Ivette Vargas is an Associate in Murphy Schiller & Wilkes LLP’s transactional real estate practice, where she advises clients on acquisitions and dispositions, commercial leasing, and financing matters. She represents institutional investors, developers, landlords, and tenants in complex real estate transactions across New Jersey and New York.

Prior to joining MSW, Ivette practiced in the Commercial Real Estate Department at Winne Banta Basralian & Kahn, P.C., where she handled office and retail leasing transactions from negotiation through execution, and advised on purchase and sale transactions, seller-backed financing, and IRC Section 1031 tax-deferred exchanges. She also counseled clients on regulatory compliance in connection with New Jersey retail liquor licenses.

Ivette’s background includes experience in both federal and state courts, having served as a law clerk to Chief Judge Freda L. Wolfson of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey and to Judge Steven C. Mannion, U.S.M.J. She also clerked for Judge Mary C. Jacobson of the New Jersey Superior Court. Earlier in her career, she practiced in the Real Estate, Land Use, and Affordable Housing groups at Hill Wallack LLP, where she gained valuable experience in transactional and litigation matters.

Ivette earned her J.D. from Rutgers Law School, where she was Managing Articles Editor of the Rutgers Race and the Law Review and a semi-finalist in the Hunter Moot Court competition, receiving the Best Brief Award. She received her B.A. in Sociology, with a minor in Latin American Studies, from Temple University.

She is admitted to practice in New Jersey and the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Ivette is an active member of the New Jersey State Bar Association, Bergen County Bar Association, and the Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey. She has spoken on issues of diversity and inclusion, including her presentation “Implicit Bias and Micro-Aggressions: Their Effect on Law Firm Culture and Success” for NACLE.