David A. Mazie
New Jersey Trial Lawyer
E-Mail: DMazie@NRDMLaw.com
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: 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).
Bruce H. Nagel
Bruce H. Nagel, (Member) born Paterson, New Jersey, August 28, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, First and Fourth Circuits.
Education: Cornell University (B.S., 1974); New York University (J.D., 1977). Author: "The Evolving Torts of Wrongful Life and Wrongful Birth," New Jersey Lawyer, October, 1997; "Deduction for Taxes in Valuing Professional Practices: Avoiding the 'Triple Whammy,'" New Jersey Family Lawyer, Volume X, No. 4, May 1990; "Individual Contract Rights For Union Employees--How Far Will The Court Stretch Woolley?" New Jersey State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law, Vol. XI., No. 4, 1988; Co-Author: "Critical Pattern Requirement Under RICO," New Jersey Law Journal, September 1, 1988. Moderator and Lecturer: First Annual Tort Law Forum, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, June, 1997. Lecturer: Annual Convention, Top Ten Tort Cases of 1997, The Association of Trial Lawyers of America-New Jersey, 1997; Third Annual At-Will Employment Law Symposium, 1989; Institute for Continuing Legal Education "Construction Contract Workshop," 1988; "Trying a Wrongful Birth Case," ATLA, New Jersey. Adjunct Professor, Seton Hall University School of Law.
Member: Essex County and New Jersey State (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment; Litigation) Bar Associations; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; The Association of Trial Attorneys of New Jersey. (Certified Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Trial Attorney Certification).
Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Class Actions; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Employment Law; Torts.
Jay J. Rice
Jay J. Rice, (Member) born New York, N.Y., February 12, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court.
Education: Rutgers University (B.A., with honors, 1974; J.D., 1977). Recipient, Pro Bono Chancery Achievement Award, Essex County Bar Association, 1995. Law Clerk to the Honorable Baruch S. Seidman, New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, 1977-1978. Author: "Equity Procedures," New Jersey Practice, Vol. 19, Chapter 4, 1993; "Responsibility of Insolvent Corporation for Environmental Cleanup," New Jersey Law Journal, September 25, 1986. Lecturer: "Restrictive Covenants," New Jersey State Bar Association Convention, 1989; "The Corporate Deadlock Statute," New Jersey State Bar Convention, 1990; "Law Firm Dissolution," New Jersey State Bar Association Convention, 1991; "The Corporate Deadlock Statute," Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1991; "Successfully Litigating The Closely Held Corporate Dispute When Those in Control Have Engaged in Fraud and Mismanagement," Essex County Bar Association, 1993; "Litigating Fraud and Mismanagement Disputes in Closely Held Corporations," Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1995. Member: District Ethics Committee for Essex County District V-B, 1994-1999; N.J. Lawyer Editorial Board, 1996-.
Member: Essex County, New Jersey State (Member, Committee on Equity Jurisprudence, 1982-; Chairman, 1989-1991; Member, Certified Trial Attorneys Section) and American Bar Associations. (Certified Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Trial Attorney Certification).
Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Complex Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Corporate Law; Chancery Practice.
Robert H. Solomon
Robert H. Solomon, (Member) born Glen Ridge, New Jersey, September 14, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Education: University of Rochester (B.A., 1986); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1990). Member: Moot Court Board; National Appellate Moot Court Competition. Law Clerk, Honorable Freda L. Wolfson, Federal Magistrate, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey.
Member: New Jersey State Bar Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Reported Cases: Couri v. Gardner, 173 N.J. 328 (2002); Howard v. UMDNJ, 172 N.J. 537 (2002); 1530 Owners Corp. v. Borough of Fort Lee, 135 N.J. 394 (1994); Lodato v. Kappy, 353 N.J. Super. 439 (App. Div. 2002); Moscatello v. UMDNJ, 342 N.J. Super. 351 (App. Div. 2001); Michelman v. Ehrlich, 311 N.J. Super. 57 (App. Div. 1998); Caputo v. Antiles, 296 N.J. Super. 123 (App. Div. 1996).
Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Commercial Litigation.
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.
Counsel
David M. Freeman
David M. Freeman, (Counsel) 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.
Herbert Waldman
Herbert I. Waldman, (Counsel) born Jersey City, New Jersey, January 25, 1946; admitted to bar, 1970, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1971, District of Columbia, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit and U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 1973, U.S. Supreme Court.
Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.S. Econ., 1967); Rutgers University (J.D., 1970).
Member: Chairman, Moot Court Board. Winner, Moot Court Competition. Recipient, Nathal N. Schildraut Award, Outstanding Oral Advocate. Staff, Office of the Public Defender, 1970-1982. Senior Trial Attorney, 1976-1982. Vice Chairman, 1984-1988 and Chairman, 1989 West Orange Municipal Environmental Protection Agency. Member, Planning Board, 1990-1995. Special Counsel, Township of West Orange, Zoning Litigation, 1988. Councilman, West Orange, 1990-1998. Member: Essex County and New Jersey State (Trustee, Criminal Law Section, 1990-2003). Bar Associations: New Jersey Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys. Certified Criminal Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Trial Attorney Certification). Practice Areas: Criminal Defense; Civil Litigation.
E-Mail: HWaldman@NRDMLAW.com.
Associates
Lori Ilene Mayer
Lori Ilene Mayer, (Associate) born New York, N.Y., August 30, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, New York; 1989, New Jersey, U.S. District Count, District of New Jersey and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Education: Cornell University (B.A., with honors, 1976); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 1979). Editor, Georgetown Law Journal, 1978-1979.
Member: New Jersey State and American Bar Associations.
Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law; Trademarks; Real Estate; Trusts and Estates.
Randee M. Matloff
Randee M. Matloff, (Associate) born Jersey City, New Jersey, August 20, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Education: Rutgers University (B.A., highest honors, 1978; J.D., 1981). Phi Beta Kappa. Articles Editor, Women's Rights Law Reporter, 1980-1981.
Member: New Jersey State Bar Association.
Diane Elizabeth Sammons
Diane Elizabeth Sammons, (Associate) born Jersey City, New Jersey, December 18, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, New Jersey, New York and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey.
Education: College of William and Mary (B.A., in Government); Seton Hall School of Law (J.D., 1981).
Member: New Jersey State Bar Association; Hogan-Morgenthan Associates.
Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Criminal Law; Municipal Law.
Andrew R. Bronsnick
Andrew R. Bronsnick, (Associate) born Silver Spring, Maryland, January 14, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1998, Maryland, District of Columbia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1994); The American University Washington College of Law (J.D., 1997).
Member: Maryland State and American Bar Associations.
Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Labor and Employment.
Andrew L. O'Connor
Andrew L. O'Connor, (Associate) born Alexandria, Virginia, April 9, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, New York and New Jersey.
Education: Lafayette College (B.A., 1997); Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 2000).
Practice Areas: Litigation.
Maria Tombalakian
Maria Tombalakian, (Associate) born November 28, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, New Jersey, Illinois; 2001, New York; 2002.
Education: Indiana University (B.A., 1995); Loyola University (J.D., 1999).
Languages: French.
Practice Areas: Trademarks, Litigation.
