Since co-founding RAM Law in 2007, Ed has focused his law practice on representing individuals who have been hurt and injured through no fault of their own in personal injury matters. Ed is certified through the NJ Supreme Court as a Certified Civil Trial Attorney and Certified in Truck Accident Law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. While advocating to obtain compensation for his clients’ losses, Ed commits himself full-time to helping clients address their pain and suffering, lost wages, and often times staggering medical expenses.
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Using Settlement Counsel in the Non-Catastrophic Injury Case, Safer Trucking Monthly, November 2021, Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA).
Honors/Awards
• Avvo Rated Top Lawyer 2022
• Shuey Horowitz Humanitarian Award, HomeSharing, Inc., 2021
• Million Dollar Advocates Forum
• Board Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in Truck Accident Law
• Super Lawyer, as voted by his peers and facilitated by Law Politics and New Jersey Monthly, 2009-2022
• Certified Civil Trial Attorney as designated by the Supreme Court of New Jersey, Ed is among less than 2% of NJ practicing attorneys who have demonstrated sufficient levels of experience, education, knowledge and skill in civil trial practice
• AVVO Rating 10 out of 10
• Middlesex County Bar Association, Civil Practice Award, 2012
• Martindale-Hubbell rating of “AV Preeminent”, a peer rating that is “a testament to the fact that a lawyer’s peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence”
• New Jersey’s 40 Under 40, Rising Star, New Jersey Law Journal, 2006, 2008
• Forty Under 40 award, NJBIZ, 2006
Civic Affiliations
• Elijah’s Promise – Member, Development Committee, 2018 – Present.
• Elijah’s Promise – Member, Development Advisory Board
• Homesharing, Inc. – Chairman, Fundraising Gala Dinner, 2013 – May, 2021.
• Homesharing, Inc. – 5k Fundraising Committee, 2012, 2013
• Pro bono services Hurricane Floyd Flood Relief Program, 1999.
• HomeSharing, Inc. – Board Member, 2012 – May, 2021.
Wins & Settlements
• $8,340,000 verdict, auto litigation, back injuries
• $2,000,000 settlement, auto litigation, back injuries
• $1,500,000 settlement, client rear-ended by another vehicle
• $1,150,000 settlement, tractor-trailer crash litigation, neck, back, shoulder and knee injuries
• $1,125,000 settlement, truck crash litigation, neck and back injuries
• $1,050,000 settlement, defective product litigation, burn injuries
• $995,000 settlement, commercial motor vehicle UIM litigation, fatality
• $900,000 settlement, bus crash litigation, neck and back injuries
• $750,000 settlement, truck crash litigation, head injuries
• $750,000 settlement, trip and fall litigation, foot and ankle injuries
• $750,000 settlement, truck crash litigation, neck and head injuries
• $725,000 settlement, transport van litigation, head injuries
• $685,000 settlement, truck crash litigation, neck injuries
• $650,000 settlement, pedestrian struck by vehicle, multiple injuries
• $650,000 settlement, construction site litigation, shoulder and back injuries
• Rebenack Obtains $650,000 Settlement for pedestrian litigation
• $550,000 settlement, defective product litigation
• $522,000 settlement, trip and fall litigation, back and shoulder injuries
• $500,000 settlement, Federal truck crash litigation, neck injuries
• $500,000 settlement, slip and fall litigation, leg injuries
• $490,000 settlement, industrial accident litigation, head, neck and shoulder injuries
• $490,000 settlement, trip and fall litigation, head, knee and wrist injuries
• $485,000 settlement, auto litigation, neck injuries
• $485,000 settlement, auto litigation, back injuries
• $462,500 settlement, auto litigation, head injuries
• $460,000 settlement, auto litigation, leg injuries
