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34 distinguished personal injury law attorneys in New Jersey, each reviewed by the Lawyers of Distinction Selection Committee.

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Adam B. Lederman

Personal Injury Law

375 Cedar Ln, Teaneck, NJ 07666, USA

Adam Lederman, Esq., is a Partner at the law firm of Davis, Saperstein & Salomon, P.C. He is certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney, a distinction held by less than two percent of all New Jersey licensed attorneys. From June 2024 to June 2025, Adam had the honor and privilege of serving as President of the New Jersey Association for Justice, the largest trial lawyer association in the State of New Jersey. In this role, he testified several times before the New Jersey Senate advocating for the consumers of this State. As an active trial attorney, Adam Lederman leads a firm team of trial lawyers, concentrating on representing seriously injured clients on a contingency fee basis to provide his client full compensation for the harms and losses they suffered. As a trial attorney for nearly 20 years, Adam has represented thousands of clients involved in all types of personal injury claims, including motor vehicle, motorcycle, bus, and trucking accidents. He also won substantial settlements and verdicts for various types of fall down accidents and premises liability claims. Recently, Adam has considerable experience in unfortunately representing several families in wrongful death drowning claims that resulted in seven-figure settlements. Adam Lederman graduated from New York University with an undergraduate degree in Sociology and minored in Law and Society. After college, Adam earned his Juris Doctorate law degree from Rutgers School of Law. Adam is admitted to practice law in both New Jersey and New York. Adam brings a remarkable depth and breadth of experience and knowledge to each case. Many of his cases are referred to him by other attorneys who are not experts in personal injury matters. Adam Lederman is proud to have earned a reputation for treating his clients “like family” and consistently goes “beyond the call of duty” to make sure his clients are satisfied with their legal representation. As part of his service to the New Jersey Association for Justice, Adam has lectured to hundreds of lawyers in attendance for continuing legal education credits about topics regarding representing clients in civil cases involving motor vehicle collisions, wrongful death, slip, trip and fall down cases, construction site fatalities, and truck, bus and motorcycle accidents. He has also lectured about discovery, trial techniques, and pre-suit legal investigative strategies. Most recently, he has lectured on litigation pertaining to Uber and Lyft’s ride-sharing services as well as litigation involving drowning incidents and traumatic brain injuries. He is a member of the American Association for Justice and the New Jersey State Bar Association and has been published in the New Jersey Law Journal. Adam was appointed to NJAJ’s Board of Governors, where he earned the distinction of serving as the Board’s youngest member. Adam is a past co-chair of NJAJ’s New Lawyers Division and currently serves on the Executive Committee as the Immediate Past President. Adam has also served in other leadership capacities, including Program Chair of multiple deposition and trial examination colleges. In this role, Adam has helped plan the New Jersey Association for Justice’s annual Meadowlands and Boardwalk conferences. Adam has been an active member of the New Jersey Association for Justice (NJAJ) for nearly two decades, having joined as a first-year law student. Prior to finishing his second year of law school, he participated in his first seminar and joined PAC before completing his bar exam. In 2009, Adam became co-chairman of the New Lawyers Section, which has grown considerably over the years. In 2016, Adam joined NJAJ’s Executive Committee. In 2024, Adam was installed as the organization’s President and currently serves as NJAJ’s Immediate Past President. Over the course of his career, Adam has settled thousands of cases in more than 15 of New Jersey’s counties; many of which have resulted in six figures and more. Adam, along with Davis, Saperstein & Salomon P.C. Partner Garry Salomon, won a $4.5 million settlement for a man who was seriously injured when his motorcycle collided with an ambulance. In 2013, Adam Lederman was instrumental in winning a case involving a motorcycle collision with a commercial bus where the firm’s client suffered serious leg injuries. In 2020, Adam settled a pedestrian knock-down case for $400,000; for a client who suffered a lower back injury case due to elevator malfunction for $715,000; and for an auto accident case for $950,000, and more. In 2021, he settled a pedestrian knock-down case for $490,000, a hotel fall-down that resulted in back injuries for $500,000, and a dog bite case for $700,000. In 2023, Adam settled a pedestrian knock-down case against a large North Jersey City for $3,000,000 and a fall down case in an apartment complex involving shoulder and neck injuries for $1,837,500. In 2023, Adam Lederman won an out-of-court settlement for the drowning of a child in the amount of $6,000,000. In 2024, Adam successfully settled two automobile collision cases for $1,300,000 and $1,800,000. In 2025, Adam, along with Davis, Saperstein & Salomon P.C. Partner Garry Salomon, won an out-of-court settlement in the amount of $ 3,000,000 settlement for the Estate of a man injured in a construction accident. In 2019, he settled a motor vehicle case resulting in spinal injuries for $750,000. In 2022, Adam settled a drowning accident for several million dollars as well as a fall down at a driving range for $925,000. Adam Lederman may be contacted at [email protected] or by phone at 201-907-5000.

