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

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Natalie Zammitti Shaw

Natalie Zammitti Shaw

Featured Lawyer

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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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

Distinguished Lawyer

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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