Meet Attorney
Jeffrey J. Malak
PRACTICE AREAS
- Corporate, Business and Energy Law
- Real Estate
- Estate Planning, Probate and Estate Litigation
- Regulatory Law & Litigation
- Government, Municipal and Non-Profit Law
REPRESENTATIVE CORPORATE AND LITIGATION EXPERIENCE
- Represents global heavy/material handling equipment manufacturing companies
- Represents global financial and trust institutions
- Represents global marketing component manufacturing companies
- Represents oil and gas companies
- Represents oil and gas drilling and production companies
- Represents natural gas pipeline/transmission companies
- Represents global computer software company
- Represents alternative energy companies
- Represents global parts distribution company
- Represents national life insurance companies
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT AND MUNICIPAL LAW EXPERIENCE
- Solicitor, Luzerne County Home Rule Government Study Commission
- Solicitor, Luzerne County Home Rule Transition Committee
- Solicitor, Luzerne County Tax Collection Committee
- Solicitor, Jackson Township
- Solicitor, Dallas Borough
- Solicitor, Borough of Bear Creek Village
- Solicitor, Back Mountain Community Partnership and Council of Governments
- Solicitor, Shickshinny Borough
- Solicitor, Shickshinny Sanitary Sewer Authority
- Solicitor, Pringle Borough
- Solicitor, Nanticoke City Home Rule Government Study Commission
- Solicitor, Plymouth Township Home Rule Government Study Commission
- Special Counsel, Dallas Area Municipal Authority
NOTEWORTHY
- Selected as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star 2010 and 2011
- Selected one of 30 lawyers in Pennsylvania to the 2010 Lawyers on the Fast Track by The Philadelphia Legal Intelligencer
- Recipient of Pennsylvania Northeast Business Journal Top 20 Under 40
- Recipient of Times Leader Top 40 Under 40
- Chief Legal Officer, Polish Union of the United States of North America
- Special Council/ Solicitor, Ladies Pennsylvania Slovak Catholic Union
- Presenter for Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Presenter for New Jersey Fraternal Congress
- Presenter for Luzerne County Pennsylvania Association of Township Supervisors
- Presenter for Fraternal Societies of Northeastern Pennsylvania
- Presenter for Pennsylvania Non-Profit Summit
- Presenter Wilkes-Barre Law Library Association Bench Bar Conference
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- Hearing and Appeals Officer, Pennsylvania Office of Open Records
- Estate Planning Council for Northeastern Pennsylvania Board of Directors
- Luzerne County Orphans’ Court Rules and Bench Bar Committee
- Pennsylvania Bar Association Real Property and Trust Section: Section Chair
- Pennsylvania Bar Association, New Jersey Bar Association and American Bar Association
- Wilkes-Barre Law and Library Association
- Pennsylvania Solicitor’s Association
- Court Appointed Master and Arbitrator
EDUCATION
- Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory School- (1993)
- Johns Hopkins University (BA) - (1997)
- Penn State University, Dickinson School of Law (MPA) - (2000)
- Penn State University, Dickinson School of Law (JD) - (2000)
BAR ADMISSIONS
- Pennsylvania - (2000)
- New Jersey - (2000)
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania - (2000)
- United States District Court for the District of New Jersey - (2000)
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit - (2011)
COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS
- Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association
- Penn State University Alumni Association
- Dickinson Law School Alumni Association
- Penn State University Nittany Lion Club
- Johns Hopkins University Blue Jays Unlimited Athletic Association
- Wilkes Barre YMCA