Honors & Awards

• Named as a member of 'The Roundtable: America's 100 Most Influential Trial Lawyers', 2011;
• From 2005 to 2011, included in the list of New Jersey Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, based on peer review ratings;
• Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review AV®-rated lawyer, and included in The Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers™ in the United States for 2011, published by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell®;
• 2001-2011, included in the list of The Best Lawyers in America® in the field(s) of Personal Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs, and Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs (Mass Tort, Occupational Disease, Toxic Tort), based on peer review ratings. (Copyright 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.);
• Included in the list of The National Law Journal's 2005 'Top New Jersey Mass Tort Lawyers';
• Awarded with the 'Gold Medal for Distinguished Service' Award in 1997; the highest award that can be bestowed on a New Jersey trial attorney by his peers, for his dedication in fighting for the rights of victims of environmental pollution by The New Jersey Association for Justice;
• Received the "Pioneer Award" by Consumers for Civil Justice (New Jersey's largest consumer advocacy organization) for fighting for the rights of New Jersey consumers and tort victims;
• Presented the "Meritorious Service Award" by the New Jersey White Lung Association for his fight for the rights of asbestos victims;
• Nominated as National 'Trial Lawyer of the Year' for his work in representing lead-poisoned children.