New Jersey Attorneys
Commercial - Employment - Real Estate - Family - Education - Mediation
Our attorneys have developed a legal practice that focuses on people and justice rather than profits and rewards. At the Law Offices of Davis & Mendelson, LLC, we handle a wide variety of legal matters with integrity and a dedication to achieving the results the client needs. We seek to arrive at a cost-effective solution to the legal problems of individuals, businesses and community organizations. This approach to the practice of law has led us to become strong advocates of mediation; attorney Howard Mendelson is a certified mediator in the state of New Jersey. To learn more, contact our Gibbsboro office or review the profile information below.
Howard S. Mendelson, Esquire was born in Queens, New York on January 18, 1959.
Mr. Mendelson graduated magna cum laude from the State University of New York at New Paltz in 1983. While at college, Mr. Mendelson was selected to participate in the United Nations Semester; a project where selected students were afforded the opportunity of traveling to the United Nations each week to meet with various diplomats representing various countries throughout the world.
In 1983, Mr. Mendelson began studying law at the Rutgers University School of Law in Camden, New Jersey. In 1986, after being selected to represent Rutgers University at the Jessup International Moot Court competition, Mr. Mendelson graduated from Rutgers University School of Law and began practicing law as an associate with the Cherry Hill law firm of Davis, Reberkenny & Abramowitz, P.C. 1986 was also the year Mr. Mendelson met his wife, Mary Elizabeth Mendelson, a fellow Rutgers law school student. Mr. Mendelson and his wife presently live in Voorhees, New Jersey, with their four children.
Mr. Mendelson also represents the Voorhees Township Board of Education and provides volunteer services on behalf of the Voorhees Township Police Department. Mr. Mendelson worked as an associate and shareholder of Davis, Reberkenny & Abramowitz, P.C. from 1986 until December 31, 1999 when, along with William C. Davis, Esquire of the firm, he left Davis, Reberkenny & Abramowitz, P.C. to establish the law firm of Davis & Mendelson, L.L.C. This is where Mr. Mendelson has developed a legal practice which puts concerns for people and justice ahead of profits; and, in so doing, has dedicated his time and expertise to providing cost-effective problem-solving solutions to the persons and companies represented by Davis & Mendelson, L.L.C.
Mr. Mendelson has also taught and/or lectured for Burlington County College, for the Camden County Bar Association, the National Academy of Paralegal Studies and for the National Business Institute. He has also co-authored two books for the National Business Institute, “Real Estate Law in New Jersey” and “Family Law in New Jersey”. Mr. Mendelson is also responsible for “making law” in the context of his primary areas of practice. The cases of Clever v. Cherry Hill Township Board of Education, 838 F. Supp. 929 (D.N.J. 1993) and M.A. v. Voorhees Township Board of Education, 202 F. Supp. 2d 345 (D.N.J. 2002), affirmed 2003WL21357251 (3rd Cir. 2003) remaining leading cases in the areas of constitutional protections in the context of the public school system and confines of a school district’s special education responsibilities.
KOURTNEY A. BORCHERS, ESQUIRE was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on May 18, 1971.
Kourtney A. Borchers attended the State University in Mankato, Minnesota, where she graduated summa cum laude in 1993. Ms. Borchers graduated from Dickinson School of Law in 1996. After the birth of her two oldest children, Ms. Borchers began practicing law in 1998. She began as an associate with the law firm of Quinlan, Dunne & Daily, P.A. in Merchantville, New Jersey, where she established a reputation as an excellent litigator and advocate of her clients in the context of both family law and employment law matters. It was her litigation skills and visible integrity that attracted Mr. Mendelson to ask her to join the firm of Davis & Mendelson, L.L.C., in the early part of 2002. Eventually, Mr. Mendelson was able to convince Ms. Borchers to come on board and, as such, since July of 2002, Ms. Borchers has been representing the clients of Davis & Mendelson consistent with the reputation she had previously established with Quinlan, Dunne & Daily, P.A. Ms. Borchers is an active member of the Thomas S. Forkin American Family Law Inn of Court and serves as a Matrimonial Early Settlement Panelist in both Camden and Gloucester Counties. Ms. Borchers enjoys the practice of law and particularly helping those persons going through the difficult emotional and legal aspects of separation and divorce. She offers her clients the unique combination of superior intellect, competence as a legal practitioner and compassion of someone who cares. She is both an incredible lawyer and human being and, as such, Davis & Mendelson is proud to have her as a part of our legal team. Ms. Borchers is also an active member of the Young Lawyers Committee and Family Law Committee of the Camden County Bar Association.
