Robert is the supervising attorney for the Health Care Department in the Roseland office. He focuses his practice on medical and dental malpractice, hospital liability, nursing home liability and state board disciplinary actions. He has handled several hundred medical malpractice actions and has represented physicians, nurses and physical therapists at state board disciplinary hearings.
Robert has successfully obtained favorable trial verdicts in medical negligence and wrongful death cases, including matters involving anesthesiology, radiology, dental, emergency medicine, orthopedics, internal medicine, obstetrics/gynecology and general/vascular surgery. He has taken more than 150 cases to trial, almost all of which were tried to a jury. Ninety percent of Robert's verdicts were defense verdicts, and roughly 25 of his cases ended in a verdict or settlement significantly below the settlement demands.
Robert is admitted to the New Jersey Bar, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He received his juris doctor from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1990. He is also a 1987 magna cum laude graduate of Monmouth College, where he was a W. R. Hotchkiss Foundation Scholar.
Robert is a member of the Medical Malpractice Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association and the Essex County Bar Association. He has been appointed as special counsel to the state of New Jersey in connection with the defense of medical malpractice claims. He has also lectured before various medical societies.
Honors & Awards
•The Best Lawyers in America, 'Lawyer of the Year,' Newark, Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants (2024)
•The Best Lawyers in America, Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants (2023-2026)
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•New Jersey Super Lawyers (2023-2026)
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Classes & Seminars Taught
•Mock Trial: A Continuing Education Program for Physicians and Trial Attorneys, MDAdvantage Insurance Company of New Jersey, presented to medical malpractice defense attorneys, April 2018
•Risk Management Rounds in Anesthesia, MDAdvantage, March 17, 2015
•Mock Trial: A Continuing Education Program for Physicians and Trial Attorneys, MDAdvantage Insurance Company of New Jersey, presented to medical malpractice defense attorneys, 2013-2019
•Presentation to incoming resident physicians at UMDNJ/Strafford, New Jersey, regarding responsibilities to patients, pitfalls of the medical legal system and tips for avoiding medical/legal issues, Strafford, New Jersey, 2009-2019
Results
Defense Verdict Secured in a New Jersey Medical Malpractice Case
We secured a defense verdict on behalf of an oral surgeon in a medical malpractice matter. The plaintiff alleged that our client deviated from accepted standards of care when extracting four wisdom teeth resulting in permanent injury to the inferior alveolar nerve. The jury returned a unanimous verdict for the defense.
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