David L. Wikstrom

Partner

Phone: (973) 379-4200
Fax: (973) 379-7872
dwikstrom@javerbaumwurgaft.com
Legal Secretary: Eileen Walley

Education

  • Quinnipiac School of Law, J.D. cum laude, 1994
  • William Paterson University of New Jersey, B.A. with honors, 1989

As a Certified Civil Trial Attorney, David Wikstrom represents clients in claims involving employment discrimination, professional malpractice, product liability, and personal injury. Mr. Wikstrom was recently named a New Jersey Super Duper Lawyer in the personal injury category, a ranking that recognizes the top up-and-coming attorneys in the state who are under 40 years old, and he has also been recognized in the past for his work in the product liability field. He is the 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 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. In addition to his professional achievements, Mr. Wikstrom is an elected member of the Florham Park Borough Council. When David is not hard at work or managing local politics, he can be found on the sidelines coaching many up-and-coming New Jersey hopefuls in fencing, baseball, basketball, and soccer.

Associations

  • New Jersey State Bar Association, Standing Committee on Legal Malpractice Litigation and Insurance
  • Essex County Bar Association, Chairman, Products Liability Committee
  • American Trial Lawyers Association-New Jersey chapter
  • Union County Bar Association, Trustee
  • Richard J. Hughes Inns of Court Program, Master
  • Florham Park Junior Chamber of Commerce, Secretary

Bar Admissions

  • New Jersey State Bar
  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
  • U.S. Supreme Court

Decisions

  • Kane v. Hartz Mountain 141 NJ 95 (1996)
  • Lumpkins v. MTF, 283 N.J. Super. 181 (Law Div. 1995)
  • McGrogan v. Till, 167 N.J. 414 (2001)

Awards

  • Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum
  • New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2006 & 2007
  • 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

  • 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