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SHAREHOLDERS OF FIRM
KENNETH R. ROTHSCHILD
Born Newark, New Jersey, March 19, 1946; admitted
to bar, 1973, New Jersey; 1990, New York; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S.
District Court, District of New Jersey.
Education: Rutgers University
(B.A., 1967); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1973).
Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations, Certified Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme
Court of New Jersey, Board on Trial Attorney Certification; The Association of
Trial Lawyers of America; Middlesex Trial Lawyers Association; New Jersey
Defense Association; Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association. Joseph
Halpern Inn of Court - Barrister, 1992; Arbitrator, Superior Court of New Jersey
(Automobile and Alternative Dispute Resolution). Municipal Prosecutor, Green
Brook Township, 1974-1977 and 1981, Middlesex County Courthouse Committee, 1987
to present, Life Member -National Registry of Who’s Who; Somerset County (Member
Judicial Liaison Committee, 1979-1983; Trustee, 1980-1982). Frequent guest
speaker on a variety of insurance related topics for American Insurance
Association, Independent Insurance Agents Association.
PRACTICE AREAS: Insurance Defense Law; Negligence Law; Trial Practice;
Insurance Coverage Disputes; Insurance Agents Errors and Omissions; Construction
Defect Litigation; Insurance Fraud.
GARY S. SPAGNOLA
Born Rochester, New York, February 6, 1945; admitted to
bar, 1970, New Jersey; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals,
Third Circuit. Education: Rutgers University (B.A., 1966); Dickinson
School of Law (J.D., 1969). Assistant Prosecutor, Middlesex County, 1971-1978.
Member: New Jersey State, Somerset County (Judicial Liaison Committee,
1987 to present) and American Bar Associations; 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; Member Supreme Court
Committee - Model Civil Jury Charges, 1986-1988. Member: Middlesex County
Courthouse Committee (1988 to present).
PRACTICE AREAS:
Civil Trials and Appeals; Personal Injury Litigation; Products Liability
Law; Construction Litigation; Section 1983 Civil Rights Litigation; Defense of
Municipal Governments under Tort Claims Act.
PHILIP A. LUNDELL, JR.
Born Newark, New Jersey, March 21, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, New Jersey.
Education: St. Peter's University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1980); Seton
Hall University (J.D., 1983). Judicial Clerkship, Hon. John E. Keefe, Superior
Court of New Jersey, Law Division, 1983-1984. Arbitrator, Superior Court of New
Jersey (Automobile and Alternative Dispute Resolution). Member: New
Jersey State, Middlesex County, Somerset County Bar Associations; The
Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Middlesex County Trial Lawyers
Association; New Jersey Defense Association. (Certified Civil Trial Attorney,
Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board On Trial Attorney Certification).
PRACTICE AREAS: Civil Trials and Appeals; Personal Injury Litigation;
Products Liability Law; Construction Litigation; Section 1983 Civil Rights
Litigation; Liquor Liability; Defense of Municipalities Under Tort Claims Act.
RONALD S. LEVITT
Born Newark, New Jersey, January 21, 1944; admitted to bar, 1968, New Jersey
and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1972, U.S. Supreme Court; 1984,
New York; 1998, U.S. District Court of Appeals, 3rd Cir. Education:
Lafayette College (B.A., 1965); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1968). Adjunct
Instructor, Business Law, Somerset County College, 1979-1981. Certified Mediator
Superior Court of New Jersey; Arbitrator, Superior Court of New Jersey
(Automobile and Alternative Dispute Resolution); Judge, Somerset County Bar
Association Mock Trial Competition and NJSBF State Mock Trial Competition;
Chairman, New Jersey State Bar Foundation, Mock Trial Committee 2003 - .
Member: New Jersey State, Middlesex County and Somerset County Bar
Associations; Middlesex County Trial Lawyers’ Association, Association of Trial
Lawyers of America, (National and State.), New Jersey Defense Association, New
Jersey State Bar Foundation Mock Trial Committee, New Jersey Association of
Professional Mediators., Association for Conflict Resolution.
PRACTICE AREAS:
Personal Injury Litigation; Product Liability Law; Professional Malpractice
Law; Construction Litigation; and Mediation.
