It is the continued mission and vision of the Princeton Bar Association to provide services and benefits to its membership and the local community in a way that cannot be duplicated by a larger professional legal association. It is the goal of the Association to provide an intimate Bar for its members, with a local, community-driven purpose.
The Association is run entirely by local attorneys who volunteer their time for the benefit of the Association and local community. The PBA is not run by a staff and our seminars and events are not planned by individuals with no local interest. Rather, the Association and its events and seminars are all planned, managed, and implemented by the Officers and Trustees who are all local members of the community. Questions and concerns are answered directly by the President.
CONNECT the Princeton community with local attorneys
EDUCATE attorneys through quality CLE programming
FOSTER collegiality and professionalism among Princeton-area attorneys
INSPIRE others through service, philanthropy, and humanitarianism
Apply the sophistication and experience of the legal profession to the greater public good and for the benefit of the local community.
Provide social engagements for members to foster fellowship, collegiality, and networking opportunities.
Encourage and support the development of the professional success of our members.
Enhance the law and understanding of the legal profession.
Promote justice and equality for all.
Be a source of inspiration and leadership to others.
Anthony Todaro is a trusted source of counsel to clients seeking to advance sophisticated real estate and land development projects. Anthony has significant experience representing both public and private sector clients in a variety of real estate matters, including the planning and zoning approval process, affordable housing issues, public utility concerns, acquisitions and redevelopment plans.
While he maintains an active real estate practice, Anthony is also an accomplished litigator. Anthony’s experience includes handling complex commercial disputes, prerogative writ actions, estate and trust litigation, and general equity matters. Additionally, Anthony has been appointed by the Superior Court of New Jersey to serve as guardian ad litem and court-appointed counsel in multiple cases.
Chris is Co-Chair of the firm’s Real Estate Department. He represents clients in all aspects of commercial real estate law, including land use, transactions, commercial banking, condominium conversions, leasing and landlord-tenant law. Chris was recognized by NJBIZ as one of the 2024 Leaders in Real Estate, Construction and Design for the results of his legal representation—particularly his work in repurposing, and redeveloping major industrial, research and retail facilities.
Chris focuses a substantial portion of his practice on pharmaceutical companies, higher education institutions and other advanced technology companies. This work includes obtaining land use approvals and the sale and leasing of research and development facilities and corporate campuses.
In the area of industrial use and logistics, Chris represents clients in the purchase of industrial sites and has obtained multiple variance approvals for warehouses. He is also experienced in the conversion of sites zoned for retail and other uses into industrial sites through New Jersey’s Local Redevelopment and Housing Law. He also works with clients in other areas of industrial transportation and logistics, including industrial ground leasing and vehicle fleet sales.
Chris also represents lenders and borrowers in the negotiation and closing of commercial loans in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, with a particular focus on the unique challenges of construction loans for multifamily residential or mixed-use projects in New York City and industrial projects in New Jersey.
In addition to his transactional and other land use work, Chris has successfully defended the rights of religious and educational organizations designated as “inherently beneficial uses” before municipal boards, state courts and federal courts. For many of his religious institution clients, he has successful pursued actions in Federal Court under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLIUPA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Chris is a trustee of the board of Princeton Community Housing and the Princeton Bar Association. He is Associate Counsel of the New Jersey Planning Officials and a frequent presenter at the annual meeting of New Jersey League of Municipalities for that organization. He has also presented to the Association of Corporate Counsel, the Princeton and State Bar Associations and other organizations on topics ranging from critical real estate law issues, land use and leasing to discrimination in land policy.
Kristin M. Muenzen
Kristin joined the Office of the General Counsel in 2017 after 11 years with the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., where she litigated eminent domain cases across the country. Prior to that, Kristin clerked for the Hon. Christine Miller on the United States Court of Federal Claims. She received her J.D., cum laude, from Marquette University, where she was editor-in-chief of the Marquette Sports Law Review, and her B.S., magna cum laude, from Ithaca College. Kristin is responsible for providing advice in the areas of real estate, construction/development, facilities and land-related issues.
Kristin serves on the Board of Trustees for Ithaca College, where she is the co-chair of the Academic and Student Affairs committee and a member of the Buildings and Grounds committee. Previously, she was the chair Inclusive Excellence committee for diversity and inclusion on the Board, and served on the Governance, Compensation/Assessment, and Audit committees. In 2016-17 she served on the presidential search committee for the College. In addition, Kristin is a member of the Facilities committee for the Princeton YWCA.
Kristin and her wife, Kelly, have two children, Luke and Lexi.
Jessica Peslak helps clients resolve issues and advance their goals related to real property assets and real estate law.
Jennifer is a dynamic attorney who embraces possibilities and engages herself in meaningful work aimed at the betterment of the world around her. A world traveler at heart, a lawyer by profession, and a dedicated yoga practitioner, she sees the opportunity for growth, union, and greatness in the world and seeks to bring her clients, friends, and family into same. Jennifer is a Senior Associate at the Bayne Law Group LLC, where she concentrates her practice assisting small to medium-sized enterprises with their business, employment, and environmental law needs. Prior to joining BayneLaw, she was an Associate at Drinker Biddle & Reath in their Commercial Litigation practice group and the Solid Waste Program Counsel at the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. Jennifer earned her B.A. in Russian Language from the University at Albany in 1993 and her J.D. from Albany Law School of Union University in 1998. Jennifer has also earned advanced professional certificates from the United Nations Institute for Training and Research and is a frequent lecturer on international human rights, green economy, and attorney ethics.
Chris is Co-Chair of the firm’s Real Estate Department. He represents clients in all aspects of commercial real estate law, including land use, transactions, commercial banking, condominium conversions, leasing and landlord-tenant law. Chris was recognized by NJBIZ as one of the 2024 Leaders in Real Estate, Construction and Design for the results of his legal representation—particularly his work in repurposing, and redeveloping major industrial, research and retail facilities.
Chris focuses a substantial portion of his practice on pharmaceutical companies, higher education institutions and other advanced technology companies. This work includes obtaining land use approvals and the sale and leasing of research and development facilities and corporate campuses.
In the area of industrial use and logistics, Chris represents clients in the purchase of industrial sites and has obtained multiple variance approvals for warehouses. He is also experienced in the conversion of sites zoned for retail and other uses into industrial sites through New Jersey’s Local Redevelopment and Housing Law. He also works with clients in other areas of industrial transportation and logistics, including industrial ground leasing and vehicle fleet sales.
Chris also represents lenders and borrowers in the negotiation and closing of commercial loans in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, with a particular focus on the unique challenges of construction loans for multifamily residential or mixed-use projects in New York City and industrial projects in New Jersey.
In addition to his transactional and other land use work, Chris has successfully defended the rights of religious and educational organizations designated as “inherently beneficial uses” before municipal boards, state courts and federal courts. For many of his religious institution clients, he has successful pursued actions in Federal Court under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLIUPA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Chris is a trustee of the board of Princeton Community Housing and the Princeton Bar Association. He is Associate Counsel of the New Jersey Planning Officials and a frequent presenter at the annual meeting of New Jersey League of Municipalities for that organization. He has also presented to the Association of Corporate Counsel, the Princeton and State Bar Associations and other organizations on topics ranging from critical real estate law issues, land use and leasing to discrimination in land policy.
John Kuhn Bleimaier, Esquire has been a member of the Princeton Bar Association since 1975. His practice in Princeton, New Jersey is specialized in Immigration Law. He is a member of the New Jersey, New York and US Supreme Court bars. He is a graduate of Columbia College, Columbia University School of International Affairs and Saint John’s University School of Law. Mr. Bleimaier is the author of more than one hundred articles dealing with theoretical jurisprudence, classic automobiles and sporting shotguns. He has lectured at Moscow University, Saint John’s University, the University of the Sacred Heart in Milan, Novosibirsk Institute of International Relations, Mathey College of Princeton University and under the auspices of The Hague Academy of International Law Alumni Association. He has presented numerous continuing professional education programs to lawyers. John Bleimaier is both a poet and farmer by avocation and lives at Falkenhorst in Hopewell, NJ.
Andy Bayne is an international business attorney and founder of Bayne Law Group LLC, which he founded in 2003. Throughout his professional career Mr. Bayne’s local, national and international legal practice and charitable involvement includes giving and Board of Trustee roles in several charitable organizations for public benefit focused on caring for the sick, the hungry, and the homeless. His legal and personal life strives to blend and apply his commercial legal skills with the importance of social justice and duties to the poor. Mr. Bayne earned a dual-BA in Economics & Philosophy from Rutgers College and his JD from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University in 1993.
