Anne M. Collart | FBT Gibbons

Anne M. Collart

Partner

Newark, NJ

Office Phone Number 973.596.4737 Email
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Practices

White Collar & Investigations

Biography

Annie is an experienced and trusted counselor who has represented individual and corporate clients in a variety of criminal and civil matters. Her white collar criminal defense practice includes litigating high-profile criminal trials to verdict where necessary, as well as appellate matters, and she has argued cases in both federal and state appellate courts. Outside the courtroom, she has represented clients in government investigations, including those conducted by federal prosecutors, the New Jersey Attorney General, and the New Jersey Legislative Select Oversight Committee. She also conducts internal investigations for private clients into violations of company policies, including those that implicate criminal wrongdoing. Annie’s civil work includes defending qui tam actions under the New Jersey and federal False Claims Acts and litigating complex issues under the federal Alien Tort Statute. She has also defended clients in sensitive and high-stakes cases alleging sexual misconduct and related negligent hiring and supervision. Her clients come from a range of industries, including higher education, healthcare, manufacturing, law, and entertainment.

Annie also maintains an active pro bono practice. She successfully argued an appeal of the trial court’s denial of a client’s petition for expungement, resulting in a published opinion from the New Jersey Appellate Division and ultimately an expungement of her client’s criminal records. She has also appeared in family court and before the Appellate Division to pursue child support and custody issues on behalf of victims of domestic violence. Outside of her legal service, she is on the Board of the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey, as well as a member of the Board of the North Jersey Community Research Initiative. She has served as a member of the New Jersey Restorative Justice Network and supports responses to crime that account for and address mental illness and seek to heal and repair harm, rather than focusing primarily on punishment and incarceration. She is also the former President of the Board of Trustees for CASA of Union County, an organization that advocated on behalf of children in foster care and the child welfare system, and a former volunteer advocate for the nonprofit.

Other Info About Anne

Experience

Legal Work Highlights

K.G. v. Owl City, No. 24-1175 (3d Cir. 2025)
K.G. v. Owl City, No. 1:17-cv-8118, 2023 WL 3735891 (D.N.J. May 31, 2023)
In the Matter of the Extradition of Steven Lee, No. MAG 32-9089 (CLW), 2023 WL 2414447 (D.N.J. Mar. 8, 2023)
State v. F.E.D., 251 N.J. 505 (2022)
State v. Taccetta, No. A-2439-19, 2022 WL 2340972 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. June 29, 2022)
United States v. Coburn, No. 2:19-cr-00120(KM), 2022 WL 874458 (D.N.J. Mar. 23, 2022)
State v. G.E.P., 458 N.J. Super 436 (App. Div. 2019), as modified, 243 N.J. 362 (2020)
U.S. Masters Residential Property Fund v. New Jersey Dep’t of Environmental Prot., 239 N.J. 145 (2019)
United States v. Metro, 882 F.3d 431 (3d Cir. 2018)
In re E.C., 454 N.J. Super. 48 (App. Div. 2018)
Minor v. Hastings, 704 Fed. Appx. 103 (3d Cir. 2017)

Education

Law School

Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude

Associate Editor, Seton Hall Law Review, 2012-2014
Editor, Health Law Outlook, 2011-2012

Undergraduate School

Marquette University, B.A., cum laude,
Albert Ludwigs Universitaet, Credits towards B.A.

Clerkships

Anne served as a clerk for the court(s) and judge(s) below:

Judicial clerk to the Honorable Katharine S. Hayden, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 2015-2016

The Honorable Anne M. Patterson, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Morristown, NJ
Judicial clerk, 2014-2015
Judicial intern, 2013

Bar Memberships

Anne is licensed to practice in the following state(s):

New Jersey

New York

Courts

Anne is admitted to practice before the following court(s):

United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Supreme Court of the United States

Recognition

Local & National Recognition

Award Selection Methodology

Recognized in Profiles in Leadership Journal™, 2025 Edition: Q4 Emerging Leader Award

Included on the ROI-NJ “Influencers: Women in Business” list, 2025

Recognized in Best Lawyers^®, 2026 Edition: Appellate Practice; Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch^® in America, 2025 Edition: Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: General Practice

Included on the Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business list, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations

Included on the New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Stars list, Criminal Defense

Included on the National Association of Women Lawyers “NAWL Rising List,” 2022

Professional Affiliations

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

National Association of Women Lawyers

Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys for NJ
Member, Board of Trustees, 2022 – present

Civic Activities

Civic & Charitable Organizations

North Jersey Community Research Initiative
Member, Board of Trustees, 2023 – present

New Jersey Restorative Justice Network
Member, 2021 – 2022

CASA of Union County
President of the Board of Trustees, 2021 – 2023
Member, of Board of Trustees, 2019 – 2023
Court Appointed Special Advocate, 2008 – 2010

Wynona’s House
Intern, 2011-2012