MEMBERS OF FIRM
Bruce H. Nagel (Partner) born Paterson, New Jersey, August 28, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, First and Fourth Circuits; 1990, U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: Cornell University (B.S., 1974); New York University (J.D., 1977). Author: "Griggs Settlements: Dead or Alive," New Jersey Law Journal, May 2008; "The Evolving Torts of Wrongful Life and Wrongful Birth," New Jersey Lawyer, October, 1997; "Individual Contract Rights For Union EmployeesHow Far Will The Court Stretch Woolley?" New Jersey State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law, Vol. XI., No. 4, 1988. Co-Author: "Critical Pattern Requirement under RICO," New Jersey Law Journal, September 1, 1988. Moderator and Lecturer: Trying Breast Cancer Cases, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, September 2004; Winning the Big Verdict, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, November, 2003; "Trying a Wrongful Birth Case," ATLA, New Jersey Symposium, 2002; First Annual Tort Law Forum, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, June, 1997, July 2008. Lecturer: Tort Law Conference, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2007, 2008; Annual Convention, Top Ten Tort Cases of 1997, The Association of Trial Lawyers of America-New Jersey, 1997; Third Annual At-Will Employment Law Symposium, 1989; Civil Trial Institute, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, July, 2005. Adjunct Professor, Medical Malpractice, New Jersey Practice, Seton Hall University School of Law. Top 100 Lawyers, New Jersey Monthly Magazine, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008; Best Lawyers in America, 2006, 2007, 2008. Best Lawyers in New York Metropolitan Area, New York Magazine, 2006, 2007, 2008. Member: Essex County and New Jersey State Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; The Association of Trial Attorneys of New Jersey (Board of Governors); Million Dollar Advocates Forum. (Certified Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Trial Attorney Certification). Special Agencies: Special Counsel to New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection for Natural Resource Damage Litigation. Reported Cases: Devito v. Aetna, 536 F. Supp. 2d 523 (D.N.J. 2008); New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection v. Exxon Mobil Co. 393 NJ Super, 388 (App. Div. 2007); New Jersey Eye Center v. Princeton Ins. Co., 394 N.J. Super. 557 (App. Div. 2007); Rosen v. Smith Barney, 3 NJ Super, 578 (App. Div. 2007); In re Citigroup, Inc., Capital Accumulation Plan Litigation, 150 F. Supp. 2d 274 (D. Mass. 2001); In re Citigroup, Inc., Capital Accumulation Plan Litigation, 2001 WL 1423721 (D. Mass. 2001; Brodsky v. Grinnell Haulers, Inc. 181 N.J. 102 (2004); Macedo v. Dello Russo, 178 N.J. 340 (2004); Howard v. UMDNJ, 172 N.J. 537 (2002); Myers v. Epstein, 282 F. Supp. 2d 151 (S.D. N.Y.,2003); Hummel v. Reiss, 129 N.J. 118 (1992); Jacobs v. Great Pacific Century Corp., 104 N.J. 580 (1986); Lodato v. Kappy, 353 N.J. Super. 439 (App. Div. 2002); Moscatello v. UMDNJ, 342 N.J. Super. 351 (App. Div. 2001); RFE Industries, Inc. v. SPM Corp., 105 F.3d 923 (4th Cir. 1997); National Property Investors VIII v. Shell Oil Co., 917 F. Supp.324 (D.N.J. 1995); Caputa v. Antiles, 296 N.J. Super. 123 (App. Div. 1996); Ladner v. Mercedes-Benz of North America, Inc., 266 N.J. Super. 481 (App. Div. 1993); Town of Kearny v. Hudson Meadows Urban Renewal Corp., 829 F.2d 1263 (3rd Cir. 1987). Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Class Actions; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Employment Law; Professional Liability; Mass Torts; Toxic Torts; Catastrophic Injury; Wrongful Birth; Environmental Litigation; Qui Tam Litigation.Email: Bruce H. Nagel
