Egg Harbor Township, NJ

Alexa D’Amato Barrera

Alexa D’Amato Barrera is a partner at the D’Amato Law Firm where she practices plaintiffs’ personal injury law. She has received numerous awards including Young Lawyer of the Year and has been selected to Super Lawyers since 2014. She is actively involved in various legal associations and community outreach programs.

Stephen M. Van Natten

Stephen M. Van Natten joined the D’Amato Law Firm in 2014 after a distinguished career as a prosecutor for the Lehigh County (PA) Office of the District Attorney, where he prosecuted thousands of cases and hundreds of trials over more than 20 years. He brings his passion for helping victims to personal injury law, fighting for their rights.

Steven K. Johnson

Steve’s practice focuses exclusively on the representation of those significantly injured in all types of accidents. A skilled trial lawyer, Mr. Johnson has successfully handled cases involving motor vehicles, motorcycles, dangerous premises, faulty equipment, and construction accidents, resulting in multiple verdicts and settlements of over $1 million for D’Arcy Johnson Day. This extensive litigation experience, combined with a tenacious work ethic and unquestioned integrity, has earned Steve a reputation as one of the area’s premier trial attorneys. Mr. Johnson is considered one of New Jersey’s finest trial attorneys and has been recognized nationally in the top 100 by The National Trial Lawyers. Steve’s jury verdict of $9.3 million for a client in 2014 was one of the top 10 verdicts in the State. Steve is a member of the Atlantic County and State of New Jersey Bar Associations, a Certified Arbitrator for the Superior Court of New Jersey, and is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court and Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Steve serves as Co-chair of the Atlantic County Bar Association’s Civil Trial Committee. Steve was a proud member of Widener University’s 1981 Division III National Championship Football team and a graduate of The Delaware Law School. Steve and his wife Jennifer are the parents of four grown children and reside in Mays Landing where is he a former Trustee and member of the Mays Landing Athletic Association.

Paul Richard D’Amato

Paul R. D’Amato focuses his practice on representing victims of all types of accidents, including construction, products liability and pharmaceutical litigation. For more than 3 decades he has been representing accident victims. Paul represents plaintiffs in Federal and County Courts across the State of New Jersey.

Richard J. Albuquerque

Richard received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of New Hampshire in 1993 and earned a Juris Doctorate from Widener University School of Law in 1996. After working as the judicial law clerk to the Honorable Eugene D. Serpentelli, A.J.S.C., retired, for the 1996-1997 term, he joined the Atlantic City firm of Levine Staller Sklar Chan Brodsky & Donnelly, PA, where he remained until 2005. In January 2006, Richard joined the Law Office of Christopher M. Day, LLC as a partner and continued to focus his practice in the areas of personal injury and workers’ compensation. In 2008, the firm of D’Arcy Johnson Day was created where he is a shareholder. Richard is certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Civil Trial Attorney, a distinction held by less than 2% of New Jersey attorneys. He is also a board-certified civil advocate, meeting the rigorous objective quality standards set forth by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Richard has been named a “Super Lawyer” by New Jersey Monthly Magazine. Richard has lectured to New Jersey attorneys in the areas of automobile insurance coverage and ethics for the National Business Institute, the New Jersey Association of Trial Lawyers, and the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education. He is a Superior Court of New Jersey Arbitration panelist in Atlantic and Cape May Counties and is admitted to practice in the States of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, as well as the United States District Courts of New Jersey, and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Richard has been elected to the Executive Committee of the New Jersey Association for Justice Board and is also a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. Richard is also a member of the New Jersey Bar Association and the American Association for Justice. He served on the District I Ethics Committee, where he served as Chairman of the Committee in 2010.

Daniel received his Bachelor of Arts in History from Allegheny College in 2006 and graduated cum laude from Widener University Delaware School of Law in 2010. A Widener Scholar and Constitutional Law Scholar, he participated in the Moot Court Honor Society Competition, and attended the International Law Program at the University of Venice. Prior to entering private practice, Daniel served as a Special Deputy Attorney General with the Office of the Attorney General, Casino Prosecutions Bureau in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Daniel has more than a decade of experience in commercial defense litigation, including workers’ compensation defense, insurance defense, construction litigation, and business litigation. As a member of D’Arcy Johnson Day’s Workers Compensation Department, he draws upon his extensive insurance defense background to help clients suffering from work-related injuries and illnesses pursue their claims for medical treatment, wage replacement, and other appropriate compensation. Daniel has been named a Super Lawyer “Rising Star” from 2014 through 2023. A member of the New Jersey State Bar Association, Ocean County Bar Association, and New Jersey Defense Association, he is admitted to practice in New Jersey, New York, and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Michael graduated from Villanova University and received his Juris Doctorate from Widener University School of Law. Prior to joining D’Arcy Johnson Day, Michael was a partner at the law firm of Cooper Levenson in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Michael has spent his entire career devoting 100% of his practice to plaintiff’s personal injury trial work. Focusing on the practice areas of personal injury, wrongful death, construction accidents, and motor vehicle accidents, Michael has brought hundreds of cases to completion, obtaining millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for his clients. As a result of these favorable outcomes, he has been selected for inclusion as a “Rising Star” in the area of personal injury law by New Jersey Monthly Magazine from 2013 through 2016. Michael was also recognized by the Boardwalk Journal in 2011 as one of the areas “Who’s Who” and in 2013 by Atlantic City Weekly as one of the areas “Top 40 Under 40”. Licensed to practice law in the State of New Jersey and the United States District Court of New Jersey, Michael is also a Certified Civil Trial Attorney by the New Jersey Supreme Court, a distinction achieved by fewer than 2% of all lawyers licensed in New Jersey. In addition, Michael is also a board-certified Civil Advocate, meeting the rigorous objective quality standards set forth by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. A member of the Atlantic County, Cape May County and New Jersey Bar Associations, the American Association for Justice, New Jersey Association for Justice, and Bar Association of the Federal Third Circuit, he also serves on the Executive Committees of the Vincent S. Hanneman American Inns of Court and as a trustee on the Atlantic County Bar Association. Michael has served the community as a Board member of the Greater Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce, the AtlantiCare Foundation, and the Coalition for a Safe Community. Michael is also the Co-Founder of SoPro-AC a young professional networking organization.