• $425,000 settlement, tow truck crash litigation, back injuries
• $410,000 settlement, truck crash litigation, head injuries
• $375,000 settlement, commercial vehicle litigation, neck injuries
• $326,000 verdict, auto litigation, neck injuries
• $325,000 settlement, nursing home/health aid litigation, hip and wrist injuries
• $310,000 settlement, golf course litigation, head injuries
• $300,000 settlement, neck injuries involving surgery
• $300,000 settlement, civil rights litigation, wrongful incarceration
• $294,000 settlement, auto litigation, neck and wrist injuries
• $262,500 settlement, auto litigation, back injuries
• $250,000 settlement, auto litigation, back injuries
• $250,000 settlement, auto litigation, neck injuries
• $235,000 settlement, fractured ankle
• $235,000 settlement, car crash litigation, neck surgery
• $187,500 settlement, Injured Client in Auto Accident
• $175,000 settlement, car accident injury
• $175.000 settlement, car crash, surgery
• $185,000 settlement, car crash, neck, back, shoulder, surgery
• $150,000 settlement, neck and back injuries
• $135,000 settlement, slip and fall, fractured ankle
• $115,000 settlement, Wrist Fracture in a mini-van accident
• $100,000 settlement, truck crash litigation
• $100,000 settlement, tow truck driver injury
• $100,000 settlement, pedestrian injury
• $90,000 settlement, Somerset County Injury Litigation
• $85,000 settlement, truck crash litigation
Speaking Engagements
• The First 10 Minutes Of A Truck Crash Case, New Jersey State Bar Association, Annual Meeting, May 2022
• Mining for Gold in the Motor Carrier’s Underwriting File, Webinar, Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA), December 2021
• Distracted Driving, Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA), Annual Conference, September 2021
• Preventability, Admissibility and the Recent Appellate Division Decision: Hassan v. Williams, NJ Institute for Continuing Legal Education (NJICLE), August 2021
• Building your Case from Accident to Trial, Personal Injury Virtual Symposium, Hunterdon County Bar Association (HCBA), March 2021
• Trucking Litigation – Beyond the Basics Webcast, Middlesex County Bar Association (MCBA), December 2020
• Practical Tips From Board Certified & Board Eligible Lawyers, Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA), Annual Conference, September 2020
• Civil Practice: Interventional Pain Management, Middlesex County Bar Association (MCBA), December 2019
• Trucking Litigation: Hauling Through the Preparation for a Trucking Accident, NJ ICLE, November 2019
• Credibility: Proving Your Case Through The Other Side’s Witnesses(or Adverse Witnesses), New Jersey State Bar Association, Puerto Rico, November 2019
• Trucking Litigation, Paralegal Association of New Jersey, October 2019
• The Essentials of Litigating a Truck Crash, Somerset County Bar Association, October 2019
• Trucking Litigation, New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, December 2018
• Truck Crashes: They Aren’t Car Crashes, Middlesex County Bar Association (MCBA), December 2018
• Practical Solutions to Ethical Problems in All Practice Areas, Middlesex County Bar Foundation (MCBF), July 2018
• Trucking Litigation – What the Defense is Doing: What you Need to Do, New Jersey Association for Justice (NJAJ), May 2018
• Investigating and Cross Examining the Defense Medical Expert, New Jersey Association for Justice, 2017
• Interventional Pain Management, What Attorneys Need to Know, Middlesex County Bar Association, November 2016
• Building Your Brand Within Your Community, New Jersey Association for Justice, November 2016
• Seton Hall School of Law, Guest Lecturer, Persuasion and Advocacy course, January 2016
• Traumatic Brain Injury: The Basics and Beyond, Somerset County Bar Association, 2015
• Recent Developments in Civil Trial Practice, NJ Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE), July 2015
