Feb. 2026 ROMEO
May 17, 2022
Mu, 1969
Peter Ron Yarem, Esq., 70, of Clark, NJ, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, May 17, 2022.
Peter was born to Peter and Pauline (Kaciupsky) Yarem in Elizabeth, NJ, and has resided in Clark for the past 60 years.
Peter was a Graduate of Kean University in 1973 and Seton Hall University School of Law in 1979. He was admitted to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and United States District Court for New Jersey and served as Chairman for NJ Solid Waste Utility Attorney’s Committee. He was Senior Litigation Counsel for Clapp and Eisenberg in Newark, NJ, from 1983-1992, Federal Judicial Law Clerk for the United States District Court of New Jersey from 1981-1983, Associate Attorney for Attenasio and Glennon in Clark, NJ, from 1979-1981, and began his own practice, The Law Office of Peter R. Yarem in Totowa, NJ, from 1992-2003, was Litigation Partner with Geneva Burns in Newark, NJ, from 2003-2012, and Litigation and Environmental Partner of Counsel with Scarinci Hollenbeck, LLC, in Lyndhurst, NJ, from 2012 to 2020.
Peter was a member of the Two Hundred Club of Union County and the Knights of Columbus.
Peter is survived by his 2 brothers, Raymond Yarem and Russell P. Yarem and his wife Joan, dear uncle of Peter F. and Olivia Yarem, and life partner, Svetlana Gromova.
If any Brothers are planning to attend the Funeral Mass and join the family at the repast afterward, please notify Mike Natale via email at falcon22@optimum.net