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Partners
David A. Mazie
New Jersey Trial Lawyer
E-Mail:
dmazie@mskf.net
 David A. Mazie, (Member) born New York, N.Y., November 17, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1988, District of Columbia.
Education: Rutgers University (B.A. in Economics, 1983); George Washington University (J.D., 1986). Omicron Delta Epsilon; Phi Delta Phi.
Member: Essex County, New Jersey State (Member, Fidelity and Surety Committee, 1991) and American Bar Associations (Member, Sections on: Tort and Insurance Practice; Litigation); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Professional Negligence; Product Liability); Trial Attorneys of New Jersey; New Jersey Trial Lawyers Association; Million Dollar Advocates Forum. (Certified Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Trial Attorney Certification).
Special Agencies: Insurance Liquidation Counsel to the New Jersey Commissioner of Banking and Insurance.
Reported Cases: In the
Matter of the Liquidation of Integrity Insurance Company (Sup. Ct.
2007), Verni v. Harry M. Stevens, et al, 387 N.J. Super. 160 (App.
Div. 2006), Clark v. University Hospital/UMDNJ, 390 N.J. Super. 108
(App. Div. 2006), Taglieri v. Moss, 367 N.J. Super. 184 (App. Div.
2004), In re Phenylpropanolamine (PPA), 2003 WL 22417328 (N.J.
Super. July 21 2003), Fillebrown v. Steelcase, Inc., 63 Fed. Appx.
54, 2003 WL 1191162 (3rd Cir. 2003), Reynolds v. Guard Dogs Unlimited, Inc., 325 N.J. Super. 298 (App. Div., 1999); Nubenco Enterprises, Inc. v. Inversiones Barberena, S.A., 963 F. Supp. 353 (D.N.J., 1997); Integrity Insurance Co. v. Teitelbaum, 245 N.J. Super. 133 (Law Div. 1990); Resolution Trust Corp. v. Edie, 1994 WL 744672 (D.N.J. Oct. 4, 1994); Resolution Trust Corp. v. Castellet, 1994 WL 411809 (D.N.J. Aug. 2, 1994); Resolution Trust Corp. v. Castellet, 1993 WL 719764 (D.N.J. Sept. 7, 1993); Resolution Trust Corp. v. Castellet, 1993 WL 719763 (D.N.J., May 25, 1993); Ladner v. Mercedes-Benz of North America, Inc. 266 N.J. Super. 481 (App. Div. 1993); Home State Insurance Co. v. Continental Insurance Co., 313 N.J. Super. 584, (App. Div. 1998); Home State Insurance Co. v. Continental Insurance Co., 158 N.J. 104 (1999).
Eric D. Katz
 Eric D. Katz, (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, July 8, 1963; admitted to bar, 1991, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1997, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Education: Polytechnic University of New York (B.S., Industrial Engineering, 1988); Pace University (J.D., 1991). Research and Writing Editor, Pace Law Review, 1990-1991. Law Clerk, Hon. Lawrence Weiss, Superior Court of New Jersey, Union County, 1991-1992. Co-Author: New Jersey Products Liability and Toxic Tort Law, with Hon. William A. Dreier, P.J.A.D. (Retired) and Hon. John E. Keefe, P.J.A.D. (Retired), published by Gann Law Books Publishing, 1994 and annually thereafter. Co-Author: Federal Civil Procedure Before Trial: Third Circuit Pleadings, with Robert M. Leonard, pub. by Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, 1996. Author: "Removing the Fungibility Requirement from the Market Share Liability Rule - Why it Can Work in Non-DES Cases," 3 Prod. Liab. L.J. 32, 1991; "Striking the Peremptory Challenge from Civil Litigation: 'Hey, Batson, Stay Where You Belong!" 11 Pace L. Rev. 357, 1991. Member, Union County Planning Board, 1993-1996. Member, Board of Trustees, Berkeley Heights Community Pool Corporation, 1999-. Certified Mediator, State of New Jersey, Office of the Courts.
Member: New Jersey State (Member, Products Liability and Toxic Tort Committee, 1992-1993) and American (Member, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1991-) Bar Associations; American Trial Lawyers Association; Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers; Institute of Industrial Engineers.
Practice Areas: Health Care Litigation; Class Actions; Product Liability; Commercial Litigation; Fidelity and Surety; Toxic Torts; Environmental Litigation; Insurance Coverage.
Adam M. Slater
 Adam M. Slater, (Member) born Livingston, New Jersey, December 6, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, New Jersey, New York and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1995, District of Columbia and Colorado; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Education: Tulane University (B.A., 1989); Boston University (J.D., 1993). Paul J. Liacos Scholar; Edward E. Hennessey Scholar. Author: "Changing Standards, Why Landlords May Not Have to Mitigate Damages in Commercial Lease Litigation," New Jersey Law Journal, 159 N.J.L.J. 104 March 3, 2000.