• Using the iPad for Expert De Bene Esse and Trial Testimony, New Jersey Association for Justice (NJAJ), February 2014
• Using Technology to Win at Trial – Four Concurrent Seminars with Exhibits, NJAJ, February 2014
• Deposing the Expert Witness, Somerset County Bar Association CLE Seminar, October 2013
• Deposing the Expert Witness, Middlesex County Bar Association CLE Seminar, December 2012
• Interventional Pain Management: What Every Lawyer Needs to Know, Middlesex County Bar Association (MCBA) CLE Seminar, November 2012
• Using Technology in Court, MCBA, November 2011
• Recent Developments in Courtroom Technology and the Law, NJ ICLE, July 2011
• Courtroom Technology, 2011
• Labor Employment Law Forum, NJ ICLE, March 2011
• How to Take an Expert Deposition, MCBA, April 2009
• Civil Trial Practice, Skills and Methods Course, newly admitted attorneys mandatory CLE, January 2008; January 2009
• Realtor Liability and Interpretation of Errors and Omissions Coverage, Northern New Jersey Chapter of the Women’s Council of Realtors, June 2007
• Skills and Methods: Professional Responsibility, Continuing Legal Education for Newly Admitted Attorneys, April 2007
• Preparation for Depositions and Courtroom Testimony and Demeanor, Society of Investigators of Greater Newark annual meeting, April 2007
• Greater Newark annual meeting, April 2007
Publications
• Using Settlement Counsel in the Non-Catastrophic Injury Case, Safer Trucking Monthly, November 2021, Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys (ATAA)
• Truck Crash Litigation: The Honeymoon Phase, The Middlesex Advocate, November 2021, Volume 36, Number 3
• Call Waiting, Journal of Trucking Litigation, AAJ Trucking Litigation Group, Winter/Spring 2020
• The Truck Rear-Ended Me, What’s The Rush?, The Middlesex Advocate, January 2018
• Interstate Trucking Litigation Group, American Association for Justice, New Jersey Law Overview, 2016
• The Truck Rear-Ended Me, Isn’t That Enough?, The Middlesex Advocate, April 2016
• Interstate Trucking Litigation Group, American Association for Justice, New Jersey Overview, 2016
• Insurance Fraud – What’s in a Name?, The Middlesex Advocate, February 2009
Appellate Opinions
Hassan v. Williams, 467 N.J. Super. 190, certif. denied, ____ N.J. ___ (2021) Williams v. Restaino, A-1718-10T3 (App. Div. 11/21/12) Erickson v. Rodriguez, A-4316-10T4 (App. Div. 1/18/12) Lising v. NJM Ins. Co., A-2927-08 (8/26/10) Scattergood v. New Jersey Skylands Ins. Cos., A-4692-08T3 (3/26/10) Mehta v. Encompass Ins. Co., A-4581-05T1 (App. Div. 8/6/07) Commercial Ins. Co. v. Philadelphia Ins. Co., A-3590-04T1 (App. Div. 6/13/06) Kromka v. Mankoff, A-3554-04T1 (App. Div. 4/25/06) Marsden v. Encompass Ins. Co., 374 N.J. Super. 241 (App. Div. 2005) Karamisakis v. Blumberg, A-6904-03T3 (App. Div. 11/28/05)
Memberships/Affiliations
• Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys, Board of Regents, 2021 – Present
• Membership in the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys, 2017 – Present
• American Association for Justice (AAJ), Member 2015 – Present
• Interstate Trucking Litigation Group, American Association for Justice, Member, 2015 – Present
• Somerset County Bar Association, Board of Trustees, 2014-2022.
• Somerset County Bar Association – Co-Chair Arbitration Committee Arbitrator
• Middlesex County Bar Association – Settlement Panel
• Middlesex County Bar Association, President, 2009-2010
• New Jersey Bar Association, Board of Trustees, 2007-2009
• New Jersey Commission on Professionalism in the Law, appointment, 2006-2008
• Appointment to District VIII Ethics Committee, 2005-2007
• New Brunswick Bar Association, President, 2003-2004
• Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey, Member 2017 – Present
• Entrepreneurs’ Organization 2015 – Present
