tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836183149649906952024-03-13T09:47:37.695-07:00DoingJustice.com NJ Personal Injury NewsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15491705166627318479noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-483618314964990695.post-49258553608955463242014-02-15T11:31:00.000-08:002014-02-15T11:31:32.484-08:00The New Jersey Association For Justice<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://www.nj-justice.org/">The New JerseyAssociation for Justice</a></div>
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A Consumer’s Guide to Understanding the Significance of
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<b>About the <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New Jersey</st1:place></st1:state> Association
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Founded over 50 years ago, the New Jersey Association for
Justice is a statewide organization of over 2,400 lawyers, paralegals, and law
students dedicated to protecting the rights of New Jersey’s families by working
to preserve and strengthen New Jersey’s laws for safer products and workplaces,
a cleaner environment, and quality health care for all. It provides ongoing legal education to
attorneys, and sponsors programs to educate consumers on a wide range of legal
issues affecting their lives.</div>
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<b>What are some of the
objectives of the <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New Jersey</st1:place></st1:state>
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In addition to upholding and defending the Constitutions of
the United States and New Jersey, the NJAJ works hard to support the science of
jurisprudence and improve the process of trial by jury, to educate and train
attorneys in every aspect of legal advocacy, to promote the public good, to
uphold the honor and dignity of the legal profession, all toward the goal of
advancing the causes of those who’ve been harmed by misfortune.</div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span><b>How does the NJAJ help its members to become better lawyers?</b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br />
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<span style="color: #333333;">The NJAJ helps members keep
current with the ever-changing landscape of the law by offering first-rate
seminars, dynamic hands-on workshops, and regularly accessible on-line
resources to assist them in their practices.
Continuing Legal Education is a cornerstone of NJAJ’s mission. For example, its annual Boardwalk Seminar in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Atlantic City</st1:place></st1:city> features
two dozen concurrent seminars on subjects such as personal injury, medical
malpractice, workers compensation, matrimonial and employment law, and criminal
defense. In addition, legal industry
suppliers are encouraged to exhibit their cutting-edge technologies designed
for case and courtroom.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333;">How does the NJAJ help its members to be truly effective
trial lawyers?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;">There’s just no substitute for
experience, and one of the best benefits of NJAJ membership, to the attorney
and his or her client, is the attorney-member’s immediate daily access to the
expertise and experience of hundreds of fellow trial attorneys who’ve been
there and done that. This is
accomplished by a searchable,
internet-based blog known as ListServe, on which pre-approved NJAJ attorneys
post questions and answers on all sorts of important subjects: What are the latest verdict trends in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Essex</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">County</st1:placetype></st1:place>? What is Judge Jones like when it comes to
jury selection? Has anyone got any
depositions from Dr. Dan Davis of <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dover</st1:place></st1:city>? Who knows an excellent expert in biomechanics
for a Toyota Forerunner rollover accident?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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To quote from the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on
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“Before making your choice of attorney, you should give this
matter careful thought. The selection of
an attorney is an important decision.”
