Springfield, New Jersey -Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn Wikstrom & Sinins is pleased to announce that founding partner Jack Wurgaft was recently honored as a Senior Life Fellow of the American Board of Trial Advocates Foundation, an organization dedicated to the preservation of America's justice system and the right to a fair trial by jury. Only attorneys who display skill, civility and integrity, and mentor younger attorneys to achieve a higher level of trial advocacy and help educate the public about the vital importance of the Seventh Amendment right to civil trial, are honored as Senior Life Fellows.  Wurgaft is also a past President of this prestigious organization. 

"Thomas Jefferson believed the right to trial by jury to be as important as the right to vote, and ABOTA continues to preserve and protect that right for all Americans," said Jack Wurgaft.   "I am proud to be part of this organization and to be honored as a Senior Life Fellow.  As the justice system continues to face difficult challenges, ABOTA will continue its leadership role in safeguarding our legal system."  

Jack Wurgaft is life-long resident of Essex County and has been practicing law as a Certified Civil Trial Attorney focusing on personal injury claims in the local area for more than 35 years. He attended Verona High School and went on to Rutgers University and later, New York Law School. He also holds a Masters of Law degree from New York University.  Wurgaft settled in Short Hills, NJ where he lived for more than 23 years.  He recently moved to South Orange.   

Wurgaft's long and prestigious career includes membership in 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. Wurgaft is a Master in the Richard J. Hughes Inns of Court, serves on the Bench-Bar Committees of both the Union County and Essex County Bars, and is a frequent lecturer for the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and New Jersey's Institute for Continuing Legal Education. In 2005, he received the Professional Lawyer of the Year award from the New Jersey Commission on Professionalism. In 2006, he was designated as one of the Top 100 "Super Lawyers" in New Jersey as featured in New Jersey Monthly.  Earlier this year, Wurgaft was named to Lawdragon's "3000 Leading Plaintiffs' Lawyers in America List," which includes less than 1 percent of all the lawyers in America.  He is a member of the Essex County, Union County, New Jersey State and American Bar Associations.  

Wurgaft has been a member of the ABOTA Foundation since 1997 and has shared the organization's commitment to preserving the constitutional vision of equal justice for all Americans.  The Trustees of the Foundation dedicate themselves to providing education concerning the history and value of the right to trial by jury, including a popular junior high and high school educational program called "Justice by the People".  The curriculum introduces the concepts and practice of jury trial and is distributed free of charge to schools across the country.

Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn Wikstrom & Sinins

Founded more than 25 years ago, Javerbaum Wurgaft (www.javerbaumwurgaft.com) is based in Springfield, NJ, with offices in Newark, Harrison and Freehold, and focuses its practice to civil trial law.  In 2007, Javerbaum Wurgaft merged with Sinins & Bross extending its capabilities in Union and Essex counties. Its lawyers have distinguished themselves as leaders in the practice of law, and the firm has received the coveted distinction of being listed in Preeminent Lawyers in the United States. Javerbaum Wurgaft enjoys an excellent rate of success in jury verdicts and settlements; its principals are members of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, and the firm is active in shaping progressive development and advances in complex litigation and personal injury law through its arguments and appearances at the highest level of the New Jersey Court system.  Four members of the firm were named New Jersey Super Lawyers® by Law & Politics in 2005 and 2006, and Kenneth S. Javerbaum was named as one of the top 10 Super Lawyers in New Jersey in 2005.  Javerbaum was also named a Best Lawyer in America in 2007 and named to the Union County Voice "People of the Year" list.  Also in 2007, four members of the firm were named to Lawdragon's "3000 Leading Plaintiffs' Lawyers in America" ranking.