E. RICHARD BOYLAN
Born New Brunswick, New Jersey, January 7, 1960;
admitted to bar, 1985, New Jersey. Education: University of Scranton
School of Business (B.S., cum laude, 1982); Seton Hall University (J.D., 1985).
Judicial Clerkship, New Jersey Superior Court, 1984-1985. Member: New
Jersey State, Middlesex County, and Somerset County Bar Associations; The
Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Middlesex County Trial Lawyers
Association; New Jersey Defense Association and American Bar Association.
PRACTICE AREAS: Asbestos Litigation; Insurance Defense; Toxic Tort
Litigation; Products Liability Litigation; Worker's Compensation.
PHILIP A. GARUBO, JR.
Born Livingston, New Jersey, May 15, 1963;
admitted to bar, 1988, New Jersey; U.S. District Court for the District of New
Jersey, 1988; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1998, United States
Supreme Court, 2003. Education: Providence College (B.A., 1985);
California Western School of Law (J.D., 1988). Head Notes and Comments Editor,
California Western Law Review, International Law Journal. Author, "The Last
Legal Monopoly: The NFL and Its Television Contracts," 4 Ent. Sp. L.J. 357,
1987. Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations, New Jersey
Defense Association, Middlesex County Trial Lawyers Association.
PRACTICE AREAS: Civil Trials and Appeals; Insurance Defense;
Construction Defect; Products Liability.
CATHERINE M. SHIELS
Born Neptune, New Jersey, August 24, 1970; admitted
to bar, 1996, New Jersey; 1997, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, New
Jersey.
Education: Moravian College (B.A., magna cum laude 1992);
Widener University School of Law (J.D. cum laude 1996).
Member: Moot Court Honor Society (1995-1996);New Jersey State and Somerset County Bar
Association, Worker's Compensation Inn Of Court 1997- ; Associate Editor, The
Widener Law Symposium Journal (1994-1996); Ambassador, American Bar Association.
PRACTICE AREAS:
Worker’s Compensation, Insurance Defense.
JEFFREY S. BELL
Born Queens, New York, February 11, 1971; admitted to
bar 1996, New Jersey; U.S. District Court, New Jersey 1998; U.S. Court of
Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: University of Delaware (B.S. Criminal
Justice, 1993); Widener University School of Law (J.D., 1996); Law Clerk to
Honorable Jack L. Lintner, Middlesex County, Superior Court of New Jersey,
1996-1997. Member: New Jersey State, Middlesex County, Somerset County
and American Bar Associations, The Joseph Halpern American Inns of Court,1999-
2000. PRACTICE AREAS:
Section 1983 Civil Rights Litigation; Insurance Defense; Personal Injury
Litigation.
CHRISTOPHER H. WESTRICK,
Born Edison, New Jersey, September 30, 1972;
admitted to bar 1997, New Jersey and U.S. District Court for the District of New
Jersey; 1998, New York; 1999, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of
New York; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education:
Fairfield University (B.S. Finance, 1994), Seton Hall University School of Law
(J.D., 1997), Editor, Seton Hall Journal of Sports Law (1996-97). Member:
New Jersey State, New York State, and American Bar Associations, The Joseph
Halpern American Inns of Court, 1999-.
PRACTICE AREAS: Insurance Defense Law; Insurance Coverage;
Construction Defect Litigation; Commercial Litigation.
AUDREY L. SHIELDS,
Born Newark, New Jersey, November 30, 1964; admitted
to bar 1993, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and U.S. District Court for the District
of New Jersey. Education: Douglass College, Rutgers University (B.A.,
1987); Ohio Northern University College of Law (J.D., 1993); Presiding Judge of
the Moot Court Board of Advocates, 1992-1993. Judicial Clerkship, Honorable
Ellen L. Koblitz, Bergen County, Superior Court of New Jersey, 1993-1994.
Member: New Jersey State and Somerset County Bar Associations; National
Italian-American Bar Association; Justice Robert L. Clifford American Inn of
Court 1997-1999.
PRACTICE AREAS: Insurance Coverage Disputes; Insurance Defense Law;
Personal Injury Litigation.
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