Hopefully, this article has helped you to recognize that your choice of
an attorney should involve careful thought about a variety of important
factors. Best of luck in your search for
<a href="http://www.doingjustice.com/">qualified counsel</a>.</div>
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A Consumer’s Guide to Understanding the Significance of being
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<b>What does it mean to
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<a href="http://www.doingjustice.com/">Certified Civil Trial Attorney</a> designations are granted by
the New Jersey Supreme Court to attorneys who are able to demonstrate certain
levels of experience, education, knowledge, and skill in civil trial practice
by submitting the details of their legal practice to the scrutiny of a special
<a href="http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/supreme_doc/njbac/">Board</a> appointed by the Court to insure high <a href="http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/supreme_doc/njbac/">standards</a> of civil trial practice
in the State of New Jersey. In addition,
all attorney-applicants for board certification must pass a written
examination, and are required to identify attorneys who’ve opposed them in
Court, and Superior Court Judges before whom they’ve appeared, to attest to
their professional skills, reputation, and integrity. </div>
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To quote from the Court itself – “ The Certification Program
helps the public find attorneys who have demonstrated proficiency in
specialized fields of law. Certification helps lawyers by giving them a way to
make their experience known to the public and to other lawyers. Certification also encourages the maintenance
and improvement of attorney competence in specialized fields of law.”</div>
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<b>In which areas of law
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At present, there are five (5) specialty areas of practice
that are approved for Certification by the Supreme Court of New Jersey: Civil
Trial Law, Criminal Trial Law, Matrimonial Law, Workers Compensation Law, and
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At present, less than three (3%) percent of all licensed <st1:state w:st="on">New Jersey</st1:state> attorneys
hold Board Certifications in Civil Trial Law. Once granted, certifications are
good for just five years, after which the attorney must submit a new
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<b>A Consumer’s Guide to Contingency
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<b>When a <a href="http://www.doingjustice.com/">New Jersey Personal Injury Attorney</a> takes your case for a contingency fee, he gets
paid from the money he recovers for your personal injury. In other words, his fee is contingent upon
obtaining a recovery. No recovery, no
fee. Unlike some states, where the
customary contingency fee may be as high as 40-45% of the <i>total</i> recovery, <st1:place w:st="on">New
Jersey</st1:place> caps its contingency fees at 33 1/3% of the <i>net</i> recovery for injured adults, and at
25% of the net recovery for injured minors.
This means, for example, that if an attorney spends $5,000 on case
expenses to recover $50,000 for an injured adult, the <i>net</i> recovery is $45,000, and his 33 1/3% fee is $15,000, which in
effect is 30% of the <i>total</i> $50,000 recovery. Likewise, if that case involved injury to a
minor, the attorney’s fee would be 25% of the $45,000, or $11,250, which in
effect is 22.5 % of the total
$50,000 recovery. To read <st1:state w:st="on">New Jersey</st1:state>’s rule, click
on the NJ Contingency Fees link below.</b></div>
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<b>When you see a circular which says that the big box of
Cheerios, normally $4.00, will be on sale next Tuesday for $2.00, you can be
certain that by waiting until next Tuesday, you’ll get the same amount of
Cheerios for less money. But when it
comes to contingency fee cases, the outcome is less certain. This is because there are two factors
affecting the equation – the contingency fee, which is certain, and the amount
of the recovery, which is uncertain. For
example, if an attorney were to charge you 33 1/3% to handle your case, and the
net recovery he obtained for you was $45,000, he’d collect $15,000, and you’d
collect $30,000. On the other hand, if an
attorney charged you a lower contingency fee of 28%, but the net recovery he
obtained for you was only $40,000, he’d collect $11,200, and you’d collect
$28,800. So the answer is no, a lower
contingency fee does not necessarily mean that the client will collect more
money, because the outcome also depends on how much money the attorney is able
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">The amount of money recovered in a case is typically decided in one of two ways – by how much the other guy’s insurance company is willing to pay, or by how much a jury is willing to award. In either case, getting the right number requires an attorney with the right experience and reputation. Does the attorney practice law in the region where your case is located (North Jersey, Central Jersey, South Jersey) ? Has he or she been Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney, a reliable measure of real trial experience and continuing legal education? Does he or she have access to the inside information and expertise of hundreds of other New Jersey trial attorneys as a fellow member of the New Jersey Association for Justice?What kind of cases has your attorney handled, and has he or she done what’s necessary to let the insurance company know that you mean business, and aren’t willing to bargain away your rights for the sake of a quick settlement? It’s important that you get the answers to these questions, especially if your injuries are serious, and the other side is trying to avoid responsibility. If so, your case could take a lot of time and money to prepare properly, and having the right attorney by your side will make all the difference in the world when it’s time to make tough decisions about waging war or making peace.</b></div>
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<b>To quote from the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on
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matter careful thought. The selection of
an attorney is an important decision.”
Hopefully, this article has helped you to recognize that your choice of
an attorney should involve careful thought about a variety of important
factors. Best of luck in your search for
qualified counsel.</b></div>
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<a href="http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/"><b>New Jersey Courts Homepage</b></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/rules/r1-21.htm"><b>NJ Court Rules - Practice of Law/Contingency Fees</b></a></div>
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