CURRICULUM VITAE

CERTIFICATIONS

1996  Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney

2003  Re-certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as  Civil Trial Attorney 

2008  Re-certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney

2013  Re-certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney

2018  Re-certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney

2003  Board Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy as a Civil Trial Advocate 

2008  Re-certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy as a Civil Trial Advocate

2013  Re-certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy as a Civil Trial Advocate

2018  Re-certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy as a Civil Trial Advocate           

LICENSURE 

1986     Supreme Court of the State of New Jersey

1986     United States District Court for the District of New Jersey 

1992     District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Washington, D.C.

1992     United States Supreme Court

1992     United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit

1992     United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit

1992     United States Tax Court

PROFESSIONAL DISTINCTIONS

Listed in New Jersey Super Lawyers (a Thompson Reuters business), as published in New Jersey Monthly and Law & Politics magazines, in practice area, Insurance Defense, Commercial, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010.  No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.  A description of the standard of methodology on which these accolades are based can be found at http://www.superlawyers.com/about/selection_process.html.

Listed in New Jersey Super Lawyers (a Thompson Reuters business), as published in New Jersey Monthly and Law & Politics magazines, in practice area, Personal Injury, Plaintiff, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022.  No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.  A description of the standard of methodology on which these accolades are based can be found at http://www.superlawyers.com/about/selection_process.html.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2009-2014  Judge, Seton Hall University School of Law, Appellate Moot Court Board

2009– 2011  Trustee, New Jersey State Bar Association (Middlesex County delegate) 

2008-2011  Appointment, Middlesex County Bar Association, Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee          

2007-2008  Immediate Past President, Middlesex County Bar Association

2006-2007  President, Middlesex County Bar Association

2005-2006  President-Elect, Middlesex County Bar Association

2004-2005  First Vice President, Middlesex County Bar Association

2003-2004  Second Vice President, Middlesex County Bar Association

2002-2003  Secretary, Middlesex County Bar Association

1999-2002  Trustee, Middlesex County Bar Association

1996-1999   Trustee, Middlesex County Bar Association

EDUCATION

1979     Rutgers University, Bachelor of Arts

1986     University of New Hampshire, Franklin Pierce Law Center, Juris Doctorate

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Board of Trial Advocates (Northern New Jersey Chapter)

New Jersey Association for Justice

New Jersey State Bar Association

The Bar Association of the District of Columbia

Middlesex County Bar Association

Somerset County Bar Association

New Jersey State Bar Association, Section on Dispute Resolution

American Inns of Court, Justice Marie L. Gariibaldi American Inn of Court for Alternative Dispute Resolution

New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators