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Sunny Marie Sparano 
Roseland, New Jersey
Associate
phone (973) 618-4105
fax (973) 618-0685
email smsparano@mdwcg.com

Sunny focuses her practice on the defense of design and construction professionals in lawsuits asserting a variety of claims, such as building and design-related deficiencies.  These large and complex construction defect suits often involve multiple parties whereby issues of code violations, negligence, breach of contract and fraud are at issue, as well as insurance coverage claims under GL policies. 

Sunny has brought a significant amount of litigation experience with her when she joined the firm in 2005.  Prior to joining the firm, Sunny was a construction litigation attorney who represented builders and contractors, both independently and through their insurance carriers, in complex construction defect suits.  Prior to gaining experience in the construction litigation arena, she briefly practiced in as an EIRISA litigation attorney handling health, life and disability benefit claims and the defense of insurance companies in connection with said claims. 

In 1997 Sunny received her B.A. in Political Science from Seton Hall University. She then entered Widener University School of Law and received her Juris Doctorate in 2000.  Following law school, she served as judicial secretary to the Honorable Sallyanne Floria, J.S.C. in the Chancery Division, Family Part, Essex County, New Jersey.

Significant Representative Matters

  • Summary judgment granted for defendant in case against an oil tank testing and removal company alleging negligence in connection with the testing of the underground oil tank.

  • Summary judgment granted for defendant in case by homeowner against contractor whose alleged work caused and/or contributed to the alleged structural deficiencies of the home.  Successfully established that plaintiff's expert failed to establish a causal connection between the alleged deficiencies and the work performed by defendant contractor.
  • Year Joined Organization:
    2005
    Areas of Practice:
    Complex Construction Defect
    Professional Liability
    Insurance Coverage
    Bar Admissions:
    New Jersey, 2000
    U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 2000
    New York, 2001
    U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 2001
    U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 2001
    Education:
    Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, Delaware, 2000
    J.D.


    Seton Hall University, 1997
    B.A.


    Published Works:
    If You Build It, They Will Sue: Construction Defect Litigation In The Garden State And The Trend Of Alternative Dispute Resolution, Defense Digest, Vol. 11, No. 4, December, 2005


    Representative Clients:
    CNA
    Zurich
    One Beacon Insurance
    Selective Insurance
    ATS Environmental
    Schoor DePalma
    Professional Associations and Memberships:
    Essex County Bar Association


    New Jersey State Bar Association


    New York State Bar Association


    Women's Law Caucus, 1997 - 2000, President (2000)


    Past Employment Positions:
    Gartner, Bloom & Greiper, PC


    DelMauro, DiGaimo & Knepper



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