PARTNER
PRACTICE AREAS: Complex Torts, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury/Negligence, Products Liability, Construction and Industrial Accidents.
EDUCATION:
New York University, J.D., 1970.
Rutgers University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1967.
- Phi Beta Kappa
HIGHLIGHTS:
- $17 million jury verdict on behalf of a patent attorney who was the victim of negligent eye surgery and an additional $3.5 million for his wife.
- $1.235 million settlement in a medical malpractice action involving a client who lost his sight as a result of negligent post-surgical treatment following open heart surgery at a local hospital.
- $1.2 million jury verdict in a medical malpractice case involving a failure to diagnose vascular insufficiency and negligent arterial stenting.
- $1.1 million settlement of elevator accident, negligent design and maintenance.
- $1.1 million settlement in a construction accident case involving OSHA violations and other negligent work-safety procedures.
- $1 million binding arbitration award on behalf of a trial attorney who suffered a closed head injury and fractures in an automobile accident.
- $835,000.00 settlement on behalf of a 32 year old man who required cervical spine surgery as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
- $750,000.00 settlement in a wrongful death action filed on behalf of an 87 year old man who was seriously injured in a motor vehicle accident, and died of a stroke which developed subsequent to his injuries.
- $725,000.00 settlement on behalf of a 33 year old truck driver who suffered a hip fracture after being involved in an accident with a tractor-trailer.
- $675,000.00 settlement on behalf of an ironworker who sustained spinal injuries during a construction accident.
- $670,000.00 settlement on behalf of a 72 year old woman who suffered a hip injury in an automobile accident.
- $625,000.00 settlement at trial on behalf of several members of the same family who were injured in an intrastate truck accident.
- $600,000.00 settlement at trial on behalf of a victim of negligent retinal surgery.
- $550,000.00 settlement on behalf of a victim of sexual assault in an inadequate security case at a university campus.
- $500,000 settlement on behalf of a 63 year old man who developed a stroke one month following a motor vehicle accident, where the medical causation was strongly contested.
- $355,000.00 settlement on behalf of a woman who injured her hand in a die press machine.
- Certified Civil Trial Attorney, certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court, since 1985.
- Certified Civil Trial Specialist, National Board of Trial Advocacy, since 1989.
- Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of New Jersey, 1971-1974.
- President, N.Y.U. Law Alumni of New Jersey, 1985-1987.
- Frequent lecturer on many trial-related issues, and television panelist.
BAR ADMISSIONS: New Jersey, 1971; New York, 1971; U.S. District of New Jersey, 1971; U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals, 1976. Member: Essex County (Member, Bench and Bar Committee, 1988-) and New Jersey State (Member, Civil Trial Bar Section, Executive Committee, 1990-; Chair, Certified Trial Attorneys Section 1994-1996; Member, Medical Malpractice Committee, 1996) Bar Associations: Association of Trial Lawyers of America - New Jersey (ATLA-NJ), Board of Governors 1989 to present; State Delegate 2000-2002 to ATLA National, Public Relations Committee Co-Chair 2000-2002, Secretary/Treasurer 2003-2004, Third Vice President 2004-2005, Automobile Committee Chair 2004-2006, Second Vice President 2005-2006.
PUBLICATIONS/LECTURES:
New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Civil Trial Preparation, 1980, 1984, 1996; Hot Tips In Tort Law, 1990-1992;
ATLA-N.J., Evidence, 1988; Direct and Cross Examination of Experts, 1995; Medical Proofs in Negligence Practice, ATLA Trial Academy, 1993-1999;
Deposition: Strategies, Tactics and Mechanics, PESI. 1996. New Jersey Law Journal, "Medical Malpractice Discovery: A Critical Analysis of the Self-Critical Analysis Privilege," Complex Litigation Supplement, April 1999, Vol. 156- No. 3-236. |