Jay J. Rice (Partner) born New York, N.Y., February 12, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 2003, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., with honors, 1974; J.D., 1977). Recipient, Pro Bono Chancery Achievement Award, Essex County Bar Association, 1995. Listed, Top 100 Lawyers New Jersey Monthly Magazine, 2007, 2008 and 2009. Law Clerk to the Honorable Baruch S. Seidman, New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, 1977-1978. Author: "Equity Procedures," New Jersey Practice, Vol. 19, Chapter 4, 1993; "Responsibility of Insolvent Corporation for Environmental Cleanup," New Jersey Law Journal, September 25, 1986. Lecturer: "Restrictive Covenants," New Jersey State Bar Association Convention, 1989; "The Corporate Deadlock Statute," New Jersey State Bar Convention, 1990; "Law Firm Dissolution," New Jersey State Bar Association Convention, 1991; "The Corporate Deadlock Statute," Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1991; "Successfully Litigating The Closely Held Corporate Dispute When Those in Control Have Engaged in Fraud and Mismanagement," Essex County Bar Association, 1993; "Litigating Fraud and Mismanagement Disputes in Closely Held Corporations," Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1995; "Marketability Discounts in the Sale of Closely Held Stock," Equity Jurisprudence Committee, 1999; "Law Firm Breakups Ten Years After Norris," New Jersey State Bar Association General Equity Jurisprudence Committee, 2003. Member: District Ethics Committee for Essex County District V-B, 1994-1999; N.J. Lawyer Editorial Board, 1996-2008. Program Administrator, Superior Court Chancery Division Essex County Early Settlement Program, 1990. Member: Essex County, New Jersey State (Member, Committee on Equity Jurisprudence, 1982; Chairman, 1989-1991; Member, Certified Trial Attorneys Section) and American Bar Associations. (Certified Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Trial Attorney Certification). Reported Cases: Pappas v. Coach House Diner & Restaurant, Inc., 2005 WL 1010359 (N.J.Super.Ch. March 28, 2005); Pappas v. Coach House Diner & Restaurant, Inc., 2005 WL 1421375 (Ch. Div. June 17, 2005); Sherman v. Wellbrock, 761 F.Supp. 1135 (D.N.J. 1991); Dairy Stores, Inc. v. Sentinel Pub. Co., Inc., 104 N.J. 125 (1986); National Recovery Systems v. Feltman, 211 N.J. Super. 526 (1986); Consolidated Precast, Inc. v. Action Builders Co., Inc., 190 N.J. Super. 92 (1983); Franklin Mint Corp. v. Master Mfg. Co., 667 F.2d 1005 (1981); In re Ski Trian Fire in Kaprun, Austria, on November 11, 2000, 2004 WL 1048233 (S.D.N.Y. 2004); Kern v. Oesterreichische Elektrizitaetswirtschaft Ag, 178 F.Supp.2d 367 (S.D.N.Y. 2001); Sherman v. Wellbrock, 761 F.Supp. 1135 (D.N.J. 1991); In re Shopping Cart Antitrust Litigation, 95 F.R.D. 309 (S.D.N.Y. 1982). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Complex Litigation; Personal Injury; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Corporate Law; Chancery Practice; Class Action Litigation; Estate Litigation.Email: Jay J. Rice
Robert H. Solomon (Partner) born Glen Ridge, New Jersey, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: University of Rochester (B.A., 1986); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1990). Member: Moot Court Board; National Appellate Moot Court Competition. Law Clerk, Honorable Freda L. Wolfson, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Adjunct Professor of Law, Seton Hall University School of Law. Listed, New Jersey Super Lawyers magazine, 2008 and 2009. Member: New Jersey State Bar Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Reported Cases: Couri v. Gardner, 173 N.J. 328 (2002); Howard v. UMDNJ, 172 N.J. 537 (2002); 1530 Owners Corp. v. Borough of Fort Lee, 135 N.J. 394 (1994); Lodato v. Kappy, 353 N.J. Super. 439 (App. Div. 2002); Moscatello v. UMDNJ, 342 N.J. Super. 351 (App. Div. 2001); Michelman v. Ehrlich, 311 N.J. Super. 57 (App. Div. 1998); Caputo v. Antiles, 296 N.J. Super. 123 (App. Div. 1996); ABS Associates v. Hartz Mountain, 2006 WL 1519577 (N.J. Ch. Div. 2006); Wayne Surgical Center v. Concentra, 2009 WL 961389 (D.N.J.); Gregory Surgical Center v. Horizon, 2009 WL 749795 (D.N.J.); Gregory Surgical v. Horizon, 2007 WL 4570323 (D.N.J.); Wayne Surgical v. Concentra, 2007 WL 2416428 (D.N.J.); Fairfax Financial v. S.A.C. Capital Management, 2007 WL 1456204 (D.N.J.); Gregory Surgical v. Horizon, 2006 WL 3751385 (D.N.J.); Kantha v. Pacific Life, 2006 WL 2583239 (D.N.J.); Gregory Surgical v. Horizon, 2006 WL 1541021 (D.N.J.); Meyers v. Epstein, 232 F.Supp. 2d 192 (S.D.N.Y., 2002); Meyers v. Epstein, 282 F.Supp. 2d 151 (S.D.N.Y., 2003); Samco Rockaway 90, Inc. v. Lawyers Title, 1995 WL 328141 (D.N.J.). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Class Actions; Personal Injury; Commercial Litigation.Email: Robert H. Solomon
