Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Graduated from Fordham University and Seton Hall University School of Law. Admitted to New Jersey Bar in 1981 and New York Bar in 1982. Judicial clerkship for the Honorable Donald W. deCordova, J.S.C. and the Honorable Anthony J. Sciuto, J.S.C. He is also admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Districts of New Jersey and the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the United States Supreme Court. After two and one-half years with the firm of Farabaugh, Frieland, Giles & Smith he joined the firm in 1985, becoming a partner in 1989. Mr. Flinn is a Certified Civil Trial Attorney specializing in litigation of complex civil matters including corporate, contract, construction, professional malpractice, insurance and environmental litigation.

In addition to membership in the New Jersey, New York and American Bar Associations, he is a member of the Defense Research Institute, the New Jersey Defense Association, the American Association for Justice, and the New York State Trial Lawyer Association.

Areas of Practice

• Product Liability/Motor Vehicle
• Professional Liabilty: Lawyers
• Professional Liabilty: Accountants
• Professional Liabilty: Brokers
• Professional Liabilty: Health Care

Representative Cases

• Fraser v. Borino, 317 N.J. Super. 23 (N.J. App. Div. 1998)
• DelCampo v. N.J. JUA, 266 N.J. Super 687 (L.Div. 1993)

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Employment Law -- Employer, Directors' & Officers' Liability Insurance, Errors & Omissions Insurance, Intellectual Property Law, Litigation & Appeals, Complex Litigation, Federal Trial Practice, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Personal Injury -- Defense, Animal Bites -- Defense, Assault & Battery -- Defense, Aviation Accidents -- Defense, Defamation & Privacy -- Defense, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Defense, Premises Liability -- Defense, Property Damage -- Defense, Railroad Accidents -- Defense, Slip and Fall -- Defense, Wrongful Death -- Defense, Legal Malpractice

Bar Admissions

• New Jersey, 1981
• New York, 1982
• U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1981
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1993
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1994
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1987
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1986

Certification/Specialties

• Civil Trial Attorney, N.J. Supreme Court, 1990

Honors and Awards

• Listed in "New Jersey Superlawyers", 2007 - 2008

Classes and Seminars

• Civil Trial Preparation, ICLE, 1999 - 2000
• Cross Examination, ICLE, 2002
• Legal Malpractice, ICLE, 2006 - 2007

Education

• Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, New Jersey
  J.D.
• Fordham University, Bronx, NY, USA
  B.A.
  Major: History

Address

One Lackawanna Plaza
P.O. Box 4205
Montclair, NJ 07042-8205

Phones

(973) 509-7500

Faxes

(973) 509-0414

Emails

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Websites

http://www.garritygraham.com