| Position: |
Of Counsel
|
| Phone: |
908-722-6300 |
Fax:
|
908-722-0029 |
| Email: |
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
|
| Download vCard |
| Practice Areas: |
| Public Entity (Title 59) Litigation, Federal Civil Rights (42 U.S.C. 1983) Litigation, Law Against Discrimination-Public Accommodations, New Jersey Civil Rights Act, Conscientious Employee Protection Act, Law Against Discrimination-Employment Discrimination, Sexual Harassment |
| Admitted: |
New Jersey Bar - 1970
US Supreme Court 1977
US Court of Appeals May 8, 1987 |
| Education: |
Rutgers University (B.A. 1966)
Dickinson School of Law (J.D. 1969)
|
Gary S. Spagnola, Esq. is Of Counsel at Golden Rothschild and concentrates his practice in Public Entity (Title 59) Litigation, Federal Civil Rights (42 U.S.C. 1983) Litigation, Law Against Discrimination-Public Accommodations, New Jersey Civil Rights Act, Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA), Law Against Discrimination-Employment Discrimination, Sexual Harassment. Since 1990, the volume of his practice involved defending chiefs of police, police officers, police departments, municipal governments, mayors, members of town councils, the Middlesex County Prosecutor and Assistant Prosecutors, Detectives and Investigators of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office in lawsuits instituted in both State and Federal Courts pursuant to Section 1983 of Title 42 of the United States Code Annotated. The lawsuits which he has defended involve claims for violations of state and federally protected constitutional rights arising from allegations involving assault and battery, false arrest, false imprisonment, illegal searches and seizures, and malicious prosecution.
Since 1994, a volume of his practice has involved defending chiefs of police, police departments, municipal governments, mayors, members of town councils, the Middlesex County Prosecutor and the County of Middlesex in lawsuits instituted in both Federal and State Courts pursuant to the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD), the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA), and Section 1983 of Title 42 of the United States Code Annotated. The lawsuits which he has defended involved claims for violations of state and federally protected constitutional rights, violations of CEPA, violations of LAD and the creation of hostile work environments arising from allegations involving unlawful discrimination on the basis of sex, religion, ethnic origin and political affiliation, unlawful termination and unlawful adverse employment treatment.
His experience as an Assistant Prosecutor makes him uniquely qualified to represent police officers and Police Departments in Civil Rights litigation.
Mr. Spagnola, upon graduation from law school, served as the law clerk to the Honorable John W. Fritz, J.A.D. (ret.) for two years and joined Golden Rothschild Spagnola Lundell Boylan & Garubo in 1978.
Mr. Spagnola is a 1966 graduate of Rutgers University and received his law degree from Dickinson School of Law in 1969. While in law school, Mr. Spagnola was involved in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives - Internship.
Mr. Spagnola is a member of the American Bar Association, Somerset County Bar Association (member: Judicial Liaison Committee, 1987 to 1993); New Jersey State Bar Association; New Jersey Trial Lawyers Association (Trustee, July 1989 to 1993); National District Attorneys Association; Middlesex Trial Lawyers Association; Certified Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Trial Attorney Certification; Joseph Halpern Inn of Court( Master 1991 to 1994; Supreme Court Committee (Model Civil Jury Charges 1986 to 1988); Middlesex County Courthouse Committee (1988 to 2003); and American Board of Trial Attorneys Associate.
|