Barry M. Packin (Partner) born Newark, New Jersey, March 30, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, New Jersey. Education: George Washington University (B.A., 1972); Seton Hall University (J.D., cum laude, 1977). Law Secretary to Hon. Kenneth C. MacKenzie, J.S.C. Morris County, 1977-1978. Lecturer/Presenter/Panelist: "Judge's Role as Gatekeeper since Daubert," New Jersey Judicial College, 1997; "Wrongful Birth," ATLA-NJ Annual Convention, 2007; "Physician Assisted Dying and Withdrawal of Medical Care," Essex County Bar Association, Annual Joint Legal-Medical Dinner. Author: "Suter, Comparative Fault in Product Liability Cases," New Jersey Law Journal. Master, The Arthur T. Vanderbilt American Inn of Court (Civil), two terms. Member: Morris County, Essex County (Chair, Joint Legal-Medical Committee, two terms), New Jersey State and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; ATLA-New Jersey. Reported Cases: Lodato v. Kappy, 353 N.J. Super. 439 (App. Div. 1995), Certif. Den. 175 N.J. 76 (Application of Benefit/Burden Damages Offset in Wrongful Birth Cases). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Products Liability; Catastrophic Injury; Personal Injury.Email: Barry M. Packin
Diane Elizabeth Sammons (Partner) born Jersey City, New Jersey, December 18, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, New Jersey, New York and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2003, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: College of William and Mary (B.A., in Government); Seton Hall School of Law (J.D., 1981). Assistant District Attorney, New York County, 1981-1985. Author: "Corporate Reparations for Descendents of Enslaved African Americans - Practical Obstacles," Max DuPlessis, Stephen Pete; Repairing the Past? International Perspectives on Reparations for Gross Human Rights Abuses, (Intersentia 2007) at 315. Presenter and Lecturer: "Report of Title IV Task Force," Province II Synod (May 2009), Western Chancellor's Conference (May 2009), Standing Committee on Ministry Development (November 2008); "Breakthrough on Statute of Limitations Issue", North Carolina Conference of the NAACP CLE Seminar (October 2008); "Reconciliation at the Roundtable," The Desmond Tutu Center; General Theological Seminary (September 2007); "The Misuse of Church Computers: What You May Want to Know More About," National Chancellors' Conference (May 2007); "National Canons: History and Application of Title IV," Drew University Theological School (May 2007); "Authority in the Anglican Communion and the Windsor Report," Episcopal Lawyers' Volunteer Network (May 2007); "The Legal Case for Reparations," Brooklyn Law School (February 2007); "The Moral and Legal Basis for Reparations for Historical Wrongs," Plainfield Unitarian Society (January 2007); "Excellence, Justice, Honor Through an Unflinching Look at the Herms of the Transatlantic Slave Trade," Horace Mann High School Honor Society (May 2006); "The Case for Reparations and Comments on Film: Slavery Reparations: The Final Passage," Brooklyn Film Festival (February 2006); "Human Rights Through Reparations Litigation," United Universalist Association Diversity Conference, New York (February 2006); "Bishop and Clergy Development Search Processes/Letter of Agreement, Western Chancellor's Conference, 2005; "Human Rights as Tool for Social Change," UNESCO, Institute of Comparative Human Rights Conference, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008"; Update on Reparations Litigation," Congressional Black Caucus Conference (September 2005); "Update in African-American Slave Descendants' Litigation