Member: Essex County and New Jersey State Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. (Certified Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Trial Attorney Certification).
Reported Cases: Fort Meyers Florida Associates L.P. v. Glatstian, 215 B.R. 495 (Bkrtcy, D.N.J. 1997); Howard v. U.M.D.N.J. et al., 338 N.J. Super. 33 (App. Div. 2001).
Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Product Liability; Commercial Litigation.
David M. Freeman
 David M. Freeman, born New York, N.Y., March 1, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd and 4th Circuits.
Education: Lehigh University (B.S., 1985); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1988).
Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Litigation; Construction Litigation.
Of Counsel
Beth G. Baldinger
Beth G. Baldinger,
(Counsel)
born Queens, New York, July 2, 1959; admitted to bar, 1986, New Jersey, New
York, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, and U.S. District Court,
Southern District of New York.
Education: State University of New
York at Albany (B.A. Public Affairs, Energy and Environmental Sciences, 1980);
University of Miami (J.D., 1985); Inter-American Law Review; Judicial
Intern Award, Florida Bar Association; Clerk to Chief Justice Gerald
T. Wetherington, 11th Judicial Circuit, Dade County, Florida.
Member: Morris County, New
Jersey State and American Bar Associations; American Association for
Justice, formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member:
Section on: Inadequate Security); New Jersey Trial Lawyers
Association; The National Center for Victims of Crime, National
Victim Bar Association (Former State Delegate for New Jersey); Trial
Lawyer’s for Public Justice, (Former State Delegate for New Jersey);
Leadership New Jersey (Class of 1996); U.S. Department of Justice,
Former Faculty Member, Civil Litigation Remedies for Crime Victims;
Security on Campus, Inc., Formerly served on Board of Directors).
Practice Areas:
Personal injury, premises liability, inadequate
security, products liability, medical and professional malpractice, crime
victim's rights, civil rights, business and commercial litigation, construction
litigation, subrogation, and insurance coverage litigation.
Associates
Jennifer D. Pawlak
 Jennifer D. Pawlak,
(Associate)
born Livingston, New Jersey, December 11, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, New
Jersey, New York, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, U.S. District
Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
Education: University of Michigan, B.A., 1991; Rutgers School of
Law - Newark, J.D. 1994.
Practice Areas:
Litigation, insurance coverage, professional
liability, employment litigation, and personal injury.
Matthew R. Mendelsohn
 Matthew R. Mendelsohn,
(Associate)
born Englewood, New Jersey, June 30, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, New Jersey,
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey.
Education: Rutgers University
(B.A., 2002); Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 2005).
Practice Areas:
Litigation, personal injury, products liability,
and medical malpractice.
Decisions:
Cholakyan v. MBUSA, LLC, 2011 WL 2682975 (C.D. Cal.) (D.N.J. June 30, 2011)
Karen G. Kelsen
 Karen G. Kelsen – concentrates her practice in litigation, specializing in class action, personal injury, medical malpractice, and commercial litigation. Ms. Kelsen is admitted to practice in the State of New Jersey and the State of New York. She is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey.
Education: Queens College (B.A. Political Science, 2005), Hofstra University (J.D. 2008) Associate Editor, Hofstra Journal of International Business and Law, 2007-2008.
Cheryll A. Calderon
 Cheryll A. Calderon concentrates her practice in litigation, specializing in mass tort, class action and personal injury. Ms.Calderon is admitted to practice in the State of New Jersey and the U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey.
Education: Rutgers University (B.A. Political Science, 2001), Seton Hall Law University School of Law (J.D., 2006)
Associations: New Jersey State Bar Association, Bergen County Bar Association, and Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association of New Jersey.
John D. Gagnon
 John D. Gagnon, concentrates his practice in class action, healthcare, medical malpractice, products liability, and personal injury litigation. He is a lifelong resident of New Jersey where he is admitted to practice. Prior to entering private practice, he clerked for the Honorable Donald G. Collester, Jr., J.A.D. in the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division.
Education: Saint Joseph's University (B.A., 2001), Rutgers School of Law - Camden (J.D., 2007)
Decisions: Cupo v. Herten
Andrew
S. Riso
 Andrew
S. Riso, a lifelong New Jersey resident, concentrates
his practice in products liability, medical malpractice,
class action and personal injury litigation. Mr.
Riso is admitted to practice in the Sate of New
Jersey, State of New York, and State of Florida.
He is also admitted to practice before the U.S.
District Court, District of New Jersey.
Education:Villanova University (B.A., 2003),
Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 2007)
Associations: New Jersey State Bar Association,
New York State Bar Association, Florida Bar Association, American Bar
Association
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