Edwin F. Chociey, Jr.

Edwin F. Chociey, Jr. is a commercial litigation lawyer and partner at Riker Danzig LLP who handles complex lawsuits and disputes across numerous industries and legal areas. He litigates trade secret, restrictive covenant, unfair competition, employment, healthcare, intellectual property, construction, utility, and product liability matters. His practice includes trial, appellate, and administrative proceedings in New Jersey and New York. As manager of the New York City office, he combines courtroom experience with firm leadership and detailed case preparation.

Edwin earned his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1990. He received his J.D., summa cum laude, from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1993. During law school, he served as an articles editor for the Seton Hall Law Review. His published scholarship addressed New Jersey’s Fireman’s Rule and Title VII’s extraterritorial application. After graduation, he clerked for US Magistrate Judge Freda L. Wolfson in the District of New Jersey.

Edwin has represented companies, hospitals, utilities, manufacturers, property owners, and professionals in high-stakes litigation. His work has involved injunctions, contract disputes, antitrust claims, product liability cases, administrative challenges, and appeals. He helped secure favorable outcomes in disputes involving utility service during Superstorm Sandy and elective angioplasty regulations. For 15 years, he co-authored the Appellate Practice and Procedure volume within West Publishing’s New Jersey Practice Series.

Edwin F. Chociey, Jr. has earned recognition for commercial and healthcare litigation. Since 2015, he has appeared in The Best Lawyers in America for those fields. Best Lawyers named him Newark’s Healthcare Litigation Lawyer of the Year in 2019 and 2021. Thomson Reuters has included him among New Jersey Super Lawyers for Business Litigation since 2009. His professional service has included ethics, legal education, housing, and domestic violence organizations.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Riker Danzig LLP
• Member, New Jersey State Bar Association
• Member, New York State Bar Association

Licensed State

• New Jersey
• New York

Education

• Seton Hall University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Pennsylvania
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)