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Barry Eichen

Barry Eichen

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

40 Ethel Rd, Edison, NJ 08817, USA

South Edison native Barry R. Eichen is a Shareholder with Eichen Crutchlow Zaslow, LLP, and one of New Jersey’s most seasoned and well-respected trial lawyers. Energetic and hands-on, Mr. Eichen has built a thriving practice that is esteemed by clients, peers, and the judiciary throughout the state of New Jersey. His areas of practice include personal injury, products liability, Federal Employee Liability Act cases (FELA), medical malpractice, and other complex litigation matters. Mr. Eichen has also served on the Board of Governors for ATLA-NJ and has taught seminars at the request of ATLA. He has also earned a national reputation for handling complex, high-profile mass-tort litigation, including the Phen-Fen diet drug case, and consumer fraud class action claims. Mr. Eichen has also sat as a member of the Plaintiff’s Steering Committee for Phen-Fen Litigation, Rezulin Drug Litigation, Vytorin/Zetia Drug Litigation, as well as Schering-Plough’s Intron A Drug Litigation. He was also part of the team that successfully litigated the class action claim against LYMErix a vaccine developed to prevent Lyme disease. He has served as a prosecutor for various townships and has tried over 100 complex cases. In August of 2005, Mr. Eichen obtained a $19.2 million verdict on behalf of a railroad worker who was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis as a result of various railroads’ failure to provide adequate respiratory protection. This was one of the largest FELA verdicts in the Country for pulmonary fibrosis. In April of 2007, Mr. Eichen obtained a verdict against Ford Motor Company for a defective throttle body which resulted in a brachial plexus injury to the right arm of the plaintiff. After a 4 week trial, the jury awarded plaintiff $10,626,479.89. Mr. Eichen represented the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 2010, wherein he obtained a $51 Million verdict against Johnson & Johnson for overcharging Medicaid recipients. This verdict led to a recovery of hundreds of millions of dollars for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In a recent trial against the City Of Newark, Mr. Eichen was able to obtain a verdict in the amount of three million dollars. The case involved the failure of the City of Newark to repair a pothole that was approximately three feet wide and four feet long. The jury had determined that this was a dangerous condition that the city knew or should have known existed for approximately one year, although there were complaints that the city had neglected to repair said dangerous conditions for a period of one year. While this matter was reversed due to a procedural technicality, the case was settled prior to a retrial. That same year, he served as lead counsel in a consumer fraud class action against OSRAM Sylvania, Inc. He secured a $30 million settlement on behalf of his clients. Mr. Eichen was a part of the consumer privacy lawsuit against Facebook (now Meta Platforms Inc.) which recently settled for $90 million. He served on the science committee, along with Billy Murphy of Baltimore’s Murphy Falcone.

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Bryan R. Gavin

Personal Injury Law

29 Columbia Turnpike #101, Florham Park, NJ 07932, USA

Bryan R. Gavin is a personal injury attorney with McHugh & Imbornone, P.A. Law Office in Florham Park, New Jersey, where the firm lists him as an associate. His attorney profile identifies negligence and wrongful death among his practice areas, along with claims involving automobile accidents, slip-and-fall incidents, dog bites and burns. It also lists premises liability, product liability and construction site accidents. Other subjects in Gavin’s profile include medical malpractice, misdiagnosis and medical devices. His listed work extends beyond personal injury claims to workers’ compensation and municipal court matters. The municipal matters identified on his profile include DUI/DWI, traffic violations and disorderly persons cases. Gavin earned a bachelor of arts degree from Dickinson College in 2009 and a juris doctor from Seton Hall University School of Law in Newark in 2014. From 2014 to 2015, he served as a law clerk to Judge Nesle A. Rodriguez in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Hudson County. His firm biography lists bar admissions in New Jersey and New York. It also identifies him as an active member of the Hudson County Bar Association and lists the New Jersey State Bar Association and New York State Bar Association among his professional associations. McHugh & Imbornone describes its firm-wide practice as encompassing personal injury representation, workers’ compensation and municipal court matters. The firm’s municipal practice includes drug possession matters as well as traffic and DUI/DWI cases.

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Christopher DiGirolamo

Christopher DiGirolamo

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

201 Columbia Ave, Fort Lee, NJ 07024, USA

Christopher T. DiGirolamo is the Managing Partner of Maggiano, DiGirolamo & Lizzi P.C., a nationally recognized personal injury law firm based in Fort Lee, New Jersey. He brings over three decades of trial experience, successfully representing clients in complex litigation involving motor vehicle accidents, construction site injuries, workers' compensation claims, premises liability, and defective products. His results-driven approach and relentless advocacy have led to numerous multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements, including his role as co-counsel in a landmark $101 million personal injury recovery stemming from a construction accident—one of the largest of its kind in U.S. history. Mr. DiGirolamo is admitted to practice law in the State and Federal Courts of New Jersey, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. He is deeply committed to protecting the rights of injured workers and personal injury victims.

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Evans Chris Agrapidis

Evans Chris Agrapidis

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

3232 John F. Kennedy Blvd, Jersey City, NJ 07306, USA

Evans Agrapidis, Personal Injury and Accident Lawyer in Jersey City New Jersey NJ is one of the founding members of the Agrapidis & Maroules law firm, which was formed in 1988 with Frank Leanza. Since the firm's inception, Mr. Agrapidis has specialized in personal injury matters for over 25 years, handling thousands of cases with a wide variety of clients, and representing them in all their personal injury needs. Mr. Agrapidis specialization includes but is not limited to the representation of his clients in: motor vehicle accidents, work related accidents, fall down cases, construction site accidents, wrongful death cases, and a wide variety of other personal injury categories resulting in mild to moderate injuries. Prior to forming the law firm of Agrapidis & Maroules, Mr. Agrapidis was in private practice since 1985, bringing almost 30 years of his legal experience to his clients. Mr. Agrapidis attends court on a regular basis to meet with and service all of his clients and their diverse legal needs. Mr. Agrapidis is fluent in Greek and serves the legal needs of our current and prospective Greek-speaking clients. Evans Agrapidis received his Bachelor of Science degree from Syracuse University in 1978 with a concentration in Accounting with Honors and the distinction of Magna Cum Laude. In 1983, he received his Juris Doctor from Seton Hall University School of Law. After completion of law school, Mr. Agrapidis served as a Clerk in the Federal District Court for the District of New Jersey with Honorable John W. Devine. In addition, Mr. Agrapidis was admitted to the New Jersey State and New Jersey Federal Bars in 1983 and the New York State and New York Federal Bars in 1985, and is currently a member of the Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Francis J. Sweeney, III

Francis J. Sweeney, III

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

955 Allwood Rd, Clifton, NJ 07012, USA

Mr. Sweeney was born and raised in New York City. Mr. Sweeney attended Hobart College for his undergraduate studies and obtained his juris doctorate at Pepperdine University. He is a Member of the Passaic County Bar Association, Morris County Bar Association, American Association for Justice- NJ. Mr. Sweeney concentrates his practice in complex personal injury litigation with an emphasis on medical malpractice and catastrophic injuries. Mr. Sweeney has tried cases throughout New Jersey and has appeared before the Federal District Court, the Appellate Division and the Superior Court of the State of New Jersey. Mr. Sweeney clerked for the Honorable Frank M. Donato (J.S.C.).

