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Partner
New Jersey Office
T 973.863.7641
F 973.994.3375
New
York Office
T 212.809.1111
F 212.509.3422
Products liability, insurance
coverage, aviation, medical and legal professional malpractice,
commercial law, construction, architect and engineer defense, environmental law, amusement
theme park/resort defense, governmental tort liability,
toxic tort, premises and general liability matters.
Education
Rutgers University B.A.
1979;
Seton Hall School of Law J.D. 1983;
FAA Private Pilot Ground School, Watchung Hills, NJ.
Bar
Admissions
1983, New Jersey
and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1988,
U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Third,
Fifth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, Federal and District of
Columbia Circuits,U.S. Claims Court,
Colorado and
District of Columbia; 1990, New York and U.S. District
Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1994,
U.S. District Court, Northern and Western Districts
of New York.
Associations
New Jersey State, New York
State, Federal and American Bar Associations; Federal
Bar Council; International
Amusement and Leisure Defense Association.
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JOSEPH
DEDONATO
JDeDonato@morganlawfirm.com
Seminars,
Speeches and Articles
Published Opinions
Mr.
DeDonato maintains an extensive trial
and appellate practice in New Jersey and New York.
He has tried to verdict many lawsuits of substantial
exposure in both States.
Mr. DeDonato has been attorney
of record, briefed and argued various significant
cases in New Jersey and New York. He has many published judicial decisions in the Federal and State
Courts of New Jersey and New York . The New Jersey Supreme Court Board on Trial Attorney Certification designated
him a Certified Civil Trial Attorney in 1990. He was recertified in 1997, 2004 and 2010.
His Martindale-Hubbell Legal Rating is AV.
Mr. DeDonato has been included in New Jersey Monthly and Law and Politics Magazines as a New Jersey Super Lawyer
for 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 . He was also included
by Law and Politics as a New York Super Lawyer for 2006, one of only
several lawyers nationwide who has been so designated in two States.
He is also a member of
the Firm's Executive Committee.
Work
Experience
1982-Present Morgan Melhuish
Abrutyn
1980-1982 Law Clerk, Law Offices of Donald Conway,
Hackensack, New Jersey.
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