Ms. Kelly A. Erhardt-Wojie is a shareholder at Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A., serving as co-chair of the firm’s Banking and Creditors' Rights groups and a member of the Management Committee. For over 25 years, she has focused her practice in banking and real estate transactions. With respect to her banking practice, Ms. Erhardt-Wojie represents several lending institutions in a broad range of complex commercial and construction transactions, mainly in New York and New Jersey, involving the multi-family, mixed-use, and healthcare space, as well as loan restructuring. Ms. Erhardt-Wojie’s real estate practice includes representing private developers and businesses in contract negotiations, acquisition, financing, leasing, and sales.
Prior to joining Wilentz in 2000, Ms. Erhardt-Wojie practiced in Monmouth County where she focused on title insurance litigation and all aspects of real estate transactions including acquisitions, financing, leasing, and sale.
Ms. Erhardt-Wojie is committed to maintaining a very active presence in various Bar Associations, as well as her community and her family. She is a member of the New Jersey State, New York State, Middlesex County, Monmouth County, and American Bar Associations, where she participates in the Real Estate, Land Use, and Banking Sections. She is also a member of the Commercial Lending Committee of the New Jersey Bankers Association and has lectured on several occasions on the topic of Commercial Real Estate Financing. She is also involved in the firm’s associate mentorship program.
A devoted mother of three college students, Ms. Erhardt-Wojie has supported her children’s school and sports activities, and she serves on the Board of the Greater Newark Holiday Fund. For 25 years, Ms. Erhardt-Wojie has been a member of the steering committee for the Kislak Real Estate Institute’s annual Leadership Excellence Award Dinner at Monmouth University, as well as the planning committee for the annual Collier Youth Services Golf Outing. Previously, she co-chaired the annual Christmas party for Head Start children for the Monmouth County Bar. She was also entertainment chair of the Colts Neck Country Fair for nine years, as well as a Steering Committee member for the annual Community YMCA Gala.