Bio

Prior to joining Schenck, Price, Smith & King, LLP, Mr. Gallo was a founder and senior partner of Gallo Geffner Fenster, P.C., established in 1967. His clients include and have included Bank of America, Capital One Bank, TD Bank, N.A., Sterling National Bank, Lakeland Bank, Santander Bank, N.A., Provident Bank, SB One Bank, M&T Bank, VNB New York LLC, JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., and Valley National Bank. He has served as a member of Bank of America, Capital One Bank, and Valley National Bank's Advisory Boards. Mr. Gallo is often relied on by the financial institutions to manage complex loan transactions, based on his extensive experience and his handling of various banking matters, including his work with the litigating workout attorneys at the Firm. He has been a lecturer to loan officers and bank personnel on the methods of using real property and non-real-estate collateral to secure debt, Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (asset-based lending), risk of loss resulting from title defects, and the necessity of title insurance in real property transactions. A member of the New Jersey State Bar Association's Banking Law Section, Mr. Gallo is the former secretary and member of the New Jersey Games of Chance Commissions and former president of the Ramsey Board of Education (Ramsey, New Jersey) and member of the Bergen County Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors.