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.

Experience

Author: "The Evolving Torts of Wrongful Life and Wrongful Birth," New Jersey Lawyer, October, 1997; "Deduction for Taxes in Valuing Professional Practices: Avoiding the 'Triple Whammy,'" New Jersey Family Lawyer, Volume X, No. 4, May 1990; "Individual Contract Rights For Union Employees--How 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: First Annual Tort Law Forum, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, June, 1997. Lecturer: 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; Institute for Continuing Legal Education "Construction Contract Workshop," 1988; "Trying a Wrongful Birth Case," ATLA, New Jersey. Adjunct Professor, Seton Hall University School of Law.

Education

Cornell University (B.S., 1974); New York University (J.D., 1977).  

Memberships

Essex County and New Jersey State (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment; Litigation) Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; The Association of Trial Attorneys of New Jersey. (Certified Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Trial Attorney Certification).

Honors

New Jersey Super Lawyers Top 100 Attorneys in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.  New Jersey Top 10 Super Lawyer in 2010  

Articles

• New Jersey Law Journal, Exxon Mobil Created Public Nuisance 9-15-08
• News 4, Teen Bares Her Battle with Anorexia, How She Won 6-6-08
• The Sunday Star Ledger, Attorney devoted to law and order 4-20-08
• New Jersey Law Journal, Griggs Settlements: Dead or Alive? 4-18-08
• The Star Ledger, Lawsuit alleges Montville student was cyber-bullied 11-29-07
• The New Jersey Super Lawyers, Bruce Nagel Isn't Afraid to Shake Things Up 2007
• New Jersey Law Journal, $2.7M Verdict Ends Hartz Mountain's Long, Uphill Battle 5-29-06
• Health Care Law, Small board contemplates big changes for out of network providers
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