and Apartheid Litigation," Stanford Law School (2004); "Reparations, a Legal Model," University of Connecticut School of Law (2002); "A Review on African-American Slave Descendants' Litigation," Union Theological Seminary (2002); "Class Action as a Mechanism for Enforcement of Human Rights Violations," Kean University (Fall 2002). Member: Hogan Morgenthau Associates; Episcopal Chancellors' Network; Ecclesiastical Law Society; Standing Commission of the Constitution and Canons of the National Episcopal Church; Subcommittee on Title IV Revision of the National Episcopal Church; Presiding Bishop's Chancellor's Council of Advice; Episcopal Lawyers' Volunteer Network - Diocese of Newark; Committee on Constitution and Canons - Diocese of Newark; New Jersey State District Ethics Committee for Essex County, District V-B, 1998-2002. Chancellor, Episcopal Diocese of Newark (2004) (Legal Advisor to Bishop and 112 congregations). Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations. Reported Cases: In re African American Slave Descendants' Litig., 304 Supp.2d 1027 (N.D. Ill. 2004); In re African American Slave Descendants' Litig., 471 F.3d (7th Cir. 2006); In re Apartheid Litig., 238 F.Supp.2d 1379 (Jud. Pan. Mult. Lit. 2002); In re Apartheid Litig., 346 F. Supp.2d 538 (S.D.N.Y. 2004): Khulumani v. Barclay Nat. Bank, 504 F. 3d 245 (2d Cir. 2007); American Isuzu Motors v. Ntsebeza, 128 S. Ct. 2424, 171 L. Ed 2d 225, 76 USLW 3405, 76 USLW 3603, 76 USLW 3608 (U.S. May 12, 2008); In re South African Apartheid Litig. F. Supp.2d, 2009 WL 960078 (S.D.N.Y. April 8, 2009); In re Ski Trian Fire in Kaprun, 175 F.Supp.2d 1379 (Jud. Pan. Mult. Lit. 2001). Practice Areas: Class Actions; International Human Rights; Canon Law; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Law; Municipal Law; Personal Injury; Labor and Employment.Email: Diane Elizabeth Sammons
COUNSEL
Herbert I. Waldman (Counsel) born Jersey City, New Jersey, January 25, 1946; admitted to bar, 1970, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1971, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit and U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 1973, U.S. Supreme Court; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.S. Econ., 1967); Rutgers University (J.D., 1970). Chairman, Moot Court Board. Winner, Moot Court Competition. Recipient, Nathan N. Schildkraut Award, Outstanding Oral Advocate. Staff, Office of the Public Defender, 1970-1982. Senior Trial Attorney, 1976-1982. Vice Chairman, 1984-1988 and Chairman, 1989, West Orange Municipal Environmental Protection Agency. Member, Planning Board, 1990-1995. Special Counsel, Township of West Orange, Zoning Litigation, 1988. Councilman, West Orange, 1990-1998. Member: Essex County and New Jersey State (Trustee, Criminal Law Section, 1990) Bar Associations; New Jersey Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys. (Certified Criminal and Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Trial Attorney Certification). Reported Cases: State v. Funicello, 60 NJ 60 (1972); State v. Johnson, 61 NJ 351 (1972); State v. DesMarets, 92 NJ 62 (1983); State v. Balthrop, 92 NJ 573 (1983); State v. Dively, 92 NJ 573 (1983); State v. Bey, 112 NJ 45 (1988); State v. Hopson, 114 NJ Super. 146 (App. Div. 1971); State v. Boone, 114 NJSuper. 521 (App. Div. 1971); State in the Interest of W.J., 116 NJSuper. 562 (App. Div. 1971); State v. Gillison, 153 NJSuper. 65 (Law Div. 1977); In the Matter of Gail D., 217 NJSuper. 226 (App. Div. 1987); State v. Ciba-Geigy, 222 NJSuper. 343 (App. Div. 1988); State v. Ciba-Geigy, 240 NJSuper. 511 (App. Div. 1990); Le Prince v. Teachers' Pension Fund, 267 NJSuper. 270 (App.Div. 1993); United States ex rel Hart v. Davenport, 478 F.2d.203 (3rd Cir. 1973); United States ex rel Clark v. Mulligan, 347 F. Supp. 989 (D.N.J. 1972); In re Bernheim, 62 B.R. 739 (Bkrtcy. NJ 1986); Rothblum v. Board of Trustees, 474 F.2d. 891 (3rd Cir. 1973); United States v. Polizzi, 493 F.2d.570 (3rd. Cir.1974); In re U.S. Lines, Inc., 318 F.3d 432 (2d Cir. 2003); Caver v. City of Trenton, 420 F. 3d 243 (3rd Cir. 2005); Day v. City of Trenton, 2005 WL 4014434 (App. Div. 2006). Practice Areas: Criminal Defense; Civil Litigation; Land Use.Email: Herbert I. Waldman