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Gregg A. Williams

Personal Injury Law

197 Rt-18 South, Suite 232, East Brunswick, NJ 08816

Gregg A. Williams is a Certified Civil Trial Attorney in New Jersey, a distinction awarded to fewer than 2% of lawyers statewide. He has also been recognized among the Top 100 Lawyers and selected for the Super Lawyers list for his success in personal injury litigation. Gregg's legal career spans over 20 years. He holds bar admissions in New Jersey and has extensive trial experience representing clients in state and federal courts. His approach blends careful case preparation with confident, strategic advocacy-whether negotiating with insurance companies or standing in front of a jury. When you choose our firm, you work directly with Gregg and his trusted legal team from start to finish.

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Gregory Stathis

Personal Injury Law

32 S Main St, #2, Edison, NJ 08837

Gregory Stathis has been licensed to practice law in the State of New Jersey since 1988. He is a partner at the law firm of Stathis & Leonardis. Mr. Stathis has over 25 years of experience handling personal injury matters, including workers’ compensation cases. He practices in both State and Federal Courts. He has obtained substantial verdicts and settlements for injured clients. In addition to handling personal injury matters, he regularly appears in workers’ compensation courts and represents clients in municipal courts and criminal matters throughout the State of New Jersey. Mr. Stathis has appeared before the New Jersey Supreme Court on issues related to work injuries. He is a member and Vice President on the NJ Advisory Council of Safety and Health (COSH). Mr. Stathis is also a member of the American, New Jersey, and Middlesex County Bar Associations.

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Jack Vincent Corradino

Personal Injury Law

955 Allwood Road, Clifton, NJ 07012

Mr. Corradino has extensive experience in the field of personal injury law. His focus is on motor vehicle accidents, work accidents, slip and falls, product liability, dog bites and medical malpractice. After graduating Seton Hall (cum laude) and graduating Widener School of Law (1996) with honors,(and in 1995, the Moe Levine Trial Advocacy Honor Society), Mr. Corradino served as the law clerk for the Honorable Judge Robert Passero, the former presiding assignment judge of Passaic County. Mr. Corradino is licensed to practice law in the State of New Jersey, the U.S. District of New Jersey , State of New York, Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and the United States Federal Court. He is a member of the Passaic County Bar Association and the New Jersey State Bar Association, AAJ PAC Interstate Trucking Litigation Group, as well as the American Association for Justice at both a state and national level. Further, Mr. Corradino is on the AAJ PAC-NJ Board of Governors, and named to both the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Unlike most other attorneys who are afraid of insurance company lawyers and settle your case for much less than their full value, Mr. Corradino is a fearless litigator who has tried the most complicated and complex cases to verdict, including medical malpractice, in order to receive the maximum awards for his clients.

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Joanna Wierzbicka

Joanna Wierzbicka

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

250 Moonachie Rd suite 200, Moonachie, NJ 07074, USA

Joanna joined the DeGrado Law Firm in 2012 as a litigation associate with a demonstrated history of working in the Law Practice. She is experienced in personal injury matters, from car accidents to product liability, Legal Writing and Litigation. Joanna is licensed to practice law in NJ, NY and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Before joining the firm, she clerked for the Honorable Thomas J. LaConte, J.S.C. in Passaic County, NJ. Joanna graduated Summa Cum Laude from Seton Hall and obtained her Juris Doctor from Rutgers University School of Law.

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Juan Icaza

Personal Injury Law

1008 broad street, 1st Floor, Newark, NJ 07102

JUAN L. ICAZA, was born in Cuba in 1965. He and his family came to America in 1971 and resided in New York City. He graduated from Seton Hall University and Seton Hall Law School. Mr. Icaza then joined the Newark firm of Bross, Strickland, Cary & Grossman as an associate and rose to become its managing partner at the age of 29. He and Robert R. Cary formed the firm of Cary & Icaza in 1996 and in 2009 renamed the firm to Icaza & Burgess maintaining a relationship with Robert Cary as office counsel. Mr. Icaza has been practicing law since 1990 specializing in personal injury cases involving medical malpractice, lead and toxic torts, automobile accidents and products liability. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey , Federal District Court of New Jersey and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Mr. Icaza is a member of the New Jersey Bar Association, Essex County Bar Association and The Association of Trial lawyers of America. He is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.

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Lawrence LeBrocq

Lawrence LeBrocq

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

235 Livingston Ave, NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ 08901-3060

After graduating from Erskine College in South Carolina with a degree in secondary education and history, Mr. LeBrocq enrolled at the Mississippi College School of Law to pursue his noble goal of serving others. He earned his Juris Doctorate in 1988 and went on to obtain an Advanced Diploma in international legal studies from the University of the Pacific in 1989, rounding out his education with an LL.M. in international business law from the University of London in 1990. Attorney Lawrence A. LeBrocq is a widely recognized authority on personal injury law. Mr. LeBrocq is certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney as well as an Arbitrator and Mediator in Personal Injury Law. LeBrocq has recovered more than $100 million on behalf of his clients over the course of his career.

