Rachel Lilienthal Stark, Shareholder, is a member of the Business & Corporate Group. She concentrates her practice in the representation of start-up and emerging companies and non-profit organizations on a variety of issues including corporate formation, financing, franchising, licensing, acquisitions, real estate and intellectual property law. Ms. Stark also represents lenders in commercial loan transactions.

Before joining Stark & Stark, Ms. Stark worked as an associate for the New York City law firm of Cahill Gordon & Reindel. She also served as a summer intern for The Honorable Anne E. Thompson, Chief Judge of the United States District Court, District of New Jersey and as a staff assistant to Senator Frank R. Lautenberg in Washington, D.C.

Ms. Stark is a frequent guest lecturer on business law, family business and succession planning at Rider University’s Business School and is an annual guest lecturer on legal issues for non-profit organizations at the College of New Jersey’s Non-Profit Management Certification Program. She also serves on the Executive Advisory Council of Rider University's College of Business Administration, as Past Chair of the Board of Directors of Kidsbridge, Inc., and on the Board of Directors of the Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce, where she serves as the chair of its Lawrence Township Chapter and member of its Women in Business committee.

In 2009, Ms. Stark was included in the New Jersey Law Journal's list of Top 40 Lawyers under 40.* Ms. Stark is a frequent contributor to the New Jersey Law Blog. You can read  her most recent blog post here.