Contact
Phone: (973) 379-4200
Fax: (973) 379-7872
Email: kjaverbaum@lawjw.com
Location(s):
Assistant(s):
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Maria Villatoro
Legal Assistant
Phone: (201) 876-8930
Fax: (201) 420-4400
Email: MVillatoro@lawjw.com
Kenneth S. Javerbaum
Founding Partner – Retired
Ken Javerbaum has been one of New Jersey’s most well-known and highly-regarded members of the Plaintiff’s Civil Trial Bar for close to four decades. His standing and reputation have been built on his integrity and collegiality combined with his extraordinary record of success as well as his committed participation and leadership in professional activities and organizations.
- Rutgers University, 1963 B.A.
- Rutgers University School of Law, 1966 J.D.
with honors
- New Jersey State Bar
- U.S. District Court for New Jersey
- U.S. District Court for New York, Eastern, Southern and Central Districts
- U.S. Supreme Court
- New Jersey State Bar Association Emeritus Member
- Union County Bar Association
- Essex County Bar Association
- American Association for Justice
- Richard J. Hughes Inns of Court Co-Founder and President of the Inn (1995-1997)
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- National Institute for Trial Advocacy
- American Association for Justice (formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America) – New Jersey Chapter – Member of the Board of Governors, Former Parliamentarian and Secretary
- New Jersey State Bar Association Trustee 2002-2008
- Chair and Member of Union County Judicial Prosecutorial Appointments Committee (JPAC) 2001-2007
- Essex County Bar Association-Chair of the Professionalism Committee
- New Jersey State Bar Association-Civil Trial Bar Section Executive Committee
- New Jersey State Bar Association – Chair of the Products Liability and Automobile Reparations Section
- Union County Bar Association and Union County Medical Society – Co-Chairman of the Joint Committee
- American Arbitration Association, National Panel of Arbitrators
- Institute for Continuing Legal Education (ICLE)
- Certified Civil Trial Attorney – 1983-Present
- Recipient of UCBA and NJSBA Professional of the Year Award, October 2015
- Lifetime Achievement Honoree, New Jersey Law Journal
- Best Lawyers - Lawyer Of The Year as published in The Wall Street Journal, 2012*
- Essex County Bar Association - Civil Trial Attorney Achievement Award - 2003
- Trial Attorneys of New Jersey - Trial Bar Award for Distinguished Service in the Cause of Justice - 2007
- Best Lawyers in America - Personal Injury - 2007 - Present*
- Union County Voice - Lawyer of the Year - 2006
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum*
- Appointments by Chief Justice of New Jersey to:
Supreme Court Civil Rules Committee
Supreme Court Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee
Supreme Court Committee on Sound Recordings in the Courts - Martindale-Hubbell - Preeminent Attorneys in the United States*
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