Eric G. Kahn

Partner

Phone: (973) 379-4200
Fax: (973) 379-7872
ekahn@javerbaumwurgaft.com
Legal Secretaries: Dana Satterwhite
and Irene Villalobos

Education

  • Rutgers–Newark School of Law, J.D.—1993
  • Haverford College, B.A.—1990

As a Certified Civil Trial Attorney and member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), Eric Kahn handles a broad spectrum of significant and complex claims including automobile negligence, construction site accidents, product liability claims, medical malpractice cases, and claims against public entities. Notably, Mr. Kahn represented the Estate of Faheem Williams, the seven-year-old who was found dead in his relative caretaker's basement in 2003, obtaining a $7.5 million settlement from the Division of Youth and Family Services. In 2007, Kahn was named to Lawdragon's 3000 Leading Plaintiffs' Lawyers in America list, which includes less than one percent of all the lawyers in America. In 2006, he was certified as a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, one of the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers in the country. Membership is limited to 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. Also, in April 2007, Kahn was named a New Jersey Super Lawyer in the personal injury category. In September 2004, he was selected as one of the New Jersey Law Journal's 40 Under 40, which features 40 of New Jersey's top lawyers under the age of 40. A member of the Javerbaum firm since 1993, Kahn is also the firm's Managing Partner.

Associations

  • Union County Bar Association, Trustee and Co-chair of the Civil Practice Committee
  • District XII Ethics Committee
  • Union County Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee
  • Association of Trial Lawyers of America-New Jersey, Board of Governors
  • American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA)
  • New Jersey State Bar Association, Automobile Reparations Committee
  • Essex County Bar Association, Delegate's Counsel
  • Richard J. Hughes Inns of Court, Barrister
  • Arbitrator, Union and Essex County Automobile and Personal Injury Negligence Arbitration Programs

Bar Admissions

  • New Jersey State Bar
  • Pennsylvania State Bar
  • Federal District Court District of New Jersey
  • Federal Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • United States Supreme Court

Decisions

  • Prado vs. State of New Jersey, 376 N.J. Super. 231 (App. Div. 2005), reversed and remanded 186 N.J. 413 (2006), modified 388 N.J. Super. 359 (App. Div. 2006)
  • Brooks v. New Jersey Transit, 150 N.J. 395 (1997)
  • Prevratil v. Mohr, 279 N.J. Super. 652 (App. Div. 1995), rev'd 145 N.J. 180 (1996)

Awards

  • New Jersey Super Lawyer, 2007
  • Lawdragon's 3000 Leading Plaintiffs' Lawyers in America, 2007
  • New Jersey Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2006
  • New Jersey Law Journal's 40 under 40, 2004

Presentations

  • Speaker, "Hot Tips in Medical Malpractice 2007," Association of Trial Lawyers of America, New Jersey Educational Foundation, April 2007
  • Speaker, "Valuable Trial Tactics for Litigating Auto Cases," Association of Trial Lawyers of America, New Jersey Chapter, December 2006
  • Speaker, "DiProspero-What You Need to Know," Union County Bar Association, November 2005
  • Moderator, "Legal Malpractice-Recent Changes in the Law," Union County Bar Association, June 2005
  • Speaker, "Everything You Need To Know About Automobile Cases," Institute for Continuing Legal Education, January 2003
  • Speaker, "Building a Winning Auto Case," New Jersey Educational Foundation, October 2002
  • Moderator, "What's New in Personal Injury Law," Union County Bar Association, March 2002
  • Panelist, "The Uninsured Motorist," Union County Bar Association, April 2001

Publications

  • Editor, "Library of New Jersey Personal Injury Forms," New Jersey Law Journal Books, October 2006