| Jack Wurgaft |
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Serrano v. Levitsky, 215 N.J. Super 454, 521 A.2d 1377 (Law Div. 1986) |
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Taylor by Wurgaft v. General Electric, 208 N.J. Super 207, 505 A.2d 190 (App. Div. 1986), Cert. denied, 104 N.J. 379, 517 A.2d 388 (1986) |
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Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2007 to 2013 |
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April, 2010, inducted as Fellow in Internationl Academy of Trial Attorneys in Phoenix, Arizona. |
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Professional Lawyer of the Year Award from the New Jersey Commission on Professionalism, 2005 |
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Top 100 Super Lawyers in New Jersey as featured in New Jersey Monthly, 2006 to 2013 |
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Lawdragon's 3000 Leading Plaintiffs' Lawyers in America list, which includes less than one percent of all the lawyers in the country, 2007 to 2013 |
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Million Dollar Advocates Forum |
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| Presentations |
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Speaker, NJ Institute for Continuing Legal Education -Civil case law seminar, 2009 , 2010, and Feb 15, 2011. |
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Speaker, New Jersey State Bar Association, “Civility Matters” Atlantic City, 2010 |
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Speaker, NJ State Bar Assn, Ethics and Civility, May 20,2010. |
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Speaker, NJAJ Educational Foundation, Direct of Plaintiff’s expert in a Shoulder Dystocia Cases, November 12, 2009. |
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Speaker, NJAJ Educational Foundation - Wrongful Birth Cases, May 2, 2008. |
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Speaker, "More Powerful Opening and Closing Arguments," Institute for Continuing Education (ICLE), March 2007 |
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Panelist, "The 2006-2007 New Jersey Civil Case Law Update," Institute of Continuing Legal Education, February 2007 |
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Speaker, "Law Firm Profitability," Essex County Bar Association Trial Attorneys of New Jersey & Union County Bar Association, April 2006 |
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Speaker, "More Powerful Opening and Closing Arguments," Institute for Continuing Education (ICLE), February 2004 |
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"Jurisdiction-Long Arm Statute-Separation Agreement of Non-Domiciliary Made in New York Constituted Doing Business," 12 N.Y.L.F. 136, 1966 |
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"Evidence-Voiceprint Method of Identification-Reluctance of the Courts Toward Acceptance of Scientific Evidence," 12 N.Y.L.F. 501, 1966 |
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| Jack Wurgaft, certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Lawyer, limits his practice to complex civil litigation, medical malpractice, products liability (MDL) and construction site accidents. He has been honored as a Super Lawyer (Top 100), Law Dragon’s 500 Leading Plaintiffs Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers in America, and Professional Lawyer of the Year. He is past President of ABOTA-Northern New Jersey, a member of its National Board, a member of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (IATL), American Association of Justice (AAJ), and a Master in the Richard J. Hughes American Inn of Court. He is a frequent lecturer for AAJ, the Institute for Continuing Legal Education (ICLE) and the Judicial College. His verdicts and settlements include: $16.3 million (school negligence), $6.6 million (birth injury), $4 million (wrongful birth), $2.5 million (automotive product design), and $2.6 million (trucking/ICC). Mr. Wurgaft received his B.A. from Rutgers University, his Juris Doctor from New York Law School where he was Note and Comment Editor of the New York Law School Law Review and his LL.M from New York University Law School. |
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| Associations |
- New Jersey State Bar Association
- Essex County Bar Association, Bench-Bar Committee
- Union County Bar Association, Bench-Bar Committee
- American Board of Trial Advocates, Past President and Senior Life Fellow
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America-New Jersey Chapter
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- Richard J. Hughes Inns of Court, Master
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| Bar Admissions |
- New Jersey State Bar
- U.S. District Court for New Jersey
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
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Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn Wikstrom & Sinins
505 Morris Ave.
Springfield, NJ 07081
Phone: (973) 379-4200
Fax: (973) 379-7872
jwurgaft@javerbaumwurgaft.com
Legal Secretary: Patty Leo |
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| Education |
New York Law School, J.D., 1968
New York University, LL.M., 1974
Rutgers
University, B.A., 1965
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