Lori Ilene Mayer (Counsel) born New York, N.Y., August 30, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, New York; 1989, New Jersey, U.S. District Count, District of New Jersey and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Cornell University (B.A., with honors in all subjects, 1976); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 1979). Editor, Georgetown Law Journal, 1978-1979. Member: New Jersey State (Member, Family and Small Business Law Committee, Business Law Section) and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law; Trademarks; Real Estate; Trusts and Estates.Email: Lori Ilene Mayer
Randee M. Matloff (Counsel) born Jersey City, New Jersey, August 20, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., highest honors, 1978; J.D., 1981). Phi Beta Kappa. Articles Editor, Women's Rights Law Reporter, 1980-1981. Reported Cases: DeVito v. Aetna, 536 F. Supp. 2d 523 (D.N.J. 2008); Beye v. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, 568 F. Supp. 2d 446 (D.N.J. 2008); Ravin, Sarasohn, Cook, Baumgarten, Fisch & Rosen, P.C. v. Lowenstein Sandler, P.C., 365 N.J. Super. 241 (App. Div. 2003); In re Ski Train Fire in Kaprun, Austria on November 11, 2000, 220 F.R.D. 195 (S.D.N.Y. 2003); In re Ski Train Fire in Kaprun, Austria, on November 11, 2000, 257 F. Supp. 2d 717 (S.D.N.Y. 2003); In re Ski Train Fire in Kaprun, Austria, November 11, 2000, 257 F. Supp.2d 648 (S.D.N.Y. 2003); Couri v. Gardner, 173 N.J. 328 (2002); Reynolds v. Lancaster County Prison, 325 N.J. Siper. 298 (App. Div. 1999); Hartford Acc. and Indem. Co., v. Marley Industries Corp., 245 A.D. 2d 554, 666 N.Y.S. 2d 503 (Mem), Dec. 19, 1997; Dawson Corp. v. National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa. 285 N.J. Super. 137 (App. Div. 1995); National Recovery Systems v. Feltman, 211 N.J. Super. 526 (Law Div. 1986); Gregory Marketing Corp. v. Wakefern Food Corp., 207 N.J. Super. 607 (Law Div. 1985). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Product Liability; Class Action; Employment; Chancery; Appellate Practice.Email: Randee M. Matloff
Elliott Louis Pell (Counsel) born Brooklyn, New York, August 19, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1980, New York, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Education: Syracuse University (B.S., 1972); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 1975); New York University (L.L.M., 1977). Law Clerk to Hon. Alan B. Handler, Associate Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court, 1977-1978; Hon. Joseph Halpern Presiding Judge, New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, 1976-1977. Associate Adjunct Professor, Brooklyn Law School, 1981-1990. Member: New Jersey State Bar Association (Executive Committee, Young Lawyers Division, 1981-1983). Reported Cases: Klein, Wagner & Morris v. Lawrence A. Klein, P.C.,186 A.D. 2d 631, 588 N.Y.S. 2d 424 (2d Dept. 1992); D'Angelo v. D'Angelo, 208 N.J. Super. 729, 506 A.2d 851 (Ch. Div. 1986); Fitzgibbon v. Fitzgibbon, 161 A.D. 2d 619, 555 N.Y.S. 2d 399 (2d Dept. 1990); State v. Epstein, 177 N.J. Super. 423, 426 A.2d 1066 (App. Div. 1981); Matter of Polk, 178 N.J. Super. 191, 428 A.2d 551 (App. Div. 1981); Licette Music Corp. v. A.A. Records, Inc., 239 A.D. 2d 228, 657 N.Y.S. 2d 901 (1st Dept. 1997); Weinstein v. 367 Park Avenue Realty Corp., 173 A.D. 539, 570 N.Y.S. 2d 1005 (2d Dept. 1991). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Sports Law; Appellate Practice; Chancery and Equity.Email: Elliott Louis Pell
Andrew L. O'Connor (Counsel) born Alexandria, Virginia, April 9, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, New Jersey. Education: Lafayette College (B.A., 1997); Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 2000). Listed, New Jersey Super Lawyers magazine, Rising Star, 2007, 2008 and 2009. Practice Areas: Litigation; Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Mass Tort.Email: Andrew L. O'Connor