Bio

ADMITTED:

New Jersey State

New York State

United States District Court:

New Jersey: District of New Jersey

New York: Southern District, Eastern District, Northern District

United States Court of Appeals:

Second Circuit, Third Circuit

CERTIFICATIONS:

A-V rating from Martindale-Hubbell

EDUCATION:

Rutgers University School of Law, L.L.B.

Boston University, B.S.

PROFESSIONAL ABA Tort and Insurance Section

AFFILIATIONS: American Bar Association

Arthur T. Vanderbilt American Inns of Court

Council on Litigation Management (NJ Co-Chair)

Defense Research Institute

New Jersey Bar Association Insurance Defense Committee, a Founding Member

Essex County Bar Association

Middlesex Bar Association

International Association of Defense Attorneys

New Jersey Bar Association

New Jersey Insurance Defense Association

New York Bar Association

New York Trial Lawyers Association

Professional Liability Underwriting Society

Super Lawyer

Trial Lawyers of New Jersey

The Harmonie Group, Founding Member

Trucking Industry Defense Association

Who's Who in American Law

Who’s Who in America

Who’s Who Lifetime Achievement Award

Defense Research Institute Insurance Roundtable

MEMBERSHIP:

International Association of Defense Counsel

New Jersey Chair Jury Trial Innovations (2002 – 2006)

Vice Chair Legal Malpractice Subcommittee – IADC

Member of Error and Omissions Subcommittee

Member of Excess and Reinsurance Subcommittee

New Jersey Team Leader for the National Jury Trial Innovation Academy (2009)

American Bar Association

Tort and Insurance Section

Bad Faith Subcommittee

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

2017: Hallmark Insurance -

Defense of a Catastrophic Cognitive Disability allegedly resulting from a low impact collision

2016: Allied World Insurance Company, Houston Claims Office -

Defending a Closed Head Injury Case

2016: Harmonie Group Transportation Committee/Continuing Education –

Effect of Legalized Marijuana on the Transportation Industry

2012: New Jersey Institute for Continuing Education -

Defending a Closed Head Injury Case – 1 ½ credit to all attorneys who attended the ICLE sponsored program

York Claim Services -

Misrepresentations - Developments in Rescission and Declination of Coverage

2010: RLI Insurance Group for certification in California, Texas, New York, and Florida -

Ethical Obligations of Attorneys and Claims Professionals to Policy Holders

2009: Performance Food Group, Richmond, Virginia -

Use of Courtroom Technology to Impeach Credibility of Expert Witnesses (toxicologists)

2008: Tower Risk Management -

Analysis of Contractual Indemnification Agreements between Commercial Entities

2007: RLI Claims Certification in Florida and Texas/General Star- Stamford, Connecticut -

What Constitutes Bad Faith/What is the Meaning of "Reasonably Debatable"

2006: Performance Food Group – Richmond, Virginia -

Deposition Preparation of Expert Witnesses

People’s Insurance Company of China – Dongguan, China

Participating as defense counsel in a five day Mock Trial of a Product Liability Claim

2005: The Tower Insurance Group - New York, New York -

The Responsibility of Primary to Excess Insurers

Gilford Specialty Group - Hartford, Connecticut -

Technology in the Courtroom / Trial Strategy in the defense of Catastrophic Claims

Lexington Insurance Company – Boston, Massachusetts

Bobtail Insurance Coverage

Technology in the Courtroom / Trial Strategy in the defense of Catastrophic Claims

2004: Presentation to DRI Legal Malpractice Committee -

Liability of Successor Counsel – New York, New York

American International Group Insurance Company Excess Unit

Technology in the Courtroom

Presentation of Evidence in the New Millennium

2003: International Association of Defense Counsel Mid Year Meeting,

New York, New York for Continuing Legal Education Credits

Speaker - When Attorneys are Liable to Other Attorneys

2001: International Association of Defense Counsel Winter Meeting,

New York, New York for Continuing Legal Education Credits

Program Director - Enron and Professional Conflicts of Interest

2001: Coregis Insurance Company, Chicago, Illinois

Defending Public Entities and Defenses Available in New Jersey

2001: AIG Miscellaneous Professional Liability, New York, New York

Defending Public Entities and Defenses Available in New Jersey

2000: Guest Commentator CNBC (Columbine School shooting)

2000: Tower Insurance Group

Best Practices and Trial Presentation

1999: Harleysville Insurance Companies

Admissibility of computer generated accident reconstruction video

1999: Tower Insurance Group

Three hour seminar regarding New York Rules of Civil Procedure

1998: Court TV

Commentator (Prime Time Civil Litigation)

1998: Northland Insurance Company

Applicability of the First and Fourteenth Amendments to public employees expressing political or employment related opinions

1998: American International Group, Miscellaneous Specialty Unit

Provided an overview of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination

1997: AI Management, Professional Liability Section

Entire Controversy Doctrine as applied to the legal profession

1996: New Jersey Automobile Retailer Association

Law Against Discrimination Act (Plaintiff's Burden of Proof in Gender Discrimination Claims)

1995: Crawford & Company

Guest lecturer, Contractual and Common Law Indemnification

1994: Willis Corroon

Guest lecturer, Defense of Employment Discrimination Claims

1993: National Association of Realtors

Guest lecturer, Relating to the Consumer Fraud Act

1992: Commercial Union Insurance Company

Guest lecturer, Defense of Municipalities under the New Jersey Tort Claims Act

1990: State of New Jersey Insurance Association

Guest lecturer, New Jersey's verbal threshold

1989: Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company and Hanover Insurance Company

Guest lecturer, New Jersey Automobile Reform Act

1988: Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company

Guest lecturer, Bad faith litigation

1986: United Technologies, Otis Elevator Company

Lecturer to all approved counsel, Defense of product liability claims

1985: Hanover Insurance Company

Guest lecturer, Bad faith litigation

1984: Royal-Globe Insurance Company and Commercial Union Insurance Companies

Guest lecturer, Defense of product liability claims

1980: Kessler Institute For Rehabilitation

Guest lecturer, Trial technique and strategy in defense of catastrophic injury cases

1978: Seton Hall University

Guest lecturer, Trial examination of experts

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