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Lawrence Stern

Personal Injury Law

560 Sylvan Ave suite 2170, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632, USA

Lawrence P. Stern has practiced law in New Jersey as a trial lawyer for over 40 years. During his first decade of practice, he concentrated his efforts in defense work on behalf of insurance companies representing defendants in personal injury and medical malpractice cases. He also served as a mediator in the municipal courts of Essex County.

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Marc Saperstein

Marc Saperstein

Featured Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

375 Cedar Lane, Teaneck, New Jersey 07666

Marc Saperstein, is a founding member of Davis, Saperstein & Salomon, P.C. He is certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney and has a reputation of handling some of America’s most complex cases including Tobacco Class Actions, Diet Drugs, Fuel Tank explosions, trucking, construction accidents and many other types of litigation. He has been responsible for dozens of seven figure settlements and verdicts. Recently Marc Saperstein was responsible for achieving a jury verdict of $20,000,000 involving a New York construction worker injured on the job.

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Martin Cedzidlo

Personal Injury Law

2050 Center Ave, STE 120, Fort Lee, NJ 07024

Martin S. Cedzidlo is a graduate of Rutgers University- Newark and Delaware Law School. He was admitted to the Bar of New Jersey and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1983. Mr. Cedzidlo was the Law Secretary to the Hon. Ralph A. Polito, JSC upon graduating law school. He then entered private practice focusing on Civil Litigation of all types, including Personal Injury matters, Commercial litigation, Chancery litigation, Divorce litigation, and Prerogative Writ matters. In addition to his varied Civil Trial practice, Mr. Cedzidlo was a Municipal Prosecutor for the Borough of River Edge, Bergen County from 1990 through 1996, and handled select criminal matters. Mr. Cedzidlo eventually focused his career in Personal Injury litigation, and became a Board Certified Civil Trial Attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey in 1997. He is also Board Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Mr. Cedzidlo has extensive trial experience, having tried to verdict hundreds of cases on behalf of his clients, including automobile accident cases, premises liability cases, Worker's Compensation cases, Malpractice cases, and Chancery cases involving contested wills and estates. Mr. Cedzidlo is also currently serving as the Planning Board and Zoning Board of Adjustment attorney for the Borough of Wallington, and has held those positions for the past six years. Mr. Cedzidlo has also lectured in the field of Civil Trials on behalf of the New Jersey Association for Justice Educational Foundation, teaching other attorneys techniques on properly conducting Civil Trials and proper examination techniques for witnesses.

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Matthew Schiappa

Matthew Schiappa

Featured Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

4 Paragon Way, Suite 100, Freehold, NJ 07728

Matthew A. Schiappa is a Partner who focuses his practice on representing plaintiffs in personal injury, medical malpractice and product defect cases. Mr. Schiappa also represents Petitioners in workers compensation matters. In 2013, Mr. Schiappa received the designation as a Certified Civil Trial Attorney by the New Jersey Supreme Court. He was admitted to the New York Bar and the New Jersey Bar in 1997 as well as the Pennsylvania Bar in 2007. Prior to joining Lomurro Davison, Mr. Schiappa was a partner of the law firm of Clemente Mueller, P.A. wherein he defended clients in asbestos, toxic tort, environmental and construction defect cases. For the last several years there, Mr. Schiappa began developing a practice representing plaintiffs in medical malpractice actions. Mr. Schiappa completely transitioned to the Plaintiff's side of the practice when he joined the Galex Law Firm in 2010 and thereafter, when the Galex Law Firm was merged into in 2012. In addition to being admitted to and appearing in the State Courts of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, Mr. Schiappa is admitted to and has appeared in the Federal Districts Courts for the District of New Jersey, the Southern District of New York and the Eastern District of New York. Mr. Schiappa is also admitted to and has argued cases before the Second Circuit and Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Schiappa is a member of several professional associations including the New Jersey Association for Justice, the New Jersey State Bar Association, the Trial Attorneys of New Jersey, the Monmouth Bar Association and the Middlesex County Bar Association. Mr. Schiappa brings wealth of experience and knowledge to the Personal Injury/Medical Malpractice Department of Lomurro Law.

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Michael A. Ferrara, Jr.

Michael A. Ferrara, Jr.

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

601 Longwood Ave #38, Cherry Hill, NJ 08002, USA

Michael Ferrara is a proud trial lawyer, having tried over 250 jury trials over his 50-year career. He was born and raised in Philadelphia and graduated from Villanova with a B.S. in Mathematics. After serving five years as a Naval Officer, including service in Vietnam, he went to law school at the University of San Diego where he serves on their Board of Visitors. Mr. Ferrara is a partner at Ferrara & Gable, LLC, a past president of the New Jersey Trial Lawyers Association (NJAJ), and former member of the Board of Governors of AAJ. He is a frequent speaker at trial lawyer seminars and a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. He was the founder of the New Jersey Trial Lawyer’s PAC and served on county and federal judicial selection committees. He is certified as a Civil Trial Attorney by the New Jersey Supreme Court and a past president of the South Jersey chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). He served on the boards of the Amigos de Jesus orphanage in Honduras, West Catholic H.S. in Philadelphia, and the San Miquel School in Camden. He was the founder of the Marlton Track Club and enjoyed coaching youth sports. His non-lawyer activities include being the owner and CEO of Cellular One, a cellular telephone company in Wichita Falls, Texas; a guest speaker at a joint session of the Russian legislature on the topic of home mortgages; and the host of The People’s Law School, a talk radio show on WPHT, the CBS affiliate in Philadelphia. He was co-counsel representing the State of New Jersey in the landmark tobacco litigation and counsel for many clients in the Vioxx litigation. Some of his significant appellate victories include imposing a duty upon doctors to provide litigation assistance to their clients, and establishing guidelines for what auto crash victims need to prove when they have pre-existing conditions. Some of his awards include the ATLA-NJ Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievement, the Trial Bar Award from the Trial Attorneys of New Jersey (TANJ), and the State Bar Professionalism Award. He recently was honored for his pro bono service by the N.J. Supreme Court.

