Current Employment Position(s)

Partner/Principal

Lawyer Overview

For over twenty five years my practice has been dedicated to the vigorous defense and representation of business enterprises, corporations or professional associations, legal entities, underwriters/insurers, risk managers and TPAs, individuals, and all forms of professionals involved in U.S. litigation.

Through the years I have been privileged to have represented clients involved in banking and finance matters, corporate or commercial disputes or litigation, casualty or general liability litigation defense, construction litigation (defense, indemnity and coverage), premises or business operations litigation (including employment litigation and risk management exposures) defense, patent/trademark and various forms of intellectual property litigation, product design and/or manufacturing defect litigation defense  (simple or complex products, commercial/consumer/industrial equipment, fire or fuel products or tanks/containers, clothing, furniture, and/or various recreational vehicles/vessels), environmental law related litigation (defense or coverage domestic or international vertical and horizontal coverages), pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, trucking-transportation litigation, and maritime (blue and brown water) litigation.

In addition to the above, my practice has consistently included the defense of professionals involved in litigation including E & O and D & O claims, fiduciary claims, malpractice claims, and HPL claims.  I have defended and/or represented professionals such as accountants, allied healthcare professionals, financial or securities professionals, lenders and collectors, architects and engineers, GCs and  sub-contractors, construction managers, counselors and psychologists, dental and medical professionals, hospice workers, nurses and nursing homes, EMTs, real estate professionals, real estate inspectors,  specialty trades, insurance brokers and agents, social workers, and a variety of licensed and otherwise classified professionals.

With active licenses in California and New Jersey - and experience associating into litigation nationwide - I have been privileged to have handled state and federal litigation in many/most of the states in our country whether in the capacity of local, regional or national (or national coordinating) trial counsel in single suit, mass litigation, national product challenges, class action litigation and/or multi-district litigation.

In recent years my practice has expanded to include retention as a professional mediator/facilitator or private Judge/Arbitrator in cases nationwide in the areas of practice listed below.  If you are tired of excessive mediation charges by national or regional mediation groups and the often inexperienced or ineffective local mediators or court panel mediators please give me a call.   No exposure is too large or too small. 

Areas of Practice

• ASTM, EPA, DOT, OSHA, ARB and Related Regulations of Fuel Containers
• Audits and Due Diligence
• Banking & Financial Services
• Cargo Class Action
• Casualty/CGL
• Clothing Related Burn Cases
• Combustion
• Combustion Science & Engineering Cases
• Commercial Fuel Container Cases
• Construction
• Construction
• Consumer Finance & Commercial Litigation
• Consumer Gasoline Container Cases
• D&O
• Deflagration, Detonation and Explosion Cases
• E&O
• Education
• Employment and Labor
• Employment Law
• Environmental
• Environmental Litigation
• FDCPA
• Fire and Combustion Cases
• Fire, Cause & Origin Cases
• Fleet
• Furniture and Structure Related Burn Cases
• Gasoline and Other Fuel Source Injury Cases
• General Liability
• Hospital Professional Liability
• HPL
• Insurance and Reinsurance
• Maritime
• Mass Tort and Multi-District Litigation
• Media
• Mediation & Arbitration
• National Trial Counsel
• Pharmaceutical & Medical Device
• Pharmaceutical and Medical Device
• Premises Liability
• Products Liability
• Professional Liability
• Professional Liability
• Significant Burn Injury Cases
• Transportation and Maritime
• Trucking & Transportation

West Practice Categories

Admiralty & Maritime Law, Jones Act, Longshore & Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, Marine Cargo, Shipping, Arbitration, Mediation, Deceptive Trade Practices, Unfair Competition, Bad Faith Insurance, Banking & Finance Law, Lending & Secured Transactions, Business & Commercial Law, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Business Organizations, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Civil Rights, Age Discrimination, Disability & Illness Discrimination, Police Misconduct, Race Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Class Actions -- Plaintiff, Communications & Media Law, Advertising, FCC, Internet, Print Media, Television & Film, Construction Law, Construction Contracts, Construction Liens, Government Construction Contracts, Housing & Construction Defects, Education Law, Colleges & Universities, Private Schools, Public Schools, Special Education, Student Rights, Tenure, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Affirmative Action -- Employer, Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employer, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employer, Employee Rights -- Employer, Employment Contracts -- Employer, Employment Discrimination -- Employer, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) -- Employer, Federal Employer's Liability Act (FELA) -- Employer, Municipal Employment -- Employer, Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA) -- Employer, Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employer, Sexual Harassment -- Employer, Whistleblower -- Employer, Wrongful Termination -- Employer, Entertainment, Sports & Leisure Law, Art, Entertainment, Sports, Environmental Law, Cleanup & Superfund, Hazardous Waste, Elder Law, Professional Responsibility, Food & Drug Administration, Law Enforcement Agencies, Medicare & Medicaid, Health & Health Care Law, Disability, Hospital Law, Mental Health, Nursing Home, Insurance Law, Commercial Insurance, Directors' & Officers' Liability Insurance, Errors & Omissions Insurance, Fidelity, Guarantee & Surety, Insurance Malpractice, Insurance Subrogation, Life & Health, Motor Vehicle, Property & Casualty, Reinsurance, Intellectual Property Law, Copyrights, International Intellectual Property, Patents, Technology Licensing, Trade Dress, Trade Secrets, Trademarks, Unfair Labor Practices, Litigation & Appeals, Complex Litigation, Federal Trial Practice, Multidistrict Litigation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Mergers & Acquisitions, 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, Products Liability Law, Alcoholic Beverages, Apparel, Asbestos, Chemicals & Cosmetics, Firearms, Food & Agricultural Products, Machinery & Tools, Medical Products & Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Pharmaceutical Products, Recreational Products, Tobacco, Professional Malpractice Law, Dental Malpractice, Legal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Other Professionals Malpractice, Securities Fraud & Insider Trading, Toxic Torts, Pesticides, Radiation & Electromagnetic Energy, Transportation Law, Aviation, Mass Transit, Railroad, Trucking

Bar Admissions

• California, 1985
• New Jersey, 1994
• U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1985
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1985
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1985
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1985
• U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1994
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1998

Professional Associations and Memberships

• International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
• The Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC)
• Defense Research Institute (DRI)
• The Transportation Lawyers Association (TLA)
• The United States Maritime Lawyers Association

Education

• Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, California
  J.D.
• The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
  B.A./B.S.
  Honors: With Honors
  Major: Business / Political Science

Fraternities/Sororities

• Sigma Nu

Address

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

Phones

(973) 509-7500 (Ext. 236)
(800) 509-9510

Faxes

(973) 509-0414

Emails

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Websites

http://www.garritygraham.com