Attorney Evan Goldman, Schiffman, Abraham, Kaufman & Ritter, P.C., Hackensack, New Jersey

Evan L. Goldman
Hackensack, New Jersey

The Real Victims of Tort Reform (Commentary), New Jersey Law Journal, December, 2004.

Bad Faith Litigation: The Next Frontier (Commentary), New Jersey Law Journal, August, 2005.

Fee Shifting, The Great Leveler (Commentary), New Jersey Law Journal, March, 2007.

Areas of Practice:: Personal Injury; Premises Liability; Products Liability; Medical Negligence; Professional Negligence; Mold Litigation; Construction Site Accidents; Wrongful Discharge; Employment Discrimination; Arbitration; Insurance Coverage Litigation; Automobile Negligence; Insurance Bad Faith Litigation; Recreation Accidents; Criminal Law

Certification/Specialties:: Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, 2007

Bar Admissions:: New Jersey, 1979; U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1979

Education:: University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland, 1979
J.D.; Rutgers College, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1976
B.A. with High Distinction in Economics
Major: Economics

Published Works:: The Credentialed Expert as an Ineffective Witness, Matthew Bender Series on Medical Malpractice, 1998; The Real Victims of Tort Reform (Commentary), New Jersey Law Journal, December, 2004; Bad Faith Litigation: The Next Frontier (Commentary), New Jersey Law Journal, August, 2005; Fee Shifting, The Great Leveler (Commentary), New Jersey Law Journal, March, 2007

Representative Cases:: State v. Williams, 197 N.J. Super. 127 (App. Div. 1984); Bauter v. Hanover Insurance Company, 247 N.J. Super 94 (App. Div. 1989); Onayia v. Cass, 286 N.J. Super. 664 (App. Div. 1996); Szoke v. Board of Adj., Monmouth Beach, 270 N.J. Super. 341 (App. Div. 1992); Gilles v. Wiley Malehorn & Sirota, 345 N.J. Super. 119 (App. Div. 2001); Claypotch v. E. G. Heller & Sons, 340 N.J. Super. 472 (App. Div. 2003); Taddei v. State Farm, 401 N.J. Super. 449 (App. Div. 2008)

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Skills and Methods, Ethics, 1985 - 1990; Presenter: Bad Faith Litigation in New Jersey, National Business Institute, 2001; Co-Chair: How to Hold Insurance Companies Responsible for their Bad Faith, ATLA, 2005; Presenter: Employment Seminar at Boardwalk North, ATLA-NJ, 2007; Panel Chair: Employment Seminar at Boardwalk Seminar, ATLA-NJ, 2008

Professional Associations and Memberships:: New Jersey Supreme Court Ethics Committee for Middlesex County; Secretary, 1985 - 1992; Member, 1992 - 1996; American Association for Justice (AAJ); Member; American Trial Lawyers Association, New Jersey, 1995 - Present; Member; Bad Faith Subcommittee, ATLA-NJ, Co-Chair; 2004 - Present, Member; Board of Governors, ATLA-NJ; Member; Co Chair, Employment Law Section, ATLA - NJ; Civil Practice Committee Bergen County Bar Association; Member; Middlesex Trial Lawyers Association; Member; Bergen County Bar Association; Member; Middlesex County Bar Association, 1980 - Present; Member; National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA); Member

Past Employment Positions:: Hon. Marshall S. Selikoff, Acting Assignment Judge, Superior Court of New Jersey, Monmouth County, Law Secretary, 1979 - 1980

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