David L. Wikstrom
 
   Decisions
 
Kane v. Hartz Mountain 141 NJ 95 (1996)
Lumpkins v. MTF, 283 N.J. Super. 181 (Law Div. 1995)
McGrogan v. Till, 227 N.J. Super 595 (App. Div. 2000)
 
   Awards
 
Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum
New Jersey Super Lawyer 2006 to 2013
Recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award in Criminal Law, 1992
Receipt of the Academic Achievement Awards, 1993-1994
Outstanding Appellate Advocacy Award, 1992-1993
Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities, 1988-89
 
   Presentations
 

Moderator/Speaker, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, “Effective Motion Practice”, March, 2013

Speaker, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, “Avoiding Legal Malpractice”,  2012 - 2013

Speaker, NJAJ Educational Foundation, “Importance of Demonstrative Evidence”, 2012 - 2013

Speaker, NJAJ Educational Foundation, “Legal Malpractice: Issues for Senior Attorneys”, 2011 - 2012

UCBA: Use of Demonstrative Evidence, November 2010

UCBA: Product liability: A Case Study, March 2009

UCBA: Internet Ethics, March, 2008

 

 

Speaker, “Employment Law Update”, NJSBA, November, 2008

Speaker, “Trial Techniques in Automobile Accident Cases,” ICLE, January, 2008

Speaker, “Defense Dirty Discovery Tactics” ATLA, November, 2007

Speaker, “Comparison of Caribbean and New Jersey Law”, February, 2007

Speaker, "Injuries in Paradise: Litigation Issues Arising From Vacation Negligence," Essex and Union County Bar Associations, Mid-Year Conference with the Trial Attorneys of New Jersey, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, February 2007

Moderator, "Legal and Ethical Issues Involving Bad Faith Litigation," Essex County Bar Association Trial Attorneys of New Jersey & Union County Bar Association, April 2006

Speaker, "Representing Multiple Parties in Business & Real Estate Matters," Institute of Continuing Legal Education, April 2002

Speaker, Website Ethics, Union County Bar Association, February 2007

Speaker, De Benne Depositions, Union County Bar Association, June 2001

 
   Publications
 
Author, "Failing to Follow Advance Directives: Legal Issues Surrounding the Procedure for Informing Others of Patients Rights to Die," Healthcare Briefing, Zurich American: Vol. 3, No. 1, Dec. 1996
Symposium Editor of the Quinnipiac Law School Law Review, 1994
 
 
 
 
As a Certified Civil Trial Attorney, David Wikstrom represents clients in claims involving Legal Malpractice, Product Liability, Personal Injury and Employment Discrimination. Mr. Wikstrom has been named one of New Jersey’s Super Lawyers in the personal injury category for the years 2006 to 2013 and has also been recognized for his work in products liability. He is the former Chairman of the Product Liability Section of the Essex County Bar Association and a member of the Standing Committee for Legal Malpractice and Insurance. He is the former Chairman of the Union County Bar Association’s Civil Practice Committee and serves on the New Jersey Supreme Cout Committee on Civil Trial Certification. He is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, which recognizes attorneys who have demonstrated exceptional skill, experience, and excellence in trial advocacy and have obtained recoveries on behalf of their clients in excess of one million dollars. He is a frequent lecturer for ICLE on Legal Malpractice and Ethics. In addition to his professional achievements, Mr. Wikstrom is an elected member of the Florham Park Borough Council.
 
   Associations
  • ABOTA (2009)
  • Former Chairman Civil Practice Committee UCBA 2011
  • PLUS (Professional Liability Underwriting Society)
  • New Jersey State Bar Association, Standing Committee on Legal Malpractice Litigation and Insurance
  • Essex County Bar Association, Co-Chairman, Products Liability Committee
  • American Trial Lawyers Association-New Jersey chapter
  • Union County Bar Association, Officer
  • Richard J. Hughes Inns of Court Program, Master
  • Trial Attorneys of New Jersey
 
   Bar Admissions
  • New Jersey State Bar
  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
  • U.S. Supreme Court
 
Partner
 
Phone: (973) 379-4200
Fax: (973) 379-7872
dwikstrom@javerbaumwurgaft.com
Legal Secretary: Tania Fiori
 
   Education

Quinnipiac School of Law, J.D. cum laude, 1994

William Paterson University of New Jersey, B.A. with honors, 1989

 

 
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