Areas Of Practice
- Personal Injury
- Products Liability
- Professional Negligence
- Trial Practice
Certified Legal Specialties
- Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Trial Attorney Certification, 1982
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey, 1966
- New York, 1990
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1966
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1979
Education
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law - Newark, Newark, New Jersey
- J.D. - 1966
- Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
- B.A. - 1963
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Honors: Dean's List
- Major: American History
Published Works
- James Spawns Chaos and Injustice, 13 NJL 526, March 8, 2004
- Interpret the Lawsuit & Threshold, 162 NJLJ 639, November 13, 2000
Representative Cases
Classes/Seminars
- New Jersey Automobile Insurance Law, ATLA - NJ, 1998
Honors and Awards
- Gold Metal for Distinguished Service, ATLA - NJ
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America, New Jersey, President, 2004 to 2005
- Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Int., Vice President, 1973 to 1980
- Temple Emanu - El of West Essex, President, 1982 to 1984
- Union of Reform Judaism, Board, 1994 to 2000
- Passaic County Bar Association, Member
- New Jersey State Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America, New Jersey, Vice President
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America, New Jersey, Chair, Auto Insurance Reparations Committee
- American Arbitration Association, Member
- Advisory Council P.I.P., Arbitrator
- New Jersey Association for Justice, Member
Past Employment Positions
- Gelman & Gelman, Associate, 1966 to 1974