SULLIVAN v. MAX SPANN REAL ESTATE

A-57 September Term 2020 085225.

276 A.3d 92 (2022)

251 N.J. 45

John C. SULLIVAN, AS TRUSTEE OF the SYLVESTER L. SULLIVAN GRANTOR RETAINED INCOME TRUST, and Sylvester L. Sullivan Grantor Retained Income Trust, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. MAX SPANN REAL ESTATE & AUCTION CO., Defendant-Respondent, and Mengxi Liu, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 9, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall J. Peach argued the cause for appellant (Woolson Anderson Peach, attorneys; Randall J. Peach , and Mark S. Anderson , Somerville, of counsel and on the briefs).

Pierre Chwang argued the cause for respondents John C. Sullivan, as Trustee of the Sylvester L. Sullivan Grantor Retained Income Trust, and Sylvester L. Sullivan Grantor Retained Income Trust (Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, attorneys; Pierre Chwang , of counsel and on the brief).

Peter G. Verniero argued the cause for respondent Max Spann Real Estate & Auction Co. (Sills Cummis & Gross, and Benbrook & Benbrook, attorneys; Peter G. Verniero , Newark, and R. Michael Riecken , of counsel and on the briefs, and Kevin P. Benbrook , Clinton, on the briefs).

F. Bradford Batcha argued the cause for amicus curiae New Jersey State Bar Association (New Jersey State Bar Association, attorneys; Domenick Carmagnola , President, Morristown, of counsel and on the brief, and F. Bradford Batcha , Freehold, and Martin Liberman , Morristown, on the brief).

Barry S. Goodman argued the cause for amicus curiae New Jersey Realtors® (Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis, attorneys; Barry S. Goodman , Iselin, of counsel and on the brief, and Conor J. Hennessey , Iselin, on the brief).


In New Jersey State Bar Ass'n v. New Jersey Ass'n of Realtor Boards, we held that a licensed real estate broker or salesperson who prepares a contract for the sale of certain categories of residential real estate does not engage in the unauthorized practice of law, provided...

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