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Michael Fruhling

Michael Fruhling

Featured Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

157 Engle St, Englewood, NJ 07631, USA

Michael A Fruhling joined Gersowitz, Libo and Korek, P.C. in 1991 and became partner in 1999. He specializes in a wide variety of personal injury cases, and focuses his practice on medical malpractice in New York and New Jersey including Cerebral Palsy, Erb’s Palsy, Stillbirth and other birth related injuries. Michael is recognized in both Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers for his successes as a personal injury and medical malpractice attorney in New York. Michael sits on the Board of Governors for the New Jersey Association for Justice. In this role, he has fought to strengthen the laws to help consumers, as well as the victims of medical malpractice and personal injury in New Jersey. Michael has been published in the New York Law Journal and has been recognized in numerous publications, including New York Magazine for his work in medical malpractice. He has been admitted to the Bar in all Courts of the State of New York and New Jersey, as well as the Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of the Federal Court of New York and the Western District of the Federal Court of New Jersey.

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Michael Kazer

Michael Kazer

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

69 Washburn Street, Jersey City, NJ 07306-1712

Michael Kazer was born in the Bronx, New York and raised in Jersey City. He currently resides in Northern New Jersey, with his wife and children. Mr. Kazer has been practicing law for over 30 years, and has achieved numerous large settlements for his clients. He is someone whom you can reply to get the best result, and would not settle a case unless his demand is met otherwise it goes to trial. Mr. Kazer attends continued education seminars to keep up with the various changes of the law, and to help him in furthering his knowledge, his online research is an added plus to his field of work. He is a member of The Hudson County Bar Association, NJAJ and ATLA. A dedicated individual who work tirelessly to satisfy all his clients in every way possible, and still find quality time to spend with his family. A volunteer with The Boy Scouts of America interacting with others of a different field which opened his horizon to venture further. He is also a contributor to various charities and organizations. Even though he lived in Northern New Jersey his focus was always geared to the city he was raised, and so his decision of having his office in Jersey City was done without any hesitation. He knew that making his office in Jersey City would help not only the people of Jersey but the entire Hudson County and the surrounding counties. After obtaining his undergraduate degree from Rutgers University, he continued to Case Western Reserve in Ohio where he obtained his law degree. In between these periods he attended Columbia University in its Middle Eastern studies graduate school. Aside from law, Mr. Kazer enjoys reading and keeping up with current events.

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Michael Maggiano

Michael Maggiano

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

201 Columbia Ave, Fort Lee, NJ 07024, USA

Michael Maggiano, the founder and senior partner of Maggiano, DiGirolamo & Lizzi, has specialized in all areas of motor vehicle collisions from auto to trucking and bus accidents as well as train wrecks for over 45 years now! He has worked as part of the trial team in the largest construction accident case in New Jersey and perhaps U.S. history. He was counsel in the In re Amtrak Train Disaster of 2015. He has handled high profile cases around the country in all areas from inadequate motel and hotel security cases, to mishandling of bodies and medical malpractice, achieving seven and eight-figure recoveries routinely. He was awarded the New Jersey Association for Justice Gold Medal Award. Received the Professor Clapp Lecturer Laureate by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal education. Received the “Mel” Award for achievements in Civil Litigation by the Melvin M. Belli Society. Received a Life Time Achievement Award from Chicago Kent College of Law as one of the most highly recognized alumni in its one hundred and twenty-five year history. He has been called in as lead trial counsel by many lawyers around the country as he is known to be able to try any type of personal injury successfully and has the documented track record to prove it. He is widely acknowledged by his peers as one of the top trial lawyers in the New York/New Jersey Metropolitan area. He has tried cases throughout this area as well as various other states of the United States. Maggiano is licensed to practice law before all State and Federal Courts in New Jersey and New York. He is also licensed to practice law before the Supreme Court of the United States Certified as a civil trial attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey and the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Maggiano’s education includes a Juris Doctor with Honors in 1974 from IIT-Chicago Kent College of Law with a class rank of 17 in a class of 160. He also went on to graduate from Fairleigh Dickenson University with a Bachelor of Science Economics in 1970. As far as public appearances go, Maggiano has spoken at dozens of conventions and seminars around the country on legal topics and continues to do so actively. His topics range from the intricacies of legal techniques and strategies to specialized medical situations. He has appeared on both local and national television on various topics in the law. His cases and trials have been reported both in the general media and legal reporting journals. He has also had dozens of his articles published about winning for the injured in leading legal journals. Maggiano is also a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and an Advocate Member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He is a past President of the New Jersey Association for Justice and the Melvin M. Belli Society, which is a highly select society of trial lawyers and barristers with notable members throughout the world.

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Michael N. Colacci

Michael N. Colacci

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

1031 US-22 suite 202, Somerville, NJ 08876, USA

Michael N. Colacci is a distinguished attorney with a robust background in personal injury, criminal defense, and municipal court law. He currently serves as the Managing Member of Colacci Law Firm, L.L.C., with locations in Bridgewater and Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Mr. Colacci’s legal acumen and expertise have garnered him recognition as a New Jersey Super Lawyers - Rising Star in Plaintiff’s Personal Injury from 2021 through 2025. Furthermore, his commitment to providing an unparalleled client experience has earned him recognition as a Martindale-Hubbell Platinum Client Champion in 2024 and 2025. Mr. Colacci holds a Juris Doctor from Rutgers Law School and a Bachelor of Science from Pennsylvania State University. During law school, he served as an Associate New Developments Editor for the RUTGERS JOURNAL OF LAW AND RELIGION, where he was published for his article on the Sovereign Citizen Movement. He is admitted to practice law in New Jersey and New York.

