Hackensack, NJ

Michael Maggiano

Michael Maggiano is the founder and senior partner of Maggiano, DiGirolamo & Lizzi, specializing in personal injury litigation for over 45 years, focusing on motor vehicle collisions, trucking accidents, and train wrecks. He has handled high-profile cases, achieving seven and eight-figure recoveries. He is certified as a civil trial attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey and the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a past President of the New Jersey Association for Justice and the Melvin M. Belli Society. He has received numerous awards including the NJAJ Gold Medal Award, Professor Clapp Lecturer Laureate, and the 'Mel' Award for Lifetime Achievement in Civil Litigation.

Evan L. Goldman

Civil Litigation attorney, Evan L. Goldman, Esq. has been practicing law since 1979. He received his undergraduate degree from Rutgers with High Distinction in Economics and his Law Degree from the University Maryland School of Law. Following Law school he clerked for the Hon. Marshall Selikoff, J.S.C. who at that time was both the Assignment Judge and Presiding Judge Civil in Monmouth County. For most of the past 40 years, he has represented both individuals and businesses in all areas of civil litigation. During the past 20 years he has narrowed his practice to representing individuals in Employment Matters and in other areas of civil Litigation in State and Federal Courts here in New Jersey. To date, he has tried to conclusion over 125 Jury Trials and has been involved in thousands more. He has lectured extensively in the area of Employment Law and Insurance Coverage Law and has also published both articles and Op Ed. articles in these legal areas. Currently he is President of the National Employment Lawyers Association of New Jersey, the New Jersey affiliate of the National Organization. Previously, he had been Co-Chair of the Employment Law Section of the New Jersey Association for Justice and a member of its Board of Governors. He is also a member of both the Middlesex County Bar Association and Bergen County Bar Association. Formerly he was also a Registered Player Agent for the National Basketball Association. Evan has also been retained as an expert in numerous legal malpractice cases.

Christopher DiGirolamo

Christopher DiGirolamo is a Managing Partner at Maggiano, DiGirolamo & Lizzi P.C., practicing in New Jersey and Federal Courts, including the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. He focuses on auto accidents, construction accidents, workers' compensation, and product liability. He has secured multi-million dollar verdicts and recoveries, including co-counsel in the largest personal injury recovery in a construction accident in U.S. history. He is recognized by peers for his aggressive style and dedication to injured workers, and has received numerous awards and recognitions.

Richard Reinartz

Richard A. Reinartz is a nationally recognized trial lawyer who has dedicated his career to protecting the rights of wrongfully injured individuals. Prior to founding The Reinartz Law Firm, Richard worked for over a decade as a trial lawyer at two of the largest and most prominent law firms in the United States. He has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in high-stakes multi-party litigation, giving him a unique perspective. He is rated AV Preeminent® by Martindale-Hubbell, listed in Best Lawyers, a life member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, and has been selected for Super Lawyers every year since 2010. He was also named one of the 'Top 100 Trial Lawyers' in New Jersey by The National Trial Lawyers. Richard is involved in the day-to-day handling of all cases and provides pro bono legal services to Newark Reentry Legal Services and the 'Wills for Heroes' program.

Michael Lizzi

Michael Lizzi is a partner at Maggiano, DiGirolamo & Lizzi P.C., practicing complex and standard tort litigation in New York and New Jersey state and federal courts. His expertise covers medical and hospital negligence, nursing home negligence, wrongful death, motor vehicle collisions, property defects, and defective consumer products. He has accumulated verdicts and settlements exceeding $30 million, with over $13 million in the past 5 years. He is licensed in New York and New Jersey and federal district courts, and is a member of several professional organizations.

Ross B. Rothenberg, Esq.

Ross Rothenberg, Esq., joined The Rothenberg Law Firm Accident and Injury Lawyers in 2001. Ross represents catastrophic injury victims and focuses his practice areas on Wrongful Death, Truck, Car, Bus & Motorcycle Accidents, Construction Accidents, Premises Liability and Traumatic Brain Injury cases. During his tenure with The Rothenberg Law Firm Accident and Injury Lawyers, Ross has obtained numerous multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements on behalf of his clients and was featured in The New York Law Journal’s Top Verdicts and Settlements of 2008 and in The New Jersey Law Journal after obtaining the third highest Personal Injury Award in the State of New Jersey in 2010. An AV-rated attorney by Martindale Hubbell, Ross has previously been selected as a Super Lawyers Rising Star in both New York and New Jersey from 2013-2015, has been selected as a New York Super Lawyer since 2016, a New Jersey Super Lawyer, the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers and is a lifetime member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Million Dollar Advocates Forum. In addition to his successful legal career, Ross is a Board member and active participant in several charities and volunteers his time as a coach for youth travel baseball teams.

Jason T. Shafron

Jason T. Shafron concentrates his practice in the areas of business law and litigation; employment, real estate and personal injury litigation; and government law. He is also experienced in zoning, planning, and land use issues, and he possesses insight into the codes and complex regulations that effect property use in New Jersey today. His work has included matters such as product liability, construction, trade secret, employment, and real estate cases in state and federal trial and appellate courts, and representation of individuals and companies in diverse business disputes.