DONALD F. SCHOLL, JR.

Donald F. Scholl, Jr.

Mr. Scholl completed a judicial clerkship in the Superior Court, Hunterdon County, subsequently working several years with the then second largest general practice law firm in Hunterdon County, before joining a nationally know Morris County law firm. After returning to Flemington to practice, Mr. Scholl was elected to public office, serving as a Council member, Deputy Mayor, and Mayor in Delaware Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.


Mr. Scholl is a past President of the Hunterdon County Bar Association and has held positions as a Trustee in various community organizations, including the Hunterdon County Historical Society and Women’s Crisis Services (Safe in Hunterdon) as well as serving on the Business Development Board of Yardville National Bank. Mr. Scholl was engaged and handled numerous construction loans, property development loans for builders and other commercial transactions for the Bank prior to its acquisition by PNC Bank. Mr. Scholl practices in the areas of zoning and land use, business and commercial law, commercial tenancy matters, and civil and chancery litigation.

Donald F. Scholl, Jr. — Flemington, NJ — Scholl & Whittlesey, LLC

EDUCATION AND JUDICIAL CLERKSHIP

  • Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. BA in Political Science, minor in Sociology. Inducted as a member of the National Political Science Honor Society, Pi Sigma Alpha, and the National Honor Society for Social Sciences, Pi Gamma Mu.


  • University of Toledo College of Law, Toledo, Ohio. Selected as the outstanding oral advocate of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, central region, in 1984. Chosen as a member of the law college’s Moot Court Board and elected a member of the Order of Barristers. Elected as a member of the student governing body for the University of Toledo, serving as a Senator, representing the College of Law.


  • Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Louis H. Miller, J.S.C. and Bryant W. Griffin, J.S.C., Hunterdon County 1985-1986

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

  • State of New Jersey (1985)
  • Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (1986)
  • District Court of New Jersey (1993)
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (1993)
  • United States Third Circuit Court of Appeals (1994)
  • United States Supreme Court (1996)

COMMUNITY SERVICE

  • Trustee, Women’s Crisis Services (Safe in Hunterdon)
  • Trustee, Hunterdon County Historical Society
  • Business Development Board, Yardville National Bank
  • Hunterdon Central Regional High School Mock Trial Team attorney coach Placed first statewide (1994-1995) and eighth, nationally

PUBLIC SERVICE

Elected to the governing body of Delaware Township, Hunterdon County as a Committeeman in 2010. Served as Deputy Mayor in 2012 and Mayor, 2013. Liaison to the Somerset County Joint Insurance Fund. Representative on the Delaware Township Municipal Authority. Committee Liaison to the Joint Municipal Court – Delaware, East Amwell, and Franklin Townships.

ACTIVITIES, AWARDS, AND HONORS

  • Member of the Hunterdon County Bar Association, President (1999-2000)
  • Member of the Vicinage XIII, Ethics Committee, nominated in 1996 and served four (4) years
  • September 2006 named the Professional Lawyer of the Year for Hunterdon County, an award extended to one recipient from each county, statewide
  • New Jersey State Bar Association
  • Rule 1:40 Qualified Mediator
  • Early Settlement Panelist for domestic relations litigation in both Hunterdon and Warren Counties for in excess of 20 years
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