Brian J. Molloy

Brian J. Molloy, Esq. is General Counsel at Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A., serving as the firm's key advisor concerning the law governing lawyers, governance issues, risk management, and policy implementation. He also serves as Chairman of the Board at Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A., and served as President and Managing Director from 2008 until 2021. Mr. Molloy concentrates his practice on business and commercial litigation, with an emphasis on defending professional malpractice claims. 

For more than 30 years, Mr. Molloy has served as lead counsel in complex commercial litigation in New Jersey and nationally. He has represented local and national law firms in litigation involving alleged malpractice, disputes concerning fiduciary duty, and ethics issues. He leads the firm’s Appellate practice, Professional Liability & Responsibility Litigation practice and Casino Law practice, and has been a shareholder since 1986.

Mr. Molloy is also the president of Pro Agents, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wilentz that provides sports management services to professional baseball athletes.

Mr. Molloy is among the select few in the profession who have been invited to become a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, an organization that recognizes the very best trial lawyers from the United States and Canada. He has also been Certified as a Civil Trial Attorney by the New Jersey Supreme Court.

Mr. Molloy is committed to playing a leadership role in his community, having served on the Westfield Zoning Board of Adjustment, President and Trustee of the Westfield College Men’s Club, Trustee of the Westfield High School Boosters Association, and coached soccer and baseball teams for his two children.

Rankings/Recognitions:

• Certified, Civil Trial Attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey
• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
• Fellow, American Bar Association
• Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America since 2005 in the practice areas of Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law, Legal Malpractice Law-Defendants, and Appellate Practice; 2021 "Lawyer of the Year" in Bet-the-Company Litigation
• Selected for inclusion in New Jersey Super Lawyers since 2005, including "Top 100" list in 2008, 2013-2015, 2017, and 2021
• Listed in Chambers USA in Litigation: General Commercial, 2011-2022
• Recipient of Middlesex County Bar Association's Chancery Practice Award, 2013
• Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating
• Former Chair of Ethics Committee
• Appointed Special Ethics Master by the Supreme Court of New Jersey