Bart Mongelli is a partner in the Real Estate practice group at Mandelbaum Barrett PC, bringing decades of legal acumen to clients across New Jersey and the surrounding region.

His practice focuses on real estate, banking, and corporate law, where he serves as a trusted advisor for complex transactions and strategic initiatives for both developers and lenders.  He also serves as general counsel to numerous for profit and not for profit entities.  He served as general counsel to North Hudson Community Action Corporation for over thirty years.

Over the course of his career, Bart has represented banks and private lenders in structuring, negotiating, and documenting a broad spectrum of borrowing and lending matters—including development financing, construction loans, and real estate acquisitions and dispositions. His depth of experience enables him to guide clients through each stage of a deal, from due diligence and risk analysis to closing and post-closing oversight.

His nonprofit leadership extends to roles on multiple boards, including:

  • North Hudson Community Action Corporation Foundation (Vice President)
  • Rebeka Verea Foundation (Board Member)
  • Paramus Catholic High School Consulting Board (Vice Chair)
  • Upper Saddle River Education Foundation (Founder & Former Board Member)

Bart also has a long record of public service, having served as Commissioner of the Northwest Bergen County Utilities Authority (2017–2021) and in local government as Borough Councilman and Council President for the Borough of Ridgefield earlier in his career.

Bart also served for numerous years as Treasurer, to Former U.S. Congressman Steve Rothman, Englewood.

He earned his J.D. from Pace University School of Law and his B.A. in Political Science from Fordham University. Licensed to practice in New Jersey, Bart is committed to bridging legal strategy with positive community impact.

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2021 Hands of Hope Servant Leader Award

  • Eva’s Village “Hands of Hope” award recipient (2021)
  • Northwest Bergen County, Utilities Authority Commissioner (2017-2021)
  • Paramus Catholic High School, Consulting Board Member (2012-2016)
  • North Hudson Community Action Foundation, Vice President (2015-Present)
  • North Hudson Community Action Foundation, Board Member, (2010-Present)
  • Upper Saddle River Baseball Board, Board Member (2009-2012)
  • Rebeka Verea Foundation, Board Member (2006-Present)
  • Upper Saddle River Education Foundation, Founder and Board Member (2003-2006)
  • Supreme Court of New Jersey, District Fee Arbitration Committee, Member (Hudson County) (2001-2004)
  • Treasurer for former United States House of Representative member Congressman Steve Rothman of NJ 9th Congressional District (1999-2017)
  • Santa Ferbronia Catholic Society “Citizen of The Year” (1998)
  • Association of Trial Lawyers of America, New Jersey Chapter, Board Member (1992-1996)
  • Borough of Ridgefield, New Jersey, Police Commissioner (1991-1992)
  • Borough of Ridgefield, New Jersey, Town Council, Councilman (1989-1992)

New Jersey

  • Pace University School of Law, JD
  • Fordham University, B.A. in Political Science

Deal Alert: Mandelbaum Barrett PC Secures $10.5 Million Construction Financing for New Jersey Build-to-Suit Commercial Building

July 3, 2024

Mandelbaum Barrett PC Partners Jeffrey M. Rosenthal, Esq., Bart G. Mongelli, Esq. and Associate Ann S. Lee, Esq. recently represented a regional bank in providing approximately $10.5 million in construction financing for a build-to-suit commercial building within a large-scale condominium project in Bedminster Township, New Jersey. This achievement underscores the firm’s capability to handle complex […]
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Mandelbaum Barrett PC adds 3 partners; plans to open new office in Bergen County

February 14, 2022

Full-service law firm Mandelbaum Barrett PC as announced that three new partners will join the firm's Real Estate practice and plans the opening of a new office in Bergen County. Bart G. Mongelli, Anthony J. Arnone, and Roberto S. Migliorelli, all former partners at DeCotiis, FitzPatrick, Cole & Giblin, LLP, will join the firm's growing real estate practice and be based in its new Lyndhurst, NJ, office.
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