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Michelle Tullio

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

6 Halfmoon Ct, Highlands, NJ 07732, USA

With over 30 years of experience, Michelle M. Tullio, Esq. is a respected personal injury attorney known for recovering substantial settlements and verdicts for her clients. A fierce advocate for individuals injured due to another’s negligence, Ms. Tullio combines deep legal expertise with a client-centered approach to secure the compensation her clients deserve. Ms. Tullio has extensive jury trial experience and has obtained significant verdicts on behalf of her clients. She has also handled matters at the appellate level and has two published decisions from the New Jersey Supreme Court, reflecting her depth of legal advocacy and litigation experience. Her areas of focus include automobile and truck accidents, animal attacks, motorcycle accidents, pedestrian injuries, slip and falls, and workers’ compensation claims. Known for her meticulous preparation and strategic litigation approach, Ms. Tullio is dedicated to achieving the best possible outcomes for those she represents. A graduate of Seton Hall University School of Law, Ms. Tullio began her career as a law clerk to the Honorable Edwin R. Alley in the Union County Superior Court. She is an active member of the New Jersey State Bar Association, Middlesex County Bar Association, the New Jersey Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers), and the American Bar Association. She has also held leadership roles, including serving on the Board of Governors for the New Jersey Association for Justice and the Civil Trial Committee for the Middlesex County Vicinage.

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Missy Duarte

Personal Injury Law

235 Main St suite 101, Hackensack, NJ 07601, USA

Ms. Duarte is a seasoned legal professional specializing in civil litigation, with a keen focus on personal injury. Joining RWKD Law as a Partner in 2021, she brings a wealth of expertise, having served as a Senior Associate at a top New Jersey personal injury firm. Her legal practice revolves around personal injury litigation, and she holds bar admissions in both New Jersey and Florida, as well as the New Jersey District Court. Ms. Duarte commenced her legal career as an Assistant Public Defender in Florida, passionately advocating for indigent individuals facing criminal charges, including juveniles in delinquency proceedings. Recognized annually by Super Lawyers Rising Stars since 2019, she is actively involved in professional associations such as the National Trial Lawyers, New Jersey Hispanic Bar Association, and the New Jersey Association for Justice, where she contributes to the diversity, equity, and inclusion committee. Fluent in both English and Spanish, Ms. Duarte is dedicated to providing inclusive and exceptional legal representation.

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Natalie Zammitti Shaw

Natalie Zammitti Shaw

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Personal Injury Law

1386 Palisade Ave, Fort Lee, NJ 07024, USA

NATALIE A. ZAMMITTI SHAW is a partner of the Law Offices Rosemarie Arnold. She attended college at the University of Delaware where she received her B.A. in Mass Communications and minored in Japanese. She graduated from Seton Hall School of Law in 1998 where she earned her Juris Doctorate. Mrs. Zammitti Shaw is licensed to practice law in the states of New Jersey and New York as well as the United States District Court for the district of New Jersey. After graduation, she immediately set her focus on litigation and trial practice. In 1998 she had the distinct privilege to appear before the Dutch Court in St. Martin, a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, regarding hurricane-damaged property in the Netherlands Antilles. In 1999 she was afforded the opportunity to second chair a trial for an election contest for the Alpine Mayoral election. Originally a native of northern New Jersey she became involved in local politics at an early age and was elected to the Paramus Borough Council at the age of 31, the youngest woman to serve, for the 2004-2006 term. For the last 15 years of her career, Ms. Zammitti Shaw has represented thousands of clients and fought tirelessly for the victims of personal injury accidents including automobile negligence, premises liability, construction defects, fire losses, products liability, truck accidents, wrongful death, and dog bites as well as employment discrimination. Ms. Zammitti Shaw has had great success in the courtroom. In 2010 she was a member of the legal team that won $7.4 million for a cardiologist who sustained life threatening injuries in Hackensack, NJ due to a drunken driving crash. In 2013 she tried a case in which a jury awarded a 38-year-old Paterson man $672,670.84 for injuries he suffered when a garage door came down and hit him in the head as he was working at a Wayne country club. Over the course of a 15 year period Ms. Zammitti Shaw has tried dozens of cases and has obtained millions of dollars’ in verdicts and settlements for her clients. Mrs. Zammitti Shaw attributes her success to relentless preparation and hard work. Mrs. Zammitti Shaw is certified by Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Certified Civil Trial Attorney. Certified civil trial attorney designations are granted by the New Jersey Supreme Court to attorneys, who are able to demonstrate efficient levels of experience, education, knowledge and skill in civil trial practice. Less than 2% of attorneys have the honor of this accreditation. In 2022, Mrs. Zammitti Shaw was chosen to be a Master in the Justice Morris Pashman American Inn of Court to teach and mentor young lawyers in the skills of trial advocacy, civility, professionalism and ethics. Mrs. Zammitti Shaw has made numerous appearances on Fox Business and Fox News as a commentator. She is a member of the Bergen County Bar Association and the New Jersey Bar Association.

