Anthony C. Gunst IV, Esq.

As the head of the firm’s professional responsibility and ethics defense practice, Anthony Gunst, Esq. oversees a team of attorneys and paralegals that handles professional responsibility matters at virtually every stage of the process. This includes representing clients who are going through random attorney trust account audits, as well as ethics investigations, pre-trial hearings, trials and appeals.

Mr. Gunst is also a seasoned trial lawyer. He has handled contested trials to verdict and has appeared before both the highest court in New Jersey (the Supreme Court of New Jersey) and the highest court in New York (the New York Court of Appeals). He has also represented clients before the Disciplinary Review Board of New Jersey and the New York Attorney Grievance Committee.

Mr. Gunst manages the administration of the firm’s commercial litigation practice in both the federal and state courts. He has handled federal court matters in both the District of New Jersey and the Southern District of New York, as well as made pro hac vice appearances in the Northern District of Oklahoma. He has also handled numerous complex commercial litigation matters in the state courts of New Jersey and New York, as well as a major lawsuit in Illinois.

Mr. Gunst is a graduate of Washington and Lee School of Law (Lexington, Virginia). During law school, Mr. Gunst worked as an intern at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, LeClairRyan and the Supreme Court of Virginia Office of Chief Staff Attorney.

During his time with the FBI, Mr. Gunst focused primarily on white-collar crime such as corporate fraud. In that regard, he worked closely with forensic accountants to audit business records. After law school, Mr. Gunst served as a law clerk to the Honorable Samuel J. Ragonese, J.S.C. in the Superior Court of Gloucester County, Law Division, Civil Part. He is currently admitted to the New Jersey and New York Bars.

Mr. Gunst’s honors include being a semifinalist in The Robert J. Grey, Jr. Negotiations Competition; serving as an Editor of the Journal of Civil Rights & Social Justice; and being selected for the Devils Backbone Brewing Company’s Heartland Initiative.