Christopher H. DeGrezia is a Parter at Drinker Biddle & Reath where he assists clients with complex commercial transactions and land development projects. Christopher primarily focuses on real estate development, zoning and land use. He has extensive experience in all aspects of real estate development and has guided clients through land use procedures and approvals in connection with all types of development projects. Christopher has represented many national and local real estate developers and leaders in the areas of acquisition, development, construction, leasing and finance and has provided guidance to a variety of governmental entities including municipal township committees, municipal borough councils, planning boards, zoning boards of adjustment, public utilities and numerous governmental subcommittees and commissions.
Amelia is an associate with Wong Fleming, P.C. in Princeton. She concentrates her practice in the areas of employment law and commercial litigation. Amelia received her bachelor’s degree from Colgate University and her law degree from The Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University. She previously served as a judicial clerk with the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania and as an Assistant Attorney General with the New York State Attorney General’s office.
Chris concentrates his practice on commercial real estate matters, including land use, leasing and conveyancing. He has obtained zoning approvals for more than 15,000,000 square feet of office, laboratory, retail, industrial and residential uses throughout central New Jersey, representing the area’s most significant developers, corporations and institutional end users. He counsels both commercial landlords and tenants nationwide regarding a wide variety of leasing issues. Chris’ projects involving the buying and selling of commercial real estate have used both traditional transactional techniques and condominiumizations, sale-leasebacks, ground leases and tax-free exchanges. Chris earned his B.A. from Lafayette College, with honors, 1970, and his J.D. from Cornell Law School, 1973.
Jennifer is a dynamic attorney who embraces possibilities and engages herself in meaningful work aimed at the betterment of the world around her. A world traveler at heart, a lawyer by profession, and a dedicated yoga practitioner, she sees the opportunity for growth, union, and greatness in the world and seeks to bring her clients, friends, and family into same. Jennifer is a Partner at the Bayne Law Group LLC, where she concentrates her practice assisting small to medium-sized enterprises with their business, employment, and environmental law needs. Prior to joining BayneLaw, she was an Associate at Drinker Biddle & Reath in their Commercial Litigation practice group and the Solid Waste Program Counsel at the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. Jennifer earned her B.A. in Russian Language from the University at Albany in 1993 and her J.D. from Albany Law School of Union University in 1998. Jennifer has also earned advanced professional certificates from the United Nations Institute for Training and Research and is a frequent lecturer on international human rights, green economy, and attorney ethics.
Richard L. Eland, President of Title Village, brings over 25 years of real estate expertise and increasing recognition within his profession. He is a licensed attorney, admitted to the Bar of the State of New Jersey, as well as the Bar of the Federal District of New Jersey. He spent nine years in private practice, primarily in Mercer County, New Jersey. Richard’s real estate experience includes over 20 years in the title insurance industry, both from underwriter branch and agency perspectives. Richard’s unique experience allows him to better appreciate and tailor his clients’ needs to each individual transaction.
Clifford is an attorney specializing in the practice of local government law, zoning, planning and land-use, bankruptcy law, litigation, and municipal court practice. He is presently counsel to the Planning Board of the City of Summit, the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Township of Pequannock and the Land Use Board of the Borough of Stanhope, and serves as Special Land Use Counsel to the County of Hudson, the Cities of Hoboken and Perth Amboy and the Townships of Allamuchy, Belleville and Hamilton. Mr. Gibbons has also represented numerous New Jersey municipal governing bodies as appointed and special counsel. He is highly qualified in all aspects of local government law and procedure. At present, he is Special Tax/Bankruptcy Counsel to the Townships of Freehold, Holmdel and Manalapan. Clifford earned his B.A. from Colgate University in 1983 and his J.D. from Penn State University, Dickinson School of Law in 1989.
Monica Wahba is legal counsel to Suit Supply (U.S.A.) Inc. and adjunct professor at Rutgers University. Prior to joining SuitSupply, Monica was an Associate at Drinker Biddle & Reath in their commercial litigation practice group. Monica earned her B.A. from Rutgers University in 2006 and J.D. from George Washington School of Law in 2009.
Membership to the Princeton Bar Association is limited to attorneys and law students practicing or residing in the greater Princeton area. Membership includes your professional listing with up to 3 practice areas in our online and print Membership Directory, discounted pricing to our continuing legal education events, and other special members-only benefits available throughout the year.