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Nicholas D. Hanley

Personal Injury Law

955 Allwood Road, Clifton, NJ 07012-1910

Nicholas D. Hanley practices personal injury law in Clifton, New Jersey, as an associate with Corradino & Partners, LLC. His cases include automobile accidents, injuries from dog bites, and slip-and-fall matters. The firm’s office is on Allwood Road. Hanley first worked with the firm during a summer internship in 2022. That position gave him experience with personal injury law on the plaintiff’s side. His background also includes a judicial clerkship before he entered private practice: he worked for Judge Darren J. Del Sardo in the Civil Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Passaic County. For his undergraduate studies, Hanley attended the University of Tampa, where his degree was in business management. Law school followed at Charleston School of Law. There, he participated in the Trial Advocacy Team and completed his Juris Doctor. He holds admissions to practice in New Jersey and in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. His professional memberships include the New Jersey Association for Justice, along with the state and Passaic County bar associations. Passaic County is also where Hanley has lived throughout his life. He went to West Milford High School and now makes his home in Clifton. In Little Falls, he belongs to St. John’s Russian Orthodox Church.

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Peter J. Luizzi

Personal Injury Law

489 Aurora Pl, Brick Township, NJ 08723, USA

Education: Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, N.J. - J.D. – 1988 Manhattan College, Bronx, N.Y. - B.A. – 1979 Don Bosco Prep. High School, Ramsey, N.J. – 1975 Practice: Personal Injury Workers’ Compensation Law Motor Vehicle Accidents Slip and Fall Accidents Products Liability Law Insurance Law Real Estate – Commercial and Residential Traffic Violations Municipal Court DWI/DUI Contract Law Wills Estate Litigation Professional Associations and Memberships: N. J. State Bar, Member, 1988 – Present American Bar Association, Member, 1988 – Present Ocean County Bar Association, Member, 1993 – Present Seton Hall Inns of Court, Graduate, 1993 – 1994 Current Employment,: LePore Luizzi, 1993 to present Past Employment: Tompkins, McGuire & Wachenfeld, 1988 - 1993 N. J. Manufacturers Insurance Co. , 1980 - 1985, Insurance Adjustor

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Robert C. Papa, Jr.

Personal Injury Law

955 Allwood Rd, Clifton, NJ 07012, USA

Mr. Papa concentrates on Personal Injury matters including Work Site Injuries, Motor Vehicle and Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death, Premises Liability, Dog Bites, Workers Compensation, and No-Fault Arbitrations. Mr. Papa attended the University of Maryland for his undergraduate studies and Seton Hall School of Law for his Juris Doctorate. After graduating from Seton Hall, Mr. Papa served as a law clerk to the Honorable Joseph F. Scancarella, the former Presiding Judge of the Civil Division in Passaic County. He is a graduate of the Justice Robert L. Clifford American Inns of the Court. Mr. Papa is a member of the Passaic County Bar Association, the New Jersey State Bar Association and the New Jersey Association for Justice. On top of that, he has been included in the Super Lawyers list published by New Jersey Monthly. He has also received the Top One Percent lawyer award by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel and is a Certified Civil Trial Attorney recognized by the New Jersey Supreme Court. Prior to becoming an attorney, Mr. Papa was engaged in his family’s construction company, which provided him with an in-depth knowledge of construction site injuries. He has been certified by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on Hazard Recognition of the Construction Industry. This insight helped him obtain the ALM 2015 Hall of Fame Award for the highest Workplace accident verdict in New Jersey. Mr. Papa is married with two grown children and has volunteered as a coach for various sports. Mr. Papa has tried numerous Personal Injury matters and is a dedicated and skilled attorney who will fight for your rights to protect you and your family.

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Robert Solomon

Robert Solomon

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Personal Injury Law

91 Pacific St, Newark, NJ 07105, USA

Robert A. Solomon was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated cum laude from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1977. He returned to New Jersey upon his graduation from Drake University School of Law in 1979. Robert was admitted to practice law before the State Courts of New York as well as the United States District Courts of the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York in 1980. He was admitted to practice law before the State Courts of New Jersey and the United States District Court of New Jersey in 1982. He is a sustaining member of the American Association for Justice. Robert was appointed Municipal Court Judge for the Borough of Norwood. Serving as a Municipal Court judge, Robert is still permitted by New Jersey Court Rules to maintain a private law practice.

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Salim F. Sabbagh

Personal Injury Law

642 Broad St #8, Clifton, NJ 07013, USA

Salim F. Sabbagh is a founding partner of Sabbagh Thapar, LLC. Salim’s practice is focused solely on representing the injured. Salim specializes in seeking justice for those harmed in motor vehicle crashes, slip and fall incidents, dog bites/attacks, and other serious personal injury accidents. As a trial lawyer in both New Jersey and New York, Salim has obtained multi-million-dollar verdicts and settlements for his clients. Salim’s success in and out of the courtroom has earned him life membership in the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, an honor limited only to attorneys who have won million and multi-million-dollar verdicts, awards, and settlements. Less than 1% of U.S. lawyers are members of this prestigious group. Salim has been consistently recognized as a top attorney in his field. Salim is nationally ranked as a “Top 10 Under 40 attorney” by the National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys for 2023, along with being named as a Rising Star by New Jersey Super Lawyers, who named him a Rising Star for 2021-2024. Rising Stars is a recognition of the top up-and-coming attorneys. Each year, less than 3 percent of the lawyers in New Jersey are selected by Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Salim was also named to the 2021-2024 editions of Ones to Watch, a program sponsored by The Best Lawyers in America©, designed to recognize younger attorneys for their outstanding professional excellence in private practice. Salim has also been named New Jersey’s Best Lawyers for Families by New Jersey Family in both 2020 and 2021. Salim also was recognized as a winner of one of the Top 10 personal injury verdicts in New Jersey in 2017 by TopVerdict. Salim dedicates his time outside of the office to the New Jersey Association for Justice (NJAJ), an organization dedicated to protecting the citizens of New Jersey by fighting to preserve and strengthen the laws for safer products and workplaces, a cleaner environment, quality healthcare, and other issues related to protecting citizens’ rights. Salim is not only a member of NJAJ, but he has also been appointed to their Board of Governors, and holds positions on the Minority Trial Lawyers committee. Salim is a frequent speaker at NJAJ events, providing insight into the law to fellow attorneys across the state. Prior to opening Sabbagh Thapar, Salim worked at a prominent New Jersey law firm, which was consistently ranked as one of the “Best Law Firms” in the state by U.S. News. Salim has also served as a judicial intern to the Hon. Susan J. Steele, Civil Division, in Bergen County Superior Court, and to the Hon. Kathleen A. Sheedy, Family Division, in Monmouth County Superior Court.

