Personal injury Attorney | Jun 02
Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community
"I endorse this lawyer. Mr. Heizler is a very skilled trial lawyer. His litigation skills are tremendous. He is a true professional."

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Toms River Employment and labor Lawyer Gregory Scott Heizler
Gregory Scott Heizler
Employment and labor Attorney
Toms River, NJ
Licensed for 27 years
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