John E. Corbett
Principal Attorney

John Corbett is the principal attorney and managing member of this New Jersey law firm that emphasizes business law and employment law.  The firm also practices in the areas of construction law and technology.

John is in his third decade of helping business and their employees but his first profession is in engineering. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1968. He began his professional career at Grumman Aircraft where he designed computer and communication systems for the Apollo Lunar Module and U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat programs. He led a technical team that was instrumental in the reorganization to form Grumman Data Systems. Prior to law school, his graduate studies were in computer science at New York Polytechnic Institute and in management at Hofstra University.

John received a commission in the United States Navy in 1972 and served on a U.S. Navy guided missile cruiser as Tactical Data Systems Officer, Electronic Warfare Officer and the ship’s Legal Officer. He qualified as a Tactical Action Officer, the surrogate for the ship’s captain in times of crisis. He participated in combat and humanitarian operations in Southeast Asia.

John joined the RCA Corporation in Moorestown, New Jersey in 1976 in as a systems engineer. He is the architect of the Combat Information Center for the Ticonderoga Class of U.S. Navy warships and was the manager in charge of the top-level design of the Arleigh Burke Class of U.S. Navy missile destroyers. He was also Chief Systems Engineer for Arsenal Ship and the Technical Director for the Australian Navy’s upgrade of six guided missile ships.

Concurrently with his work on Navy systems, he completed the program of studies in law at Rutgers University and graduated in 1985 with the degree of Juris Doctor. He started a small law practice in southern New Jersey that has developed into a full time enterprise. His firm concentrates in business law and the development of new businesses. Because of technical background, experience with complex and challenging projects, and familiarity with government-influenced programs, the firm will often undertake to assist clients with projects that other firms decline.

John lives with his wife in southern New Jersey. She is a teacher who, to good effect, has touched the minds of most every child who has grown from the town’s schools for a generation. They have two children: Their son is an information systems professional and outdoorsman and their daughter is a hydrogeologist and mother of two.