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Scott E. Kaplan

Scott E. Kaplan

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

5 S Main St, Allentown, NJ 08501, USA

Experienced Attorney with a demonstrated, positive history of working diligently on behalf of his clients' best interests. Skilled in legal writing and research, negotiation, real estate transactions, landlord/tenant issues, estate and will matters, individual and business representation in Chapters 7, 11 and 13 bankruptcy and personal reorganizations, mortgage modifications and commercial transactions. Strong legal professional graduated from Temple University School of Law in 1977 after working his way through law school in the evenings and during the summer months while working full time.

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Thomas F. Shebell, III

Thomas F. Shebell, III

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Personal Injury Law

655 Shrewsbury Ave #314, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702, USA

In thirty years of representing injured people, I do my best to treat each person’s case as the most important one I’ve ever handled. My goal is to treat each client as I would expect to be treated. I became a lawyer to help make a positive change in people’s lives. As a boy, my parents stressed the importance of living life by basic, universal truths. To name a few —Treat others as you want to be treated. When you make a mistake, accept responsibility. Actions speak louder than words. When you take on a job, do it right. It’s always better to be safe than to be sorry. I try to live by those “universal truths” and hope that others will try to do the same. I believe most people want to do the right thing. Unfortunately, many people and corporations have either neglected, or turned a blind eye to, people’s fundamental right to be safe and free from harm, just to avoid responsibility. The end result of the refusal to accept corporate or personal accountability is that I meet people every day who suffer from physical and emotional injuries that could have and should have been prevented. For the past 30 years, I’ve fought to help people recover money to make up for harm and losses from those that have caused their life-changing injuries. “Money” for Civil Justice is a poor substitute for the preventable horrors that I’ve seen over the years, but it is all our law will allow.

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Michael Kazer

Michael Kazer

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

69 Washburn St, Jersey City, NJ 07306

Michael Kazer was born in the Bronx, New York and raised in Jersey City. He currently resides in Northern New Jersey, with his wife and children. Mr. Kazer has been practicing law for over 30 years, and has achieved numerous large settlements for his clients. He is someone whom you can reply to get the best result, and would not settle a case unless his demand is met otherwise it goes to trial. Mr. Kazer attends continued education seminars to keep up with the various changes of the law, and to help him in furthering his knowledge, his online research is an added plus to his field of work. He is a member of The Hudson County Bar Association, NJAJ and ATLA. A dedicated individual who work tirelessly to satisfy all his clients in every way possible, and still find quality time to spend with his family. A volunteer with The Boy Scouts of America interacting with others of a different field which opened his horizon to venture further. He is also a contributor to various charities and organizations. Even though he lived in Northern New Jersey his focus was always geared to the city he was raised, and so his decision of having his office in Jersey City was done without any hesitation. He knew that making his office in Jersey City would help not only the people of Jersey but the entire Hudson County and the surrounding counties. After obtaining his undergraduate degree from Rutgers University, he continued to Case Western Reserve in Ohio where he obtained his law degree. In between these periods he attended Columbia University in its Middle Eastern studies graduate school. Aside from law, Mr. Kazer enjoys reading and keeping up with current events.

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Rosemarie E. Arnold

Rosemarie E. Arnold

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

1386 Palisade Ave, Fort Lee, NJ 07024, USA

Rosemarie Arnold was born on June 9, 1962 to Iris Arnold, a school teacher, and Dr. Murray Arnold, an obstetrician gynecologist. Her dad passed away when she was 5 years old, leaving her mother to raise their 6 children in Washington Heights, New York. She graduated with honors from the Bronx High School of Science in 1979, where she was the captain of the women's swim team. In 1983, at age 20, Arnold graduated from The State University of New York at Binghamton, then headed to Brooklyn Law School where she was a member of the Moot Court Honor Society and captain of the negotiating team. After graduating from law school in 1986, Arnold began her career at the Law Offices of Christian Stueben, where she represented predominantly large corporate defendants, such as Foodtown, Pathmark, Stop & Shop, Campbell's Soup Company, Arcola Bus Company, Bally’s Total Fitness, T.G.I. Fridays, Libby’s Foods and Cigna Insurance Company. In 1989, feeling unfulfilled with defense litigation, Arnold founded The Law Offices Rosemarie Arnold, (a firm devoted to the representation of injured victims), in a one room office in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey which she shared with her paralegal Mary Mazza. Thirty years later, Arnold has built her law firm into one of the largest and most successful plaintiffs firms in Bergen County where Mary Mazza serves as the CFO. Between 1989 and the present, Arnold has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements and judgments for her grateful clients and succeeded in scores of high profile cases. Arnold has been called upon to give her legal expertise to the NY Times, Daily News, New York Post and Wall Street Journal. She has also appeared as a legal expert on Good Morning America, the Today Show, The Early Show, Maury Povich, NY1, ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX News, Inside Edition, and Extra TV. Notably in 2013, Arnold was named EXTRA TV’s legal correspondent.

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